Gardening Thread - Show me your gardens!

Corn start g to come in. Picked 11 dozen ears this morning, about. 1/5 of crop I think.

 

Wow congratulations corn already super jelly hahaha I want corn!

 

Roma giant variety still a ways to go i think.

 

Corn today. A good bit not filled out. 26 quart bags of cut off the cob and 6 1/2 dozen whole blanched and put up today.

 

Squash bugs are awful this year. I put some ashes from the wood stove on my plants yesterday, we'll see if it helps any. I've read mixed reviews on doing it but Neem oil isn't doing a thing to them.

 

@six5crèéd those are particularly nasty
https://thegardeningcook.com/how-to-control-squash-bugs/

 

Cherry tomato is doing real good. Tons of them on the way

 

I’ve had a war on them the last three years. Manual removal is the best thing I’ve found. Clean garden up promptly at end of season and don’t leave anything for them to over winter in. I figured out they were probably over wintering in the woodshed which is about 30’ from my garden. Last year I tried to do daily inspections, remove and mash them as well as any egg clusters I found. This season I’ve watered each plant daily and watched for movement, removed and mashed them. They will run up the stems to get away from the water to dry out. They breathe through their skin. I’ve gotten it down to removing about 5-6 off 16 plants. Occasional egg clusters found but very rare to see a white juvenile bug. So the method must be working. I have sprayed with soapy water in the past to kill an infestation but it burnt the plant a little even though I thoroughly watered afterward. Have tried neem oil too with little success. Did about as well as liquid sevin, just seemed to slow them a little. Now if I could figure out how to eliminate the boring worms. Those seem to be the final death of the plants. Good luck to you.

 

Cut corn today and plowed it, plowed beans in too.

 

Our first little harvest!

 

Been eating good, tomatoes, assorted peppers, squash, cucumbers, ☹ corn crop disappointing, sweet but small . Okra just getting wound up. We wash and toss in Louisiana fish fry Lots of figs coming along.

 

Hey fellow gardeners, How are the insects in your parts. As I've seen written , we're short on bees, bumblebees, woodbees and honeybees. Normally our backyard is dragonfly central and a sight to see. Not this year, I can count they're numbers. Lightning bugs too, gotta keep your eyes peeled to see them . Still have plenty of blood sucking mosquitoes though. Butterflies are short too.

 

What's the name of the big paste looking mater, then what pepper ? Wouldn't by chance be from Hoss seeds would they ?

 

How do you prepare your okra ?
We wash cut and toss in Louisiana fish fry.
This year I'll toss some in the Cajun flavor .

 

We bought a fig plant this year. Looked kinda sad when it arrived so wife emailed company and they sent another one. Both are growing good now

 

If you can't eat them all, we cut in half pinch the seeds and gel out and dehydrate. Stored in jars, but make sure they are DRY. They're costly to buy dried and you know yours are better.

 

Big paste looking matter??


I wouldn't know TBH the gf got these all from a local greenhouse thing in our town.

 

Looks like a Roma tomato

 

Ya we got romas and one called yellow boy is that what he was asking about?

 

I think he was talking bout the second pic. Which a Roma is a paste tomoato.