no sorry. not organic here.
and those are 5 gallon pots but I think they actually hold 4 1/2 gallons.
Organic is more expensive and i cannot offord more expensive.
I need a cobbler recipe and dont forget the blueberry muffins.
Blackberries or Elden Berries?
nice kanita.
Oh, how often do i feed.
I feed every week. 1/2 teaspoon of fertilizer. I lightly water every day so it gets lightly fertilized as well every day.
I got the added bonus of a rangoon creeper about to bust loose in a riot of color and intoxicating scent on this lattice.
Life is good! Cricket, not at home now. Have written myself a note to post you the recipe Friday night.
Debbie
Oh silly me, forgot to post the pic...lol
Debbie
Is that zuccini squash? Sure is pretty. NICE mater too.
Actually its a yellow squash.
Cricket - they look like black raspberries to me. We have some here and they are yummy!
-Kim
I did not know there was such a thing as black raspberry.
learn something every day.
Before they produced, some one said the plants looked like raspberry.
Now I know for sure.
How interesting.
Peppers, which had until recently, looked quite pitiful....
Debbie- Lucky you! Are those bell peppers?
Yes Kanita--Goliath bell peppers.
My yellow squash is loaded with squash-female blossoms----At least 6-8 per plant---Sadly I have no male blooms yet:(
Cricket:
How can you tell the difference?
BB
Female blossoms have a small fruit at the base. Male blossoms are at the end of a sort of long stem or petiole and there is no small fruit at the base.
Thanks Mary:
I'm assuming you need both to make a squash.
Brennan
yes need the male bloom to pollinate the female in order for the female to keep living. Other wise the little squash will eventually rot and fall off.
Female Blossom
That makes me want to go around to the neighbors garden and find a male bloom ---bring it home and --well---pollinate the females. Veggie Love.
You could be the madam of squash:)
LOL
"Madam of squash''
LOL
Seriously. I have 20 squash plants and none of them have male blooms. Geesh. Wheres a male when you need one? !!!
"a thought"
I do not have a whole lot of room in the greenhouse in early spring. But next year I am growing 3 extra squash very early in 5 gallon pots so I have male blooms by the time my main crop is putting out females.
sure beats being a squashed madam...
hard rock tomatoes
And there's tomatoes back there...somewhere. A little inspiration with 5 days to go is much in demand as the sun sets.
Guess who's coming for dinner?
ME?
Debbie-OOOOOOOOHH, I am so jealous!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! But nonetheless, very happy for you!
kanita
Kanita you have to be thankful for tomato season in TX...it only lasts a month while all the plants set fruit all at once and then promptly succomb to the heat and humidity...lol...then comes "coddling" new seedlings thru searing Aug-Sept heat/humidity and praying the nights cool down to just the perfect temps for 30 days prior to the first cold front in Nov. It's always a gamble down here. Guess that's why they invented Texas hold 'em...had to have something to do in the air conditioning.
I hear out in LA the weather is always nice. ;)
Debbie
I heard weather was nice in LA too, which is why I moved here, boy was I suckered! Our weather has been awful this year. I am still praying for a super sunny 80 degree day.
July, our nights will be very close to that..its always something, right? lol
Debbie--you have the most interesting landscapes. How I wish I could walk through there.
Anytime your over the way..you have a standing invitation! Your place looks like heaven to me--you actually have some space. lol
Debbie
Great tour Dmj,
Thank you for pointing this thread out to me. Great designing, do you mind if I use some of your ideas? Companion planting is a wonderful way to keep your gardens pesticide and fungicide free.
Thank you for sharing with me and others.
calvin
Goliath Peppers are huge.
Some Hard rocks with a lovely shot of the bottom of my arbor. In the background is alot of other stuff.
cucumbers clearly can compete with shade and weeds where I removed beans...lol
Great looking cukes Debbie! What kind?
Thanks Kanita--Diva.
too much stuff.....
