How Does Your Garden Grow??????

Some of the first radishes I planted this year. The view from my deck on this part of the garden, A view from the fireplace. Tomatoes san marzano rank with 2 beefsteak plants some beets and carrots.. some aromates

Caught a fecundator wallowing in dahlia pollen

Covered the blueberries and tomatoes around noon to shade them during the hottest part of the day. I just rigged up some coat hanger, duct tape, and old sheets I'll take them down at night and put them back up around noon until this triple digit heat subsides. They still get sun in the morning.

I'm not worried about the plants dying from the heat but blossom drop on the tomatoes and the blueberries getting cooked and falling off as well. They say blueberries like full sun and that is true if it's not 105°F. There is a reason there are not blueberry farms in the desert.

@xtsho I was wondering how you were going to manage the garden with the weather you are getting. Certainly not used to this I'm sure!

BlandMeow said:

@xtsho I was wondering how you were going to manage the garden with the weather you are getting. Certainly not used to this I'm sure!

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Lots of water morning and night. We get an occasional heatwave but this looks like it's going to go on for awhile and hotter than normal. It's definitely not the norm here and most people are not used to it.

I've tried to grow it several times and only got a couple pods but it looks like this year I might get a decent Okra harvest. I planted seeds 4 days ago and they started popping up today. It's one plant that likes the hot weather.

xtsho said:

. . . . . .I've tried to grow it several times and only got a couple pods but it looks like this year I might get a decent Okra harvest. I planted seeds 4 days ago and they started popping up today. It's one plant that likes the hot weather.

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Okra loves hot weather. They don't take off until it stops getting cool at night.

MICHI-CAN said:

We got a saturating here. More for days. Woo Hoo! Things may yet get a chance to grow. The crazy fast high temps and near drought left everything begging for shade and Nitrogen. First time my shaded plants ever outgrew the full sun twins.

Need to order a wheel barrow and delivery of compost, peat and med/fine mulch. Plants are almost ready for another layering. A bit taller still.

Here is a book for all of my outdoor gardening test. Crazy stuff put me in natural grow mode. Let it all get a good season and then start over at this point.

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Beautiful dog.....................nice plants and set up too...ha-ha-ha.

The classic petunia ( sorry,no veggies......they are cheap and plentiful with all the Amish and Mennonites around this area)

How bout a Gerber daisy?

Pulled the garic up. I just wish I would have planted more. Just the cheap garlic you get half a dozen in those net bags at the Asian markets. I'm planting half a bed with it this fall. I was afraid of pulling them too early but the tops were browning and the bottom leaves were dying and browning as well. So I yanked them.



Heat and sun damage to the top of my tayberry hedge that gets full sun. Today's temps here in Portland are going to suck. 112°F in June? What the hell is going on?

Garden is rocking. Kids are harvesting pea snacks throughout the day. Thinking of dumping a potato bag and see how they look. When crops are underground it's hard to really know what is happening below.

@xtsho and all, I'm in the hospital with blood clots in my bowels. Not looking good. I'll try to keep you guys informed. Hope my kid keeps my gross going.

@MICHI-CAN good luck and stay positive!

MICHI-CAN said:

@xtsho and all, I'm in the hospital with blood clots in my bowels. Not looking good. I'll try to keep you guys informed. Hope my kid keeps my gross going.

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Damn. I'm really sorry to hear this. But yes stay positive.

It's strange. I've never met you in person but I feel like we're good friends. I'm hoping everything turns out good for you and your family. I'm thinking positive thoughts for you. Wish I could do more.

As for your grows. I'm sure you raised some good kids and taught them well so your plants should be in good hands.

We're all hoping for the best. Keep us informed and feel free to message me anytime. Get better soon.

Best wishes bro,hope you get a hot nurse lol.

Yes and frigging hot,shading my beets for most of the afternoons.Water bill is going to be nuts.

best wishe
s Michi-can. hope the best for you and family.

MICHI-CAN said:

@xtsho and all, I'm in the hospital with blood clots in my bowels. Not looking good. I'll try to keep you guys informed. Hope my kid keeps my gross going.

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Hope you have a fast recovery.

I've been doing some work down at the field, but I always forget to take pictures. The transplanted okra down there is looking pretty good. The planted ones are a little behind. And I transplanted tomato and pepper plants last week.

After a couple three weeks of hitting it occasionally, I bore down the last few days and got the okra at the sandhill mostly grass free.

Getting blotches on my beet leaves anybody know why? Soil was new last year,raised bed.Added alfalfa pellets in march turned the top 8" before planting.Happend before the heat.Over or under wattering is possible not here all the time.