Gardening thread of 2021

[jacko9]

This is the second harvest for the Anaheim peppers and since this picture, there are more growing on the three plants. The bell peppers are still increasing in size so I only pick what we are going to eat in a given meal. Thses were grown in an elevator bed planter from Vermont Gardners Supply.

 

[Bert2368]

Whut?!

 

[coxhaus]

Pesto Pesto everywhere. I pulled a couple of my pesto bushes to make room for more root crop vegetables. I have so much basil this year in my garden.
I bet I have 20 more bushes.

 

[Bert2368]

Pesto Pesto everywhere. I pulled a couple of my pesto bushes to make room for more root crop vegetables. I have so much basil this year in my garden.
I bet I have 20 more bushes.

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Got a recipe? I do note the presence of pecans, rather than pine nuts...

 

[coxhaus]

Those pecans are from our trees. We substitute pecans for pine nuts.

We don't really measure but probably 5 cloves of garlic, 2 handfuls of pecans, grate parmigiana cheese until looks right half to 3/4 quarters cut of cheese, fill food processor up with basil, run food processor until chopped then pour olive oil in until it is the right consistency.
My wife does most of this.

 

[Bodine]

Winter garden was planted today, eight rows of greens will take care of us through the winter

 

[chefwp]

shutting down
My wife thinks the fish need a sign that says "gone camping." I agree, even though they are still there, but they do have a fancy new 'tent.' The pump came out, aerator in now in, plant sunk to the bottom, the fish saying "*** is going on?!?!" My pond is shallow, hopefully this will be enough to keep the fishees alive.

Also, the back deck container's dracena has been consolidated into two containers and put in the garage to overwinter in a spot that gets some southern sunlight for a bit. If I manage to remember to water them a few times they'll be back for their 3rd year.

 

[Luftmensch]

My wife thinks the fish need a sign that says "gone camping." I agree, even though they are still there, but they do have a fancy new 'tent.'

Forgive my ignorance... What is the tent for?

Hehe... here Kookaburras and herons can steal small fish from outdoor ponds!

 

[chefwp]

Forgive my ignorance... What is the tent for?

Hehe... here Kookaburras and herons can steal small fish from outdoor ponds!

Herons and raccoons are a concern here too, but not my primary ones. I don't think the tent would prevent a determined raccoon anyway, they are too clever. The thing that prevents me from vegetable gardening like a normal person is the shade of many enormous and ancient oak trees. The tent's short term function is to keep all of autumn's leaves out. Once the canopy is gone, I'm hoping that the mesh will lessen the algae bloom that happened last year too, we'll see, that might be wishful thinking.

I've never seen a heron stalking my pond, but I know other local pond owners have been hassled by them. I really appreciate them though, they are my favorite subject and I stalk them with my camera and a small kayak in the bigger local waterways.

 

[Luftmensch]

Forgot to say... Zappa Mona Lisa

 

[Bodine]

Update on my garden, coming along nicely

 

[Slim278]

Do you find any benefit to planting the greens in rows? Everyone I have ever seen broadcast the greens and they are all mixed together.

 

[Bodine]

Do you find any benefit to planting the greens in rows? Everyone I have ever seen broadcast the greens and they are all mixed together.

I can walk in the garden, I am anal, easy to keep winter weeds out, easier to thin

 

[Bodine]

Garden is coming along nicely rows are filling in from right to left radishes, Pak Choi, leaf lettuce, buttercrunch lettuce, Redsail lettuce, Romain lettuce, mustard greens, some sort of green I don’t know what it is but it taste good and arugula
I need some cold-weather to slow the growth down

 

[Bodine]

Well here we are in 22, got plants in the ground. 3 maters, 2 bells, 4 cukes, 2 Zuchini, 4 Jalepenos, 2 Poblanos, 1 Habanero, 1 Mole.
Dogwoods and Azaleas are blooming and humming birds have arrived.

 

[Pie]

It’s supposed to dump 10cm snow tonight. Just when my cacti started peeking out from the ice .

