The ghost peppers are the Halloween stars of the garden. Something ate all of the leaves which I thought was impossible. They grew back. You just can’t keep a good ghost down on Halloween.
The temperature according, to the weather underground, supposedly dropped to 28 degrees Sunday. Nothing in the garden seemed to be affected. The greens don’t matter anyway. They get sweeter after a freeze. The okra, peppers, egg plants and tomatoes looked fine this morning.
The pumpkin, with which we were gifted, did not wind up as a jack-o-lantern. He wound up as a fantastic pumpkin soup. There is enough pumpkin “meat” left over to do it again.
David Segrest is an International REALTOR in Charlotte, NC. His email is david@segrestrealty.com , His webpage is http://davidsegrest.com , and his international real estate blog is http://dointernationalrealestate.blogspot.com/
Monday, October 31, 2011
Friday, October 28, 2011
Time for a Good Salad
The cucumbers will have to come from the store. The mesclun, arugula, onions, tomatoes and radishes will come from the garden. The cucumbers were pretty disappointing this year. Next year they will be taken out of the garden altogether. Maybe they will do better in the front yard. They are not really decorative plants, but having cucumbers or not having them offsets that.
The spinach was planted in the same spot for the 3rd time. Maybe the soil is cool enough now. There were one or two little spinach plants there, so the seeds were just planted around them. There was one nice cabbage plant. It was not in the cabbage row. It probably came from a dropped seed. That plant was replanted to its proper place and the cabbage was replanted as well.
Cool weather has been very slow coming this year. October 21st is supposed to be our average 1st killing frost date. The lowest night temperature we have had has been 39 degrees. It sure would be nice to keep the pleasant weather and have the soil cool down as well.
David Segrest is an International REALTOR in Charlotte, NC. His email is david@segrestrealty.com , His webpage is http://davidsegrest.com , and his international real estate blog is http://dointernationalrealestate.blogspot.com/
The spinach was planted in the same spot for the 3rd time. Maybe the soil is cool enough now. There were one or two little spinach plants there, so the seeds were just planted around them. There was one nice cabbage plant. It was not in the cabbage row. It probably came from a dropped seed. That plant was replanted to its proper place and the cabbage was replanted as well.
Cool weather has been very slow coming this year. October 21st is supposed to be our average 1st killing frost date. The lowest night temperature we have had has been 39 degrees. It sure would be nice to keep the pleasant weather and have the soil cool down as well.
David Segrest is an International REALTOR in Charlotte, NC. His email is david@segrestrealty.com , His webpage is http://davidsegrest.com , and his international real estate blog is http://dointernationalrealestate.blogspot.com/
Friday, October 21, 2011
OH Deer Me
Coming to work this morning at 8:39 (Friday is a late day), a deer walked in front of the truck. She had followers so I stopped to let them cross. They spooked. There were a total of 2 does and 3 or maybe 4 fawns. They were headed straight toward my house.
The depredations from deer this year have not been bad. The 8’ fence and the human hair might have helped some. Something has been eating the ghost pepper leaves, but that is probably a possum. It did not eat the peppers and possums are a good thing because they eat poisonous snakes. They are more likely to eat the compost than the veggies in most cases.
Last year the deer ate the pansies. They like azaleas too, but the ones in our yard are well enough established that it doesn’t really hurt them. It just prunes them. My real fear is for the blueberries. The leaves are pretty in the fall and they might taste good.
David Segrest is an International REALTOR in Charlotte, NC. His email is david@segrestrealty.com , His webpage is http://davidsegrest.com , and his international real estate blog is http://dointernationalrealestate.blogspot.com/
The depredations from deer this year have not been bad. The 8’ fence and the human hair might have helped some. Something has been eating the ghost pepper leaves, but that is probably a possum. It did not eat the peppers and possums are a good thing because they eat poisonous snakes. They are more likely to eat the compost than the veggies in most cases.
Last year the deer ate the pansies. They like azaleas too, but the ones in our yard are well enough established that it doesn’t really hurt them. It just prunes them. My real fear is for the blueberries. The leaves are pretty in the fall and they might taste good.
David Segrest is an International REALTOR in Charlotte, NC. His email is david@segrestrealty.com , His webpage is http://davidsegrest.com , and his international real estate blog is http://dointernationalrealestate.blogspot.com/
Tuesday, October 18, 2011
Fall Harvest
Fall is traditionally harvest time. There is not much left to harvest. The tomatoes, egg plants and peppers are doing well. The winter squash was a flop. The okra is slowing down almost to a screeching halt. The greens are coming just coming in. There have been greens on the table about 3 times so far. One mess has been given away.
The kale is spotty. The cabbage, spinach and sugar peas will have to be replanted again. The collards and onions are a bright spot. The mesclun is also doing well. The first crop of ghost peppers was harvested after something ate all the leaves. I can’t imagine what would eat ghost pepper leaves.
