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SQWIBB June 6, 2018 03:38 PM
[QUOTE=Nan_PA_6b;703169]WOW! You've been enjoying the fruits (& vegetables) of your labor!

What is that river of rock in pic #2? Looks like it would be an impassible barrier to deer & humans!
Nan[/QUOTE]




It's Pennsylvania, lol.
We love our rocks here
Paste this into google maps
40.512398, -76.276869


Then check this out
[B]41.050212, -75.642995[/B]

Nan_PA_6b June 6, 2018 09:38 PM
Sqwibb, is that natural or man-made?

JRinPA June 7, 2018 12:29 AM
Been a while since I hunted hickory run...that toll is getting steep. $3.35 just from 22 to 209. I didn't know about the one west of 183. I spend much of Oct thru Jan in that area, but mostly south of 78.

The hickory run field is glacial.
Not a good area to wear your brand new hiking boots.

SQWIBB June 7, 2018 09:49 AM
[QUOTE=Nan_PA_6b;703213]Sqwibb, is that natural or man-made?[/QUOTE]


[URL]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hickory_Run_State_Park[/URL]




Took the kids here quite often when camping at Hickory Run.


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[SIZE=4][FONT=georgia][SIZE=4]I gotta say, I'm pretty impressed with the Hugelkultur beds, actually I'm pretty impressed with all the beds with the exception of the Asparagus bed.[/SIZE][/FONT][/SIZE]
[SIZE=4][FONT=georgia][SIZE=4]Some of the beds are on their third season and a few are on their 2nd season. The best time to make these beds would be in the fall so they have a full winter season to absorb water, settle a bit and get more established. My beds were all built late winter, I am starting to see some settling now in the beds and have been heavily watering the Hugelkultur beds this season to help the beds settle in better.[/SIZE][/FONT][/SIZE]
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[SIZE=4][FONT=georgia][SIZE=4]From what I have researched, Hugelkultur beds take around three seasons to establish, this is around the time they are supposed to stop taking up nitrogen and start releasing it.[/SIZE][/FONT][/SIZE]
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[SIZE=4][FONT=georgia][SIZE=4]I am very happy with these beds and I feel I am over the hump with them. [/SIZE][/FONT][/SIZE][SIZE=4][FONT=georgia]I'm really pleased with the soil this season so far. It's so nice to be able to use your bare hands.
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[SIZE=4][FONT=georgia]It looks like the winter prep has paid off. I'm not sure how much the bio-char has made a difference, but it definitely hasn't hindered anything.
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[SIZE=4][FONT=georgia]This season I am growing crimson clover in these beds as a living mulch. For a living mulch I already have oregano and strawberries in some of the bed and have been letting the strawberries do their thing.

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[LIST][*][SIZE=4][FONT=georgia][SIZE=4]2nd year Hugelkultur bed (1 winter) The tomato plants in this bed are doing real well, but I am really impressed with the Rutgers plant in the center. Next year this bed will have 3 tomato plants only and I'll leave the Raspberry plant that is to the right.
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[SIZE=4][FONT=georgia][SIZE=4][SIZE=4][FONT=georgia][SIZE=4]After work today, I had the joy of replacing a bad pond pump in the back yard pond, thankfully I had a spare pump. I also tore out all of my periwinkle in the front garden and will reseed with crimson clover.
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[LIST][*][SIZE=4][FONT=georgia][SIZE=4][SIZE=4][FONT=georgia][SIZE=4]I think I'm going to thin out the Spaghetti Squash next year.
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[LIST][*][SIZE=4][FONT=georgia]Some random pictures of how I have been managing my new strategy, "nothing is removed" and "Interplanting". This would drive my Mom nuts! If there's a bare spot, I put something there like crimson clover, trimmed plants, bark, onions that sprouted etc...
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[SIZE=4][FONT=georgia]Every now and then I'll dig in an old bagel, bread, some paper etc... I also add kraft packing paper, thin cardboard and tuck them in the back of the beds.[/FONT][/SIZE]
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[LIST][*][SIZE=4][FONT=georgia]Koi Pond Patio Planter with Leeks and a Gerbera Daisy. This is our Compromise planter, I wanted leeks, she wanted flowers.
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Nan_PA_6b June 15, 2018 09:22 AM
Excellent work, Sqwibb! My peppers barely have flowers; what's your secret?


