My wife hired some people (one was the daughter of her friend) that did landscape design and installation. So far we are 5 digits into the cost. It used to just be boring grass. Now it’s berms with plantings that need watering and weeding, as they say in the ads “I ain’t got time for that”
@pmarin I’m pretty excited about the mystery cases that came recently. There are a few I’m super excited about but I’ll have to get you to weigh in. I used to be far more into varietals and regions etc when I worked in restaurants but I’m not nearly as geeky these days. We’ll have to have yall over for pool and wine someday! In fact I need to hit up @extramedium for the same proposition. I’m happy to cook and we could all lounge and be mediocre together.
@ironcheftoni The assholes that came to remove some troublesome trees destroyed all of my bulb beds out front, and I’m going to have to find a source for some more amaryllis bulbs of the really dark red strain. I wasn’t in good enough shape that week to see what they had done until it was over and they were gone.
My Tomato plants did very well so far, but are going to fizzle soon. Gets too hot in Texas. I got them started earlier this year and it made all the difference. Indeterminate Cherry Tomatoes, keep producing, Whereas determinate produce all at once. Small, Like candy
@Mandamm I’ve felt a craving for academic debate lately. Are tomatoes inherently determinate or indeterminate? Does this fall into the domain of philosophy or mathematics? Discuss.
@Mandamm@pmarin Half awake, non-Google researched guess: indeterminate. I would postulate that determination was bred in for the sake of large scale agriculture…
@MrDylan intentional mushroom farm or just random appearing mushrooms? Always taste test them first. What could go wrong? Just kidding, gotta stay alive for the next Meh-ra-thon at least.
I planted a bunch of perennials and a pluerry tree back in April. They are doing well, getting bigger. The rose bush I replaced doesn’t seem to be doing well in the heat.
Due to “circumstances” (planned RV trip that the RV ended up getting totaled before we left. We have spent a ton of time scrambling around trying to find another unit and get it ready to roll) my garden has not been kept up as well as I would have liked to. We’ve gotten a bunch of rain this year. And the forecast for the next 10 days shows rain at 50% or better everyday. Typical summer pattern for Central Alabama.
I have a ton of tomatoes that are getting ripe right now as well as peppers (gypsy, jalapeno, bell). Not sure I’ll have time to process much before we leave. The zucchini have turned essentially to marrow (destined to become relish and baked goods…), yellow squash are getting way too big before I get back out there to pick, okra starting to flower and produce but haven’t been able to get out there in the last several days to pick them so I’m sure they’re two feet long (and inedible) as well! Cukes are likewise going strong so I’m sure there’s a bunch out there I need to pick.
Hopefully the next day or two will allow me some time to go out there and really get it back under control before we leave. I think this year my friends (who will be coming by to take care of the house and tend gardens) will get the benefit of most of the stuff. Blueberries are starting to come in, figs will probably be ready when I’m gone! I told my wife no more travels during the summer if we can avoid it during garden season…
Sun has finally come out in the PNW and the garden is starting to really flourish. Red and champagne currants are ready. Marionberries are flowering. Fruit is set on the trees. Veggies are finally starting to thrive. I finally have peas! It feels like it’s taken forever. The last two years, the slugs have decimated them. I had to take extra measures this year but everything is finally starting to grow and produce! I’d share pictures but I get obnoxious. It is known. It’s @chienfou ‘s fault.
@sillyheathen I have one tree of red cherries ready but need a big ladder. Another tree still working on it. Problem is some “swoops” of birdies will come in and demolish it. (Don’t know what the correct term is) So it’s a balance
Neighbor has red currants; says take all you want; I don’t use them.
@pmarin man I would in a heartbeat. I have red, black, and champagne currants as well as gooseberries and Josta berries. I usually make a cordial with the black currants for the Englishman and just eat the other currants. I make a jelly if I have a really large crop but that probably wont be sustainable for a few years. The birds always go after my blueberries but I’m not super fussed at this point. Oh and if you need any marionberry canes, hit me up! I have a ton of volunteers right now that I can dig up.
