2020 Garden thread

[Northjerseyoutdoorsman]

Decent haul today 

[Greybeard]

Mine is winding down.  Plants dying except for the peppers.  

[Bonefreak]

"Its the same story the crow told me...."

Time to strip down some dying off plants! 

A bit feeling of sadness...yet promise of what the fall woods n waters holds!

 

 

[Bonefreak]

Dilemma.......

So......first time in 17 yrs we have a small rabbit frequenting the yard.....which of course is fun for Roxy the beagle to "get on a line" rt here at home instead of driving 45 minutes to our spot!

I actually saw a bigger bunny come from across the street 2 months ago n i flushed it out of my neighbor's shrub n it ran under my shed.....it was probably a momma bunny!

But, I worry that my very effective groundhog excluder fence mite have to be modified to exclude rabbits next spring!  

Or.. .i can trap ol Peter cottontail n relocate him and break Roxy's heart!!??

[Greybeard]

On 8/27/2020 at 8:02 AM, Bonefreak said:

Dilemma.......

So......first time in 17 yrs we have a small rabbit frequenting the yard.....which of course is fun for Roxy the beagle to "get on a line" rt here at home instead of driving 45 minutes to our spot!

I actually saw a bigger bunny come from across the street 2 months ago n i flushed it out of my neighbor's shrub n it ran under my shed.....it was probably a momma bunny!

But, I worry that my very effective groundhog excluder fence mite have to be modified to exclude rabbits next spring!  

Or.. .i can trap ol Peter cottontail n relocate him and break Roxy's heart!!??

Good looking dog.  Run chicken wire around the garden.  Had to do that too because the babies fit through the 2x3.  I have one this year that I can walk right up to.  It eats the seed on the ground under the bird feeder.  Had 2 every year for 3-4 years now, but the babies must get killed by cats and hawks, and the smaller rabbit has disappeared a month ago.  Delicacy to the predators .

[Bonefreak]

37 minutes ago, Greybeard said:

Good looking dog.  Run chicken wire around the garden.  Had to do that too because the babies fit through the 2x3.  I have one this year that I can walk right up to.  It eats the seed on the ground under the bird feeder.  Had 2 every year for 3-4 years now, but the babies must get killed by cats and hawks, and the smaller rabbit has disappeared a month ago.  Delicacy to the predators .

Thanks Grey!!

[Northjerseyoutdoorsman]

Winding down but still getting lots of veggies.

[Buck154]

Last of the garden getting picked. First time ever growing Brussel Sprouts. They came out decent. Just long time growing them. Now I have to till the garden over for the winter. 

[deadonshot2]

I just pulled my pepper plants out last week. It was nice still producing a lot of hot peppers into movember. Stocked for the winter now. Some guys here had some impressive gardens this year. Looking forward to seeing everyones garden next spring. 

[Buck154]

5 minutes ago, deadonshot2 said:

I just pulled my pepper plants out last week. It was nice still producing a lot of hot peppers into movember. Stocked for the winter now. Some guys here had some impressive gardens this year. Looking forward to seeing everyones garden next spring. 

Yeah my peppers were still growing up to a week or so ago. 

[Swamprat]

I pulled most of my garden a month ago. Squirrels were eating everything.  I pickled a few jars of thai peppers, cayenne pepper, and a bunch of green tomatoes. 

I've got one pot left that has a ghost pepper plant in it. Has 5 peppers on it but still green.  Been bringing in and out of house to keep alive hoping the ghosts turn red but doubtful. Will probably try them green. Save the seeds for next year. 

[Jerzguy2]

Now is the time to plan for next year. Write notes so if you are new to this, you are not tempted to plant warm plants like peppers and tomatoes with the first warm days of spring. If you seed your own,  don't seed tomatoes before 4/1, you have plenty of time.

[DOUGHBOY262]

Don't know the kinds of gardens everyone has, but as anyone tried the "no till" method? I've been looking into the whole regenerative farming method and would like to try it if decide to do a row-garden section in the backyard.

[Davek134]

I shallow till

Compost is key to no till

You tube market garden Curtis stone

Finically getting enough compost material with 19 chickens and 4 ducks


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[MRMCR]

Chipmunks got into hoop house and ate tomatoes......deer did damage  they hopped a 10" foot fence in a single leap........and wouldve had compost if the fox didnt get my chickens..........did catch a possum early summer and didnt see any groundhogs this year.........had seed packets on patio  , then it looked like rain, so put in garage, mice got into seed packets........but on the bright side I did plant 300 daffodil bulbs and about 50 large alliums, and the flower garden did well this year.........