STEADYMOBBIN 22
Footballguy
She’s done a bunch of peppers and made our own dill pickles. Kids tore through all of them.
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FBG Gardening Thread - 2024 Finally time to start seeds indoors in the northeast! (1 Viewer)
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She’s done a bunch of peppers and made our own dill pickles. Kids tore through all of them.
heckmanm
Footballguy
I make fermented dill pickles but keep them in the fridge. Haven’t done any hot canning. Salsa holds up well in the freezer - freeze into a puck and then vacuum bag it.
JetMaxx
Footballguy
Nice. I’d really like to learn how to do it. There are many merits to being able to preserve foods without refrigeration
dkp993
Footballguy
I’d post pics of my garden but fbg’s make that impossible (for some reason) and I’m to lazy to do imgur. It’s exploding though. Have 6 tomato plants of different varietals (including a cherry), 12 cukes (full size and pickling) a dozen garlic and onions, 2 basil, 3 dill, 6 lettuce, 3 peas, a jalapeño and a sweet pepper.
Its my first year companion planting, which seems to be working great so far, and we’re hoping to have enough yield to can and/or pickle. My wife comes from a family who cans/pickles a lot so she’s excited to try it for the first time herself.
Its my first year companion planting, which seems to be working great so far, and we’re hoping to have enough yield to can and/or pickle. My wife comes from a family who cans/pickles a lot so she’s excited to try it for the first time herself.
Cowboysfan8
Footballguy
I’m happy things are going better for you this year !
JetMaxx
Footballguy
Need to learn more about companion planting.
dkp993
Footballguy
Thanks brother. But, as you well know, right now I’m only growing nice plants. The fruit/vegetables are what matter, I’m a ways from knowing this part.
dkp993
Footballguy
Lots of good info out there about it. YouTube has been a great resource for us.
STEADYMOBBIN 22
Footballguy
We got one of these monsters last year. The thing looked like General Raam from Gears of War. IIRC, they’re good for the plants when they get to the stage when they have the white things..
This is also my wife’s gardening channel or whatever.
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This is also my wife’s gardening channel or whatever.
@mamasgarden7a on Instagram: "UGHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!! I’m glad this happened when I’m ready to throw in the towel this year on tomatoes. Yuck. 🤢🤮🥴. #tomatoes #hornworms #gross #badgardening #gardenlife🌱 #lovemyhusband"
61 likes, 13 comments - mamasgarden7aSeptember 11, 2022 on : "UGHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!! I’m glad this happened when I’m ready to throw in the towel this year on tomatoes. Yuck. 🤢🤮🥴. #tomatoes #..."
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berndog
Footballguy
We got one of these monsters last year. The thing looked like General Raam from Gears of War. IIRC, they’re good for the plants when they get to the stage when they have the white things..
This is also my wife’s gardening channel or whatever.
@mamasgarden7a on Instagram: "UGHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!! I’m glad this happened when I’m ready to throw in the towel this year on tomatoes. Yuck. 🤢🤮🥴. #tomatoes #hornworms #gross #badgardening #gardenlife🌱 #lovemyhusband"
61 likes, 13 comments - mamasgarden7aSeptember 11, 2022 on : "UGHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!! I’m glad this happened when I’m ready to throw in the towel this year on tomatoes. Yuck. 🤢🤮🥴. #tomatoes #..."
I try to pick the tomato worms when I see them. When I miss them I love seeing the wasp larvae on them. I let that predator feast on that ghastly creature and hopefully curtail any further encounters.
STEADYMOBBIN 22
Footballguy
Fresh pics with gratuitous old dog pic
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STEADYMOBBIN 22
Footballguy
Sorry for the lousy pictures. The neighbors were out this morning and I had to take these facing into the sun.
That’s blueberries and blackberries, zucchini, green beans, potatoes, tomatoes, everywhere, some flowers, and the little babies on the tarp are pumpkins and something else I don’t remember.
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That’s blueberries and blackberries, zucchini, green beans, potatoes, tomatoes, everywhere, some flowers, and the little babies on the tarp are pumpkins and something else I don’t remember.
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dkp993
Footballguy
Haven’t thought to post until I saw the update.
The new garden this year is exploding! Cucumbers have come first and early and often. I’ve literally been drowning in them for two weeks. Picking between 15 and 25 new cucumbers every single day. I’ve been trying to give them away to anybody with a willingness to take them. Took a bowl of 20 into work yesterday, when I got home I picked 24, so I gave away 20 and somehow ended up the day with more than I started. SMH.
