Garden 2024!

[joel]

We laid out news paper & poured the beans/peas out on the paper covered wood floor, so the beans would not go though a heat & spoil.
It was like sitting around a camp fire without the heat.

 

[Tommyice]

Pulled all of the spent green bean plants. Replanted the planters with more green beans, carrots, spinach and kohlrabi.

I’m thinking of replacing the plastic greenhouse with a polycarbonate one. Only thing I’m hesitant about is if they are able to be disassembled for moving.

 

[Neb]

We picked about a bushel of pears today.

The orchard is starting to produce.

Ben

 

[Bacpacker]

Tater digging tomorrow. Got a couple folks coming to help out

 

[Bluedanube]

Just a light after work picking operation.

 

[Bacpacker]

Got our taters dug yesterday. A little over 2 bushels total. Got them drying in the shop for a week or 2, then bring in the basement

 

[LadyLocust]

Almost time to stop the humming bird feeders. I’ve noticed fewer the last few days. They need to start heading south.

 

[Pearl]

Almost time to stop the humming bird feeders. I’ve noticed fewer the last few days. They need to start heading south.

I had droves of Hummers last week....NONE in the last two days!!? We are supposed to have an early, snowy winter ( so says Pearl)!! Had some Tufted Titmouse birds today... winter birds down here!

 

[jishinsjourney]

Fall garden sprouts are starting to peek up! Three inches of growth on the peas in the last couple days, hooray!

Flowers all over my eggplants, shishitos to pick … but those tomatoes are still stubbornly green. Why…

 

[elkhound]

@Neb and others....field report so far from growing out bushes from cuttings...they have done far better than any cuttings i tried before. i have both red/black currants and then marge elderberry. the reds grew the least and struggled and took more tlc....but they all were tall and lush and last few weeks they been dropping leaves and i notice the green stem is turning to brown woody stuff with nodes on it. i think i am going to be able to harvest enough cutting to do another batch this winter and set these out in the permanent locations to grow out.

pretty excited about this since cost of these as plants are so high.

 

[App]

The backyard peas have started. I see fresh peas, okra, corn from the freezer and cornbread coming to the table tomorrow evening. The field peas got an inch of rain last night and that is more than they have had in total since planting. I did not notice it when I took the pic but something tested out the lower strand of the fence between the time I moved the charger yesterday ( needed better alignment with the sun) and this afternoon. As I was driving around it, I noticed the wire as I ran over it. The spring loaded handle is what came off, so it was easy enough to fix. I'd like to plow them but don't really want to mess with the fence so it may just be a race between the peas and the weeds

 

[Snowman]

Long Season here :

 

[Snowman]

Backyard still Alive :

Royal poinciana(Red)... Yellow poinciana... hibby with 2 dif colors what's left...

 

[LadyLocust]

I had droves of Hummers last week....NONE in the last two days!!? We are supposed to have an early, snowy winter ( so says Pearl)!! Had some Tufted Titmouse birds today... winter birds down here!

Just saw this. My feeders are down and hummers are gone.

 

[LadyLocust]

Just now getting peppers . Tons of green tomatoes - will see what happens. I planted 2 varieties of corn . 1 did well and the other, I had 1 plant that sprouted and grew. Beans are just blooming on the bush beans. On the scarlet runners, they’ve been blooming all summer but are just now putting on beans.
Weird year. Glad I’m not really depending on what I’m growing this year.

 

[Neb]

...
Weird year. Glad I’m not really depending on what I’m growing this year.

That is what drives me to grow and try as many fruit and vegetables as possible now. We do not need it now so I have the luxury of failing. That may not always be the case.

Every failure is a lesson learned.

Ben

 

[Pearl]

Just now getting peppers . Tons of green tomatoes - will see what happens. I planted 2 varieties of corn . 1 did well and the other, I had 1 plant that sprouted and grew. Beans are just blooming on the bush beans. On the scarlet runners, they’ve been blooming all summer but are just now putting on beans.
Weird year. Glad I’m not really depending on what I’m growing this year.

