Looks LUSH and fabulous!
...do you water with lake water? Hm - did I ask this before? Vaguely remember you saying water level goes way down and unreacheable, but can't remember if that was in summer or winter.
I use both lake water and I have a faucet from my well. My irrigation system has a zone for the garden and hits it every few days. On the pier I have a sprinkler attached to an irrigation line so that those containers get water more often, as they will dry out in a hurry.applestar wrote:Looks LUSH and fabulous!
...do you water with lake water? Hm - did I ask this before? Vaguely remember you saying water level goes way down and unreacheable, but can't remember if that was in summer or winter.
The water goes down in the winter time.
Ever do the balancing act in the garden when you have to reach something but you didn't leave enough space to walk without crushing stems or leaves and lost a few cucumbers that you did not see buried under the kale leaves. My gourd vines like to climp on the fence and the trees. Every week I have to turn the ends of the vne inward to keep them in their section. Eventually I know they will still end up on the fence. My gate is in the middle of the fence. after about a week, I have to tear some of the vines off the fence just so I can open the gate. ( I actually only have one gourd vine it just has a lot of side branches.
My tomato trellis is just outside the main garden but behind the trelli are aloe (temporarily permant) and an escaped Mexican oregano shrub so I can not get behind it easily. The tomatoes end up going over the top of the trellis and starts going over the aloe and trying to climb onto the kaffir lime tree.
My tomato trellis is just outside the main garden but behind the trelli are aloe (temporarily permant) and an escaped Mexican oregano shrub so I can not get behind it easily. The tomatoes end up going over the top of the trellis and starts going over the aloe and trying to climb onto the kaffir lime tree.
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I made a bad garden plan this year. Most of my peppers are overly shaded and will probably not do very well. One big disappointment is my Purple Jalapeño, which has set a bunch of fruit that won't do much of anything as it is almost always shaded.
The problem this year was not so much PETC as where I planted things. I had forgotten how massive Yellow Pear tomato plants get, it's like a small tree. And then there is the cursed miniature pear tree on the other side of the peppers. I'm on a campaign to just yank that tree out, but my wife says it'll be too depressing to kill a tree during the summer. :/
The problem this year was not so much PETC as where I planted things. I had forgotten how massive Yellow Pear tomato plants get, it's like a small tree. And then there is the cursed miniature pear tree on the other side of the peppers. I'm on a campaign to just yank that tree out, but my wife says it'll be too depressing to kill a tree during the summer. :/
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Example of my PETC -- corn is taking over from the peas now -- not all that easy to see and really lousy photo quality but here is a before and after -- this morning, I took down the string trellis and yanked the yellowing pea vines to lay between the rows of corn as mulch after spreading some organic fertilizer.
It is amazing how everything takes over. I guess that is one good way to avoid the weeds!!applestar wrote:Example of my PETC -- corn is taking over from the peas now -- not all that easy to see and really lousy photo quality but here is a before and after -- this morning, I took down the string trellis and yanked the yellowing pea vines to lay between the rows of corn as mulch after spreading some organic fertilizer.
Thanks, KitchenGardener. For the most part I enjoy it. Have had some wonderful tomato sandwiches this year already, and just now getting started. Tomorrow will begin my favorite part. Put several tomatoes in several grocery bags, load them on the Sea Doo, and then leave with neighbors or on their pier if I do not find them home.KitchenGardener wrote:lakngulf: everything about what you are growing looks so healthy. I definitely want to live on a lake, grow my veggies on a pier and at least partially water them with lake water. Well done - I can see how much work you've put into your garden and your deserve every pound of produce you get!
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I can't really say I planned on this...perhaps therein lies my trouble...
Obviously, mistakes were made. I intend to launch a full scale investigation.
The plants snarling round the Silver Queen are Blue Hubbard, (as if you didn't know) Butternut, Buttercup and cukes of some kind. Believe it or not, somewhere in there are 4 foot wide "aisles" for "walking". Hah.
Obviously, mistakes were made. I intend to launch a full scale investigation.
The plants snarling round the Silver Queen are Blue Hubbard, (as if you didn't know) Butternut, Buttercup and cukes of some kind. Believe it or not, somewhere in there are 4 foot wide "aisles" for "walking". Hah.
Well, on a positive note, there should be little room under there for any weeds to grow!!Taiji wrote:I can't really say I planned on this...perhaps therein lies my trouble... Obviously, mistakes were made. I intend to launch a full scale investigation.
The plants snarling round the Silver Queen are Blue Hubbard, (as if you didn't know) Butternut, Buttercup and cukes of some kind. Believe it or not, somewhere in there are 4 foot wide "aisles" for "walking". Hah.
I don't know if this belongs here but I planted 3 upo gourds in a 18'x15' space. In the beginning I tried to contain the vines by turning them in upon itself but as usual.... there were too many ends and they started climbing up the calamondin tree and on the fence. I now have to break the vines just to get the gate open and the squash is setting fruit but most of the fruit is hanging outside my fence. So far, I have been lucky. No one has gotten to the gourds before me so I haven't lost any yet.
This has happened before. Tell me now should I plant my gourds on the other side of the fence to get the fruit to hang on the inside of the garden instead?
This has happened before. Tell me now should I plant my gourds on the other side of the fence to get the fruit to hang on the inside of the garden instead?
