The Endzone Garden Thread

[GordonC]

@VolNExile How do you like the Black Krims?

 

[VolNExile]

Ready to pull the last Yukon Gold tater (on the left), and speaking sternly to the russets on the right - I want to move the peperoncinis and jalapeños from the pots they’re currently in before it’s too late:


Cucumbers coming up along the trellis. To my surprise, the post-groundhog replacement snap peas and English peas are still blooming, so this could get interesting in terms of tight real estate:


Shallots (planted last fall), French filet beans, and lima beans are fighting for territory!

 

[VolNExile]

@VolNExile How do you like the Black Krims?

I’ll like them a lot better when they ripen! (SO tasty), but for heirlooms, they are pretty resistant to the crap that the south winds bring up here. If I can ever pare down the number of varieties I plant, they will be a keeper.

 

[VolNExile]

My phone just can’t capture lightning bugs doing their thing, but here’s one, Photinus pyralis, common Eastern firefly. Probably a female, patiently waiting on a borage leaf for darkness and the males to come courting:

 

[Tin Man]

I’ve waited three days for free water from the sky. All in vain I’ll water the vegetable garden. That should bring on a cloud burst.

 

[VolNExile]

I’ve waited three days for free water from the sky. All in vain I’ll water the vegetable garden. That should bring on a cloud burst.

I finally broke down and bought more soaker hoses. I’ll lay them out in a permanent pattern and go with that.

 

[Tin Man]

I finally broke down and bought more soaker hoses. I’ll lay them out in a permanent pattern and go with that.

I’ve used soaker hoses with good effect. My last one broke, and I’ve not replaced it.

 

[Behr]

How does a soaker hose "break"?

 

[VolNExile]

I’ve used soaker hoses with good effect. My last one broke, and I’ve not replaced it.

If anyone is looking for soaker hoses, this is what I have, and I love it so far:
50 ft. x 3/4 in. Flat Seeper Soaker Hose

Like an idiot I paid almost $25 a pop to Darth Bezos, while Harbor Freight carries them for $10. I really like that they’re woven nylon instead of plastic.

 

[Tin Man]

How does a soaker hose "break"?

Assuming that you're not just being a deek, the hose separates from the connector.

 

[Tin Man]

I watered my vegetable garden after work. There was no rain for my area in the forecast for this evening. So, huge cloud burst. Apparently, all I had to do was water my garden to induce rain for my parched property.

 

[joevol33]

I watered my vegetable garden after work. There was no rain for my area in the forecast for this evening. So, huge cloud burst. Apparently, all I had to do was water my garden to induce rain for my parched property.

It poured here for about 5 minutes, and that was it. Hard rain, but the ground didn't even get wet. It's literally like it did nothing now.

 

[Tin Man]

It poured here for about 5 minutes, and that was it. Hard rain, but the ground didn't even get wet. It's literally like it did nothing now.

About an hour of varying intensity

 

[joevol33]

About an hour of varying intensity

It actually rained good during church.

 

[Behr]

It actually rained good during church.

 

[VolNExile]

About an hour of varying intensity

What I’d give for just one day of a gentle, soaking rain.

—actually, I’d probably give a pint of blood to newly-hatched skeeters

 

[GVF]

I watered my vegetable garden after work. There was no rain for my area in the forecast for this evening. So, huge cloud burst. Apparently, all I had to do was water my garden to induce rain for my parched property.

I performed that ritual over the weekend. I was able to conjur up what appeared to be a 30 foot visibility rainstorm and untold inches of water in a 45 minute horror storm.

 

[GVF]

It actually rained good during church.

It's always entertaining when it thunders during repentin' song.

 

[Tin Man]

When Jesus was
CRACK!
Oh, when he was
BOOM! [rumble rumble]

 

[VolNExile]

Heads up for vegetable gardeners!

So one of my many weird and wonderful tasks as an EMG intern is to review and categorize all the emails and phone calls to our local Master Gardener helpline. Just saw this one:

Q: Rhubarb bed w/poison ivy. Does she need to wash/treat rhubarb before eating it?
A: Consumption is not recommended this year. Oil presence and sensitivity are too risky. (per the Field Crop Specialist)

I had never thought about that. I did once (inadvertantly) burn poison ivy vines in a campfire and developed a spectacular asthma attack. If there's poison ivy in your area, maybe go check your veg beds!

 

[82_VOL_83]

I know weedeating that devil weed without full hazardous gear is bad bad bad bad bad!

 

[GVF]

I was never allergic to it. THen in my early 20's got around it burning in a burn pile. Eye's swoll up like Mike Tyson beat on me. Was allergic at that point for a few years. But, now I'm back to being almost non-responsive to it. The best thing to always have on hand if you are allergic, or just cautious, is Tec Nu. Nothing beats it. Used by US Forest Service.

 

[GordonC]

@Behr (or anyone else who might be able to help, TIA)

So I have been doing the "clippings" thing with the herbs (angular cut below a leaf node, remove foliage, keep in fresh water, etc.). I read several places saying to propagate the Thai Basil from cuttings just like the other types. In short, all the other basil cuttings are rooting in the water and will be transplanted in a couple of weeks in pots, but not the Thai. Do you know any special trick for that?

 

[bigorangewildcat]

Falling Water bottled cucumber water

 

[Behr]

@Behr (or anyone else who might be able to help, TIA)

So I have been doing the "clippings" thing with the herbs (angular cut below a leaf node, remove foliage, keep in fresh water, etc.). I read several places saying to propagate the Thai Basil from cuttings just like the other types. In short, all the other basil cuttings are rooting in the water and will be transplanted in a couple of weeks in pots, but not the Thai. Do you know any special trick for that?

Thai Basil seeds. $1.59 for about 100.