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Post by Pharmer Phil on Nov 8, 2005 4:38:33 GMT -6
Maybe we should sum up our VICTORIES and Defeats from this past gardening season....who's First?  |
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Post by Laura on Nov 8, 2005 4:46:45 GMT -6
 I saved seed from my poor beat up Hollyhock's last year..planted them & I have one plant that is in full bloom yet this year. Real pretty pink flower's on it. Will take pic. & post it. I am only a 2nd year Gardner but sure do enjoy getting the hard to grow thing's to grow.
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Post by jeanette on Nov 8, 2005 7:51:29 GMT -6
well my biggest defeat was my pumpkins, mainly dearly departed Mr Pumpkin Pants..
my sunflowers didn't do worth a darn either..
i did manage to get some flowers to grow around my house inspite of the cats.
the aromatic herbs didn't keep the green worms out of my brocolli, but i have enough sage, thyme and rose mary to last us all a life time.
i got some pretty good carrots, and several onions that got pretty big, i think they were last years though..
and i grew leeks they did really well and are really good
lets see, oh my tomatoes were fat, flavorfull, juciey and abundant.. i even managed to can some for the very first time..
and i also put up several jars of homemade salsa, made only from things grown from my garden..
my green beans exploded into more than anyone could ever eat.. which reminds me i have to harvest the ones i let dry.
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Post by mckenzygirl on Nov 8, 2005 19:19:31 GMT -6
My victories were: Tomatoes Red Onions Sage Basil Parsley Defeats were: Peas----Nothing came up at all! and I was told peas are the easiest to grow ! Not for me! |
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Post by Laura on Nov 8, 2005 19:21:32 GMT -6
Tomato's..man am I glad they are done for the season..we had em comming out our EAR'S. something I am going to plant more of next year is Swiss Chard..I LOVE that stuff..& I never had it before this year.
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Post by Talks With Beagles on Nov 8, 2005 20:17:51 GMT -6
Mckenzygirl: Funny you should say that. My peas didn't come up either, not a single one. I've never heard of such a thing before. When I was a kid in Chicago, we used to have pea shooter wars, and the peas sprouted up everywhere, even in the cracks of the sidewalk. Those were not seed grade peas either, just regular eating peas from the grocerey store. Go figure!
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Post by Pharmer Phil on Nov 9, 2005 2:39:35 GMT -6
MickyG, you had the same problems as we did, it was just to darn unseasonal here, all the things we traditionally plant early, to beat the heat, was growing in very warm temperatures. I have a mind to go out and stick some peas in the ground now, and let them come up on their own in the spring! worked in Missouri, we did that there to get a jump on the heat,but this being Minnespta...ya never know what next spring, will bring  |
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Post by Songbird on Nov 9, 2005 18:10:34 GMT -6
That's not a bad idea, Phil! I might actually get away with it here!! Mine came up okay, and were beautiful, but they started dying when i put the sticks in the ground for them to climb up. (Next time, I'll do that before the roots are formed...doieee!) ..and then it got too warm for them to make a comeback. My beans were picturesque, but ended up getting a virus and died a slow, agonizing death! My tomatos were late. I harvested roma tomatos right up close to halloween, and lost the last of them to frost! Actually canned 5 pints of salsa in October!! A first for me! I got one delicious musk melon, and my usual prize-winning carrots. ...Not even any cucumbers this year!!  |
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Post by Compost Pharmer on Nov 13, 2005 11:07:31 GMT -6
Successes:
1. Tomatoes - Think the neighbors were getting tired off all I gave away to them.
2. Cucumbers - 49 cucs from only 2 plants.
Failures:
1. Green Peppers - Plants grew but no blossoms
2. Peas - Never came up. We all must have had the same bad seed.
3. Giant Punkins - Were doing real good until the heat and drought started. Even though I gave each plant (2) two gallons of water each day,
4. Watermelon - Plants came up, grew about 2 feet then shriveled up and died.
5. Cantaloupe - Was only able to get 3 from 6 plants. Wasn't any for the critters passing thru.
Hopefull next year will be better, if the rain ever starts. It was 88F last Wednesday. Hit record for date.
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Post by TennOC on Jan 3, 2006 7:02:16 GMT -6
70ยบ in Nashville yesterday, made me want to plant something. I had a good garden this last year. Tomatoes: German, Roma, cherry were all good, the Romas were done by the time the dry weather hit anyway. Beans, snap peas, onions were all good. Had lots of hot peppers, but got the tags mixed up after storms blew some of them around, so this next year they'll have to be on 2 ft stakes driven waaaay into the ground! (the tags) herbs and sunflowers were good, we had a lot of squash early, but the yellow crooknecks got a blight after a couple rounds.
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Post by trudy on Jan 6, 2006 12:22:17 GMT -6
2005 Victories: Tomatoes (35 varieties), peppers-7 varieties, cucumbers(3 varieties), Kohlrabi, pole beans (2 varieties), yellow squash, garlics, radish, Melon (1 variety). Failures: Rutabega (should have planted in the fall) but the greens were good, carrots (to green tasting??Why?  ) perhaps plant in fall, Melon (2 varieties), cantolope, okra (not mean enough to grow it, need to beat it some so say the old timers, lol). Potatoes (tire tower method-will plant directly in ground come early spring). I think thats all. 2005 fall crop: Victories: Purple top turnips, Kolhrabi, rutabega, mustard, sugar snap peas (if the deer will leave them alone), Ga. Collards, garlics, French Breakfast radish. Failures: Maybe the carrots-to early to tell. trudy |
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) perhaps plant in fall, Melon (2 varieties), cantolope, okra (not mean enough to grow it, need to beat it some so say the old timers, lol). Potatoes (tire tower method-will plant directly in ground come early spring). I think thats all.