Nothing else has ripened yet, but tomatoes are going to be in abundance soon. Great year this yr, can’t often say that so I’ll take it.
The new garden this year is exploding! Cucumbers have come first and early and often. I’ve literally been drowning in them for two weeks. Picking between 15 and 25 new cucumbers every single day. I’ve been trying to give them away to anybody with a willingness to take them. Took a bowl of 20 into work yesterday, when I got home I picked 24, so I gave away 20 and somehow ended up the day with more than I started. SMH.
Nothing else has ripened yet, but tomatoes are going to be in abundance soon. Great year this yr, can’t often say that so I’ll take it.
General Malaise
Footballguy
Not sure if mentioned in here before, but one thing my wife started doing is collecting all her wine bottles, removing the labels, filling them with water and planting them neck down into the soil of her raised gardens. It's a slow release watering trick that helps keep her gardens green. Summers in Oregon can get a little hot and dry, so every little trick helps with keeping things moist and green and water bills down.
Ridgeback
Footballguy
I've seen the deluxe terra cotta accessories that are supposed to do the same thing, but made for gardens. For my 144' of garden space it would have run like $800. No thanks. How long does it take to release the water out of one bottle? How often does she refill them? Is it a total replacement of watering with a hose?
Cowboysfan8
Footballguy
So far my garden is exploding. We’ve had so much rain the last 3 weeks or so I haven’t been able to miracle gro
Enough lettuce for an army. Zucchini, zephyr squash and cucumbers are coming in droves.
Tomato plants are doing great but they won’t be ripe for awhile yet.
Pepper plants are a little slow for some reason.
Got beat up by strong tstorms overnight last night but I don’t think anything will die from it
Enough lettuce for an army. Zucchini, zephyr squash and cucumbers are coming in droves.
Tomato plants are doing great but they won’t be ripe for awhile yet.
Pepper plants are a little slow for some reason.
Got beat up by strong tstorms overnight last night but I don’t think anything will die from it
Dezbelief
Footballguy
Peppers don't like a lot of water. I was taught to water hot peppers less to increase the heat.
General Malaise
Footballguy
No, definitely not a replacement of watering with a hose, but a supplement. She fills them up maybe 1-2 X per week depending on the heat. They look kinda cool too.....very Portlandia.
berndog
Footballguy
Not sure where you’re located but my pepper plants got off to a slow start and once it was consistently warm they took off.
Ridgeback
Footballguy
General Malaise
Footballguy
Not sure how this happened but I started getting a magazine from Birds and Blooms delivered to the house and I gotta say.....it's a damn fine periodical! Highly recommend for the garden and bird enthusiasts.
berndog
Footballguy
I lost a big branch off one of my Hungarian pepper plants because I was derelict in tying it up.
If there is a bright side the 10 peppers I got off it had a good wang for being immature.
Anyone have a good method for supporting peppers? I stake and then tie them up with string but it definitely requires some time.
Anyone use tomato cages?
If there is a bright side the 10 peppers I got off it had a good wang for being immature.
Anyone have a good method for supporting peppers? I stake and then tie them up with string but it definitely requires some time.
Anyone use tomato cages?
heckmanm
Footballguy
Had this issue last year with a poblano. This year I put mid size tomato cages around jalapeño, cayenne and habanero plants and they aren’t tall enough to reach the cage rings
Cowboysfan8
Footballguy
Can’t remember if I posted here about it or not, but my wife and I canned 12 pints of dill pickles a few weeks ago.
12 pints of bread n butter pickles today.
My cucumber plants are doing their annual “just turn brown and die all at once” but man were they great this year
Some of my pepper plants are bouncing back , some just aren’t. Weird
12 pints of bread n butter pickles today.
My cucumber plants are doing their annual “just turn brown and die all at once” but man were they great this year
Some of my pepper plants are bouncing back , some just aren’t. Weird
dkp993
Footballguy
Mine did the same thing. I was drowning in them for a month then poof, dead. We planted new seeds 2 weeks ago hoping for a round 2.
My tomatoes are starting to ripen. Cherry Toms going nuts as usual and in the pick 30 a day stage. Celebrities and heirlooms are big a green, should start turning soon.
Peppers are smaller then normal but the tomatoes are going so nut the are blocking the peppers sun to much.
