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Post by sarahbee on Jun 30, 2016 17:39:44 GMT
Hi! I'm new around here, and thought it would be fun to see if anyone else, like me, is gardening this year. I'm in zone 6A, and I've got four small raised beds with cucumbers, bush beans, and several varieties of peppers and tomatoes. Oh and lots of extra tomatoes in buckets and some sunflowers too. I haven't harvested anything yet, but I'm hoping to see some veggies in the next couple of weeks. So let's chat! I'd love to hear what's going on in your garden!
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Post by Deleted on Jun 30, 2016 17:41:40 GMT
I'm Zone 5 and I've been harvesting baby broccoli, tomatoes and Anaheim peppers. My cukes have a gazillion blossoms on them and my herb are going nuts!
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Post by sarahbee on Jun 30, 2016 17:45:04 GMT
I want to try herbs...maybe next year (I'm still pretty new to this)! I think I must have planted a little bit later than most people because I have yet to harvest anything! I was too afraid of frost I suppose.
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Post by genny on Jun 30, 2016 18:01:53 GMT
Zone 8A chiming in. I have peppers, corn, tomatoes, cukes and potatoes growing. Tons of herbs. Our summer started early and has been relentless. My water bill has doubled and it's still not enough water for my garden . Doing well with hot peppers but the bells are struggling, I have several green tomatoes but nothing to harvest yet. 90% of the corn is doing terrible, but strangely I have 4 plants that are prospering out of about 24. I have had to relocate most of my herbs (in pots) to shadier areas because it's like Dante's inferno in most of my yard, so I have groupings of pots crammed into every place that gets a little mid day shade (which is not much space). eta 1: once you have a season or two under your belt you'll get a feel for your frosts and when it's safe to plant for your area. I messed up the first couple of years, then got the hang of my zone. If you have a good year this year, you'll feel like farmer brown next spring and will go bananas planting everything you can! eta 2: I also have a lot of fruit, but it all did horrible this year. I had plague worthy demon beetles, and the unbearable heat was killing fruit on the plant before it was ready to harvest. It was a sad fruit year - I usually have more black and blue berries than we can eat. Nothing this year - plums and peaches were all ruined before they were ripe too.
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Post by anniefb on Jun 30, 2016 18:04:07 GMT
Well I'm in New Zealand where it's winter, but I'm still growing lettuce plus more traditional winter veggies like silverbeet (swiss chard) and spinach. It doesn't get that cold here (just rains a lot).
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Post by Deleted on Jun 30, 2016 18:05:46 GMT
I'm in Zone 7, but I planted late this year, too. We had so many late frost warnings that I didn't want to chance it.
I have a raised bed for my cherry tomatoes and beefsteak tomatoes, but they've gotten some blight on them. I'm trying to combat the blight by pruning and spraying the plants with a milk spray (1 part milk to 9 parts water) and hopefully that will help. I've also read that sprinkling powdered milk around the base of the plants will help keep the fungus from attacking the plants. I'm definitely filing that information away for future use.
DH built me a keyhole garden, and I planted zucchini, leaf lettuce, kale and carrots. The zukes have really gone to town. The lettuce has produced well so far. I cut the leaves off about an inch above the soil and they grow back in about two weeks. Unfortunately, something is eating the kale leaves and leaving the stems. I haven't seen any insects, but we do have squirrels and chipmunks. Not sure if they're the culprits.
