Rabbits, Pixie? They might just like the broccoli.....or dog? My Jazz ate all my asparagus one year.
So what's going on in your vegetable garden right now?!
:)
Pixie, I'm not sure about some of your other things, but my entire Cole section is wrecked, broccoli,cauliflower,cabbage and Brussels sprouts. It also beat up my beets, eating just the leaves.
Victor, The power line may not be an option if I find much more damage, this critter's redemption may be a pig roast, whistle pig in this case. The younger ones make a fine BBQ. LOL Ric
http://www.bukisa.com/articles/233547_cook-wild-game-like-bbq-groundhog-in-2-ways
Hay Victor just don’t start singing Green Acres is the place to be .LOL
Robin , there are a lot of folks that have not seen “red okra” it turns green when fried or most of it will anyway what we have is traced back to the okra strand from the 1800’s it does really well in heat and little water / however, does better when watered regularly .
Pixie , two critters come to mint bugs bunny & the Ground hog both will munch on your garden early in the mornin just as the sun comes un but before the fog burns off & late in the eve . just like Holly Ann says .
Sorry for the delay post a storm hit and knocked my net out . just got it fixed this mornin.
Sarge
Hee hee - I was thinking that, Sarge! After growing up in NYC, I even sing that all the time here in the burbs. ^_^
Trapped one ground hog early this year. Another has taken its place but does not seem interested in my garden. I don't grow cole crops anymore (which they will devour in an instant). This one seem to like marigold blooms!!!! Evidentally he doesnt' reside here but seems to make my place on his rounds. I think he prefers the white clover. I WILL trap him one of these days. We have a wild life refuge nearby where I unload my catches. Caught 7 one year. Since I'm the only one who eats okra DW buys it at Wallly World. My dad used to grow it and I've had okra just about any way you can fix it. Love it. (of course I didn't grow up here in Maine).
Frank,
Ground Hawgs as we call them love sweet things such as apples slices, pears, & the goodies they munch on in your garden so a live trap with a few of these will be too tempting to pass up put it in their path of travel but not in the sun don’t want to kill the lil critter .
I knew you was Ric
Sarge
No ghawgs here, but a bunny has found my garden.
I surely wish that I had paid more attention to my dad when gardening. Because I HAD to help, I guess my heart wasn't in it.
Okra flowers are pretty. Note to self: get okra seeds next year.
Rain is needed badly.
Jan,
Hun(no offence intended)
I'll send you some I have plentywe have 4 rolls 150 foot long LOL I think i can let you have some and not be too short come planten time ~ ; { > )
see to the left of the beans .
Sarge
D Mail me with you address i'll send them out too ya. NO Charge
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i was weeding on sunday and a ground hog was 3 feet from me and took off when i lifted my head - it went into my neighbors yard - need to ask them if they are having problems with it - if i catch it that will be the end of it!
wha,
as long as there is only one and you have to take the critter fare enough away he dont come "home" again LOL there could be several . or just one
Sarge
Sarge, it's not Bugs Bunny...they don't survive here more than a month or so. Besides....I know where my Bugs is....her name is Sophie.
Sarge, well I'll be! Leave for awhile and come back to see a monster of a veggie farm. Well done.
Welcome to our puny garden. These are from last week before we put the twine down for the spare toms to climb up. It seemed like a simple solution, if it works. I saw someone doing tomatoes this way on line, somewhere. Something ate our pole beans, insect, I think, not rabbits as I think we have successfully fenced them out. We had used neem oil, too.
Pixie, Nice to see Sophie.
Wha, We happily have no wood chucks or groundhogs. BBQ GH could be good.
The rest of the garden is doing nicely. Tons of great lettuce. Keeping fingers crossed about blight which wiped out the tomatoes last year. Patti
Pixie, be careful , I like Hasenpfeffer He he he .
Hello BB,
bbrookrd, I don’t judge anyone’s Garden , I do need to update my photo’s with all the rain (almost daily/ every other day ) it has doubled in size. The G Hogs are Known to have a Bean fetish along with other things. Lol
I get picked on enough about being from Tenn. & from the Country Without posting my BBQ G Hawg Recipe. ~ ; { > )
Sarge
Gee, Patti, I never thought to grow tomatoes on string! Let us know how it works. I was growing cukes on string, but gave it up...I'm just letting them crawl this summer.
Cuks do well in Cages as the vines will grow to support the fruit as they grow .
maters have no vine to support them on a string, however one cantie them to several strings that are hanging and still do well.
Sarge
Thanks,Sarge.
Patti, the garden is looking good.
Jan your Welcome
Sarge
The tomato up a string is by manually wrapping the plant up the string as it grows. Success is apparently all about the pruning. This is the way many are grown in Greenhouses and by commercial growers and as I just happen to have a lot of extra plants, some bags and some old poles, it seemed worth trying. I also figured that if it works I can always use some uncultivated land outside the veggie bed rather than taking up bed space in the veggie garden for the tomatoes. That would free up a lot of real estate! I will report back either way. Patti
Quoting:
Growing Tomatoes Vertically - How Close to Plant
How close together you should grow your tomato plants depends on several factors, and ultimately it is all up to you. If you are growing vertically and using T-Frames, with tomatoes growing up baling twine string, you can plant them as close as 8″ apart.
