What's Growing in the Garden
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Not in the garden but it’s on the deck.
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Decided to make some soup for supper, so had to dig some spuds.
This is one hill of the Kennebec. A little scab, but no big deal. Always worry about hollow heart on tubers this big, but these were perfect all the way through.
This is one hill of the Kennebec. A little scab, but no big deal. Always worry about hollow heart on tubers this big, but these were perfect all the way through.
Not growing yet, but will be planted early spring. I just wanted you farmer types to see the difference in seed sizes. The larger seeds are Saguaro. The tiny dots are Arizona Fish Hooks. There seems to be quite a difference in size of these two. I wish my Queen of The Nights had podded this year. No such luck for the last 15 years. Get flowers, but no pods stay on long enough to make seeds. If they did, theirs would dwarf a Saguaro seed.
........... Nubs
........... Nubs
Good luck in planting/transplanting seeds that small. I tried once and I'm all thumbs.
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Just pick up a pinch and gently rub your fingers over a pot. Hardest part is getting good distribution.
Ever seen fibrous begonia, or petunia seeds? They are even smaller than the queen of the nights. Most of those seeds purchased today are pelletized for easier handling.
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Saw this scary looking bug while picking lima beans yesterday. Called a wheel bug and is around 1.5" long. It is a beneficial insect that feeds on other insects by grabbing them with its front legs, piercing the body and injecting saliva that paralyzes and then liquefies the insides of prey. Suck the insides out and start looking for the next victim.
They aren't aggressive to humans, but if you disturb them too much, they can inflict a painful "bite" that can hurt for days, cause numbness around the bite area and take days to weeks to fully heal.
A side note on insect classification. These are a member of a group called "true bugs" from the order Hemiptera. True bugs have piercing sucking mouthparts and incomplete metamorphosis (egg, nymph, adult) with no larval stage. Common example is the group of "stink bugs" or squash bugs.
When I was teaching entomology to Master Gardeners, I would use the line that "All bugs are insects, but not all insects are bugs". Meaning that in the entomology world calling something a bug refers to specific groups within the order Hemiptera, and it is incorrect to refer to most insects as bugs.
They aren't aggressive to humans, but if you disturb them too much, they can inflict a painful "bite" that can hurt for days, cause numbness around the bite area and take days to weeks to fully heal.
A side note on insect classification. These are a member of a group called "true bugs" from the order Hemiptera. True bugs have piercing sucking mouthparts and incomplete metamorphosis (egg, nymph, adult) with no larval stage. Common example is the group of "stink bugs" or squash bugs.
When I was teaching entomology to Master Gardeners, I would use the line that "All bugs are insects, but not all insects are bugs". Meaning that in the entomology world calling something a bug refers to specific groups within the order Hemiptera, and it is incorrect to refer to most insects as bugs.
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Wicked!!!
Self defense carrot?
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Picked the Winesap apples today, pretty meager harvest. What I got though are nice apples. Knew the harvest would be small, very heavy pruning this past winter combined with blossom freeze and several heavy wind storms.
There is a local orchard maybe 10 miles away that I'll visit tomorrow to get a half bushel or so of Jonathan so I've got enough to make a big batch of applesauce.
There is a local orchard maybe 10 miles away that I'll visit tomorrow to get a half bushel or so of Jonathan so I've got enough to make a big batch of applesauce.
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This doesn’t look like much, but it is a VERY special pear. 46 years ago we bought the house and it had an already mature pear tree. Now 46 years later it still blooms and bears 100’s of pears. However, the tree rats get every one before they are golf ball sized. This year they missed one. I’ve had my fingers crossed hoping they would ignore it. This is the first ready to pick pear i have gotten in 46 years! I’m pretty stoked about it. Will let it blett for a little while before partaking!
Blue beauty tomatoes in the greenhouse
Still too warm to plant garlic? We've been dry and in the 80s all week. Got the potato row lengthened to 32' and the soil amended. Anxious to try more Kennebecs next year after it was suggested.
I also got the garlic patch (6' x 16') worked up and amended also. Really deep, fluid soil now. Unlike the clay/soil I started with. Before it rains Thursday, I'd like to get in my garlic. That's why I question the temp. And I'm planting my rows 12" apart instead of 6". Too hard to weed without stepping on the plants. I left my garlic hanging in the garage all Summer. Not sure how much I have left; did it all dry up?
I also got the garlic patch (6' x 16') worked up and amended also. Really deep, fluid soil now. Unlike the clay/soil I started with. Before it rains Thursday, I'd like to get in my garlic. That's why I question the temp. And I'm planting my rows 12" apart instead of 6". Too hard to weed without stepping on the plants. I left my garlic hanging in the garage all Summer. Not sure how much I have left; did it all dry up?
Can’t you put a slick metal sleeve around the trunk so rats can’t climb the tree?
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I think you'll be fine planting the garlic. After Thursdays system we are only going to be in the 50's for highs. You will probably get some leaves emerge before winter, but that just means you are getting good root growth. Your garlic should be fine in the garage, mine is still hanging in the machine shed, and will stay there until there is a possibility of it freezing.
They are talking about a killing frost this weekend for us, and that suits me fine. Don't know how far south they are predicting frost, but probably not for you yet?