majors 2023 garden

[majorcatfish]

7/23 update...
east and middle beds
the tropic mators really like the weave have had quite a few ripes so far, plus the green ones make delicious fried green mator

the brussel sprouts the jury is still out whether we get any have been battling cabbage worms....

the middle bed...
have been pampering it all season. did a soil test from <mysoil> got though amazon it's a mail in kit 29.95
results were interesting mostly perfect and a couple high only 2 were low they recommended nitrogen, sulfur.
friday picked everything up 5lbs blood meal, only needed 3 cups of sulfur. plus had a couple pounds of green sand so tossed in into the mix......ran the cultivator though it.
all this work to plant elephant garlic in September, been thinking about throwing in some hardneck garlic as well

 

[majorcatfish]

7/23 update..
the main beds..
finally pulled the celery it was more slugs than celery, this morning planted some more corn...

so now have 3 beds of corn...

the 2nd planting of the green beans are doing fine, have never replanting this time of the year.. this is a true experiment we i/dw/dogs do miss eating fresh green beans

and there's the english cucumber "plant" churning out cucumbers every other day....

and there's the squash plants...
wow I'm amazed this year, usually by this time of the season they are fried and done for... not this year.
the yellow squash had a hiccup thought it was toast so but is growing again really healthy and growing up and out..

and then theres this years zucchini all i can say is OMG WHAT A PLANT...
thank goodness we like zucchini

finally found the perfect one to just like grow...... no rhyme or reason just letting it grow...

 

[majorcatfish]

7/23 update...
the main garden..
I'm highly impressed with this years crop of "phoenix" mators. surly with pinching and trimming has helped greatly. wish i have the insight to plant later in the season...next year

and theres the bell peppers....really nothing to write home about this year, usually picking them by the bucket load, just a hand full here and there. nice plants to stay on the positive side maybe they going to come on late this season....

and of course the french melons....
WOW this year must be the perfect season every couple days 2-3 ripen have only lost 3 so far. but this has been a especially mild season for us.... hot and hit and miss rain fall.

taking the chance and planted 10 more seeds, we shall see what happens. would be nice to have a late harvest...

 

[Branching Out]

That is one gorgeous patch of melons. You are so fortunate!

 

[AMKuska]

This is something I really am looking forward to. Can't wait to be able to harvest my own melons!

 

[baymule]

Your garden is beautiful! Adding the raised beds was a great idea. I’m thinking of doing the same, some day!

 

[majorcatfish]

7/25/2023.....
out of the main garden this afternoon......

my prized phoenix mator of the year....1.8 lbs

so happy that we scaled the garden back..... we have had the perfect season so far....

 

[majorcatfish]

Your garden is beautiful! Adding the raised beds was a great idea. I’m thinking of doing the same, some day!

raised beds are the way to go, they do have their pros and cons. but overall the only way i would grow certain things.

 

[majorcatfish]

That is one gorgeous patch of melons. You are so fortunate!

if they can grow monster pumpkins and other veggies you can grow melons.. it's all about timing

 

[majorcatfish]

7/30/2023.... end of the month update
this mornings harvest....

my prized "tropic" mator

it has been the perfect storm of a season for tomatoes, no blossom rot, no blight early or late, no cracking from the usual inches of rain. the plants just keep turning out the most perfect mators.

well looky there the brussels sprouts are finally showing bud growth.

been a great year for mators, but the peppers have been a hit and miss so far.

and the melons they just keep growing, have to keep moving the markers around, but have not seen any new ones so once this round is done...time to pull had to toss 4 more today ...split

our hopes are for a late sept harvest with the second planting. 8 out of 10 sprouted so popped a couple more seeds in today.

since we did not get the monster melons as in years past. dw dehydrated a batch took 14 melons to get 2 quart jars.

lets see what happens in august....