I gave a couple of ghost peppers to friends. I hope we are still friends. After slicing them into tiny segments, one small bite turned their faces bright red. It would have been a blast to watch the faces of whatever ate the leaves in the garden.
David Segrest is an International REALTOR in Charlotte, NC. His email is david@segrestrealty.com , His webpage is http://davidsegrest.com , and his international real estate blog is http://dointernationalrealestate.blogspot.com/
The kale is spotty. The cabbage, spinach and sugar peas will have to be replanted again. The collards and onions are a bright spot. The mesclun is also doing well. The first crop of ghost peppers was harvested after something ate all the leaves. I can’t imagine what would eat ghost pepper leaves.
I gave a couple of ghost peppers to friends. I hope we are still friends. After slicing them into tiny segments, one small bite turned their faces bright red. It would have been a blast to watch the faces of whatever ate the leaves in the garden.
David Segrest is an International REALTOR in Charlotte, NC. His email is david@segrestrealty.com , His webpage is http://davidsegrest.com , and his international real estate blog is http://dointernationalrealestate.blogspot.com/
Tuesday, October 11, 2011
Some Grows, Some Goes
The fall garden has been a spotty thing this year. Cucumbers came up great and died. Squash came up well and have small squash, that grow so slowly that the pickle worms find them. The sugar peas came up and went away. They were replanted and have not come back up. The 1st radishes are getting some size, but they have no radishes. The spinach came up and went away and had to be replanted. The cabbage was doing well, but has disappeared.
The arugula is doing well as is the mesclun. The mustard and turnips have been picked several times. The kale that was planted at the same time as the mustard and turnips is growing really slowly. The onions and collards planted a week ago have not even come up. The fig tree is loaded, but they are not getting ripe.
The bed in the center of the front yard has been completely reworked. All of the living plants were dug up. The bed was sided with a double row of landscaping timbers and filled with compost and dirt. Three artichokes were planted and the irises and cannas were replanted. The cannas will be moved to another bed, but they had to be replanted in that bed, because there is no place for them yet. That bed will get a lot more work through the week and next weekend.
David Segrest is an International REALTOR in Charlotte, NC. His email is david@segrestrealty.com , His webpage is http://davidsegrest.com , and his international real estate blog is http://dointernationalrealestate.blogspot.com/
The arugula is doing well as is the mesclun. The mustard and turnips have been picked several times. The kale that was planted at the same time as the mustard and turnips is growing really slowly. The onions and collards planted a week ago have not even come up. The fig tree is loaded, but they are not getting ripe.
The bed in the center of the front yard has been completely reworked. All of the living plants were dug up. The bed was sided with a double row of landscaping timbers and filled with compost and dirt. Three artichokes were planted and the irises and cannas were replanted. The cannas will be moved to another bed, but they had to be replanted in that bed, because there is no place for them yet. That bed will get a lot more work through the week and next weekend.
David Segrest is an International REALTOR in Charlotte, NC. His email is david@segrestrealty.com , His webpage is http://davidsegrest.com , and his international real estate blog is http://dointernationalrealestate.blogspot.com/
Wednesday, October 5, 2011
Fall Garden in Full Growth Mode
Cool nights, warm afternoons and lots of rain makes the fall a great time for gardens. Turnip greens were on Sunday night’s supper table. The mesclun that was planted Sunday was out of the ground yesterday (Tuesday). The mustard and kale are almost ready to pick. The missing link is the onion sets. Renfrow’s hardware didn’t have the sets in last week. Hopefully they have them now.
The late cucumbers have not produced yet and they are already looking ratty. The late squash have squash on them already. The patty pan is still coming in. The spaghetti squash is a total failure this year, and the butternut produced only little squash.
Fortunately the tomatoes, peppers, eggplant and patty pan squash are still producing. The okra has not yielded a pod for two days, but they are covered with blossoms. The last ones picked were too big and tough even though they were only one day old.
David Segrest is an International REALTOR in Charlotte, NC. His email is david@segrestrealty.com , His webpage is http://davidsegrest.com , and his international real estate blog is http://dointernationalrealestate.blogspot.com/
The late cucumbers have not produced yet and they are already looking ratty. The late squash have squash on them already. The patty pan is still coming in. The spaghetti squash is a total failure this year, and the butternut produced only little squash.
Fortunately the tomatoes, peppers, eggplant and patty pan squash are still producing. The okra has not yielded a pod for two days, but they are covered with blossoms. The last ones picked were too big and tough even though they were only one day old.
David Segrest is an International REALTOR in Charlotte, NC. His email is david@segrestrealty.com , His webpage is http://davidsegrest.com , and his international real estate blog is http://dointernationalrealestate.blogspot.com/
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