tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1423140573667417407.post2740842712710715034..comments2024-03-18T12:04:27.789-05:00Comments on A Home Grown Journal: A Look at the Garden on August 1stMama Peahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03649357184167949247noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1423140573667417407.post-25980095434673536782019-08-03T10:53:16.478-05:002019-08-03T10:53:16.478-05:00Susan - My Sweet Peas are pathetic this year, too....Susan - My Sweet Peas are pathetic this year, too. :o( They started out good, but now the vines seem to be drying up and dying. Not a lack of moisture so I don't know what is happening. I've had two blooms so far. Double :o(!<br /><br />Hummingbird - Yep, although I prefer bush beans to pole beans, there are some years when the bush beans don't seem to have any "starch" in them at all and lie down like lazy lumps! That does make picking difficult. Good luck with finding your bean bounty in your tangle!<br /><br />wisps of words - I've read of others harvesting their garlic already. Just one more thing that my garden is always a little behind on. But I don't think it will be too long before mine is ready.<br /><br />Lynne - Thanks, Lynne. When I realistically look at the time I've put into just the raised beds this year (and the fruit trees and strawberry patch and blueberry patch and asparagus patch), I'm kinda glad I've had the rest from the usual planting of the whole field garden. (Uh-oh, that lazy person inside me is trying to get out!!)<br /><br />Pam - Gotta confess some days that's exactly how I feel! ;o}Mama Peahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03649357184167949247noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1423140573667417407.post-64356662651047268682019-08-03T07:41:19.842-05:002019-08-03T07:41:19.842-05:00Considering I have NO garden, you are doing great....Considering I have NO garden, you are doing great. I love the pic at the top of your blog!Pamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10211965720334593365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1423140573667417407.post-51457756116815648972019-08-02T14:25:44.469-05:002019-08-02T14:25:44.469-05:00Your gardens do look so good. The vegetable you ge...Your gardens do look so good. The vegetable you get I bet will be yummy, and so good for you and Papa Pea . I think your yield is alot from your patience and hard work. Next year you'll have the field garden producing too !! Super job!Lynnehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05457724188421592415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1423140573667417407.post-92164304393881855282019-08-02T10:58:20.135-05:002019-08-02T10:58:20.135-05:00A first of the month post!
My son next door, harv...A first of the month post!<br /><br />My son next door, harvested his garlic last week or so.<br /><br />A new bunny appeared and is eating his lettuce. His fault, he needs to cover it! Duhhh... -evil grin-<br /><br />Grab those beets!!! They are going to run away, one of these nights!!!!!!!!! Maybe on the Full Moon!!! Grab 'em!!!!!<br /><br />wisps of wordshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12995057494013633705noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1423140573667417407.post-17546856015956046732019-08-02T10:14:12.388-05:002019-08-02T10:14:12.388-05:00I too planted green beans in a 4x8 raised bed. I p...I too planted green beans in a 4x8 raised bed. I planted bush beans. Needs no support, said the packet. WRONG! The plants are flopping all over the place. I am hating harvesting them with a passion! I spend so much time thrashing around search for the beans. Next year, back to pole beans and support! Sigh, back out there later this morning. Wish me luck!Hummingbirdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15971345724029454509noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1423140573667417407.post-33593375605250552972019-08-02T09:46:16.067-05:002019-08-02T09:46:16.067-05:00My garden is way behind, too. My garlic crop is d...My garden is way behind, too. My garlic crop is downright pathetic this year - the first time, ever. The only 'crop'that seems to thrive is the weed crop. I love the flowers on the runner beans - they are so vibrant! I planted sweetpeas this year and got one plant. One. Sigh.Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12573143203599624833noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1423140573667417407.post-24531587926397051702019-08-02T07:55:35.694-05:002019-08-02T07:55:35.694-05:00Leigh - Thank you! My garden feels so very differ...Leigh - Thank you! My garden feels so very different this year. I really cut back (sniff) and without the area of the field garden (sniff, sniff), had to squeeze different plants into different places. It looks good now, but I think most things are not far enough along to make it before Jack Frost makes an appearance. But we'll be thankful for every little bit of harvest we get.<br /><br />SmartAlex - I know! Peas are supposedly one of the earliest harvests but mine don't make it much earlier than the beans. And as for tomatoes . . . cannot grow them to maturity here until we get some kind of a hoop house or greenhouse for help! Yours will do fine, I'm betting.<br /><br />Jenn - Thanks! Our only fertilizer is the compost we make right here on the homestead. Papa Pea does such a great job with what we have to work with. I think once our plants start growing, they know they've got a very short season so they go like crazy to make it! I thought of you when I pictured the beets. Don't know why they won't do well for you. :o(Mama Peahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03649357184167949247noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1423140573667417407.post-25075801346804614632019-08-02T06:54:23.896-05:002019-08-02T06:54:23.896-05:00Your plants are so big and lush. What do you do fo...Your plants are so big and lush. What do you do for fertilizer? I thought I had put down enough bagged composted manure (the kind you buy), but I don't have nearly the size of plants that you do! I have beet envy! -Jenncoffeeontheporchwithmehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17618627688821849806noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1423140573667417407.post-23935023445695300592019-08-01T20:02:48.469-05:002019-08-01T20:02:48.469-05:00Nice cucumber blooms! And those bush beans look a...Nice cucumber blooms! And those bush beans look awesome. Mine were the best ever last year. I saved some seeds and planted them along with the newly bought seeds to see how they do. I can't believe you are justnow harvesting peas. Makes me feel a little better about my slow tomatoes.SmartAlexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06219182373225762230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1423140573667417407.post-12597115143739255512019-08-01T19:40:33.286-05:002019-08-01T19:40:33.286-05:00I always love seeing your garden. Each bed has it&...I always love seeing your garden. Each bed has it's own personality. I love a thriving garden.Leighhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02435811789823712254noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1423140573667417407.post-69519716868825239772019-08-01T19:04:18.938-05:002019-08-01T19:04:18.938-05:00Michelle - Well, my friend, you just have to expan...Michelle - Well, my friend, you just have to expand your gardening space for next year! (Yeah, like you've got time for all of that!) ;o)Mama Peahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03649357184167949247noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1423140573667417407.post-1114040305360027292019-08-01T18:08:16.309-05:002019-08-01T18:08:16.309-05:00Yep, lots of fresh eating but not enough to do muc...Yep, lots of fresh eating but not enough to do much preserving.Michellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01550786937196525098noreply@blogger.com