Technically there are only 3 months left before our 1st killing frost, but some years it doesn’t come until December. A few leftover squash and cucumber seeds are not much to risk in order to continue harvesting the bounty a little longer. Three hills of yellow crookneck squash were planted this weekend. The old ones are starting to look kind of ragged. We are still picking a few. The zucchini and the cucumbers have quit producing. The patty-pan has slowed down but we are getting a couple a day.
The cucumber was replanted sometime back and came up well. In fact, it came up so well that a lot of the plants were given away. Then Bugs Bunny found the tender shoots delectable, so they wound up too thin. The survivors were sprinkled with cayenne pepper powder and a few seeds were inter-planted in the gaps.
The green beans finally started making, so they found their way to the supper table last night. The tomatoes are heroes this year. There are plenty of them and they are delicious. The vines are looking a little ragged, but the rain perked them up some.
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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Tuesday, August 9, 2011
Friday, May 28, 2010
Stuck in the Middle Again
Some people would say winter is the hardest time of year in the garden. The turn of spring and summer has got to be close. Except for tying up tomatoes and pulling weeds there just is not a lot to do right now. The garden has been pretty heavily mulched so there are not even many weeds. Picking greens and peas and cutting broccoli and asparagus is fun; but it is already getting old. The summer stuff is not coming in yet.
Three small yellow squash have been picked. The first zucchini was 1 ½ ‘’ long when the blossom fell. It was rotten already. It did not appear to have been struck by a pest. Sometimes at the beginning of the season the first female blossoms don’t get pollinated. If the situation persists, I will have to engage in artificial insemination. (or something like that)
There are still no tomatoes on the tomato vines; but some of the little cucumbers at the base of the cucumber blossoms seem to be growing a little larger. The cabbage is heading up a little bit; but it will still be awhile before it is really a cabbage head. The broccoli is still making side shoots, so I won’t have either that space or the sugar pea space for planting something else for awhile. Ho-hum.
David Segrest is an International REALTOR in Charlotte, NC. His email is david@segrestrealty.com , His webpage is http://www.segrestrealty.com , and his international real estate blog is http://dointernationalrealestate.blogspot.com/
Three small yellow squash have been picked. The first zucchini was 1 ½ ‘’ long when the blossom fell. It was rotten already. It did not appear to have been struck by a pest. Sometimes at the beginning of the season the first female blossoms don’t get pollinated. If the situation persists, I will have to engage in artificial insemination. (or something like that)
There are still no tomatoes on the tomato vines; but some of the little cucumbers at the base of the cucumber blossoms seem to be growing a little larger. The cabbage is heading up a little bit; but it will still be awhile before it is really a cabbage head. The broccoli is still making side shoots, so I won’t have either that space or the sugar pea space for planting something else for awhile. Ho-hum.
David Segrest is an International REALTOR in Charlotte, NC. His email is david@segrestrealty.com , His webpage is http://www.segrestrealty.com , and his international real estate blog is http://dointernationalrealestate.blogspot.com/
Monday, May 24, 2010
Expert Advice on Mulberries
Yesterday(Friday) I had the pleasure to speak with Paul Banner of Banner Nurseries. This is a third generation nursery family and Paul knows his stuff. I had plans to propagate some mulberry plants this fall. He said “Do it now.” Take the new growth at the end of the branches, dip it in Rootone. Stick it in a good potting mix and keep it in the shade. I will do it this weekend.
The corn has started to stand back up a little bit. We are supposed to have more thunderstorms this weekend, so I hope it doesn’t get smashed again. The first yellow crookneck squash will be picked tomorrow or Sunday. There are zucchini as big as a pinky finger. Squash and onions, here we come. There are still no little tomatoes, just blossoms. The plants are beautiful; but eating is better than looking.
Mesclun is producing faster than we can eat it or give it away. It will probably not freeze well, so we will have to eat more salads. The cucumbers have blossoms and will soon have cukes. We will have everything except the home-grown tomatoes.
