How Does Your Garden Grow??????

[xtsho]

Corn gets tough if you don't pick it soon enough. I've made that mistake and waited too long thinking they were going to get bigger only to end up with some tough chewy corn.

I just picked all my corn. It didn't do that great. Small ears but sweet and tender. I also only got one ear off each stalk which is strange.

Some Walla Walla onion sets I grew. I'm going to cure them for planting next spring. Most of my overwintered onions bolted this year so I'm not going to plant until spring.

 

[myke]

From what I understand corn kernels will have whiteish liquid when you pop a kernel when there ready so you have to keep opening a few and check.

 

[MICHI-CAN]

Corn gets tough if you don't pick it soon enough. I've made that mistake and waited too long thinking they were going to get bigger only to end up with some tough chewy corn.

I just picked all my corn. It didn't do that great. Small ears but sweet and tender. I also only got one ear off each stalk which is strange.

Some Walla Walla onion sets I grew. I'm going to cure them for planting next spring. Most of my overwintered onions bolted this year so I'm not going to plant until spring.

The wind took my corn out about 3 weeks ago. Squirrels are liking the 8" cobs I strung and dried. I only got 1 ear on most of mine to. Wind also pulled my cukes off the privacy fence last night. Bad year for wind. Can't give them away anymore. Picked about 20 almost ripe ones and pulled the plants. Making pickles tomorrow. 2 crisper drawers full and a plastic grocery bag. Beefsteaks are just ripening. Be over run shortly.

I use tomatillos in soups, dips, stews, asian, Mex meat fillings and fruit/veg smoothies beyond the normal. The hint of citrus and freshness goes well with many things. Grew a monster plant 2 years ago. No one wanted any.

 

[MICHI-CAN]

From what I understand corn kernels will have whiteish liquid when you pop a kernel when there ready so you have to keep opening a few and check.

I just shuck one and take a bite. LOL. Raw corn taste better. unless field corn. Salt and sugar in water.

 

[myke]

We have a low of -1C here tonight. Used up every blanket and plastic I have. Still have a corn plant in a pot it went into garage. Hope my tomatoes don’t get to cold.

 

[xtsho]

I'm afraid to see what my garden looks like in the morning. We have a wind storm coming through. My yards already a mess with knocked over plants. My cherry tomatoes and beans are getting shredded.

 

[MICHI-CAN]

I'm afraid to see what my garden looks like in the morning. We have a wind storm coming through. My yards already a mess with knocked over plants. My cherry tomatoes and beans are getting shredded.

We had 30-45mph steady winds from evening until 4 am. My tomatoes all got snapped at the anchor points. Jobes organic tomatoe fert produces some heavy fruit. Along with fish emulsion foliar weekly. My variegated heirlooms Looked like acorn squash last year. Family size. Actually over the veggies this year. Pm, citrus mealys, spider mites, drought, wind and more than I could keep up with. Legalization messed my entire system and lay out up this year. 10'x20' greenhouse now. I'll have a plan next year I can stick to.

 

[myke]

Greenhouse for the win! Ive been scoping the local buy and sells for off cuts and what not.6, 4x6 16mm twin wall panels so far.

 

[MICHI-CAN]

Greenhouse for the win! Ive been scoping the local buy and sells for off cuts and what not.6, 4x6 16mm twin wall panels so far.

Avoid shelter logic. Potatoe bag and tent poles for $300. I added almost 300 feet of guide wire and 10 30" stakes. Still shaky. Only thing that saved it.

 

[waterproof808]

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How do you prepare/use them? I grew 1 plant years ago. The thing got pretty big and I ended up with tons of tomatillos. I just couldn't find a use for them. I made some salsa but I didn't really like it that much. I might give them another try next year with some different recipes.

I usually make salsa by charring them pretty good on a cast iron griddle with some jalapeño, garlic and onion, then blending with some fresh cilantro.

 

[injinji]

Day before yesterday's picking.

 

[xtsho]

Well I didn't have the damage I was fearing. The tomatoes are a little knocked over and the beans a little shredded but everything made it. My main concern was the beans. I was fearing they would just get totally ripped up but they didn't. The tomatoes are about done except the cherry's which are still setting lots of fruit.

I'm pulling the beefsteak plants out in a week and planting some more fall crops. Can't waste that space waiting on a few straggler tomatoes. I have a couple gallons of sauce bagged up and in the freezer. And right now as delicious as they are I'm having a hard time eating more tomatoes as well as squash, cucumbers, and beans. I planted much less cucumbers than I have in the past and it's still too many. It was sure nice to harvest some corn the other day for something different.

Avoid shelter logic. Potatoe bag and tent poles for $300. I added almost 300 feet of guide wire and 10 30" stakes. Still shaky. Only thing that saved it. View attachment 4677250

I have a Shelter Logic. It's smaller than yours It's 6' x 8'. I haven't had any issues with it. But like I said it's smaller than yours so the frame probably is fine for the smaller structure. It's also next to a fence so it gets some protection from the wind. But you're right. The frame is a little flimsy and isn't made out of titanium. But I got mine for $100 and it's lasted several years so far.

I'm thinking of making one of these to cover 2 of my 4' x 8' raised beds and using the 6 mil 4 year poly to cover it with.

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[MICHI-CAN]

Pulled the maters with color off the broken tops of my plants while they are still alive. Amazingly most are snapped beyond halfway through the stem and healthy as ever. Another bumper harvest. Maters like me.

 

[FresnoFarmer]

Not bad for only planting one vine.

 

[MICHI-CAN]

Not bad for only planting one vine. View attachment 4682928

One vine that covered half the yard? LOL. Nice haul.

 

[FresnoFarmer]

One vine that covered half the yard? LOL. Nice haul.

I’ll definitely start my pumpkin later next year lol. Thanks.

 

[SpawnOfVader]

Just finished planting my fall veggie garden & a lot of my direct sowed rows are already coming in!!!

A few kinds of beets, two kinds of fall cabbage, broccoli, turnips, parsnips, spinach, rainbow swiss chard, carrots, and kale (might have forgot something... a few areas were just tossed out old seeds in pseudo chaos garden patches.

Need to get in there and thin out my beet rows soon.

 

[MICHI-CAN]

Just finished planting my fall veggie garden & a lot of my direct sowed rows are already coming in!!!

A few kinds of beets, two kinds of fall cabbage, broccoli, turnips, parsnips, spinach, rainbow swiss chard, carrots, and kale (might have forgot something... a few areas were just tossed out old seeds in pseudo chaos garden patches.

Need to get in there and thin out my beet rows soon.

I like it. Debating a late fall veggie attempt. 10x20 with rudimentary heat will be open before long.

 

[SpawnOfVader]

I like it. Debating a late fall veggie attempt. 10x20 with rudimentary heat will be open before long.

I'm in a southern state, we only stopped getting 90 degrees plus most days like a week or two ago. 85 during the day and 65 at night right now.... so perfect for most things. I did miss the cutoff for brussels sprouts by a few weeks so I didn't end up planting any.

 

[MICHI-CAN]

I'm in a southern state, we only stopped getting 90 degrees plus most days like a week or two ago. 85 during the day and 65 at night right now.... so perfect for most things. I did miss the cutoff for brussels sprouts by a few weeks so I didn't end up planting any.

MI.. I generally am done come the end of Sept. Hell lows in the upper 30's tonight. Put too much time and money into my new outdoor tent. Like to see what I can do with it.