Posted on 07/13/2012 8:35:18 AM PDT by JustaDumbBlonde
Our Potato and Corn Patch a few days ago
A few of the Kohlrabi we harvested this year
A few more of the Arcata Farmers Market Saturday 7/14/12
Thanks, but no thanks on the redwoods. I will take that big basket of pickling cucumbers, though. Also, some of those large lemons.
Just picked my first ‘Goose Creek’ tomato of the season...OMG! The first flavor I could detect was reminiscent of a STRAWBERRY...what a delicious tomato! My wife wasn’t impressed by Goose Creek last year, but she just offered her apologies...if the rest are like this; we are in for a treat as summer rolls on..!
Why’s everyone wearing coats and looking cold?? It is summer....
It’s smoke from fires in the wasteland of eastern Oregon
Is that a statue of Lenin in the background? The people all seem to be sitting down (pretending to work). Do you really live in the USA? :>)
Beautiful. I’ll be planting some in “molasses pots” for my fall plantings. I’m going to try some in my small raised garden. I love “fresh” carrots. I’ve never grown carrots before, or fennel, so this will be a learning experience.
OOPs, I misspoke. I put some carrot seeds in one of the raised gardens, but nothing happened, so I’m going to try a “cool” planting. Arrowhead grows carrots, so I should be able to, too.
OHHHHHH, I love Kohlrabi, peeled, sliced, salted with a martini ice floating on top of the martini. The queen Mum and I had a 1700 hr martini for 30 years, then she passed on, but I keep up the tradition. I might try some kohnrabi in one of my fall gardens. The gardens are now being prepped for fall and winter. OH, I found some styrofoam coolers...punctured the side bottoms, glued the tops on the bottoms and will be using them for some of my fall and winter crops.
OH MY, all those fennels. So fresh, so white and green. I love fennel, onion, orange salads.....with chili & beans with cornbread. I love fennel.
It’s Not cold...it’s cool. That’s why all those veggies look so good. And did you notice tubebenders peas? It’s the dampness and cool Pacific breeze that makes it so vibrantly green and fresh?
What are Kumamatos? I’ve never heard of them.
Beautiful!
Again, this is just one night - lettuce, peas, bell pepper and beans got hammered:
Next time we drive to visit family, we’ll have to drive through “Bender” Bay and see if we can find some of those oysters. When we’re “home”, we sometimes pick oysters, there’s nuttin’ better than grilled oysters and garlic butter. YUM.
OH happydogx2, how awful. I wouldn’t use a live trap, I’m mean, I’d do the varmit in. I’m going to plant some habenero peppers with some of my tomatoes and corn next summer and spread espson salt around to keep out the racoons, rabbits and any other varmit who might try and take some.
I’ve tried three different kinds of bait (one that worked when I had one creating havoc and hiding in my garage last year) but it prefers the garden. The live animal trap is the last resort; if it goes into the trap it won’t came back out alive. It’s also destroyed the wife’s bed of Snapdragons in one of our several flower gardens. The seed company folks have also recommended spraying caster oil around the garden beds but while it may keep it out of the kitchen garden I know it’ll transition to the other flower beds.
This has been a very challenging year to have a veggie garden in Central Oregon but it could be worse. I could be living in a condo or apartment and not have the opportunity to get my hands dirty.
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