From ↑THIS↑ humble beginning, spreading out through the evolution of my garden
With additions ↑Along the way↑
To the beginnings of being overcrowded↑
Transplanting some things to make more room for sun
Finally getting an arrangement where things (other than that ↑squash↑) were quite productive, for me at least
It had reached a stage where the tomato plants were looking scraggly, the tomatoes that were present were not ripening, and were being damaged by something, slugs or fungus, I'm not sure what
I decided it was time to pull out everything that wasn't currently producing.
I cut the Okra way back, but darn it, now they are bushing out around the base.
They have never produced enough at one time for me to say "I'm gonna have me a mess of stewed Okra" unless I saved a bunch in the fridge until I had enough.
The Bell peppers↓↓↓
And Poblano's ↓↓↓ somehow reacted to having no other plants nearby and decided it was time to really put on more fruit... go figure
That patch of grass in the last image above was where the cherry tomatoes were planted, strung on a makeshift fence/arbor.
As soon as I am "motorvated" to proceed, I'll dig out that grass and till up that entire area.
My plan is to remove as much dirt as I can, hopefully up to 6-8 inches, pile it off to the side, while I put down some landscaping cloth, straw, then potting soil and Peat moss, mixed in with the soil that was removed, all to prepare for either
- a Winter Garden,(Turnips, Mustard Greens or cabbage?) or
- lie fallow for the Spring to return.
This has been quite a learning experience for me, trying at all costs to avoid ANY pesticides, using Herbicides only when nothing else was working for control or pests, and all told, the tomatoes and cucumbers were the most productive.
I've put away 2 bags of blanched homegrown tomatoes(after giving away a bunch) and ate or gave away a WHOLE bunch of cucumbers
So now, I must make some decisions and go where no Jerry has gone before!
🤣
Using that tiller beats me to death, this soil is extremely hard, lots of rocks and roots; each time I hit one of those things the machine bucks like a Broncho.
When I get started, I will get pics and keep you posted.
Around front, I just came in from watering for the first time in at least 2 wks, haven't needed to because we've had rain, and because it had been cooler and I figured things were going dormant for the winter.
We have some brief rains coming tomorrow, but for now, that is the news from Smallville (aka Mableton Ga)
!pinmapple 33.809748 lat -84.568451 long my house in Mableton Ga d3scr
Have a great day of gardening my friends.
"Saying good bye"
(to my first ever veggie garden)
by
Jerry E Smith
©10/15/2021
All images other than the meme are original.
I have no idea who to credit for the meme
(to my first ever veggie garden)
by
Jerry E Smith
©10/15/2021
All images other than the meme are original.
I have no idea who to credit for the meme
Hi Jerry,
I hope you have been doing well!
You produced some really good looking cucumbers and tomatoes this year, and the rest of the vegetables look really good too.
You have quite the green thumb and I like the use of those makeshift fences. Thank you for labelling the plants like you did too, it was nice to get a view of where all the plants are in the garden.
I'm trying to get more active around here again and reconnect with friends here on the blockchain, so I will do my best to stop by regularly again my friend. It's great to see you have been posting, and your content looks great as usual! :)
Good to see YOU again my friend @futuremind, where have you been? I hope you've been well and not suffering from anything dire.
Yes, my garden was a whole lot of work at first, as this soil had not been disturbed in many years, in this spot it may have been generations (my house is 80 yrs old after all)
I'm told others had gardens farther back in the yard in the past, but for some reason when they "Flipped" this house, they cut off the only outdoor spigot/hose bib on this side, so that I had to run a 100 ft hose, and even that didn't quite reach, it would no way have reached farther back.
I'm glad you liked my post, I'll come looksee if you've posted anything. Please stay in touch.
It's great to see you as well!
I didn't deal with all of the fork politics very well because I don't care for politics and don't always deal with change well. So I stayed in my previous blogging home for a while and then just quit blogging altogether, while being called a communist and not to come to Hive by a whale here. This bothered me extensively as a US veteran. I didn't want to come to Hive for a while because of this treatment, and the knowing that I have a victimizer in the closet who goes out of her way to cause me harm secretly, (verified over and over by users secretly messaging me with proof and it's recommenced, quite sure.. Some bullies just will not stop no matter what, even if they are being ignored and not bothered.) but figured I would take my chances again because I enjoy blogging.
I made some really good gains with crypto during my time as a non blogger and decided to buy a 3D printer with crypto and have been learning the trade. Now I blog about that too.
I'm doing my indoor gardening thing, mostly cannabis, and going to start creating music videos again.
I will do my best to stay in touch here regularly, but sometimes it takes me a little longer than others to respond (because of the way my brain works) and sometimes post votes might come in a day or two late while waiting for recharge because I like to give out 100% votes to everyone and that taxes the VP.
I have no plans of leaving and will stay in touch. Thank you for your kind response my friend.
That is disturbing about the whale, but I can sympathize. I now have a stalker on here, it almost seems that it has me on a auto downvoter. You just watch, this comment will be downvoted shortly.
I am careful to not tag it, because I'm told that just empowers it. Seems it has serious mental health issues, so I don't want to exacerbate anything.
Our weather here in Hotlanta is about to turn down the cooler Autumn road finally, so my outdoor gardening is going to be curtailed. I just can NOT continue moving plants in and out, my back and hip will not allow that.
This means I am faced with a painful decision regarding the biggest posts, which I've had through thick and thin since 2007; do I give them away? Do I pay someone to come and move them inside for me (with all the issues that entails, bugs and such that have happily lived in the pots outdoors for almost a year?) The two Dracaena's really need to be repotted, root pruned and repotted back into the same containers. It has been several years since that has been done, and there really isn't much SOIL left in there; it's all roots.
There is always Discord DM to keep in touch.
I really liked your post. I'm in the southern hemisphere so we are in the early-to-middle spring, and I am trying to figure out which plants to have in my new garden for the summer to come, so you gave me a couple of ideas, like having tomatoes, cucumbers, and maybe cherry. I already have Paprika, starting with the basil, and squash.
I hope you could continue sharing your journey through the making of the winter garden, that way I know what to make 3 in my next winter and maybe learn from that too.
¡Regards!
Hi @cesarj21, I'm glad you liked my post, and that I gave you some ideas. What part of "the southern hemisphere?
I've never thought about paprika, it is basically a type of dried pepper isn't it? I had no idea it came from a distinct plant.
See? You've given me something to look into.
The way things are going right now for me, I may not GET to doing a winder garden, but rather settle for getting the ground ready for next year, but I haven't given up the idea yet.
I'll come and follow you.
Thanks
Cheers for the follow!
I live in Argentina now. What I call paprika is red pepper, similar to the ones you have, the green ones, but my plant is smaller. I think that paprika is well known as a spice powder, which is the dried pepper.
I understand about the winter garden, gardens take time and effort, is not an easy thing. Have you ever “winterize” your summer garden?
No, this is my first ever garden of my own, this is an 80 yr old house and I believe it was a farmstead, or at least there would have been a sizeable kitchen garden, but I can assure you this soil hasn't been turned or tilled in a very long time. It is high in clay, rocks anywhere from pebbles to egg size or larger.
Those make my tiller buck like a wild horse, and beats my 66 yr old back to death, but I'm getting there.
So just today, I've harvested the last fruits (bell and poblano peppers) Now I can pull those plants out, remove the remaining grass and get started tilling
That's some nice veggies from your garden. Cucumber, okra and tomatoes. Thanks for sharing and have a wonderful day ahead.
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