[scrublover]

Groundhog mitigation. Liberal application of cat box cleaning detritus and some Halloween decor (motion activated screaming rat!) and no sign of the fat fucker eating my plants in over a week.

Various Bolted things with some Squashes mixed in. To be cleared out for a late summer/early fall sowing of cool weather stuff.

Stuff. We make lots of pesto.

Lots of cuke zucchini squash tomato love going on here.

 

[scrublover]

Dinner was the first thiiiiicc summer squash. Diced up and pan fried with 1# lamb merguez. Mixed into spinach, arugula, red onion, tomato, and cucumber.
Dressing 1tbsp hummous, 1 tbsp baba ghanoush, 1tbsp red wine vinegar, juice of one lemon.

 

[eric strt6]

First Ghost pepper revealed itself today. Tomatos are going nuts, cucumber coming along and there are at least 200 navel oranges on the tree (ripen in the winter)

 

[eric strt6]

even when they are green Ghost peppers just look nasty hot

 

[JohnE]

I have one of these...not as much work, and the local critters dont (normally...) nibble at it.

 

[SkaredShtles]

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I have one of these...not as much work, and the local critters dont (normally...) nibble at it.

Yeah, but that place has shit tomatoes.

 

[canadmos]

Fucking hate an earwig but they love moisture which is most garden environs...

Diatomaceous Earth

https://www.thespruce.com/how-to-i-get-rid-of-earwigs-1402695

+ Trapping apparently

https://ipm.ucanr.edu/PMG/PESTNOTES/pn74102.html

TL;DR cliff notes

A key element of an earwig management program is trapping. Place numerous traps throughout the yard, hiding the traps near shrubbery and ground cover plantings or against fences. A low-sided can, such as a cat food or tuna fish can, with 1/2 inch of oil in the bottom makes an excellent trap. Fish oil such as tuna fish oil is very attractive to earwigs, or vegetable oil with a drop of bacon grease can be used. These traps are most effective if sunk into the ground so the top of the can is at soil level. Dump captured earwigs and refill cans with oil.

Other common types of traps are a rolled-up newspaper, corrugated cardboard, bamboo tubes, or a short piece of hose. Place these traps on the soil near plants just before dark and shake accumulated earwigs out into a pail of soapy water in the morning. Earwigs can also be dropped into a sturdy plastic bag and crushed. Continue these procedures every day until you are no longer catching earwigs.

Might have to try some of this.

I've looked at using diatomaceous earth, but I feel like its too wet here for it to really be effective? Plus the stuff is expensive as balls.

The oil traps sound like something easy to implement and easy to watch and clear. Might be a slippery slope to having a cat problem, though.

 

[eric strt6]

Ghost Pepper pod

Chocolate Ghost Pepper pods ( Chocolate Bhut Jolokia )

Habanero Pods

 

[scrublover]

This mornings take.

Will be incorporated into...something for dinner tonight.

 

[canadmos]

But how?

Something keeps eating the leaves off my pepper plants. It even ate the carrot tops last night, thanks!

Now sure what's going on with our zucchini, theres lots of flowers and the starts of veggies, but they all have fallen off so far. No bees?

But in positive news....sooon

 

[eric strt6]

check your plants for tomato horn worms. they are about 3 inches long and are green so they blend in with the stems. fuckers eat everything https://extension.umn.edu/yard-and-garden-insects/tomato-hornworms

 

[canadmos]

check your plants for tomato horn worms. they are about 3 inches long and are green so they blend in with the stems. fuckers eat everything https://extension.umn.edu/yard-and-garden-insects/tomato-hornworms

It's not those, it's most likely the rabbits that go through our yard.

 

[jimmydean]

Need to put in liners, then dirt, then bamboo in hopes to block out the neighbors.

 

[canadmos]

Friggin bugs

Soon... I forget what variety these are

Finally got some cucumbers growing. Though portions of the plants are turning yellow and crunchy, perhaps from super hot weather we've had?

Still no zucchini growing yet, despite lots of flowers. Haven't seen many bees around here this year.

 

[Banshee_Rider@73]

From my father’s garden

 

[canadmos]

Woohoo

 

[SkaredShtles]

Woohoo

Came back from Steamboat to a shitload of those fuckin' things.

 

[canadmos]

Came back from Steamboat to a shitload of those fuckin' things.

This is the first one here. Also check out that powdery mildew mould or whatever on the plant, sigh.

 

[eric strt6]

First habaneros are ripening and it looks like I will have a lot of chocolate Ghost Peppers

 

[canadmos]

It's happening

Don't know what this is exactly, a spaghetti squash? I forget what I planted here.

These two pepper plants are going off.

 

[SkaredShtles]

Well, it's apparently "surprise-zucchini" season. Went out to pick what I thought was going to be a couple zukes... came in with a half dozen medium sized fruit. Making zucchini alla scapece in an effort to use a bunch up. Probably should do some more stuffed zukes too.

