Member Garden's for 2010 Season(pics. & vids.)
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Got another storm this morning, here, had lots of wind in it again along with rain.
This is the hilled chicken corn as of yesterday
This is the cornfield beans getting ahead of the chicken corn!
The bean-corn thingy was just a test to see who would win!---may end up with a big mess, but thought it would make an interesting test! thanks; sonny
This is the hilled chicken corn as of yesterday
This is the cornfield beans getting ahead of the chicken corn!
The bean-corn thingy was just a test to see who would win!---may end up with a big mess, but thought it would make an interesting test! thanks; sonny
We harvested two rows of our Red Pontiacs on saturday and we have two more rows of Red Pontiacs in the ground. Let me tell you they are yummy!! 
Here's our harvester that we used to dig taters and some beets. Worked great on both!!
Started digging carrots with a spade and thought, I have a 3 point potato plow. Let me tell you that works great! I just kept the tractor to one side of the row and it'll just roll the carrots up and out. That's the only way to dig carrots! I was going to use the potato harvester on the carrorts, but the plow is alot easier going to the depth of the carrots. Here's a pic of just one of 4 rows that we harvested. Going to let the rest grow a little more.
Hope everyone had a good 4th of the July!! 8)
-shiggy
Here's our harvester that we used to dig taters and some beets. Worked great on both!!
Started digging carrots with a spade and thought, I have a 3 point potato plow. Let me tell you that works great! I just kept the tractor to one side of the row and it'll just roll the carrots up and out. That's the only way to dig carrots! I was going to use the potato harvester on the carrorts, but the plow is alot easier going to the depth of the carrots. Here's a pic of just one of 4 rows that we harvested. Going to let the rest grow a little more.
Hope everyone had a good 4th of the July!! 8)
-shiggy
Excellent lookin veggies ya got there Shiggy!!---I know the fresh taters are yummy!!!!----I started to dig ours, a few at the time, by hand,( dont have enough room to get my digger in the rows that are ready to dig, without running over the plants of the rows next door that could grow a bit more if VOLES, AND GRUBS will leave them alone!!
I like your digger,--my homemade one dont have the chain in it yet! thanks; sonny
I like your digger,--my homemade one dont have the chain in it yet! thanks; sonny
ScottyD'sdad
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shiggy":3rilm5wc said:We harvested two rows of our Red Pontiacs on saturday and we have two more rows of Red Pontiacs in the ground. Let me tell you they are yummy!!
Here's our harvester that we used to dig taters and some beets. Worked great on both!!
Started digging carrots with a spade and thought, I have a 3 point potato plow. Let me tell you that works great! I just kept the tractor to one side of the row and it'll just roll the carrots up and out. That's the only way to dig carrots! I was going to use the potato harvester on the carrorts, but the plow is alot easier going to the depth of the carrots. Here's a pic of just one of 4 rows that we harvested. Going to let the rest grow a little more.
My digger is similar to yours. Ed
Hope everyone had a good 4th of the July!! 8)
-shiggy
Watch your spuds for white grub damage!---they are destroying mine these last few days!---didnt want to dig all them right now, but dont look like I have much choice!
Picked the first green beans today!---Virginia cooked a big batch of them this morning and we been munching on them all day!---They is yummy too! thanks ; sonny
Picked the first green beans today!---Virginia cooked a big batch of them this morning and we been munching on them all day!---They is yummy too! thanks ; sonny
Here are todays pics of what garden we have left!
Sweetcorn, tasseling and silking!
Scarlet runner beans.
Sample of the Yukon Golds!
Purple pod beans!
Part of the 2 rows of muskmelons.
Virginias happy apple tree,---we never did find out what kind it is!
FRED BEANS!----nice big red shell bean, or dry soup bean---Fred dont know what kind they are so we named them FRED BEANS!
Whats left of the taters!
down the chicken corn rows!---NO cub cultivating in here anymore!---this stuff is head high or more!
Cornfield beans in the chicken corn!---look close,---they in there!
Bean acre test area!
Down the 2 squash rows, most of the plants are still alive!
The maters are very slow this year and dont look very good! ---forgot to get pic of the white hickory king corn, but its about shoulder high!
Thats the way things look on this end as of now! thanks; sonny
Sweetcorn, tasseling and silking!
Scarlet runner beans.
Sample of the Yukon Golds!
Purple pod beans!
Part of the 2 rows of muskmelons.
Virginias happy apple tree,---we never did find out what kind it is!
FRED BEANS!----nice big red shell bean, or dry soup bean---Fred dont know what kind they are so we named them FRED BEANS!
Whats left of the taters!
down the chicken corn rows!---NO cub cultivating in here anymore!---this stuff is head high or more!
Cornfield beans in the chicken corn!---look close,---they in there!
Bean acre test area!
Down the 2 squash rows, most of the plants are still alive!
