[ARCHIVED THREAD] - Samiam's garden thread (Page 3 of 3)
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Quoted: So are they hinged at the top and were just sitting on top of the beds? If so, they'd have blown down first thing if I did that up here. We have to anchor everything. Quoted: Quoted: Never thought I would be making a post about the three trellises being blown over. A bad line of storms came across the southeast in the past 48 hours. This morning when I was getting my daughter to daycare I noticed all three trellises were down. All three were tipped over. Two were tipped onto the fence. Those winds must have been perfect because each trellis had a wide base but nothing else was damaged. If you look at the last set of pictures I posted, the last picture has the two that tipped over the fence in the background. http://i284.photobucket.com/albums/ll23/samiamgarden/IMG_1308_zpswb3rlr0b.jpg~original http://i284.photobucket.com/albums/ll23/samiamgarden/IMG_1309_zpsbeii2yrt.jpg~original So are they hinged at the top and were just sitting on top of the beds? If so, they'd have blown down first thing if I did that up here. We have to anchor everything. I have been thinking of anchoring them since this happened. But I had hoped the wide base + weight of each one would prevent any tipping. Another lesson learned. |
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Hinged at the top, spread open at the base and sitting in the grass/walkway. I have been thinking of anchoring them since this happened. But I had hoped the wide base + weight of each one would prevent any tipping. Another lesson learned. Quoted:
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Never thought I would be making a post about the three trellises being blown over. A bad line of storms came across the southeast in the past 48 hours. This morning when I was getting my daughter to daycare I noticed all three trellises were down. All three were tipped over. Two were tipped onto the fence. Those winds must have been perfect because each trellis had a wide base but nothing else was damaged. If you look at the last set of pictures I posted, the last picture has the two that tipped over the fence in the background. http://i284.photobucket.com/albums/ll23/samiamgarden/IMG_1308_zpswb3rlr0b.jpg~original http://i284.photobucket.com/albums/ll23/samiamgarden/IMG_1309_zpsbeii2yrt.jpg~original So are they hinged at the top and were just sitting on top of the beds? If so, they'd have blown down first thing if I did that up here. We have to anchor everything. I have been thinking of anchoring them since this happened. But I had hoped the wide base + weight of each one would prevent any tipping. Another lesson learned. And when the plants turn them into solid walls, they'll catch even more wind, so you're probably smart to anchor. It only takes that one gust coming from the right direction. I lost a frame of four tomatoes this past summer when the wind hit my garden and the support had rusted through at the bottom (I didn't know this--hadn't paid attention. The conduit supports have been standing out there for ten years.) Very frustrating. |
Part of the reason why I garden is the learning/discovery aspect. Today I pulled a leek and a garlic. It is amazing how similar they look. The garlic actually tasted like garlic, but had a ton of heat. That was an "italian" garlic. Edit: something I have noticed recently is the supervisors have become very interested in the garlic, but don't eat it. They like to sniff it constantly while I am working in the garden. |
These pictures are from two weekends ago   Onions in the front, and planted bed in the rear. From right to left in the rear bed is beefsteak/brandywine tomatoes, silver queen corn in 2 rows, clemson okra in two rows, then bell peppers, jalapenos, and paisano tomatoes in the front.  Leeks  Garlic and onions in the back. the 4th bed has beans. 1/2 is blue lake and the other side is fortex and I forget the other green bean. |
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Part of the reason why I garden is the learning/discovery aspect. Today I pulled a leek and a garlic. It is amazing how similar they look. The garlic actually tasted like garlic, but had a ton of heat. That was an "italian" garlic. http://i284.photobucket.com/albums/ll23/samiamgarden/IMG_0463_zps2vajabjq.jpg Edit: something I have noticed recently is the supervisors have become very interested in the garlic, but don't eat it. They like to sniff it constantly while I am working in the garden. Did you think the leeks were easy to grow? I've never tried them. |
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Quoted: Did you think the leeks were easy to grow? I've never tried them. Quoted: Quoted: Part of the reason why I garden is the learning/discovery aspect. Today I pulled a leek and a garlic. It is amazing how similar they look. The garlic actually tasted like garlic, but had a ton of heat. That was an "italian" garlic. http://i284.photobucket.com/albums/ll23/samiamgarden/IMG_0463_zps2vajabjq.jpg Edit: something I have noticed recently is the supervisors have become very interested in the garlic, but don't eat it. They like to sniff it constantly while I am working in the garden. Did you think the leeks were easy to grow? I've never tried them. Quoted: Have you grown leeks before? How do you use them in cooking? Are you hilling them up? This is my first time growing them. I got these from DixonDale and couldn't be happier. I know some people say the onion sets don't take, but I have had 100% take on the onions so far and only 1 leek died. Their CS is awesome too. I had an order issue with the leeks they remedied extremely quickly and without giving me the run around. The ones I pull right now are being used in salads or just eaten raw. Mrs. Samiam loves onions but not the power of a raw onion. She loves raw leeks though. Onion taste but not as much as raw onion. I am going to be playing around with recipes. I watch Jacques Pepin on PBS and he uses leeks a good bit. His recipes normally turn out well, so I'll try a few of his. A couple friends are interested in them too. I'll be getting any recipes they rave about  Before I planted them I dug trenches in the bed. Then I poked holes the height of the leeks and slipped them in. Watered the holes shut and gradually closed the trenches. The leeks in stores here only have 3 or 4 inches of subsurface growth. Mine have a smidge more than that because of the trenching and filling.  I won't be hilling them now that the bed is flat. I want the plants to be able to grow bigger leaves so they can get fatter quickly. On another note, it was almost 90 here today. I hope this isn't going to be a record breaking summer heat wise. |
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I want to try growing leeks but have never eaten them. It sounds like they are just used as an onion substitute?