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Post by sarahbee on Jun 30, 2016 18:11:41 GMT
Zone 8A chiming in. I have peppers, corn, tomatoes, cukes and potatoes growing. Tons of herbs. Our summer started early and has been relentless. My water bill has doubled and it's still not enough water for my garden . Doing well with hot peppers but the bells are struggling, I have several green tomatoes but nothing to harvest yet. 90% of the corn is doing terrible, but strangely I have 4 plants that are prospering out of about 24. I have had to relocate most of my herbs (in pots) to shadier areas because it's like Dante's inferno in most of my yard, so I have groupings of pots crammed into every place that gets a little mid day shade (which is not much space). eta 1: once you have a season or two under your belt you'll get a feel for your frosts and when it's safe to plant for your area. I messed up the first couple of years, then got the hang of my zone. If you have a good year this year, you'll feel like farmer brown next spring and will go bananas planting everything you can! eta 2: I also have a lot of fruit, but it all did horrible this year. I had plague worthy demon beetles, and the unbearable heat was killing fruit on the plant before it was ready to harvest. It was a sad fruit year - I usually have more black and blue berries than we can eat. Nothing this year - plums and peaches were all ruined before they were ripe too. My peppers are still much, much smaller than my tomato plants and none have set fruit yet. I do have some blossoms though. I've got some green cherry tomatoes and San Marzanos, lots of cuke and bean blossoms... I am loving all the responses! I haven't figured out how to multi-quote yet so bear with me!
Edited to add that if anyone knows how to get the word "save" to stop showing up when I quote another Pea, that would be great. Lol.Save
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Post by basketdiva on Jun 30, 2016 18:20:16 GMT
I have orange peppers and lots of green cherry tomatoes as well as a couple regular ones. The big tomato plant has had lots of flowers but only 3 or 4 tomatoes. The wind has wrecked havoc on the leaves.
I'm in zone 7a.
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Post by librarylady on Jun 30, 2016 18:29:16 GMT
Our tomatoes have finished, plants have been pulled. Cucumbers are bearing. Asparagus is too young to harvest this year, but it is growing and strengthening its roots.
Other vegetables were not planted this year since we were going out of town in June.
zone 8a
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Post by rst on Jun 30, 2016 19:21:23 GMT
I put a new veggie strip in our side yard this year. Tomatoes are green, but much further along than usual for us here in the Pacific NW. I have lots of lettuce, snow peas and spinach already harvested, zucchini and summer squash have flowered but our dog keeps eating the blossoms.
Raspberries are beautiful, blueberries are getting hit hard by birds and possibly a wandering bear, so we haven't harvested many.
For fall, I plan to fill the side yard veggie strip garden with different colors of chard (which we actually do like) with sweet allysum planted as a border -- I saw this combo somewhere, maybe Pinterest? and it looked both nice and low maintenance.
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Post by sarahbee on Jun 30, 2016 20:26:11 GMT
That is a really pretty combo!
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Post by colleen on Jun 30, 2016 22:26:09 GMT
Zone 10b: great orange and lemon harvest this year (yay rain!) figs are ripening nicely, not sure when they will be ready though; picking avocados daily; tomatoes, the San Francisco Fog (new to me this year) and cherries are ripe, the others are lagging.
The Swiss Chard idea sounds cool!
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Post by papersilly on Jun 30, 2016 22:30:15 GMT
my apples did really well this year and so did my Asian pears (considering they didn't give last year). I found a tomato plant that hitched a ride in some flowers I bought. I planted it and it grew like gangbusters. that was a nice bonus. I planted a pepper plant just for kicks.
on the flower side, my daylilies are blooming profusely this year despite the drought.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 30, 2016 22:36:49 GMT
I have tiny zukes, Radishes Cucumbers
A couple of spaghetti squash started
The peas got fried
Some tomatoes have started
And I found a tiny watermelon.
We are zone seven
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Post by QueenoftheSloths on Jun 30, 2016 22:42:45 GMT
Zone 4b checking in! The tomato plants have flowers, but no tiny tomatoes yet, I planted the beans and squash a little late, but they are up. My main focus is on hostas, I have over 100 different named varieties, and for some reason this year, they are doing SO well. Almost every plant has grown so much since last year, they look beautiful.
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Post by sarahbee on Jun 30, 2016 22:58:50 GMT
Zone 4b checking in! The tomato plants have flowers, but no tiny tomatoes yet, I planted the beans and squash a little late, but they are up. My main focus is on hostas, I have over 100 different named varieties, and for some reason this year, they are doing SO well. Almost every plant has grown so much since last year, they look beautiful. I bet they are gorgeous! I must say I am envious of all of you that are able to grow citrus fruits! Dee-lish! Save
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