The maters are very slow this year and dont look very good! ---forgot to get pic of the white hickory king corn, but its about shoulder high!
Thats the way things look on this end as of now! thanks; sonny
danovercash
501 Club
My Mom used to plant running beans in the corn so she didn't have to bend over to pick them and to save space too.Corn is picked, beans are gone, squash, zuc. and cukes too. Tomatoes are wonderful. Okra is ready, just waiting on cantalopes and water mellons.
tractordad
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We're picking a bushel or better each of summer squash, cukes, and zucchini. Tomatoes should be ready in less than a week, and the watermelon, cantelope and honey dew I suspect will be ready in 2 weeks or less. On the 3rd planting of lettuce and peas, and the cabbage, beans, and eggplant should come in with the melons. Onions seem to be coming well. Snapdragons are blooming like crazy and the gladiolus are showing the first sign of buds. We put in over 800 glads and not ever planting them before, it has become a bit of an experiment. All and all, it's going great.
First pickin of purple pod beans.
Harvest bowl full of beans.
After you cook these they turn green and taste just like their green bros.----more of a novelity than anything else---kinda interesting to grow.
Started picking the greenbeans and waiting for the plants to dry off so we can do the second picking. thanks; sonny
Harvest bowl full of beans.
After you cook these they turn green and taste just like their green bros.----more of a novelity than anything else---kinda interesting to grow.
Started picking the greenbeans and waiting for the plants to dry off so we can do the second picking. thanks; sonny
Well, I think we caught up with some of you guys. I've had green beans for 3 weeks now (I had an early planting). Two nights ago I harvested Swiss chard and kohlrabi and starting to pull out the garlic. I'll have broccoli in a few days. BTW, we had a tremendous rain Tuesday evening with 3.4 inches with 2 inches in about an hour. Absolutely no damage since I use raised beds and extensive mulching. It's taken years to get to this point but it pays off in times like these.
There was a discussion earlier this year about cornfield beans.---here are some pics from our test.
This is a close-up showing pods
I planted the chicken corn,(regular field corn) then after about a week I planted Missouri Wonder Pole beans spaced 3 feet apart in the outside corn row.--This is what they have done so far, at times the beans were above the corn, but now there about the same height (8 feet) and still growing! --I wouldnt try it in spindly or short stalked sweet corn,---dont think it would hold up.---also dont plant beans any closer than the 3 foot seed spacing, or it could make it difficult to pick the beans, plus they would starve for moisture! thanks; sonny
This is a close-up showing pods
I planted the chicken corn,(regular field corn) then after about a week I planted Missouri Wonder Pole beans spaced 3 feet apart in the outside corn row.--This is what they have done so far, at times the beans were above the corn, but now there about the same height (8 feet) and still growing! --I wouldnt try it in spindly or short stalked sweet corn,---dont think it would hold up.---also dont plant beans any closer than the 3 foot seed spacing, or it could make it difficult to pick the beans, plus they would starve for moisture! thanks; sonny
From our test it looks like the beans need a single stalk to climb up.---the problem with sweet corn is that it has the suckers at the bottom and beans pile up down there instead of climbing up to the top, and will pull the sweet corn stalks over, where as field corn is tall and straight! thanks; sonny
Getting close to harvest!
Jacobs Cattle Beans!
These will be canned in jars, pressure cooked, the put in the basement for later soup fixins!
A few will go in the freezer at this stage for testing as to see if they hold up to freezing!
I will keep a few for seed and dry them down to safe storage level like I do the other seed beans! thanks; sonny
Jacobs Cattle Beans!
These will be canned in jars, pressure cooked, the put in the basement for later soup fixins!
A few will go in the freezer at this stage for testing as to see if they hold up to freezing!
I will keep a few for seed and dry them down to safe storage level like I do the other seed beans! thanks; sonny
I am dissapointed in my potato patch this year. Looks like a cas of heat stress and early blight. It has killed one whole row of plants and is working on another.
I just planted another 45 LBS of seed last week and hope to salvage some for the winter. Lets hope for a late frost in the North East.
Here is a video of the patch in mid July. Since this video I have lost a 100 ft row completly. It seems the Kenebeck taters faired better than the other types so that is what I replanted. According to our Cooperative Extension, we have no cases of Late Blight in New Hampshire. I have dusted the rest of the plants with copper and hope it will help.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2EVhOBZ-FL4
Hope all is well with you.
ED
I just planted another 45 LBS of seed last week and hope to salvage some for the winter. Lets hope for a late frost in the North East.
Here is a video of the patch in mid July. Since this video I have lost a 100 ft row completly. It seems the Kenebeck taters faired better than the other types so that is what I replanted. According to our Cooperative Extension, we have no cases of Late Blight in New Hampshire. I have dusted the rest of the plants with copper and hope it will help.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2EVhOBZ-FL4
Hope all is well with you.
ED