tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1423140573667417407.post6697257032627029750..comments2024-03-18T12:04:27.789-05:00Comments on A Home Grown Journal: What's Growing In The Field GardenMama Peahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03649357184167949247noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1423140573667417407.post-49952399992575641642018-08-16T16:45:39.603-05:002018-08-16T16:45:39.603-05:00MaryO - Welcome and thank you so much for your kin...MaryO - Welcome and thank you so much for your kind words! I'm no wonder woman but I do love to garden!!Mama Peahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03649357184167949247noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1423140573667417407.post-19418586805639915752018-08-15T10:44:34.634-05:002018-08-15T10:44:34.634-05:00Just discovered your blog and I am IN AWE of your ...Just discovered your blog and I am IN AWE of your beautiful garden! AND the amount of work that goes into it! You're a wonder woman!<br /><br />Love it!<br /><br />MaryO1230MaryOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05304380556411574230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1423140573667417407.post-76838423012942008732018-07-31T07:19:47.454-05:002018-07-31T07:19:47.454-05:00Leigh - It took me many years to realize (yes, I&#...Leigh - It took me many years to realize (yes, I'm slow) that up here near the tundra, all crops, whether they are cool crops or warm ones, mature at about the same time! Good in some ways, totally exhausting in others!!!<br /><br />Susan - Your dream garden will come when you retire and HAVE TIME to make it so!<br /><br />MrsDM - I did a "test dig" on a sample of all the different potato varieties and areas of planting a couple of days ago. And did not find a single wee little nub of a potato anywhere. WAAAAAAHHH. I can only hope I didn't dig deep enough (didn't want to disturb anything too much) and come fall there WILL be potatoes to harvest. I hope, hope, hope, hope . . . <br /><br />Goatldi - The tall ones were seeds given to me in a pretty little box at Christmas time by my daughter who saved them from her last season's plants so I don't know the variety. The shorter, bushier ones are Ring of Fire that I adore since having them recommended to me a few years ago by a fellow blogger.Mama Peahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03649357184167949247noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1423140573667417407.post-8318285205444845942018-07-30T16:41:06.137-05:002018-07-30T16:41:06.137-05:00Greeeeeat! So nice to see all the green and growth...Greeeeeat! So nice to see all the green and growth. <br /><br />What variety are your sunflowers? Goatldihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07222031369656684797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1423140573667417407.post-65469925126144327032018-07-30T14:05:16.510-05:002018-07-30T14:05:16.510-05:00A thing of beauty is this post! Your gardens make...A thing of beauty is this post! Your gardens make me swoon (in a very good way!) :)<br /><br />My potato plants have nary a flower on them either this year. Strange indeed but I do hope there are some good things in that earth waiting for the harvest.MrsDuncanMahoganyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14530532280823055509noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1423140573667417407.post-81117522086357390272018-07-30T10:25:57.800-05:002018-07-30T10:25:57.800-05:00Your garden, as usual, is perfect. It is lush and...Your garden, as usual, is perfect. It is lush and green and everything looks wonderful! It is the stuff of my dream garden. Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12573143203599624833noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1423140573667417407.post-22760337465561556952018-07-30T05:14:09.680-05:002018-07-30T05:14:09.680-05:00It look so good! Lovely to see everything neatly m...It look so good! Lovely to see everything neatly mulched. That's a feat in itself (if you ask me). It's extremely interesting to me to see you can grow things thing during the summer (like those peas and cabbages) along with things like green beans and sunflowers. My summer gets too dang hot to do that. The peas and brassicas just have to wait until fall or early spring. Leighhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02435811789823712254noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1423140573667417407.post-32074901306535418002018-07-29T18:41:18.124-05:002018-07-29T18:41:18.124-05:00Jenn - I have never done that . . . purchased a la...Jenn - I have never done that . . . purchased a large tomato plant with tomatoes already forming. For me to get ripe, regular sized tomatoes that may just be what I have to do. Either that or start mine inside in December (!) which really isn't feasible! Thanks for your note.Mama Peahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03649357184167949247noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1423140573667417407.post-36304782118000822982018-07-29T15:06:28.506-05:002018-07-29T15:06:28.506-05:00Fantastic!! Boy, you plant a lot of peas. They are...Fantastic!! Boy, you plant a lot of peas. They are wonderful, though, aren't they? I would be the only one eating the brussel sprouts around here. To answer your question about tomatoes, I buy plants (small ones, but still already growing) rather than starting my own from seed. I don't usually get fully ripe tomotoes until August and often am still dealing with tomatoes at the beginning of September (that's during productive years - the last two years have been a total wash out). -Jenncoffeeontheporchwithmehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17618627688821849806noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1423140573667417407.post-1895539801849662832018-07-29T11:46:04.681-05:002018-07-29T11:46:04.681-05:00wisps of words - Nah, there are lots of other food...wisps of words - Nah, there are lots of other food items we have to buy. We do buy some meat, but also have as much duck, goose and chicken in the freezer as we need. We do save a lot of $$$ on vegetables, for sure. IF you don't count, as you say, the blood, sweat and tears that go into the "making" of those vegetables. It's just a darn good thing I love to garden. (As she sits here dripping sweat, hungry as a bear and wishing someone [ANYONE!] had lunch waiting for us on the table right now!) ;o)Mama Peahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03649357184167949247noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1423140573667417407.post-41518953444011315972018-07-29T10:35:40.551-05:002018-07-29T10:35:40.551-05:00So basically, all you have to purchase, all year l...So basically, all you have to purchase, all year long, are meat, milk, flour, butter, sugar? You grow, and can make, everything else. Just about....<br /><br />That's some savings!<br /><br />Remember all the blood, sweat and tears which go into the growing, harvesting, and "putting up" of all that food, of course!!!! :-)wisps of wordshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12995057494013633705noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1423140573667417407.post-88028356627452391752018-07-29T10:31:17.285-05:002018-07-29T10:31:17.285-05:00Vera - I trellis whatever I can to save space . . ...Vera - I trellis whatever I can to save space . . . and my back when picking! I mulch the whole garden with grass clippings (from our unsprayed lawn, of course) and it's amazing how quickly it decomposes into the soil. At the end of the season you can hardly tell there was any there. Keeps the weeds down, down, down and enriches the soil a bit more each year.<br /><br />Looking forward to seeing your productive and lovely gardens next year!<br /><br />Michelle - Thank you, thank you, thank you, my Bloggy friend!Mama Peahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03649357184167949247noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1423140573667417407.post-47967635164326344082018-07-29T10:22:58.734-05:002018-07-29T10:22:58.734-05:00Lovely, lovely, lovely!Lovely, lovely, lovely!Michellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01550786937196525098noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1423140573667417407.post-57411241491519547212018-07-29T09:42:04.224-05:002018-07-29T09:42:04.224-05:00Your brassicas are looking good.....ours got decim...Your brassicas are looking good.....ours got decimated with flea beatle last year, so I think we can't grow them during the summer months because of this pest. <br /><br />I like the idea of the trellises for the peas and cucumbers. They look tidy and easy to get to. <br /><br />I also like how neat and tidy the ground looks around your vegetables.... do you put mulch down?<br /><br />All in all, a veg garden to aspire to when we get going again next year! Well done.Verahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13235143664894609891noreply@blogger.com