@pmarin@sillyheathen We have a semi-dwarf cherry tree (it has grafts of 4 different varieties). But here’s what I don’t understand: our cherry crop (fairly meager to begin with) gets snatched by birds before they are even completely ripe. However, the cherry trees of a neighbor a mile down the road remain covered in nice ripe fruit. WTF?
@DocJRoberts You can always start small with stuff in pots. Almost all of my plants are in pots because even though this condo has a little dirt I can put them in I am not leaving them here.
@tinamarie1974 But is it an additional one? Because I thought you had one in a more open part of your yard?
That’s fantastic, by the way - an ancestral fig tree!
@Kyeh oh, no just the one. Ive been bugging my dad to give me another start for another part of my yard. And yeah, Im proud of it. Makes me feel connected.
I can’t tell the difference between a good tree and a bad tree (really tall weed with bark).
Seriously. Paulownia and pokeweed - they are weeds in mock deciduous form. I’ve also got castor plants and probably a potato shrub from trimmings dumped outside.
Very cactus filled like most years.
Sadly, I wasn’t up to doing anything with it this year. I have some perennials that came back nicely, but no showy annuals or veggies.
Allow me to vent here…
My wife hired some people (one was the daughter of her friend) that did landscape design and installation. So far we are 5 digits into the cost. It used to just be boring grass. Now it’s berms with plantings that need watering and weeding, as they say in the ads “I ain’t got time for that”
Just want my old boring cheap dry grass back.
@pmarin just move closer to us and I’ll help you weed and water.
You can drink wine and point.
@sillyheathen I found about a dozen cases never opened. Plus two on the front porch.
@pmarin I’m pretty excited about the mystery cases that came recently. There are a few I’m super excited about but I’ll have to get you to weigh in. I used to be far more into varietals and regions etc when I worked in restaurants but I’m not nearly as geeky these days. We’ll have to have yall over for pool and wine someday! In fact I need to hit up @extramedium for the same proposition. I’m happy to cook and we could all lounge and be mediocre together.
Garden? Hasn’t dried up yet. But give it until July here in Texas.
Oops, I have a tomato plant that I’ve forgotten to water for several days.
@iluvmingos Your salsa will suffer for this!
My yard weed whacked what little i had left of my herb garden
@ironcheftoni your yard whacked itself?
@pmarin yard guy… I need to stop posting late at night
@ironcheftoni For some reason I feel a need to re-watch all seasons of the Sopranos again.
Interpretations of last minute of diner scene?
@ironcheftoni The assholes that came to remove some troublesome trees destroyed all of my bulb beds out front, and I’m going to have to find a source for some more amaryllis bulbs of the really dark red strain. I wasn’t in good enough shape that week to see what they had done until it was over and they were gone.
My Tomato plants did very well so far, but are going to fizzle soon. Gets too hot in Texas. I got them started earlier this year and it made all the difference. Indeterminate Cherry Tomatoes, keep producing, Whereas determinate produce all at once. Small, Like candy
@Mandamm I’ve felt a craving for academic debate lately. Are tomatoes inherently determinate or indeterminate? Does this fall into the domain of philosophy or mathematics? Discuss.
@Mandamm @pmarin Half awake, non-Google researched guess: indeterminate. I would postulate that determination was bred in for the sake of large scale agriculture…
@bee1doll @Mandamm @pmarin
I would guess indeterminate as well. But I must say I “bonsai” mine to keep them contained in the cages.
Its one of my worst years yet! Its been such a ‘cool’ summer, the darn garden bed wont fully dry out between all the rain.
Mushroom farm is going well…
@MrDylan intentional mushroom farm or just random appearing mushrooms? Always taste test them first. What could go wrong? Just kidding, gotta stay alive for the next Meh-ra-thon at least.
@MrDylan Totally unrelated except for your username: If you have the service I really recommend the Netflix documentary: No Direction Home: Bob Dylan
I planted a bunch of perennials and a pluerry tree back in April. They are doing well, getting bigger. The rose bush I replaced doesn’t seem to be doing well in the heat.
