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He needs to add some Spanish Rioja and Ukranian Hot.lisab said:Neo will be growing the United Nations Garlic Patch next year .
He needs to add some Spanish Rioja and Ukranian Hot.lisab said:Neo will be growing the United Nations Garlic Patch next year .
turbo-1 said:Hmm, seems that we have escaped the "wider than your walls" influence of a couple of images. Whew.
Funny you should ask that.NeoDevin said:Anyone know where to find more varieties in Edmonton? The store I went to only had 4 varieties. I want some varieties that are hot and have a very strong garlic flavour.
(Or if anyone out there has some to spare that fit this bill, you could send a couple bulbs my way)
If you are up for a fall day trip, think about the town of Andrew, which is hosting its 12th annual Garlic Festival on Saturday, Oct. 16. This festival generally attracts some 500 to 700 participants — impressive, considering the village, located about two hours’ drive east of Edmonton, only has 500 residents.
A number of local garlic producers with their fragrant bulbs will be there, as well as all the regular produce booths that are at Andrew’s farmers market every week throughout the summer. A garlic cook-off is in the works, as well as local arts and crafts sales and all-day entertainment. To amuse the children, look for a bouncy house, a garlic-peeling contest and a game of find-the-garlic-in-the-haystack. The whole shebang ends with a garlic-inspired Ukrainian banquet.
Read more: http://www.edmontonjournal.com/life/Food+Notes+Preserves+Andrew+Garlic+Festival+Blue+Pear/3525579/story.html?cid=megadrop_story#ixzz10dJKdWv5
turbo-1 said:Last night, I called the fellow that I buy gravel, sand, manure, etc from. I gave his wife and her friends garlic this year (I gave her some last year too) and when my wife envisioned a front lawn that is ALL flowers, herbs, and walkways, I asked him to quote me on a load (16 yards) of mixed clean coarse sand and pea-stone a month or so ago. He told me that he and his wife thought I should get that load of material for free (it would have cost me an easy $250 from other suppliers). I told Mike that when his wife had cleaned out their garden, he should dump a load of that nice rotted manure next to the garden and I would use my tractor's loader and tiller to top-dress and till the garden. All he has to do is come over with a heavy truck/trailer combo with chains and binders to transport my tractor there and all the time and labor will be free. They live so far from here that it would probably take at least an hour traveling at my tractor's top speed to get there, on some heavily traveled (speeding nuts!) roads.
I just picked a handful of habeneros this morning. There's dozens more on the plants. There are more flowers.turbo-1 said:Another frost coming tonight. Here is the last crop of peppers (of all kinds).
lisab said:My garden is growing a bumper crop of spiders this year .
lisab said:My garden is growing a bumper crop of spiders this year .
Good luck! If you buy a roll of thin poly "painter's dropcloth" and tent the plants with that when there is some sun shining, you'll get and keep enough residual heat to prevent frost damage until you get down into the mid-20's - at least that's my experience. Windy nights are generally not the frosty nights here, but we're in a cold snap with some impressive gusts, so tenting would be nigh impossible. We gleaned a few gallons of green and orange tomatoes yesterday. Broccoli will be OK, as will the root vegetables, but the garden is on its last legs.Astronuc said:We are supposed to have a frost tonight. Most of the peppers are still green. I could pick the jalapeños, but I'd like the habaneros to be orange. There are a couple of orange habs with a few green to yellow. They are nicely hot.
I think I'll cover them with clear plastic tonight.
We didn't plant cherry tomatoes this year, but we harvested them - growing in the compost pile.Astronuc said:We tossed some old beets into the compost pile, and darned it they didn't start growing.
We've got flowers out front, but not too many bees. It's time for them to start heading south or go into hibernation.
That's so sad, kind of like my last couple of summers.OmCheeto said:Ditto. We're going to have to figure out how to make spider stew.
Last years crop: September 20th, 2009
This years crop: October 3rd, 2010 (same number of plants)
And what did I find in the little wicker basket before I filled it up so fully a few minutes ago?
You guessed it.
A spider and it's web.