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ddsack June 15, 2018 10:22 AM
Your lot is a marvel of productivity. Everything looks healthy and lush, I should try some Hugelkultur, we have plenty of downed wood around here. I'm glad Reds turned up, looks like he is really chowing down on his strawberries -- what a life! :cute:

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[QUOTE=Nan_PA_6b;704279]Excellent work, Sqwibb! My peppers barely have flowers; what's your secret?



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No secret, I think they were actually stunted, it's pretty bad when the fruit is larger than the plant lol.




[QUOTE=ddsack;704287]Your lot is a marvel of productivity. Everything looks healthy and lush, I should try some Hugelkultur, we have plenty of downed wood around here. I'm glad Reds turned up, looks like he is really chowing down on his strawberries -- what a life! :cute:[/QUOTE]
Thanks.


I'm sure the 20 plus days of rain we had last month helped!


Definitely try the Hugelkultur it's well worth the initial effort up front, I'm hoping in another 2 years the beds wont need any watering, but knowing me I would water anyhow. I'll be weening these beds from the irrigation line next season.



Yeah he was thirsty too, I put out a saucer of water and his head didn't come up for 10 minutes!

JRinPA June 17, 2018 11:26 AM
I remember when you said you put in your peppers and tomatoes when I was considering planting out the broccoli and cauliflower. That might be the secret. I have some small peppers starting here and there but was planning to knock the first ones off.


You need to glue some whip flags on the turtle shells so you can find them all!

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[QUOTE=JRinPA;704628]I remember when you said you put in your peppers and tomatoes when I was considering planting out the broccoli and cauliflower. That might be the secret. I have some small peppers starting here and there but was planning to knock the first ones off.


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I put my peppers out way too early this year.


Yeah that would be cool, and I can paint racing stripes on them too lol, my daughter would kill me for turtle abuse.

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[LIST][*][SIZE=4][FONT=georgia]Leeks for seeds. I'll leave a few leeks in the soil from this year to hopefully get seeds again next year.
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[LIST][*][SIZE=4][FONT=georgia]Started work on my other Grape Trellis, I'm winging this so I hope it comes out well.
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[SIZE=4][FONT=georgia]Not much going on in the garden, haven't really been up to doing any gardening lately, just playing around with my Rain water collection and grape trellis.
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[LIST][*][SIZE=4][FONT=georgia]Every thing is growing pretty good here, except my Cape Gooseberry in the Hugelkultur bed. The front yard filled out nicely, I'm still undecided on removing the Red Maple or not, I really dont want it to shade out all the growth on the hill, but do like a little shade on the patio. I was thinking if I do remove it to put in a Japanese Stewartia.
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Salsacharley June 20, 2018 11:29 AM
That's a beautiful tree.

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[SIZE=4][FONT=georgia]Cut down my Snow Peas, such a waste, we never ate any except for that one batch I made a few weeks ago, I wont grow these again. Trying to keep up with my new strategy, the Snow Peas will be chopped and placed back in the bed for mulch.[/FONT][/SIZE]
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[SIZE=4][FONT=georgia]Trimmed back the Spaghetti Squash before it eats the neighbor.[/FONT][/SIZE]
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[SIZE=4][FONT=georgia]Trimmed a few stems and leaves off of a tomato plant that was yellowing, this will not go back into the bed, this heads straight to the firepit.[/FONT][/SIZE]
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[LIST][*][SIZE=4][FONT=georgia]Finished the trellis for the Reliance Grapes. I really wanted something Low Profile so I came up with this. So far I am happy with how it looks.
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[LIST][*][SIZE=4][FONT=georgia]Chopped up all of the snow peas and mulched the Hugelkultur bed.[/FONT][/SIZE][/LIST]
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Nan_PA_6b June 25, 2018 04:38 PM
Great gardens!