Here is a video on growing leeks from one the the You Tube channels I follow: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gzjdIRNE8Hc Hope you don't end up with any gritty shafts. 
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I want to try growing leeks but have never eaten them. It sounds like they are just used as an onion substitute? Here is a video on growing leeks from one the the You Tube channels I follow: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gzjdIRNE8Hc Hope you don't end up with any gritty shafts. It depends on what you're cooking. Leeks are substantially milder. If you're cooking beef, that can stand up to--and maybe NEEDS--an onion. Dishes that don't have a strong flavor, but need some embellishment...that's when i would choose a leek over an onion. Uxb does not much like onions (he can't eat raw onions at all) but he will eat dishes I cook with leeks, even if the leeks are a lot less "cooked" than a comparative onion. There's just not the strong "pucker up your face" flavor with leeks...at least to me. I didn't discover leeks until a few years ago. Now I'm interested in growing them because they're so useful in the kitchen. |
| Looks great. Every year I end up with an ant hill or two in my raised beds. In your last picture are you using diatomaceous earth to combat the ants? I have had mixed success with it but have never actually used it in one of the raised beds. I may have to try it this. |
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Quoted: Looks great. Every year I end up with an ant hill or two in my raised beds. In your last picture are you using diatomaceous earth to combat the ants? I have had mixed success with it but have never actually used it in one of the raised beds. I may have to try it this. |
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I wish my garlic looked that good. I think I planted a bit late (early January).
At least some of my onions are beginning to bulb out. I planted young onion seed starts from Dixondale. I've got a few putting out flower stalks but most look like they will make nice bulbs. |
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We had some crazy weather last night. Tons of strong wind and a little rain. Last weekend I put roundup on all the paths in the garden. I think I might need to do another application after the next rain. Leeks  Beans have started to flower.  The beans are two distinct different colors. Blue Lake on the left.  Garlic.  Onions  The pepper/tomato/corn/okra bed  What do you do when your corn gets blown over? Stand it back up and hope for the best!  My corn in pots didn't get blown over btw.  I pulled the leeks from the bean bed before I sprayed the beans with daconil. I gave a few to my neighbor and the rest went towards dinner.  Leeks that I kept.  Recipe from The Silver Spoon  I used 2 jars of carrots.  Final product. I added pepper to mine (after the pic) and my wife added Old Bay to hers.  |
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Quoted: It looks like you will have a whole bed to use so I would do zucchini/squash/melons if you don't have any growing already. Quoted: Quoted: Leeks are coming out this weekend. I noticed a bunch bolting today. What should I replace them with? Needs to be heat tolerant. It looks like you will have a whole bed to use so I would do zucchini/squash/melons if you don't have any growing already. |
Leeks came out this morning. I broke them down to whites while still in the garden. They filled a 7.5 quart bowl (you can see it on the far edge of the bed). I'll fully clean them this afternoon. The bed has been cleaned and prepared for peanuts. They'll probably go in sometime this week if not next weekend. Mrs. Samiam was really really hoping for watermelon but I wanted something easier. I think my hands are tied on watermelon next spring .   |
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Friday night I picked enough beans for dinner plus 4 pint jars. I think that's more than all the beans I got last fall. Spraying Daconil has kept the rust at bay. The Fortex beans have really disappointed. The Blue Lake and the Marvel of Venice have done really well. Marvel of Venice produced 2x what Blue Lake has so far and I don't think Fortex many (5 maybe) mature beans. Not a ton of immature hanging either. I ended up having time to plant the peanuts last Saturday after I posted so they're coming up now. Garlic has a few weeks left at best. I pulled the dirt away from a couple and bulbs have been made, but they're not big yet. But the tops look like they're going soon. Peanuts   Beans  Garlic  Onions   Don't know how this happened   Corn, okra, tomatoes, peppers      |
Picked these blue lakes today. The string part of my trellis system partially came down today. Weight of these plus the wind =  I never thought I would get this many in a week off 10 feet of trellis. The opposite side of the trellis (fortex and marvel of venice) had a lunch bag each full. That was the first of the year for the fortex. Gotta say, so far I am really happy with the blue lakes on the trellis.  |
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Leeks came out this morning. I broke them down to whites while still in the garden. They filled a 7.5 quart bowl (you can see it on the far edge of the bed). I'll fully clean them this afternoon. The bed has been cleaned and prepared for peanuts. They'll probably go in sometime this week if not next weekend. Mrs. Samiam was really really hoping for watermelon but I wanted something easier. I think my hands are tied on watermelon next spring .