It’s been a long winter.

 

[Bert2368]

We are quite some ways from even having the ground thaw...

Say hello to "Holly" the 18 week old doggo. We are walking around (with snowshoes for me) and looking at our slightly thawing world- Checking out the new woodpecker holes, changing the wood chips in the wood duck houses..

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[KingShapton]

I love dogs! So much fun and the best friend a human can have!

 

[Bert2368]

Yup.

 

[KingShapton]

Yup.
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Oh man, you hit my heart with these pictures!

One of the most beautiful and greatest experiences in my life was to be present at the first litter of my beloved dog. My wife told me afterwards that she had been in the whelping box for 4 hours, but she waited until I came home. I was in the room less than 2 minutes before the birth started.

I know that this is normal for some people, for me it was a beautiful experience and a great vote of confidence from her. Just something I can never forget as long as I live.

When looking at your pictures, all the memories of that time come up.

All the beautiful experiences with the little puppies, no matter how much **** they messed up - one look into those eyes and everything was forgotten!

One of my greatest wishes and dreams would be to have a dog again. And I hope that one day this wish will come true.

 

[Bert2368]

King Shapton-

I went from the first week of January, 2001 to January 1st of 2022 without a dog- I feel for you.

Now, more puppy porn! We went out into the fenced orchard and tried working off the leash outdoors for the first time. "Come" worked pretty good...

 

[Lars]

If I somehow manage to not screw this up, I could be enjoying my first ever fresh tomatillo this summer.

 

[Caleb Cox]

Awesome! Rick Bayless would be so proud!

 

[Bert2368]

IN QUESTIONABLE TASTE

People ask if gardening is hard but that's not the problem the problem is it's easy and it really ought to be impossible. What is this putting stuff in dirt and expecting to get food back what are you, a communist? You bought a bag of cowpeas not even a proper seed packet with a glossy picture on it and shoved a couple in the ground. You know it can't work. Even fairy tales know better everybody laughs when Jack trades a cow for beans a cow is worth something, after all. The whips that twined up into the hydrangeas have three green leaves so they must be poison ivy that's probably it the things that look like bean pods are a coincidence it's a new kind of poison ivy you'll probably be even more allergic to this one. And the funny thing is that I know this when they come for me and say "You have to stop now— you know people aren't allowed to do this sort of thing," I'll bow my head and say "I know."
It was much too easy it had to be illegal or at least in very questionable taste, thinking you could put almost nothing into dirt and get everything back almost for free.

-T. Kingfisher (AKA Ursula Vernon), "Jackalope Wives"

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[Bodine]

My garden is not all that large but you can produce a lot of food in a small space, it’s just the wife and I so, we have about eight tomato plants two bell pepper a hill of cucumber and a hill of zucchini, over in the pepper section we have Molé, jalapeño, habanero, poblano, two tomatillo plants, in the backyard I have additional cucumbers growing on the chain-link fence.

That’s quite enough for us, looking forward to seeing all your gardens as spring is sprung across the country

 

[Bodine]

Since dogs were mentioned above here are a couple of photos of mine, how could one live without a dog

 

[Bear]

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My garden is not all that large but you can produce a lot of food in a small space, it’s just the wife and I so, we have about eight tomato plants two bell pepper a hill of cucumber and a hill of zucchini, over in the pepper section we have Molé, jalapeño, habanero, poblano, two tomatillo plants, in the backyard I have additional cucumbers growing on the chain-link fence.

That’s quite enough for us, looking forward to seeing all your gardens as spring is sprung across the country

That's just not fair

 

[Bert2368]

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Since dogs were mentioned above here are a couple of photos of mine, how could one live without a dog

One can NOT live properly without a dog. Or possibly, a Kitaeh. Obviously...

 

[coxhaus]

I did not see a garden thread for 2022 so here is the start of my garden for this year. My granddaughter helped me this year. We did all by hand rather than using the small tractor.

 

[picturepoet]

our little food factory