The key to success is in how diligent, accurate, and consistent you are in pruning the sucker stems! Gently guide your plants around the string at least once every week in the spring, and every 4-6 days in the summer, and take off all sucker stems at least that often. This will give you a single-stalk plant with large hands of tomatoes every 5-7″ all the way up the stem, and your fruit production will amaze you, with 15# to 20# of fruit per plant.
On the other hand, if you neglect to take off all the suckers, your plants will become big, bushy masses of leaves and branches. The plants will compete with adjacent plants - and even with their own sucker branches - for light, and you will have a big mess on your hands, with much less fruit for your efforts.
So, if you are not diligent in pruning, even 14″ apart is too close together. I recommend planting your tomatoes every 9″, with ONE ROW ONLY in your beds, and then guiding every other plant up baling twine strings to opposite sides of T-Frames.
Growing Tomatoes Vertically - How to Prune
In order to harvest a large amount of healthy home-grown tomatoes in a small space indeterminate plants should be used and grown vertically using stakes, or more preferably, T-Frames and baling twine strings. This requires that you allow the plant to have only one or two stems, and eliminate all others by pruning.
Let’s first discuss how to remove all the sucker stems. This is the major function of pruning tomatoes.
Where the leaf branch grows out from the main stem (in the crotch) pinch off the new growth that comes out of that area. But make sure you don’t pinch out the top growth. When in doubt, stay away from the top of the plant.
Also, stay away from the blossoms that grow about an inch above the leaf node or crotch. Those become your fruit.
To maximize your tomato yield, you must manage the plant’s growth. This could be compared to the biblical pruning of the vineyard.
A single plant, taking up less than one lineal foot of space, can produce 15 to 20# of fruit - but only if you keep it to one or two main stems. Remember, we’re doing “modified ” here, and the hydroponic and greenhouse growers know what they are doing when they prune to one main stem per plant.
Prune the sucker stems from indeterminate varieties only! Right at the point where each leaf grows out from the stem, a new (sucker) stem will appear and begin to grow. Remove it, and the sooner the better. Don’t let the plant waste energy growing the sucker stem. But DO NOT remove the leaf - only the sucker stem growing between the leaf and the stem!!
Once your plant has several sets of leaves, it will begin producing blossoms. THESE BECOME YOUR TOMATOES. They appear about one inch ABOVE the leaf joint, or node as it’s called. NEVER take off the blossoms. Remember, that’s your fruit!
Both pruning and guiding your tomatoes up the baling-twine string should be done religiously, at least once each week for every plant.
You should prune all leaves that touch the ground, and you may also need to prune some leaves, or parts of leaves, to prevent them from overlapping with the leaves of adjacent plants and competing for essential sunlight. Minimize your problems from over-crowding of your plants by allowing adequate space for each plant to grow to maturity in full sunlight.
BB,
intresting to know
Ret_Sgt_Yates, Yep, but only if it works. Hopeful about the idea, as I hate cages and this will allow for better use of garden space. But if we have that blight again this year, the idea won't be worth a tinker's dam. Patti
fell in floor rolling that is true.
that is one thing we have not had to deal with here ... knock on wood like i said in over 30 + years and glad of it . folks would have a fit too.
Sarge
there is a big greenhouse in maine that supplies t's year round that grows them that way - they had a piece on chonicle on it.
that is a good read pixie
Sarge
Sounds like a lot of work!
the recken crew, aka the Big Dawgs are posted on the front porch thread folks for thoses that were asking. LOL
Mornin Robin
Sarge
Morning, Sarge. I have to get the big dogs going......my airedale & German short mix....must have their morning ride followed by their afternoon walk.
lol mine are of to their mischif heard them holleren early this mornin when i went to feed them and water.
Having swiss chard from my garden for lunch today. Started pulling up the garlic. I didn't plant a whole lot this year so I ordered new garlic for fall planting. Geeze that stuff is expensive - like $20 a pound!!!
Lucky you! Love swiss chard!!
YankeeCat,
i got a few bulbs from the store nice and firm and big, open them up and planted each clove 6 bulbs yealded a full roll of Garlic and a garlic bulb each . saved money too lots cheaper . call me frugle. LOL
Sarge
Sarge, that is a good way to do it. I have heard that the garlic from the grocery is treated not to grow - so I didn't even try it. I'm frugal too, for about everything but my garden. Made my own diswasher soap over the weekend and it works great!
dont know about "treated not to grow" But they for got to tell me and i planted it and did not tell the lil cloves and they are growing he he he . (Daruis) let me know about it and told me to try it she is on DG 70 Yrs old lady and not ashamed to tell ya . she grows it by the bushels / lots
Sarge
I've heard that too and bought online the few times I did it.
home grown garlic is better than store bought - may have to give it a shot
mine is doing well planted it a month ago.
Sarge
I'm starting to harvest mine. I will replant it in October and it will grow all winter for me.
Love garlic. I consider it a lifestyle.
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