Re: Weekend now garden crops

I wish I was your neighbor! We love home canned green beans, even more than fresh frozen. It's work, but worth it. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Donna" <gossiper@sbcglobal.net> 
To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
Sent: Sunday, September 07, 2008 7:46 PM
Subject: Re: [CHAT] Weekend now garden crops



I think it is the year for beans..... I planted the same amount I do yearly
which is usually just enough for us.  This year I have frozen more than we
will use.... along with trying a few recipes of other types. Friends, family 
and neighbors run when they see me with a grocery sack.

Pickles are another item producing.  Made tons of dill pickles, freezer
pickles, and there are still some in the fridge and on the vines....
Carrot did well this year too. Thinking the ground is finally good enough as they are long and wide. Haven't picked the turnips yet... but look to be ready 
soon.
Peppers are about the same as always. Not overbearing, but enough to eat and 
freeze.

Tomatoes on the other hand are just barely producing... the radishes never
did.... nor the sweet corn.  Not sure what the problem was with those this
year.

Donna



--- On Sun, 9/7/08, james singer <islandjim1@comcast.net> wrote:

From: james singer <islandjim1@comcast.net>
Subject: Re: [CHAT] Weekend
To: gardenchat@hort.net
Date: Sunday, September 7, 2008, 9:31 PM

Judy, we've had great success with French filet green beans in a
raised bed. My brother sent us the seeds [out-of-date Burpee's]; he
grows them in 7-gallon nursery pots; his whole vegetable garden is
container grown. We have three plants, which have provided us with
lots and lots of beans and no sign of stopping. I'd be happy to send
you some seeds--they're old but still seem to germinate.

On Sep 7, 2008, at 7:11 PM, Judy Browning wrote:


Your slap dash garden sounds like it came off better than some of my
planned ones.
The walnut trees here are a real problem. I value the shade & the
nuts, but tomatoes don't do well at all around them and I suspect
them in my repeated failure to grow beans & peas the last few years.
If I could convince Ed to try raised beds, I think I could compost
the weeds, grape & cherry leaves to topdress every year &

eventually

get some good garden soil. He stubborn & it doesn't feel like a
fight I want, so I grow flowers & put my tomato plant in a pot.
----- Original Message ----- From: "james singer"

<islandjim1@comcast.net

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To: "Garden Chat" <gardenchat@hort.net>
Sent: Sunday, September 07, 2008 4:47 PM
Subject: [CHAT] Weekend



Today is my sister's birthday. When I asked her what she wanted
for  her B-Day, she said one of the blueberries we have decided to
plant.  So that's what I got her and we planted it today.

A few days ago, I picked up a box-load of purple iris rhizomes
[who  knows what cultivar] on freecycle. We planted some of them
today,  also. Then I extended the micro-irrigation to a new area
and began  watering there so we can plant the rest of the iris and
get the site  ready to add another cherry tree. It's also the area



where we want to  plant the saffron crocus later this month.

Zucchini is beginning to hit its stride. We have one bush, which
is  now producing 2-3 fruits a day. I think that's half a bush too



many,  but what are you gonna do. Yellow straight necks--we have
three  bushes, which is probably one too many--are also giving us
3-4 nice  small fruits a day.

For a slap-dash garden, it's been a good year so far, mostly
because  I've learned a lot.

Island Jim
Willamette Valley
44.99 N 123.04 W
Elevation 148'
Hardiness Zone 8/9
Heat Zone 5
Sunset Zone 6
Minimum 0 F [-15 C]
Maximum 102 F [39 C]

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Island Jim
Willamette Valley
44.99 N 123.04 W
Elevation 148'
Hardiness Zone 8/9
Heat Zone 5
Sunset Zone 6
Minimum 0 F [-15 C]
Maximum 102 F [39 C]

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