Season Long Garden Log For 2008! (With Pictures)

[SONNY]

Got cold enough for frost here, but looks like nothing got hammered, so we lucked out again!----In a couple of days I will make the first harvest cutting of the spinach!!---That will be the first new crop to go in the freezer!(we only have a few bags left from last year, so this will be a welcome sight to "getting bare" freezers)
Will get pics too,--just been busy weeding planting, and plucking roosters!!---got 7 more to do!(they went into the freezer at 6 months of age and are not too bad to cook and cut the meat up for soup made with an assortment of veggies from the freezers!
I will also do another planting of greenbeans, since it took this planting over 20 days to come up, they may be too stressed to make anything!---the blue lake 242's will have to be re-planted altogether since they don't look well at all!---The Contender's are about 4" tall and look fair! thanks; sonny

[KETCHAM]

Finally getting good weather here.Green beans are getting ate a live by bugs[sevin tonight] and putting grass aroun the plant to keep weeds and mostiure in.Lots of grass cutting.[push mowing 2 1/2 acres] Kevin

[smigelski]

I got to pick 7 strawberries today, not bad considering I planted them 5 or 6 weeks ago

[KETCHAM]

My green beans are getting ate up good.Sevin them last night and replanted 2 rows compleatly.Filled in bare spots also.I hate first year gardens!!!!!Lots of racoons need to find new homes also.Kevin

[markwayne]

Lots of racoons need to find new homes also.Kevin

Sounds like some varmints need to meet their maker My old Ruger Varmint rifle in 220 Swift with the 20X scope will deal with mine Two birds with one stone, gardening and hunting in one place, how corn-venient.

[SONNY]

These are some random pics of our gerdens, so far!
fava beans

garden #2

tater section of garden #3

another green bean pic

8 great rows of taters in garden #1

peas and onions

maters sticking above the cones

maters in the cones

green beans

spinach now ready for the second cutting

white sweet potatoes in hotbed

tater rows in garden #3

tater plant spacing the we cut/plant the pieces

the turnips


the garden plants are much bigger today than in these pics,---everything really started to grow now!--including the weeds!!! thanks; sonny

[SONNY]

Got looking around here this morning and found these!!!
A nice big bowl of berries!

Some laid out on the counter!


After scouring the small patch, I picked 3 big bowls of strawberries and Virginia cleaned them and put them in the freezer!--made 6 bags!!--A VERY welcome addition to the ole' freezer inventory!! thanks; sonny

[SONNY]

Did another spinach harvest,--got another 7 bags for the freezer, also had another 4 bags of strawberries to freeze.
Still planting late cabbage (88 plants so far) and more maters, (several different kinds this year) --Will probably have at least 200 tomato plants total.
Transplanted the sweet potatoes last night ,(95 plants),--planted sweet corn a couple days ago (hope it makes it)
Here are a couple vids of the cultivator at work in the spud rows!
this is th first 8 rows, they are now blooming and setting spuds underneath!

this was in the other late planted 9 rows in garden #3 and a side view of the unit.


It does a decent job,--just gotta hold it up so it don't try to sink in a foot deep!!--ole' cub good for about 4", and that is great! I can then go in with a small tiller and munch up the lumps and get the fine texture back! thanks; sonny

[DanR]

Looks like things are shaping up for you. I wish I could say the same. I'll get the Cub out and cultivate like you're doing when I get back from CubFest. I'm jealous.

[KETCHAM]

Great pic of the windmill in the background!!!Kevin ps getting rain again Iloveit!!!!kevin

[SONNY]

Got the chicken corn planted today,--late but maybe it will make a few ears!!
Ole' cub on the 2-row IH planter!

Did a fine job pulling the planter and was easier to turn around with than the 404!
Next up will be the third spinach harvest!!----Got some hail damage in the garden from the storm the other afternoon that went thru here!
Also planted some sweet peppers and more maters this evening a little before dark! thanks; sonny

[SONNY]

Here are some random pics of 4 of our gardens!































This is kind of a general view of the gardens now that they have started growing better! --Found some peas ready to pick,--turnips, beets, and onions about fist sized too!! ---made me feel LOTS better!!---Also got our first taste of fava beans today too!--- They gooooodd!--lol!! thanks; sonny

[SONNY]

We have been harvesting peas, green beans, turnips, (beets almost ready) (spinach is done)!
This pile-o-peas made 4 nice bags after we shelled them!

I was checkin the first planted spuds and found these!

the green beans and peas being processed!


We have an invasion of Japanese beetles now and they are destroying everything in sight!--Anyone else have them? thanks; sonny

[KETCHAM]

My peas died.RATS to much rain turned yellow and the blooms fell off.Kevin

[SONNY]

Kevin!---If you have some pea seed left, plant them in August for a fall crop like turnips, beets, etc. and they should mature before frost and during cooler weather!----I think I will do that this year with peas and turnips! thanks; sonny