Cowboysfan8
Footballguy
Got my first 13 packs of seeds in the mail today 
Can’t start them inside for 2 months lol
Can’t start them inside for 2 months lol
Ron Swanson
Footballguy
I think I'm moving on from my typical fruits and veggies until I need some more exotic peppers to make hot sauce. But I've built up several years of hot sauce inventory so it may be a while. I can buy all the veggies I normally grow at a farm stand right down the road super cheap without the inevitable white fly invasion. But I'm not quitting gardening. I'm just going to continue my pivot to trees and start adding to my avocado and mango collection by growing root stock and grafting more producing trees.
dkp993
Footballguy
Started the garden for the year. Just got done with installing the drip system in my raised beds and dropped seeds. Would post pics but it’s a p.i.t.a to here).
Companion planting again this year as it worked awesome last year. Doing 4 tomatoes (different varietals), 6 cukes, lots of garlic, onion, sweet and hot peppers, lettuce, watermelon, strawberries, thyme, rosemary, basil and dill. Should be a good year.
Companion planting again this year as it worked awesome last year. Doing 4 tomatoes (different varietals), 6 cukes, lots of garlic, onion, sweet and hot peppers, lettuce, watermelon, strawberries, thyme, rosemary, basil and dill. Should be a good year.
Cowboysfan8
Footballguy
Awesome! I’m jelly
dkp993
Footballguy
Living in SoCal does have some advantages. But we certainly pay for them. lol.Awesome! I’m jelly
Poke_4_Life
Footballguy
Would like some information on your drip system. I'm still about 6 weeks from planting, but need to get started turning the soil, figuring out irrigation, and probably getting a few new beds.
Cowboysfan8
Footballguy
I started my peppers, tomatoes and eggplant seed indoors today.
Giant marconi
Anaheim
Poblano
Baby bells
Jimmy Nardello
Burpee Supersteak
Giant Belgium
Kellogg
42 Day
Cherry
Millionaire eggplant
Springs coming boys and girls !
Giant marconi
Anaheim
Poblano
Baby bells
Jimmy Nardello
Burpee Supersteak
Giant Belgium
Kellogg
42 Day
Cherry
Millionaire eggplant
Springs coming boys and girls !
Wingnut
Footballguy
Spring?! It's been like summer here for a few weeks...high of 82° today!
We've got several things going in the backyard...garlic, cilantro, oregano, dill, green onions...just picked a few jalapeños...also got a couple pineapples that'll prob be ready later this year and the wife picked up a blueberry plant a couple weeks ago.
I'm wondering if my mango tree is ever gonna flower....5 years old from seed and hasn't produced yet, but neighbors on both sides of me have tons of flowers on their trees...the wife won't let me yank it and replace it with a grafted tree...grrrr...
Cowboysfan8
Footballguy
Planted out spring onion seeds and sugar snap peas seeds (first time for me) yesterday. I transferred my tomato and pepper seedlings into solo cups last weekend. We are probably a month away from planting outside here
Uruk-Hai
Footballguy
Do you have a greenhouse?Planted out spring onion seeds and sugar snap peas seeds (first time for me) yesterday. I transferred my tomato and pepper seedlings into solo cups last weekend. We are probably a month away from planting outside here
Cowboysfan8
Footballguy
No, just a 2x4 led light hanging on a rack I built that is adjustable height in a spare room in our houseDo you have a greenhouse?Planted out spring onion seeds and sugar snap peas seeds (first time for me) yesterday. I transferred my tomato and pepper seedlings into solo cups last weekend. We are probably a month away from planting outside here
The middle row is some flowers I started for the boss
Uruk-Hai
Footballguy
That works.No, just a 2x4 led light hanging on a rack I built that is adjustable height in a spare room in our houseDo you have a greenhouse?Planted out spring onion seeds and sugar snap peas seeds (first time for me) yesterday. I transferred my tomato and pepper seedlings into solo cups last weekend. We are probably a month away from planting outside here
When I was a kid, my father built 4x8 boxes a couple of 2x12s high. He put a plexiglass door on top. We used them to get a head start on growing season until he built an actual greenhouse.
Wingnut
Footballguy
Got 6 avocados on my little container Lila tree. Looks like these might actually make it to harvest! They'd be my first home grown cados - my Wurtz tree had about a dozen between this season and last but they all fell off when they were really small. Hoping next season the fruit will make it to harvest. But for now...
Lilas:
Lilas:
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