http://i284.photobucket.com/albums/ll23/samiamgarden/IMG_2350_zpskrmbk7dk.jpg~original http://i284.photobucket.com/albums/ll23/samiamgarden/IMG_2351_zpslgibkpzr.jpg~original http://i284.photobucket.com/albums/ll23/samiamgarden/IMG_2352_zpso3tzoaaj.jpg~original With your season, it's not too late for watermelon is it? You could grow some of those little ones. 
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Quoted: Nice! I stumbled across 5 empty pots hiding behind the firewood. I filled them with dirt and black kow today. I made 6 cups with sweet picuante peppers so hopefully I'll get them transplanted here soon. After prepping the pots I figured out the plants grow 5 feet tall. These are 2 gallon pots. best of luck to them! |
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I planted two types of beans last year and one of them were Fortex. I remember being disappointed until later in the season and then they produced a ton of beans almost all at once. To me it seemed like they were more of a determinate type of bean plant (not sure if that is really a thing or not). The point is don't give up on them yet.
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Quoted: I planted two types of beans last year and one of them were Fortex. I remember being disappointed until later in the season and then they produced a ton of beans almost all at once. To me it seemed like they were more of a determinate type of bean plant (not sure if that is really a thing or not). The point is don't give up on them yet. Grove |
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All of the garlic is out since my last update. It is hanging in the shade drying. I am pulling onions as they fall over. Nothing to phone home about. I got my first harvest of okra. I'll be making fried okra tomorrow night. Today some strong wind and rain came through and knocked over some trees and the corn. I stood the corn back up as best I could. It worked last time right? I think my soil is a little too soft for corn to hold strong. The string part of the green bean trellis also broke again. I'll need to figure out something better in the fall.  |
Garlic scapes that I noticed a week after I had hung up the garlic to dry. I didn't see these when I hung them. Mrs. Samiam didn't see them either. Scapes from the creole on the left and the two from the pescadero is on the right.  And 2 posts are set and 4 beds built.  |
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Yes definitely, keep it out of the archives.
Your daughter is a cutie. I don't understand the stacked beds. (I have very slow internet, so sometimes miss photo posts when the thread if photo heavy). What are you doing with that? I like it. I just don't understand it.
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Quoted: Yes definitely, keep it out of the archives. Your daughter is a cutie. I don't understand the stacked beds. (I have very slow internet, so sometimes miss photo posts when the thread if photo heavy). What are you doing with that? I like it. I just don't understand it. Once the dirt is ordered I will till and place the frames. It has been too hot for much to grow. Between 95-100 with little rain. I water every 2-3 days and the soil dries out in between. I knew this would happen with the raised beds, but dang. Beans have stopped producing much because of the heat. They are growing crazy leaves though so hopefully the fall will be bountiful. Tomatoes are either eaten at work as a tomato sandwich or get reduced into pasta sauce and frozen. I have a tomato plant growing in the walking path. Growing very well. Showoff. I couldn't keep the corn going, so I cut it down. A combo of the bugs and the drought seem to have gotten to it. I noticed the issues too late. Peanuts are doing great in the hot and dry Alabama summer I'll be sure to point it out when Mrs. Samiam and I are eating peanuts and watching the stars this summer.Garlic is all dried. I made 4 braids and the rest is on a bookcase for now. I have a standing offer for two dehydrators, so I may go that route. Onions are all done drying too. Delicious grilled.         |
Peanuts are doing well. I have been slowly pulling them to see if they're ready. I have to harvest in September. No choice. I sold casa de Samiam. The peanuts were actually negotiated out of the deal. Really. As of right now the peanuts look like they'll be too early for roasting. But they'll be good for boiling! This is from a week or two ago.  This is from yesterday  And that bring me to topic #2. So I need a new garden. I am unable to have one where I am renting. But guess what isn't far away... An undeveloped 40-50 acre commercial lot. Great sun yet great screening from the road. Vegitation in the field ranges from trees and saplings to knee high grass. Soil is hard clay with a sprinkling of rocks. Not good. I'll fix a small patch of it though. Time for some guerilla gardening   |
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Sam's garden is moving????
Why don't you try porch gardening in containers or a Mel Bartholomew raised bed for the season you are there? I admit that I would be hesitant to plant on property I do not own because I'd have no control of it. Hard to put love into a garden and watch it get bulldozed if that property sells, or bushhogged if they decide it needs it. Or have everything stolen by people who live two streets over and have no integrity. Just thinking out loud. Your situation may be different.
glad you got your peanuts! Priorities.
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