You just needed some Texas weather!

 

[Snowman]

 

[Magpie]

Love this time of year- assessing what worked,or didn't, planning the changes for next year, but glad to have a break from it all the same.

 

[elkhound]

boyhowdy...i am getting weedy garden beat down and got a glimpse into my apple tree seedling section...i see some things i like....cant wait to get it cleaned up enough to get a good look at it. one cultivar i was worried about after rabbit damage might have grown 3 feet.

i am going to have scion wood to do more grafting at end of winter too.

 

[elkhound]

the apples i started from seeds started off great and then cedar rust hit them so hard over and over...i about give up on them. But i kept them all watered etc. and finally cedar rust got done culling out the weak and ones left grew and are now turning woody on green stems. i have high hopes for some of these.

 

[Neb]

the apples i started from seeds started off great and then cedar rust hit them so hard over and over...i about give up on them. But i kept them all watered etc. and finally cedar rust got done culling out the weak and ones left grew and are now turning woody on green stems. i have high hopes for some of these.

All of my grafts have dropped their leaves.

Not sure why. Dry conditions ?

Ben

 

[elkhound]

All of my grafts have dropped their leaves.

Not sure why. Dry conditions ?

Ben

maybe...i have some smaller ones done the same but seem to be still alive....others are still growing and deep dark green leaves.



heads up folks...just got email yesterday from FEDCO saying the tree ordering season is now open for 2025.....get stuff you want ordered early while they have plenty of supplies and if you want to get stuff shipped early and not the late order stuff.

scion wood,root stock ,trees and more....!

 

[Legg Creek Farm]

the apples i started from seeds started off great and then cedar rust hit them so hard over and over...i about give up on them. But i kept them all watered etc. and finally cedar rust got done culling out the weak and ones left grew and are now turning woody on green stems. i have high hopes for some of these.

How old are the seedling apples? Super cool you did that!

 

[elkhound]

How old are the seedling apples? Super cool you did that!

The ones i am referring to i started from seed this spring.Some are from the skillcult project by Steven Edholm in California where he is breeding new apple varieties based on Albert Etters old cultivars and more. The rest are from me saving seed myself and doing basically same thing he has done but with tougher varieties for my area.

I am 100% amateur but i believe these red fleshed apples just dont fight cedar rust as well as other cultivars. Seems others are thinking that way to and breeding red fleshed with tougher cultivars to get seed.

Skillcult collects pollen to hand pollinate and bag your blooms for thise doing that.That is way over my head right there plus my orchard is very young and not producing apples yet.

https://skillcult.com/blog


https://www.youtube.com/@SkillCult

another place is farmer that came up with the lucy glo and lucy rose apples

i plan on doing a thread at end of year...fall time....showing what i done and results etc.

 

[elkhound]

For anyone doesnt know it Legg Creek Farms is a sponsor for our forum and has fruit trees,nut trees and much more available.They have some native fruits to.They are based in Texas and geared towards us southern folks. Check them out below...


https://leggcreekfarm.com/

 

[Tommyice]

Have any of you seen this crazy happening? I have new growth and blossoms on my three variety apple tree.

 

[elkhound]

yes i have...maybe @Legg Creek Farm our local appleogist will come along and answer.

 

[Patchouli]

Medicine for my soul is stopping by one of the locally owned garden centers. They had some nice looking early girl tomato plants and favorite annuals that act like perennials here. Picked up a few and a spearmint plant.

 

[elkhound]

field report for grafted trees

the first 20 i done in early season theres 16 out of 20...so 4 failures..they would have taken and were growing till critter damage hit..i mean a graft cant grow out when critter takes it off and there no bud left to grow out.

second batch of 10 has 8 trees growing....so two failed and one of them the root stock actually died...so dont feel so bad....these late grafts grew a fraction of the early graft. i will make sure to not do that again getting root stock delivered later in season...only early stuff from now on.


i did see a bite out of seedling though...more damage control work i guess.