How does your garden grow?

Larro Darro · Nov 1, 2014

sixdogs said:
LarroDarro

Here are my snake gourds that I let grow on a trellis to stretch most of them straight. I nipped off most of the flowers so I had fewer but better looking gourds. I found it's best to leave them on the vine until spring so they can dry out. Some are already mostly dry.

Also in the photo are some dipper gourds. Same growing and drying drill as above.

I don't know why one photo is sideways...it's straight in my computer.

What do you think?

Those look great. Mine grew on a fence, but some of them ran the wrong way and grew on the ground. I was so busy with the regular garden I didn't spend enough time on the gourds. I'm not sure if I have posted these pictures before or not. They were made a few weeks back. I got mine off the vines so I could take the fence down. I always use that spot for a brushpile. I'll burn the brush in the spring, then till and plant next year's gourds in the same spot.

Larro

tcreeley · Nov 2, 2014

Never seen any like this before! You guys are good at what you do!
Today, it is snowing- inch on the ground and windy. My wife grabbed our celery last night as it was getting dark.

tcreeley · Nov 2, 2014

Kaci Hickox assures police chief she's not planning to go into town
....At 9 a.m. Saturday, a white sport utility vehicle driven by Fort Kent Police Chief Tom Pelletier rolled into the driveway of the home where Hickox is staying with her boyfriend, Ted Wilbur. Pelletier and an unidentified Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention employee stepped out and walked around to the back porch to speak with Hickox and Wilbur.

Hickox is working in good faith with the professional health care workers, Pelletier told the media as he and the CDC staffer returned to the SUV a few minutes later.

Pelletier said he has kept communication open with the couple, who, in spite of the court decision, said they do not plan on going into town to shop or eat.

They understand the sentiment in the community, and they do not want to be disruptive, Pelletier said.

I believe them, he added. The governor has made some statements that have not helped us keep civility in the town.

Gov. Paul LePage expressed disappointment with the judge's decision Friday, saying the state would nonetheless abide by law.

"She violated every promise she's made so far, so I can't trust her", he said Friday, answering reporters questions after a news conference celebrating a business opening in Yarmouth. I don't trust her.

Pelletier declined to say what Hickox told the CDC employee, but the police chief said when he asked how Hickox was doing, she responded, Great.

The area around the home was significantly quieter Saturday than it has been for the majority of the week. National news network crews started checking out of their hotels Friday night, after a district court judge decided the state's attempts to restrict Hickox's movements were excessive and not justifiable because she has shown no symptoms of the disease and thus cannot transmit it to others.
Kaci Hickox assures police chief she

Gov. LePage comments: https://bangordailynews.com/2014/10...lic-places-on-ebola-fears/?ref=relatedSidebar

Fort Kent resident reactions: https://bangordailynews.com/2014/10...feelings-over-kaci-hickox/?ref=relatedSidebar

Larro Darro · Nov 2, 2014

We had a nice white frost this morning. I had to come into work, but I told Margie she needed to pick any of the peppers that she wanted. I guess this is the end of the summer garden season for us. I still can't find the pictures I took of the peppers last week.

Larro

Duwop · Nov 2, 2014

Larro Darro said:
We had a nice white frost this morning. I had to come into work, but I told Margie she needed to pick any of the peppers that she wanted. I guess this is the end of the summer garden season for us. I still can't find the pictures I took of the peppers last week.

Larro

That sure is something Larro, we have not had our first frost and I'm about 700 mile due north of you. I'm sure that your winter days will be warmer and frost free also. As for now still getting banana peppers, turnips, spring onions and mustard greens. I hope to plant garlic in the coming week if I can get my tiller filled with oil and greased ( just picked up 6 ft PTO Tiller) I ve got to work on potato and pumpkin beds this winter for next season.

Duwop · Nov 2, 2014

Dang forgot to say, nice snake gourds too, never seen them as I remember. I will have to look around for some seeds, thought I have never seen them for sale here in 14 years, guess I will have to look online. Anyway Good Day

Duwop · Nov 2, 2014

sixdogs said:
Duwop--good deal. I used to pick mine and put them under cover but the ones laying outside did better than the ones I took care of. Even ones laying on the ground came out looking great. Some have been outside for nearly two years and still look to be in perfect condition. About ten years ago we went to a gourd festival and everything was made of gourds, including the instruments. The gourd band was excellent and I think I still have their CD if I can find it.

Here's a clip off of YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y8-4yHQ4PxM

Ha!Ha! Pretty funny I will have to remember to show to my daughter. Yes I leave them out doors too I don't care how ugly they get as a bird just don't care when it's seeking shelter.

Larro Darro · Nov 2, 2014

Duwop said:
That sure is something Larro, we have not had our first frost and I'm about 700 mile due north of you. I'm sure that your winter days will be warmer and frost free also. As for now still getting banana peppers, turnips, spring onions and mustard greens. I hope to plant garlic in the coming week if I can get my tiller filled with oil and greased ( just picked up 6 ft PTO Tiller) I ve got to work on potato and pumpkin beds this winter for next season.

It caught me by surprise too. The forecast low was 35F but it was 31F when I got up about daylight. Plus it was really windy early last night. I guess the wind laid enough during the night for it to frost. But our weather can do crazy things. The forecast lows for the next four days are in the 30's, 40's, 50's and 60's.

Larro

farmer2009 · Nov 4, 2014

This years potato crop. Had a rough start only about 2/3 of the 15 pound row came up. Only got hilled once. So my guess is about 50 pounds of potatoes. I will weigh them once I get the dirt dried and rubbed off. Stacked them in barn on top of the hay to let dry.