Due to “circumstances” (planned RV trip that the RV ended up getting totaled before we left. We have spent a ton of time scrambling around trying to find another unit and get it ready to roll) my garden has not been kept up as well as I would have liked to. We’ve gotten a bunch of rain this year. And the forecast for the next 10 days shows rain at 50% or better everyday. Typical summer pattern for Central Alabama.
I have a ton of tomatoes that are getting ripe right now as well as peppers (gypsy, jalapeno, bell). Not sure I’ll have time to process much before we leave. The zucchini have turned essentially to marrow (destined to become relish and baked goods…), yellow squash are getting way too big before I get back out there to pick, okra starting to flower and produce but haven’t been able to get out there in the last several days to pick them so I’m sure they’re two feet long (and inedible) as well! Cukes are likewise going strong so I’m sure there’s a bunch out there I need to pick.
Hopefully the next day or two will allow me some time to go out there and really get it back under control before we leave. I think this year my friends (who will be coming by to take care of the house and tend gardens) will get the benefit of most of the stuff. Blueberries are starting to come in, figs will probably be ready when I’m gone! I told my wife no more travels during the summer if we can avoid it during garden season…
@chienfou wow! when does your stuff start growing that you already have so much produce?
@chienfou “circumstances”, so mysterious!!
Also, wish you were my neighbor. Besides it being amazing Id be hitting up that amazing garden while you were gone.
After expenses and labor, these strawberries will only have cost me $9 a piece.
@jouest Fancy!
@jouest lol yeahhhh i had a tomato like that last year
Sun has finally come out in the PNW and the garden is starting to really flourish. Red and champagne currants are ready. Marionberries are flowering. Fruit is set on the trees. Veggies are finally starting to thrive. I finally have peas! It feels like it’s taken forever. The last two years, the slugs have decimated them. I had to take extra measures this year but everything is finally starting to grow and produce! I’d share pictures but I get obnoxious. It is known. It’s @chienfou ‘s fault.
@sillyheathen I have one tree of red cherries ready but need a big ladder. Another tree still working on it. Problem is some “swoops” of birdies will come in and demolish it. (Don’t know what the correct term is) So it’s a balance
Neighbor has red currants; says take all you want; I don’t use them.
@sillyheathen
I had some slugs killing my cactus a few years back. That is a fight I don’t want to fight again.
@pmarin man I would in a heartbeat. I have red, black, and champagne currants as well as gooseberries and Josta berries. I usually make a cordial with the black currants for the Englishman and just eat the other currants. I make a jelly if I have a really large crop but that probably wont be sustainable for a few years. The birds always go after my blueberries but I’m not super fussed at this point. Oh and if you need any marionberry canes, hit me up! I have a ton of volunteers right now that I can dig up.
@pmarin @sillyheathen We have a semi-dwarf cherry tree (it has grafts of 4 different varieties). But here’s what I don’t understand: our cherry crop (fairly meager to begin with) gets snatched by birds before they are even completely ripe. However, the cherry trees of a neighbor a mile down the road remain covered in nice ripe fruit. WTF?
FILLED WITH INVASIVE POISON HEMLOCK.
Weedy.
what property for a garden?
@DocJRoberts You can always start small with stuff in pots. Almost all of my plants are in pots because even though this condo has a little dirt I can put them in I am not leaving them here.
I took a couple of pics
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@tinamarie1974 Is #5 an additional fig tree?
@Kyeh yup, its a fig!!! It is a start from a start, from a start, etc, etc, etc from the plant my great grandparents brought over from sicily!
And it looks like I accidently double posted a few. Woops
@tinamarie1974 But is it an additional one? Because I thought you had one in a more open part of your yard?
That’s fantastic, by the way - an ancestral fig tree!
@tinamarie1974 Some of those look freshly planted - you’ve been busy!
@Kyeh just the bottom two. There are other flowers that I planted a few weeks ago. I didnt take pics of them.
@Kyeh oh, no just the one. Ive been bugging my dad to give me another start for another part of my yard. And yeah, Im proud of it. Makes me feel connected.
I can’t tell the difference between a good tree and a bad tree (really tall weed with bark).
Seriously. Paulownia and pokeweed - they are weeds in mock deciduous form. I’ve also got castor plants and probably a potato shrub from trimmings dumped outside.