JRinPA June 26, 2018 01:03 AM
I admit I am confused. Snow peas a waste? What went wrong? Weren't they mammoth melting sugar? Those did fine here in raised rows w/o watering. Let us know what went wrong and maybe find a better fit for your yard.

The last few days I pulled about 2/3 of my peas as they are spent now and the heat is coming, but I picked a whole bunch before that. For snow peas I grew Oregon Sugar Pod II, Dwarf White Sugar, Dwarf Grey, Royal Snow, and Mammoth Melting Sugar. The last was the tallest and rather late but I still have that up to save seed. For snap peas I grew Sugar Sprint, Cascadia, Sugar Ann, and Sugar Heart. Also grew Desiree Dwarf Blauwschokkers (for the 2nd and last time). Everything came in strong here, except the Sugar Sprints in my raised boxes that were frozen and drowned in March/early April, then parched since late May. Even they put out a lot under the circumstances.


Your Jalapenos look great; they are way ahead of mine. I don't think I have any set yet, though I admittedly haven't looked them over closely. Do you remember what variety they are?

SQWIBB June 26, 2018 08:58 AM
[QUOTE=Nan_PA_6b;705819]Great gardens![/QUOTE]


Thanks

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[QUOTE=JRinPA;705905]I admit I am confused. Snow peas a waste? What went wrong? Weren't they mammoth melting sugar? Those did fine here in raised rows w/o watering. Let us know what went wrong and maybe find a better fit for your yard.[/QUOTE]

Sorry for not being more clear, the Swenson Swedish Snow Peas produced incredibly and I couldn't be more pleased, the problem was, we didn't harvest them, so they just sat there until they started to die back and I decided they were going to be better suited as mulch... such a waste.




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Jalapenos are called "Early Jalapenos"
Hoping to stuff some this weekend, I'm a little tired of eating them wrapped in bacon, going to try the [URL="https://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/jalapeno-poppers-243195"]Popper Recipe from Epicurious.[/URL]
With a few tweaks of course!

JRinPA June 26, 2018 10:01 AM
I do have Early Jalapeno that took off faster than my Jalafuego. I'll try to look over them tonight and see if they have any peppers yet.


I see now, on page two you said the snap peas were half the size of the svenson snow peas; at the time I read that, the same was true of my mammoth, so I must have transposed that in my head.



I know how it is when you get a lot of fresh food at once, something gets missed. For me it is generally the lettuce or spinach though, NEVER THE PEAS!



Great garden, SQWIBB!

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JRinPA June 28, 2018 01:15 PM
We finally got rain too, 6/10th of an inch in the gauge this morning. It was pretty violent and woke me up about 4 am. I have two 55 gal that hold about 50 with overflow. The backyard one fills with 1/4" of rain and the driveway one fills with 2/10th. Doesn't take much, but they have not been filled since that 24 hour, 1.6" soak a few weeks back.


If you need to fill vertical space, get some okra in there!

SQWIBB June 29, 2018 08:20 PM
Been wanting to grow okra forever.
Just tossed a few seeds in some spots to see what happens.
Where did you think I should put them?

ginger2778 June 29, 2018 10:42 PM
Okra has a strong deep tap root. Needs space to develop well, but will load you up in no time if you keep trimming off the finger sized fruit. Cut and come again growth habit.

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[QUOTE=ginger2778;706514]Okra has a strong deep tap root. Needs space to develop well, but will load you up in no time if you keep trimming off the finger sized fruit. Cut and come again growth habit.[/QUOTE]


Thank you. I just tossed them anywhere I could find a spot, I dont expect much but we will see!

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[LIST][*][SIZE=4][FONT=georgia]Not a whole lot going on in SQWIBS garden, I planted quite a few Okra seeds in various spots, trimming some plants here and there, trench composting quite a bit, working on my Rainwater Catchment/Diverting system. Things are going pretty good, I am battling some kind of Fungus on my Box Car willie plant, removed my Cape Gooseberry from the front Hugelkultur bed and am having some Issue with my Matts Wild Cherry.
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mannalon July 6, 2018 02:51 PM
Your neighbors are very lucky!:)

SQWIBB July 9, 2018 09:54 AM
[QUOTE=mannalon;707273]Your neighbors are very lucky!:)[/QUOTE]


I am lucky as well, thank you.