And don't even ask about the Thai Hots. I'm thinking they might ripen by x-mas.
Ooh, put a lamp over it.dlgoff said:When I was tilling my garden for next year, I noticed this volunteer tomato plant growing in my mulch pile. It actually looked better than the plants I planted this spring that didn't do to well.
We had one little frost and it survived, so I dug it up, potted it, brought in inside and put it in my bedroom that has lots of southern windows.
It's doing so good that I had to cage it. It blooming too.
Yea. Tomatoes this winter I hope.
No bees inside, so if you want tomatoes, you might want to get a soft sable artist's paint-brush and swab the insides of all the open blossoms from time to time. Good luck, dlg.dlgoff said:When I was tilling my garden for next year, I noticed this volunteer tomato plant growing in my mulch pile. It actually looked better than the plants I planted this spring that didn't do to well.
We had one little frost and it survived, so I dug it up, potted it, brought in inside and put it in my bedroom that has lots of southern windows.
It's doing so good that I had to cage it. It blooming too.
Yea. Tomatoes this winter I hope.
Thanks turbo. It's time to brush now.turbo-1 said:No bees inside, so if you want tomatoes, you might want to get a soft sable artist's paint-brush and swab the insides of all the open blossoms from time to time. Good luck, dlg.
Deer have been my major problem with my garden for several years now. I think a 7 foot fence is in order now. Damn things.Astronuc said:Also the deer have gotten aggressive and broken through the mesh around the pepper plants. The deer have eaten what they could. Half of the Czech black pepper plant is gone.
That's too bad! The first year we were here one of my sisters-in-law gave me a large habanero plant that she had potted and over-wintered. I planted it in the garden, and the next morning it was eaten down to a stump - deer tracks all around it. I thought I was in for an uphill fight, but I bought a couple of noisy plastic sprinklers triggered by adjustable motion-detectors, and have not had any more damage from deer. Vigilance and willingness to cull pests have helped save the garden from groundhogs and others. One of my neighbors fought the groundhogs by burying welded-wire fencing around the garden. He failed to understand that groundhogs are excellent climbers. If the fence is short (his was) and they can't dig under it, they will simply climb over it.Astronuc said:The habanero peppers have some damage from a recent frost, and the fact that some ants took advantage of the soft tissue to get in and eat some of the mushy flesh.
Also the deer have gotten aggressive and broken through the mesh around the pepper plants. The deer have eaten what they could. Half of the Czech black pepper plant is gone.
Most tomatoes are self-pollinating, a gentle shake of the plant is usually sufficient for pollination, if grown indoors.turbo-1 said:No bees inside, so if you want tomatoes, you might want to get a soft sable artist's paint-brush and swab the insides of all the open blossoms from time to time. Good luck, dlg.
I wouldn't rely on a gentle shake to pollinate most tomato varieties. Many of the heirloom varieties won't bear well without cross-pollination, and even hybrids that don't absolutely require cross-variety pollination still need outside help. There is a huge greenhouse a few miles from here (Backyard Farms) that grows and sells quite a few types of tomatoes, and they rely on bumblebees to do all the pollinating. Those are some BIG bees, too, though docile enough for people to work around them comfortably.Evo said:Most tomatoes are self-pollinating, a gentle shake of the plant is usually sufficient for pollination, if grown indoors.
If you want to get more aggressive and hand polinate, here is a cool tip.
http://greenculturesg.com/articles/mar06/march06_feature_2.htm
Bumblebees are preferred, apparently due to sonification.turbo-1 said:I wouldn't rely on a gentle shake to pollinate most tomato varieties. Many of the heirloom varieties won't bear well without cross-pollination, and even hybrids that don't absolutely require cross-variety pollination still need outside help. There is a huge greenhouse a few miles from here (Backyard Farms) that grows and sells quite a few types of tomatoes, and they rely on bumblebees to do all the pollinating. Those are some BIG bees, too, though docile enough for people to work around them comfortably.
That's a good guess. Aaargh, where did I put my Birds of Kansas Book?turbo-1 said:Looks like you have a Krider's red-tail hawk there.