majors 2016 garden..

[majorcatfish]

8/14/16 update...
finally got the acorn squash in this morning planted 9 spots with 2 seeds each. hope they all sprout love winter squash..

the major planting of corn has jumped.. looking forward to some September sweet corn.
did pull the corn from the raised beds noticed that some of them had corn rust on them so sprayed the last bed and here with fungicide.

the watermelons are doing better than i thought ...counted 30 ranging in different sizes

the bed area is slowing down for the time being have 4 empty, give a couple weeks , the first round of carrots beets lettuce will be going in...

here it is mid august and my lonely blue potato is going strong....usually potatoes would have been pulled and had blight.. go blue

the friendship bean patch is doing very well, going to pick a few for dinner tonight...

the 21 cow peas are just running all over the place...smother the grass

dw informed the we have enough basil so letting it go for now the bumblebees are enjoying the flowers... so why pull them..

well thats the update for this week...
off to water everyone....

 

[Carol Dee]

@majorcatfish I just got caught up on this post. Happy Belated anniversary. Your garden is amazing! So big yet well maintained. How you manage working the hours you do, I will have to give the DW some credit You mentioned blue potatoes, we planted a 1/2 row this year for fun. We will see how they do. We have been taking some of the red and whites along the way. Better to eat them all than to try to store over winter. I have not been successful for 3 winters.

 

[Smart Red]

Major, everything is looking so good. Wish you could work in my garden for a while.

 

[majorcatfish]

@majorcatfish I just got caught up on this post. Happy Belated anniversary. Your garden is amazing! So big yet well maintained. How you manage working the hours you do, I will have to give the DW some credit You mentioned blue potatoes, we planted a 1/2 row this year for fun. We will see how they do. We have been taking some of the red and whites along the way. Better to eat them all than to try to store over winter. I have not been successful for 3 winters.

yes i do have to give the dw a lot of the credit this summer she has been watering everyone while i have been out of town plus all the caning she has done on top of everything else at the house...
as for the blue potato never planted any potatoes this year it was one or two that over wintered and missed being chopped up by the cultivator.... it will be interesting as well to see what we have as well....

nothing like a fresh potato right out of the garden, as fast as we eat potatoes it's cheaper to buy a 10 lbs bag..

 

[majorcatfish]

Major, everything is looking so good. Wish you could work in my garden for a while.

you just never know, the owner just might open a truck tire store up your way and shanghai me to fix it...so there's a chance...

 

[digitS']

Why pull the basil, indeed?

Honey bees like it too.

And then, they like monarda and that family and fennel. Doesn't it make you wonder what their honey would taste like with diets like that?

Steve

 

[majorcatfish]

the bubble bee's are the major work horse around here during the hot summer months...glad to have them in the garden...
basil honey oh thats sounds wonderful

 

[digitS']

I really don't know about the Galia melons. Diplomat did fine in 2015 but June weather must have really shaken it to the roots! If it fails, it will be the first time I haven't harvested Galia melons in about 10 years. Have to get back to the Passport variety.

I take back any adverse impression I left about the Diplomats.

They have fully recovered and caught up with the cantaloupe. Imma gonna have sooo many melons this year!

Steve

 

[majorcatfish]

I take back any adverse impression I left about the Diplomats.

They have fully recovered and caught up with the cantaloupe. Imma gonna have sooo many melons this year!

Steve

and they are going to ripen all at once..... but they are a dang good tasting melon, not sure what type will be planting next year guess i will be doing some research this winter .

 

[majorcatfish]

8/28/16 update... the season is starting to change most of the mid season veggies are done, have 5 empty beds 6 once pull the basil. <one bed not shown>

next weekend will start planting the first round of fall veggies...
pulled the brown crowder peas, dw has a gallon worth dried... plus half a case of pints caned.

we really like the 21 crowder peas. definitely going to save some seeds for next year. thinking about doing a really neat arbor next year..

another year of losing the Brussels sprouts. the bugs won again. will have to rethink if we try them next year....

the main garden...
will be interesting to see how much more corn we get....

the eggplant has started to slow down thank god dont know how much more i can eat this season....

trying to see if i can get some late summer cucumbers.

the honey bear acorn squash is starting to take off....

HOLD THE PRESS...... NEWS FLASH........ THE YANKEES HAVE INVADED THE SOUTH AGAIN.... BUT THIS TIME WE SHALL SHOW THEM TO THE DINNER TABLE...
here you go @Nyboy