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The July 7th posted above is wrong, should be July 3rd. (post#86)





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[LIST][*][SIZE=4][FONT=georgia]The pepper plant bounced back. To be honest, I'm a bit confused as to what it is, I had it labeled as a Tabasco but I think it was replaced with a Corno di Toro Rosso?
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[LIST][*][SIZE=4][FONT=georgia]Turtle Guild (that's what I call it now, they love it here!)[/FONT][/SIZE][/LIST][LEFT][URL="https://c2.staticflickr.com/2/1805/41487852640_a507525500_b.jpg"][IMG]https://c2.staticflickr.com/2/1805/41487852640_a507525500_b.jpg[/IMG][/URL][/LEFT]


[LIST][*][SIZE=4][FONT=georgia]Artichoke, you really got to watch these guys, they start to open very quickly, I just got this guy in time.[/FONT][/SIZE][/LIST][SIZE=4][FONT=georgia][LEFT][LEFT][URL="https://c2.staticflickr.com/2/1807/42393143085_e0a21a146a_b.jpg"][IMG]https://c2.staticflickr.com/2/1807/42393143085_e0a21a146a_b.jpg[/IMG][/URL]



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[LIST][*]I am really impressed with the Spaghetti Squash plants, I think there are at least 6 Squash so far.[/LIST]
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[LIST][*]This is what happens when the pepper is bigger than the plant, sunscald.[/LIST]
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Food break.... we got to enjoy a few of our tomatoes and I had asked Laura to make me some "jalapeno poppers", but there was a mis-communication... my fault. I sent her a list of ingredients and included Jalapenos in the list, so the poppers are not from the garden (sad face).[/LEFT]
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[LIST][*][SIZE=4][FONT=georgia]This morning I got a little surprise, my Koi pond was half drained, looks like I'm gonna be late for work today![/FONT][/SIZE][SIZE=4][FONT=georgia] The veggie filter outlets got plugged and the water was running out of the veggie filter underneath the pond, I usually have the pump that feeds the veggie filter higher up in the main pond just for this reason, somehow it had dropped to the bottom of the main pond.[/FONT][/SIZE][SIZE=4][FONT=georgia] I fixed the problem and added half the water back, I'll top it off tonight and tomorrow so I don't shock the fish.[/FONT][/SIZE][/LIST]
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JRinPA July 9, 2018 11:30 AM
I wrote reply about "okra, where" a long while back but I don't see the post.


Seeing that giant marconi on your pics makes me wonder if that is what I've been growing. Twice I kept seeds from roadside stand peppers, basically sweet, but shaped like that. I didn't buy them, and knowing as little as I do about peppers, I figured pablano from the shape and lack of heat.

Okra is great eating but some people don't like the spines, so that could be an issue for locating them. I grow clemson spineless and never really have any problems. They do form a deep taproot and basically turn woody like a tree by late summer, so a deep bed. I have some that are starting to put pods on now even though they are still short. Last year mine ended up about 8-9 ft and it almost seemed a waste not having a crop under them for fall.

The earliest okra in this year I interspersed as 3-4 week seedlings where ever there was space, so I have some next to cauliflower where two of the original seven survived and are now forming heads. More are interspersed with broccoli, and a few days ago I trimmed the broccoli back a little extra to let the okra up through. Over at my aunt's I put some in the corners of a new raised bed that is squash on one side and lettuce/spinach rows on the other. I would have liked to get it in earlier but it just hadn't been that hot anyway. Also I just threw my last transplants into the 5x9 garlic bed I cleaned out last week, and they look okay.

My main row for okra this year went in the 33' snow pea row. First I put seed in and watered in late May but none ever germinated, so I started another round of transplants in June. They were a couple weeks old when the peas were done. So, I cut the peas, pulled out the trellis, topped off with a little more compost, wet down, tamped down, and laid bio mulch. The next day I transplanted a double row of okra about 18" spacing, hooped and recovered. That is more space than I have given them before. I had to hose through the cover a few times but still have not uncovered them. I hope they're doing well. They should have loved this heat and we finally got rain.


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