David Segrest is an International REALTOR in Charlotte, NC. His email is david@segrestrealty.com , His webpage is http://www.segrestrealty.com , and his international real estate blog is http://dointernationalrealestate.blogspot.com/
The corn has started to stand back up a little bit. We are supposed to have more thunderstorms this weekend, so I hope it doesn’t get smashed again. The first yellow crookneck squash will be picked tomorrow or Sunday. There are zucchini as big as a pinky finger. Squash and onions, here we come. There are still no little tomatoes, just blossoms. The plants are beautiful; but eating is better than looking.
Mesclun is producing faster than we can eat it or give it away. It will probably not freeze well, so we will have to eat more salads. The cucumbers have blossoms and will soon have cukes. We will have everything except the home-grown tomatoes.
David Segrest is an International REALTOR in Charlotte, NC. His email is david@segrestrealty.com , His webpage is http://www.segrestrealty.com , and his international real estate blog is http://dointernationalrealestate.blogspot.com/
Wednesday, June 10, 2009
Squash
Squash
Some of the greatest variety in the garden comes from the cucurbit family. The squash themselves are varied; but the family also includes pumpkins, cucumber and melons. One of my favorite things about squash are the volunteers. The leaves are pretty unmistakable; but you never know what the fruit will be. I found my first volunteer of the season yesterday. It was not in the garden. It was beside a little redbud tree planted in the front yard that was fertilized with compost. It looks like a cucumber. We will see.
The first yellow crookneck squash was picked on Monday. It was very small. The yellow crooknecks, zucchini and patty-pan squash all have tiny squashes on them. The time to pick them is when the blossom falls off. After that they just get tough.
Squash plants require a lot of space. Most plants fit in a 3’ wide row, and each row holds 2 or three rows of plants. Not squash, they get a 4’ wide row and the hills are 4’ on center. The hills start out as a post hole about 1’ deep. This is filled with compost. The loose dirt from digging the hole and whatever is around the hole is raked into a hill about 6” high. Three holes, like the finger holes in a bowling ball,are poked in the top of the hill. These holes each get 3 seeds and are filled up with loose dirt. After the plants come up, a mulch of compost is placed around the plants. This is topped up every week and expanded to cover all of the area under the plants. Squash plants put new roots down as they grow and these new roots need sustenance.
David Segrest is an International REALTOR in Charlotte, NC. His email is david@segrestrealty.com , His webpage is http://www.segrestrealty.com , and his international real estate blog is http://dointernationalrealestate.blogspot.com/.
Some of the greatest variety in the garden comes from the cucurbit family. The squash themselves are varied; but the family also includes pumpkins, cucumber and melons. One of my favorite things about squash are the volunteers. The leaves are pretty unmistakable; but you never know what the fruit will be. I found my first volunteer of the season yesterday. It was not in the garden. It was beside a little redbud tree planted in the front yard that was fertilized with compost. It looks like a cucumber. We will see.
The first yellow crookneck squash was picked on Monday. It was very small. The yellow crooknecks, zucchini and patty-pan squash all have tiny squashes on them. The time to pick them is when the blossom falls off. After that they just get tough.
Squash plants require a lot of space. Most plants fit in a 3’ wide row, and each row holds 2 or three rows of plants. Not squash, they get a 4’ wide row and the hills are 4’ on center. The hills start out as a post hole about 1’ deep. This is filled with compost. The loose dirt from digging the hole and whatever is around the hole is raked into a hill about 6” high. Three holes, like the finger holes in a bowling ball,are poked in the top of the hill. These holes each get 3 seeds and are filled up with loose dirt. After the plants come up, a mulch of compost is placed around the plants. This is topped up every week and expanded to cover all of the area under the plants. Squash plants put new roots down as they grow and these new roots need sustenance.
David Segrest is an International REALTOR in Charlotte, NC. His email is david@segrestrealty.com , His webpage is http://www.segrestrealty.com , and his international real estate blog is http://dointernationalrealestate.blogspot.com/.
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