Gardens 2024: Flowers/Vegetables/Bushes/Trees

[Queen K]

If they don't let them be bean seeds for next year?

I just bought two 48x48 raised beds. I am converting my front garden area to raised beds or the back area off the patio, undecided as of yet. But the fact is, the raised beds work for tired old me.

[Babba_not_Gump]

I need some suggestions on saving tomato seeds. Most sites say to put the seeds in warm water and let them start to ferment for a couple of days.
Is that best or do other ways work?

[Catsumi]

I need some suggestions on saving tomato seeds. Most sites say to put the seeds in warm water and let them start to ferment for a couple of days.
Is that best or do other ways work?

You can lead a horse to water, but you cannot make him think!!!!!

I told you of the best, sure-fired way and simple method to save tom seeds, but that wasn’t good enough?????

May the fleas of a thousand camels infest your armpits and nether regions.

A curse upon you and your household

Your friend,
The Skunk.

[Babba_not_Gump]

I couldn't find it! No camel, no fleas, no advice.

[Catsumi]

I couldn't find it! No camel, no fleas, no advice.

Well krap!

Will send PM again.

Forgiven

[Queen K]

Harvesting Carolina Gold tomatoes like crazy lately.

[Lady tehMa]

If they don't let them be bean seeds for next year?

I just bought two 48x48 raised beds. I am converting my front garden area to raised beds or the back area off the patio, undecided as of yet. But the fact is, the raised beds work for tired old me.

If you are getting rid of any of your old beds, I call dibs!

Pal came by while I was gone and did harvest for me - beans need harvesting to stimulate the vines to produce more. I did have some large ones - I picked them and put them in the instant pot with a batch of hamburger soup - yum!

So, now I have a pile of flowers promising a great harvest.

Tomatoes and cukes are a disappointment this year. Garlic did well. Onions were sad. Grapes survived (yay!).
Raspberries were awesome, Plum tree is barely hanging on. It is an old tree, I should probably look into what would be good to amend under it. Blackberries are doing okay, and I have a bumper crops of earwigs *shudder*.

[Catsumi]

^^^^

Cucs are a disapointment you say. Why is that?

I don’t want to feel alone in my cuc failure. I just recently started picking cucs, normal sized when selecting, but find that the guts (sorry, seed bed inside the cuc) are large, seedy, watery and not fit to eat. So, i diligently remove seed bed from cucs cut lengthwise with a spoon, and find very little left of the flesh of the cuc.

Did I over water? How can that be when i have to haul pails of water to garden box; My back and hip don’t allow the luxury of over watering.

Is it because my cuc plants came into fruition so late in the growing season ? Never before in 50 years have i produced such a dismal garden as this year

Maybe next year?

[Lady tehMa]

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Cucs are a disapointment you say. Why is that?

I don’t want to feel alone in my cuc failure. I just recently started picking cucs, normal sized when selecting, but find that the guts (sorry, seed bed inside the cuc) are large, seedy, watery and not fit to eat. So, i diligently remove seed bed from cucs cut lengthwise with a spoon, and find very little left of the flesh of the cuc.

Did I over water? How can that be when i have to haul pails of water to garden box; My back and hip don’t allow the luxury of over watering.

Is it because my cuc plants came into fruition so late in the growing season ? Never before in 50 years have i produced such a dismal garden as this year

Maybe next year?

Yield, plant growth. Usually, by this point, I've been eating cukes for a while. I have 1 cuke growing in the garden, ONE. Out of 6 plants. Plants are half the size they should be. All of my cucurbits failed - even my zucchini! I got one zucchini before the plant failed & died. That has never happened to me before. Pumpkins & squash have pathetic vines, few flowers, no fruit. I will let you know what the cuke is like when I harvest it.

I think I'll look into a cover crop and just let the garden bed rest next year. I will probably still do pots, though.

[Queen K]

If they don't let them be bean seeds for next year?

I just bought two 48x48 raised beds. I am converting my front garden area to raised beds or the back area off the patio, undecided as of yet. But the fact is, the raised beds work for tired old me.

If you are getting rid of any of your old beds, I call dibs!

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I am keeping the old beds, just adding new ones I snag on Marketplace. I am downsizing the raspberry patch. Can't quite take it all out yet. When I downsize the razz patch when I see a small plastic container of raspberries for $6.99 I plan to set up one of the four by four raised beds and really pack down the bottom to prevent bindweed invasion. Plan: landscape fabric three feet out on all four sides. Tacked down. New raised bed. Bottom of which will be packed with various materials, followed by Black Gold/compost and sand mix. Voila, my new carrot and leek bed.

[Lady tehMa]

If you are getting rid of any of your old beds, I call dibs!

<snip>

I am keeping the old beds, just adding new ones I snag on Marketplace. I am downsizing the raspberry patch. Can't quite take it all out yet. When I downsize the razz patch when I see a small plastic container of raspberries for $6.99 I plan to set up one of the four by four raised beds and really pack down the bottom to prevent bindweed invasion. Plan: landscape fabric three feet out on all four sides. Tacked down. New raised bed. Bottom of which will be packed with various materials, followed by Black Gold/compost and sand mix. Voila, my new carrot and leek bed.

Looking forward to seeing your plans in action!

[Queen K]

I picked up free bags of leaves today. They'll be fill for one layer at least.

[Lady tehMa]

Okay folks - what can you tell me about cover crops? Recommended for the area, really helpful? Ones to stay away from? I am looking for least expensive and hopefully not too time intensive.

My garden has done pretty poorly this year, I may allow it to lay fallow next year. I thought about it this year, then didn't.

[Bsuds]

Okay folks - what can you tell me about cover crops? Recommended for the area, really helpful? Ones to stay away from? I am looking for least expensive and hopefully not too time intensive.

My garden has done pretty poorly this year, I may allow it to lay fallow next year. I thought about it this year, then didn't.

Seems it was a bad year for gardening all around. Our weeds did very well though. Bumper crop.

[77TA]

Okay folks - what can you tell me about cover crops? Recommended for the area, really helpful? Ones to stay away from? I am looking for least expensive and hopefully not too time intensive.

My garden has done pretty poorly this year, I may allow it to lay fallow next year. I thought about it this year, then didn't.

Seems it was a bad year for gardening all around. Our weeds did very well though. Bumper crop.

Pretty disappointed this year as well. You know it's bad when you're not swimming in zucchini. I got some nice lettuce and cabbage early on but peas and pole beans were a total fail. Tomatoes are still green. Finally getting some cukes now but overall something was definitely off.