CloverKnollFarms
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Our stalks are about 6' on my late maturing corn. 3' maybe on the early stuff. Still made good ears and they taste great. Yield is low due to deer damage though
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2024 garden season
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CloverKnollFarms
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Picked a total of 116 ears this week. So did the deer
DJ54
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Found these underneath another tomato plant that either the wind blew over from storms in the last couple of days, or Deer. Not really sure what they are. Not shaped like the Juliet tomatoes and much too small for the Celebrity, or Beefsteak. Look more like a Cherry of some sort. Couldn't resist and had to do a taste test, not sweet, more of a balanced flavor on the tart side, much to my liking.
Have some damage to pepper plants from Deer. Maybe young bucks thinking they make a good rub for those new antlers coming in.
Have some damage to pepper plants from Deer. Maybe young bucks thinking they make a good rub for those new antlers coming in.
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Blackberries have dried up while I was out of town.
Lost about 6 tomatoes to rot, but got another 2 for use tonight.
Peppers are doing well this year, both mild and hot.
Lost about 6 tomatoes to rot, but got another 2 for use tonight.
Peppers are doing well this year, both mild and hot.
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Garden season is over here. Too hot and dry and Water Board has restricted outside water use to zero. Full conservation rules apply. Excessive use will result in your water meter locked or a hefty tariff, or both.
DJ54
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The garden is finally starting to produce, even in the near drought conditions we're experiencing. I've been picking a few tomatoes, and had a woman show up yesterday evening and picked a couple bushel to can. Peppers of all kinds are producing well she picked a couple dozen Jalapeno's to make salsa.
This is my first year to start/grow Pink Oxheart tomatoes. Had about 6-8 ready to pick yesterday, so pulled one off before she got here to have for supper. It was too late by the time I got in to fix much to have with it, so will try it today.
I will say the leaf mulch I put around nearly all plants set and direct seeded worked very well. Saved a lot of weeding and conserved what moisture we have received. Tomato plants are loaded and have tomatoes of good size, just ripening slow due to heat stress, I guess.
I've got a lot of higher priority things going on right now so won't get to canning anything until sometime next week, so slow ripening isn't a bad thing.
This is my first year to start/grow Pink Oxheart tomatoes. Had about 6-8 ready to pick yesterday, so pulled one off before she got here to have for supper. It was too late by the time I got in to fix much to have with it, so will try it today.
I will say the leaf mulch I put around nearly all plants set and direct seeded worked very well. Saved a lot of weeding and conserved what moisture we have received. Tomato plants are loaded and have tomatoes of good size, just ripening slow due to heat stress, I guess.
I've got a lot of higher priority things going on right now so won't get to canning anything until sometime next week, so slow ripening isn't a bad thing.
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Sonny580
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I had pink oxhearts last year and they did good here. I really liked them. Canned a lot of them too. Didnt have any this year, ended up with 1,500 donated tomato and pepper plants late in the season.
Peppers are Giant Marconi and most of the tomatoes are Romas, which can and make juice just fine.
Peppers only about half grown so far.
Big ole canner pumpkin starting to turn down in there.
Peppers are Giant Marconi and most of the tomatoes are Romas, which can and make juice just fine.
Peppers only about half grown so far.
Big ole canner pumpkin starting to turn down in there.
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MAX-24-Dean
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We had a good garden season this year. Put up a lot of veggies and fruit in the cellar.
Except last night it was 34° F and many of our plants will stop producing because of the low temps two times this week.
Except last night it was 34° F and many of our plants will stop producing because of the low temps two times this week.
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Sonny580
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Heavy fall dews here, --- I HATE that crap!!! Weather winding down for sure!
BnRidge
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Tried a couple new things this year. Some raised beds, and planting corn in hills vs rows. For the first time in many years the gophers, deer and coons were all confused and left everything alone. 100% crop vs no none at all. Gophers don't climb, so the beds were immune to them pulling seedlings out to get at the seeds. Sugar beets in a bed, apparently the deer didn't think to look up. Corn hills scattered all over, threw the coons off their game of marching down the rows pulling everything over. Plus the corn planting was staggered once a week. Sweet corn all summer long for a change, plus several dozen in the freezer. The dirt in the beds came from a decades old pile of topsoil - so no weeds for a change. And mulch - ordered a couple loads of arborist chips (40yards) for free. Everything was a game changer for the better.