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72500john · « **Reply #225 on:** July 12, 2012, 06:23:10 PM »

ah yes kittaning, close to kinzu dam and lake. spent a few days there catching trout in the upper streams and bass and walleye in the causeway near the bridge at the head of the lake.
don"t give up on your garden as most folks do in late summer. i know your fist frost date is some where around October. ( my brother gets snow on halloween near somerset) but you should be able to get some good colder weather greens in the ground in august for a fall crop. i am blessed here with no real frost till late November. do well with spinach, kale, Essex winter rape, and collards.(no the are not yucky if cooked right).
garden looks great by the way!

the technological J · « **Reply #226 on:** July 12, 2012, 06:29:02 PM »

thanks im planning on a big fall planting... i might even try a small hoophouse... this is my learning season i am going to experiment with a bunch of different methods

72500john · « **Reply #227 on:** July 12, 2012, 06:41:08 PM »

sorry but not familiar with a hoop house is that like a green house? if so should extend your season.you may want to look into indoor hydroponics? gardening. not too familiar with it but a few folks i work with do it.
good book i got was titled " preserving the harvest" talks allot about root cellering and such. dang i wish i would have learned more from my grandfather!

the technological J · « **Reply #228 on:** July 12, 2012, 06:59:41 PM »

same thought as green house but is like a semicircle 3 ft tall and the length of the row

demon78 · « **Reply #229 on:** July 21, 2012, 05:33:34 AM »

Ok finally getting around to posting pictures of the tomato forest as of a week ago now this is with out much rain, mostly my wife watering by hand.,

Bill the demon.

78 k550 · « **Reply #230 on:** July 21, 2012, 05:42:37 AM »

WOW Bill, is all I can say. That is a lot of plants.
My garden is starting to take off. My peppers are doing great.

Paul

demon78 · « **Reply #231 on:** July 21, 2012, 08:16:56 AM »

What kind of peppers you planting//growing 78 ?
bill the demon.

TwoTired · « **Reply #232 on:** July 21, 2012, 01:05:24 PM »

I harvested some of my carrots today.

The two on the right hand side had me re-evaluating the method these may propagate.

I did scrub the lower one with vigor. But, it simply is not pink on the inside.

Cheers,

demon78 · « **Reply #233 on:** July 22, 2012, 03:25:34 AM »

TT I don't think our carrots will be ready for at least another month, the ones that germinated and grew that is, it was a combination of too much heat and too dry too early.
Bill the demon.

78 k550 · « **Reply #234 on:** July 22, 2012, 08:20:24 AM »

Carmen.
Anaheim
Big Bertha Bell
Jalapeno
Cubella
Serrano
Sweet Banana
Pimento
Yellow Marconi
Habanero

That's all there is, a lot but hoping to get a lot.

Paul

demon78 · « **Reply #235 on:** July 22, 2012, 01:25:44 PM »

Ours are Cubanela
Gypsy
Corno di Capra
Corno di Toro Rosso
Relleno
Anahiem
Alma Paprika
Poblano
Calabrese
De Arbol
Early Jalapeno
Holy Mole
Pasilla Bajo
Cayenne
Pizza
Serrano
Carnival
Yankee Bell
This year we're going to try to save seed and if it works we'll be up for exchanging.
The ones that I'm really looking to try saving, are the Italian ones because some of them have amazing flavour but what ever works. Now we don't have vast quantities of peppers in the ground but we've got a few of most of them, some we only plant one plant because things like those Cayenne are almost as hot as the Scotch Bonnets and at this age and stage my innards wont take 8 Billion on the Scoville scale any more, mores the pity.
Bill the demon.

the technological J · « **Reply #236 on:** July 22, 2012, 08:10:08 PM »

did you plant those from seed or starter plants?

demon78 · « **Reply #237 on:** July 23, 2012, 03:50:14 AM »

Seed, all from seed.
Bill the demon.

the technological J · « **Reply #238 on:** July 23, 2012, 08:01:47 AM »

awesome! im going to mother earths news fair in sept and gonna be picking up some different seeds im def interested in some trades

cookindaddy · « **Reply #239 on:** July 23, 2012, 02:50:01 PM »

Some really inspiring results here! And more ambition than than I have. Thanks for sharing.

I am near Toronto and it has been very dry here for weeks.

I'm carrying captured rain water to key beds every morning but I do get to enjoy the results every day now. Here is some of today's bounty.

faux fiddy · « **Reply #240 on:** July 23, 2012, 05:35:00 PM »

Gardening has turned into a very few tomatos in the backyard, but friends givingh me grocery sacks of them from their places.

Only a few HG peppers to make salsa, but grocery store for those and onions and cilantro, etc. That's what I've been doing, 3-4 gallon batches of salsa.

demon78 · « **Reply #241 on:** July 23, 2012, 05:44:39 PM »

Nothing like fresh carrots sweet and crunchy 10 minutes from the garden, our carrots are not good yet, but we've got one of the yellow tomatoes that's with in a couple of day's of been eaten it's probably a lb and a half at this time.
Bill the demon.

the technological J · « **Reply #242 on:** July 23, 2012, 10:25:14 PM »

i planted water mellon and pumpkin outside the fence... evidentaly the deer have found my place and ate everysingle pumpkin i had... including one the size of a basket ball
any suggestions? i think im gonna pee around the garden and move the dogs crap to the corners

demon78 · « **Reply #243 on:** July 24, 2012, 03:30:22 AM »

Funny the year that I pee'd at the corners of the garden not so many critters around, but this year we discovered a Fox after one our roving herds of Wild Turkeys and the bunny Rabbits have been quite discrete of late, so I haven't bothered yet. Maybe I'll have to find a suitable jar. I didn't realize deer went after Pumpkins how about Squash ?
Bill the demon.

cookindaddy · « **Reply #244 on:** July 24, 2012, 02:34:07 PM »

I've got a question about the potatoes I just dug up - about the warts on about half of them. It's been dry here for the last few weeks but I have been watering these beds. Not a lot, maybe 1/2 inch per day for the potatoes. It seems to me that the earlier ones dug didn't have these spots, or had less of them implying that this might have formed recently but that's not very scientific.

George

cookindaddy · « **Reply #245 on:** July 25, 2012, 03:11:53 PM »

Did some research about this and it seems that I have potato scab, harmless but cosmetically not pleasing.

http://www1.agric.gov.ab.ca/$department/deptdocs.nsf/all/faq6699

The potatoes in my pic tasted great, with the skins on, roasted with olive oil and spices, scab be damned.

72500john · « **Reply #246 on:** July 25, 2012, 04:58:59 PM »

jay, try a motion activated sprinkler from your local farm store for the deer. some models run off a 9 volt and work for friends of mine down my way. if all else fails the 22 and the stew pot works too.
got another batch of cukes from the garden today and made up some more pickles. cannot seem to grow them faster than the youngen eats them.

the technological J · « **Reply #247 on:** July 25, 2012, 09:12:51 PM »

whats your recipe fo the pickles?

72500john · « **Reply #248 on:** July 26, 2012, 04:49:03 AM »

i cheat and use premix. mrs. wages dill pickle mix.

faux fiddy · « **Reply #249 on:** July 27, 2012, 11:44:05 PM »

Gourds for shade and to keep the sun from beating down on the house. The fruit is defeating the purpose, and I was going to ask when I should harvest, but they're pulling the plant down. I was hoping they would crawl up on the roof, but not yet. Fruit is too heavy. I cut four on Wednesday.

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