Garden Update--Photo heavy

[DoubleDogFarm]

Not much to show, but here is my garden a few days ago.

Copra onions

Belstar broccoli ( little on the purple side- nutritional deficiency)


Broadcast beets with tomatoes down the middle

Red Russian kale

Etna beans

Hooker's blue corn

Ruby's German Green tomatoes

I believe these are Black Krim tomatoes

Scarlet Emperor runner beans and cucumbers east and west.

Summer Squash

Borage


Eric

[stella1751]

Very nice! I thought the onions were garlic at first; they look extremely vigorous, as does everything else. The corn is especially lovely!

[DoubleDogFarm]

Thank you. I still have garlic, as he dangles it like a carrot, if you are interested Stella. Just saying.

How are the pictures on your end? I'm using a borrowed monitor and it's not very good.

Eric

[stella1751]

Thank you. I still have garlic, as he dangles it like a carrot, if you are interested Stella. Just saying.

How are the pictures on your end? I'm using a borrowed monitor and it's not very good.

Eric

The pictures are quite clear, with good detail. There's a bluish tint to the broccoli, kale, and tomatoes, like you took them in a different light.

You are too nice about the garlic, Eric, and I felt like a heel for turning down your generous offer. When I talk myself into a certain variety, I become obsessed. I'll probably find out that the Northern White and Northern Giant hate my soil, hate me, and hate Casper, Wyoming. I will then come weeping to you, begging for another chance at those Music

Seriously, I am too excited about growing hardneck next year. You and I think Gix got me started planting garlic for the first time in fall 2009, when I planted those Albertsons bulbs. I simply had no idea how excited my friends would be to receive organic garlic. The second year with those bulbs was really quite successful. My friends tell me they are the best garlic they have ever tasted.

I feel like I have graduated from grade school, trying a porcelain, and I can't wait to see these scapes you have been posting photos of. When I first saw your photo of the onions, I was leaning into my monitor, looking for the scapes

[lakngulf]

Photos are great, Eric. Plants and produce look good. Amazing how different our growing seasons are. How many varieties of tomatoes do you plant?

[DoubleDogFarm]

Thanks, lakngulf.

Golden Nugget
Aunt Ruby's German Green
Cherokee Purple
Fantastic
Italian Roma
Black Krim
Speckled Roman
Cuore Di Bue
Stupice
Manitoba
San Marzano
Taxi
Celebrity
Siletz

I've been laying on a heavy grass mulch, so most of the tags are buried. As they ripen I hope to figure them out.

I've only eaten 6 Golden Nuggets.

Eric

[Moley]

Borage is taking over my garden, tis OK, everyday when i trim it back some, my hands end up smelling like cucumber, kinda awesome, plus edible blue flowers.

[gumbo2176]

Ditto what Lakngulf said. Different climates, different growing seasons. I can't even think of broccoli or kale just yet and my tomatoes have been removed from the garden for weeks now since they totally played out.

Everything looks great and I can't wait till I can finally get back into the garden to prepare it for my fall planting. It rained here daily for a couple weeks straight and it finally slowed down enough for my ground to start drying out. Once I can dig without clumping my soil, I'll be out there getting the rows and beds ready.

[jal_ut]

Looking good.

[soil]

that borage is beautiful. do you use the borage?

[garden5]

Wow, you photos look like everything is so lush and doing great. I especially like the one of the onions.

I planted like 200 of them in a grid like that this year, but the are starting to die back for harvest now and many of them aren't as large as last year.

Perhaps I planted them too close, or maybe it was because the soil was very sandy? Also, the area they are in isn't very developed (rich in organic matter) so I'm sure that has something to do with it.

[stella1751]

When do people plant onions? Spring or fall? What are the best kind for the north country, with a short growing season? Are they susceptible to wire worms? Occasionally, I see a wire worm.

[DoubleDogFarm]

Stella,

Here's a couple post, take a look. I started my onions late Jan.

http://www.helpfulgardener.com/forum/v ... 437#182437

http://www.helpfulgardener.com/forum/v ... 827#191827

Eric

[stella1751]

Hmm. I took a look, thanks. I don't think I'm ready for onions yet. They look incredibly complicated. I'll keep playing with garlic for now

[DoubleDogFarm]

Stella,

All the years growing onions in Washington, I've had zero pest problems. There is a onion maggot, but I don't think wire worm is a problem.

For us northerners I like Copra for a long storage onion.

Eric