Tvanmunhen
Just some dude
Are you going to do garlic and cilantro?
Fruit and vegetable gardens 2023
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I always say I’m going to grow garlic, but I never do. I don’t use enough cilantro to use up space to grow it in the garden. I could do it in a lot though.
Tvanmunhen
Just some dude
Love garlic! We used to plant it in late September. I didn't grow any veggies this year but I'm thinking about popping a few cloves in the ground lol.
Roasted and canned a bunch of grape tomatoes today. (7.5 pints)
Also made and canned a ton of bread & butter pickles (21 pints)
Also have 17 quarts of dill pickles and 11 pints of salsa from the canning I did over the last few weeks.
Also made and canned a ton of bread & butter pickles (21 pints)
Also have 17 quarts of dill pickles and 11 pints of salsa from the canning I did over the last few weeks.
Bobby Legit
What smells like a skunk, Dad?
Nice looking stash!
Fiddler's Green
Just a regular vato
Numero siete
This thing is awesome.
This thing is awesome.
Streetpro09
Tester
Mole, ground squirrel, or chipmunk? Haven't seen that type of trap before. What's the name of it?
Fiddler's Green
Just a regular vato
It's called the Gopher Hawk.
Most effective tool I've used for pocket gophers. Still haven't figured out how to thin out the ground squirrels as good as that, yet.
Most effective tool I've used for pocket gophers. Still haven't figured out how to thin out the ground squirrels as good as that, yet.
when I lived in MT, we used to sit on the back deck with a .22 rifle and jut shoot them as they came out of their holes. They were cute little buggers but there were so many of them and they destroyed everything.
Streetpro09
Tester
My dad used to use the milk jug trick on ground squirrels back in the day. Only problem is you have to see them go in the hole and be quick behind em.
Fiddler's Green
Just a regular vato
I think I gotta bust out the 5 gal bucket trap, that worked ok.
Streetpro09
Tester
How do you set it up for ground squirrels?
I've heard/read for chipmunks, with the 5 gallon bucket, to just float dried corn on top of the water. Have enough water in the bucket so they can't jump out (obviously, lol). They jump in the bucket thinking it's solid corn!
Fiddler's Green
Just a regular vato
That's what I did but I used sunflower seeds instead of cornHow do you set it up for ground squirrels?
I've heard/read for chipmunks, with the 5 gallon bucket, to just float dried corn on top of the water. Have enough water in the bucket so they can't jump out (obviously, lol). They jump in the bucket thinking it's solid corn!
This is one of the “mortgage lifter” tomatoes
Zaphod420
42
Oi... Those look like they would make one of the most Boss BLT's ever! Where did you get your mortgage lifter seeds from TFC?
I got these as seedlings from a local nursery.
Fiddler's Green
Just a regular vato
Does it hold it's structure when bitten or is it mushy and grainy?
Fiddler's Green
Just a regular vato
Stacking bodies in the compost pile
#8
If you have a gopher problem this thing is awesome
#8
If you have a gopher problem this thing is awesome
I’ll have to try it on its own. I’ve only had slices of it on a burger.
H.A.F.
a.k.a. Rusty Nails
Looks like next years garden might be a success. All this was underbrush, briars, and blackberries last winter. Bulldozed it got compacted pretty bad because it is a dense clay. I got enough corn for a few meals, and nothing else until recently. The ginormous bio-mass in the middle is a spoon gourd. As it branches out I have just been spiraling it out to shade out most of the weeds. There's one fruit on the ground so far
and a few hanging. Tons of un-pollinated flowers until the past few weeks
Whish is when the red-ripper cowpeas started taking off. These flower in pairs, but then there's another set of flowers ready to go at the same stem-end once those are gone. I have a container in the freezer and am getting 1/4 - 1/2 cup of beans every day. Just got enough to make a pot and they are tasty. And seem to be prolific. One pod has over a dozen beans in it. half a dozen pods would make a side dish for one person.
And this is the first melon I have seen. RS132 or something like that. Supposed to ripen orange. I have a few other plants I won't be able to identify unless they fruit. This is about fist size and might get cantaloupe size when done.
The best part is that this has been zero effort except the chop-n-drop mowing and putting a sprinkler on it every few days. And half-ass training the beans and melons
and a few hanging. Tons of un-pollinated flowers until the past few weeks
Whish is when the red-ripper cowpeas started taking off. These flower in pairs, but then there's another set of flowers ready to go at the same stem-end once those are gone. I have a container in the freezer and am getting 1/4 - 1/2 cup of beans every day. Just got enough to make a pot and they are tasty. And seem to be prolific. One pod has over a dozen beans in it. half a dozen pods would make a side dish for one person.
And this is the first melon I have seen. RS132 or something like that. Supposed to ripen orange. I have a few other plants I won't be able to identify unless they fruit. This is about fist size and might get cantaloupe size when done.
The best part is that this has been zero effort except the chop-n-drop mowing and putting a sprinkler on it every few days. And half-ass training the beans and melons