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Post by Songbird on Jul 5, 2006 21:51:08 GMT -6
Here are some pics that i took on the 4th of July.  My potatoes  My corn   My 3 yr old cottonwood tree that I planted from a twig in the ditch!  Zucchini (tomatoes in background)  Summer squash  Musk Melon  Basil and parsley  My first bloom on the trumpet vine!  My Mother's Day Rose bush .......and just for fun....  and...  |
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Post by jeanette on Jul 6, 2006 0:29:30 GMT -6
oh song, your garden is so COOL.. i just love the way you have it set up.. here is what your cottonwood will look like when he grows up..  |
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Post by douglas on Jul 6, 2006 4:37:21 GMT -6
Looking good song  you have a  thumb after all gurl, good job  |
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Post by crazy1 on Jul 6, 2006 5:00:04 GMT -6
Sure is lookin' good there Song  |
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Post by msbsgblue on Jul 6, 2006 12:57:45 GMT -6
These are really good photos and your plants are just beautiful.
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Post by mckenzygirl on Jul 6, 2006 22:00:45 GMT -6
Whoa! What a beautiful garden you have! Everything looks so green and lush!  |
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Post by Compost Pharmer on Jul 7, 2006 21:09:06 GMT -6
Sure good lookin garden. Wish our field corn looked that good. It is all drying up. About a month ago I thought for sure the farmers would get a good crop this year. That is two years in a row. Thanks for posting the garden pics.
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Post by Songbird on Jul 8, 2006 19:24:35 GMT -6
Thanks you guys! I really felt like I was fighting a losing battle when my peas died and my lettuce just sat there, but i guess you've got to find what does well in your part of the country and go for it!
I might try peas again in the fall...
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Post by Compost Pharmer on Jul 8, 2006 20:10:14 GMT -6
 I have tried peas two years in a row and not had any luck. Maybe when it cools off, this fall, I'll give them another try. Maybe they need cooler weather. 
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Post by chrissysohiogarden on Jul 8, 2006 22:10:47 GMT -6
Your photos are just beautiful!!
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Post by lilsparrow on Jul 9, 2006 17:22:41 GMT -6
What a beautiful garden Song!! And great pictures too!!! You are gonna love having all that fresh produce in another month or two! |
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Post by douglas on Jul 16, 2006 15:02:05 GMT -6
Did ya pick yer corn yet song or is da silk still alive yet  |
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Post by Songbird on Jul 16, 2006 19:06:42 GMT -6
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Post by crazy1 on Jul 16, 2006 19:09:24 GMT -6
When the cob feels full, or the racoons get to it, then its ready Song. The silk will be brown and dried up usually.
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Post by douglas on Jul 17, 2006 5:08:48 GMT -6
As crazy1 said |
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Post by Songbird on Jul 17, 2006 18:28:37 GMT -6
Thanks, both of you! I do believe I have a few ears ready to pull! Is it best to do it in the morning?? Also, will the stalks form any MORE ears, or will this be it??  |
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Post by crazy1 on Jul 18, 2006 3:12:43 GMT -6
Pick it early in the mornin' Song. It will be sweeter that way. When the sun hits the corn it turns the sugars to starch, then at night the starches become sugars again. |
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Post by douglas on Jul 18, 2006 4:29:14 GMT -6
What you see on the stalk now is what will be for the season |
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Post by Songbird on Jul 18, 2006 17:26:58 GMT -6
Darn! Now I see what they meant on the package:
"So good you'll wish you'd planted more!"
Thanks for the input phriends!
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Post by crazy1 on Jul 18, 2006 17:43:05 GMT -6
What kind of corn did you plant? Sounds like "Country Gentelman"  |
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Post by douglas on Jul 18, 2006 20:36:45 GMT -6
I'll be lucky if I get 12-18 ears this year |
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Post by chickenfarmer on Jul 19, 2006 7:13:43 GMT -6
Most people get by with the two God gave em..... what ya collecting em Doug
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Post by douglas on Jul 19, 2006 19:52:17 GMT -6
Well when ya got six in da phamily it helps when ya's got a pot full of corn  |
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Post by lilsparrow on Jul 20, 2006 16:04:10 GMT -6
Speaking of family Douglas, how's your daughter doing? |
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Post by douglas on Jul 20, 2006 19:28:32 GMT -6
She's doing phine and just got back from Kentucky a bit ago |
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Post by Songbird on Jul 23, 2006 17:31:20 GMT -6
I'm embarrassed to say, I don't know, and the package is gone, but the kernals are both yellow and white.... Ants have drilled a hole in the side of a lot of them, and are eating away at the tops. Also some of the rest of them are starting to get dry-looking white blotches on the outside of the husks. I don't think some of them are ready yet! What should I do?? Pick them anyway? |
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Post by jack on Jul 29, 2006 22:10:46 GMT -6
Gidday
I know I am showing my ignorance here, got plenty of it too, but I have noticed in a lot of photo's from others as well, your veges seem to have a fence around them. Is it to keep something out or what?
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Post by chickenfarmer on Jul 29, 2006 22:13:54 GMT -6
Mostly deer... Some people fence for wild rabbits. Down here in the south we have problems with armadillos.
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Post by chickenfarmer on Jul 29, 2006 22:15:06 GMT -6
Yellow and white kernals sound like peaches and cream.
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Post by Songbird on Jul 31, 2006 17:03:42 GMT -6
Peaches and cream doesn't ring a bell, but they sure are sweet and good!! All their kernals didn't develop in most of them though, and i don't what I could have done different! A hungry neighbor from the apartments behind us help them selves to a whole row of the best ears one night. All i can say is I hope they enjoyed them! As fer the fence, it's mostly to keep out rabbits in my area, but the one around da corn now is to keep out neighbors!!  |
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