 

[canadmos]

 

[SkaredShtles]

More stuffed zukes and marinated zukes.

 

[HardtailHack]

Grew this by accident, tried a Sandpaper fig and it wasn't very good so I threw the remainder up the side of the house, it sprouted so I potted it up.
Put it down in the creek today along with a Scrambling Lily and a Rough Bark Apple then pulled some weeds.

Have got a Native Raspberry and a couple of Gums to put down in the creek soon.
Bought a Finger Lime yesterday at 50% off, will be cool to have two different types.

 

[scrublover]

it's been so dan wet here lately, i have cukes and zucchs that are just rotting. ugh. not helped by having been somewhat decimated by a groundhog earlier in the season.

still getting decent amounts of tomato otherwise though, and more yellow summer squash than i want. jalapenos and my herbs are all good at least!

 

[Adventurous]

Our highbush blueberries are popping. First year we've netted them, so I had no idea how many berries were being lost to the critters.

6 of these would probably yield enough blueberries for our household for an entire year.

 

[canadmos]

So after all these years, I'm still using these wire type tomato/plant cage things.

But they're all most only 3.5 feet tall, give or take.

Every year I have to do a balancing act of tying the cage to the planter, so it doesn't tip. Then have to tie up tomato branches so they don't fold over and break or lay on the ground for animals to eat.

What do you use to keep the plants upright? Tall wooden stakes?

?

On Sunday I came home abd found one of my plants tipped over in the cage. Had to anchor the cage down and then hastily tie up the branches. It's a pain...

 

[canadmos]

Actually thinking now, I've seen video of people using almost like a clothes line type thing from one end of the garden to the other, which then holds up the plants. Maybe something I need to look into next year.

 

[SkaredShtles]

Actually thinking now, I've seen video of people using almost like a clothes line type thing from one end of the garden to the other, which then holds up the plants. Maybe something I need to look into next year.

Here is a plan for a tomato trellis that I have threatened to build for a few years now...

 

[eric strt6]

the ripening has started

Chocolate Bhut Jolokia, has a Scoville Heat Unit (SHU) rating of 800,000- 2,000,000

Ghost peppers, also known as Bhut Jolokia, can range from 1,041,427 to 1,000,000 Scoville Heat Units (SHU)

Habanero peppers typically measure 100,000–350,000 Scoville Heat Units (SHU) on the Scoville scale,

 

[SkaredShtles]

This is the first one here. Also check out that powdery mildew mould or whatever on the plant, sigh.

Have been sort of keeping up with the zucchini (OK, not really) - stuffed, sautéed, zucchini "meatballs", marinated, zucchini gratin, etc.

Got a few squash bugs, but they don't seem to be affecting the plants much thus year.

 

[canadmos]

, zucchini "meatballs",

I did find a caterpillar starting to chomp down on a bean plant yesterday. I squished that guy. Sorry not sorry.


Also I could use that fancy tomato bdsm trapeze device right now. Three of my plants, which I admittedly probably planted too close together, all toppled over in a huge bush on Saturday (it was windy). No damage or anything, but what a pain in the ass to get it back upright and tied down again.

My san marzano plants are little crazy at the moment, the top branches have all doubled over. I'd guess if I stretched them up, they'd be nearing 7 or 8 feet. I am on the "do as little work as possible" train at the moment, so haven't pruned them at all...

I should say that I also have cucumbers growing throughout my tomato plants as well. They are actually doing some of the heavy lifting in keeping the maters from falling over. Its making finding the cucumbers an adventure though..

 

[SkaredShtles]

They're really quite delicious. I squeezed a bit of fresh lemon and lime on them when they came out of the oil. https://www.casapappagallo.it/ricette/polpette-di-zucchine

 

[eric strt6]

Chocolate Bhut Jolokia = really fucking hot

 

[scrublover]

https://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1023340-australian-zucchini-slice

https://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1023379-turkey-zucchini-burgers

 

[HardtailHack]

Have any of you guys used any garden augers in your drills?
Has anyone used a USA made Power Planter?

My drill is supposedly good for 90Nm but I might still be pushing it with a 4" Auger.

 

[boogenman]

I’m growing Tabasco, Fresno and cayenne peppers for fermented hot sauce. Will post pics when they get red.
da back yard May 7th. I’m struggling with what I’m going to do with the upper slope. It gets full sun.

 

[boogenman]

Tabasco

 

[canadmos]

Today's little pick. The jalapeños keep splitting, I'm guessing because of the heat and lack of rain. I wish they'd get bigger. Still lots and lots of them on the bush.

Tabasco
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I grew those last year, the plants look really cool when they have hundreds of those tiny little red peppers.

 

[canadmos]

I should plant more poblanos next year, rather than these yellow guys. Could always use more poblanos.