Gardening pics, hacks, successes, and or failures

[tubber]

o bought some san Mariano seeds for next year, how do they come pare to romas

Less seeds usually and are indeterminate, which means they grow a tall vine that will produce for a longer period and not all ripen at the same time.

 

[wildmanyeah]

Potato and leek soup

 

[fish brain]

@wildmanyeah asked for some photos of my garden.
We grew a ton of cabbage this year I was researching ways to store it as my wife was shredding it and freezing it. Because I’m lazy I was looking for a better way. Somewhere I read that you can burry them upside down and they will keep all winter. Well that was a bunch of *****, but I did plant three heads of compost.

The potatoes were a month early for us this year, they were still a good size and we got about 400 lbs So lots for us and the kids.


We have been getting at least a bowl full of tomatoes every second or third day. My wife has been making spaghetti sauce and I have started making salsa which Joan is calling Too Hot For Mamma.
the cauliflower has been good for us this year. It seems every year we get one vegetable that doesn’t do well. Last year it was cauliflower, this year it’s Broccoli. It’s weird because they are so closely related

 

[fish brain]

Here is the salsa I made with 100% produce from our garden

 

[fish brain]

We harvested the squash today, they are safe in the cold cellar for the winter. It was a banner year for them here.
The feed sacks are full of potatoes

 

[tubber]

We harvested the squash today, they are safe in the cold cellar for the winter. It was a banner year for them here.
The feed sacks are full of potatoes
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Can you describe your cold cellar? I have a 1400 square foot basement, but half is only about 5" 10". Could I wall off a small room and insulate it from the heat of the registers and furnace/hot water tank? Maybe keep the wine in there too?

 

[fish brain]

Can you describe your cold cellar? I have a 1400 square foot basement, but half is only about 5" 10". Could I wall off a small room and insulate it from the heat of the registers and furnace/hot water tank? Maybe keep the wine in there too?

It's the under side of our veranda. I insulated the walls with Roxol and vapour barrier ed the wall against the house to help with any moisture issues from the fruits and veggies, the ceiling is un insulated. It's about 30 feet long, I put 6" whisper vents on each end, the one on the shady side of the house is close to the ground, and the one on the sunny side is near the ceiling. These allow for air movement through the room pulling warm or cool air depending on the season. I can open or close these depending on temperature. It stays quite cool in there in the summer, and has never frozen in the winter. It would be better if it was deeper in the ground, but it's what I had to work with.

 

[WHO DAT]

Picked the last of the Bell Peppers yesterday! 210 days from start to finish....Best Regards

 

[wildmanyeah]

Picked the last of the Bell Peppers yesterday! 210 days from start to finish....Best Regards

nice green house to extend the season, are you going to over winter your peppers inside?

 

[WHO DAT]

nice green house to extend the season, are you going to over winter your peppers inside?

Thanks , No room in the house! or garage/shop , with all the other crap piled up that I might use one day.....

 

[wildmanyeah]

some photos from the garden this fall, planted garlic for the first time and pulled my beets.

 

[WHO DAT]

some photos from the garden this fall, planted garlic for the first time and pulled my beets.


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Very nice! love those Beets ! You will be happy with the garlic bed ! excellent return for effort , put in 84 this year

 

[wildmanyeah]

Is this normal for garlic

 

[Copper Moon]

Our garlic is often up this time of year

 

[Tom Mac]

Thought that was a pic of my garlic bed!! Mine dose that every year, and still get a full crop

 

[WHO DAT]

Is this normal for garlic

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You can always top dress with some more leaves ! for the cold snaps! Best regards

 

[wildmanyeah]

You can always top dress with some more leaves ! for the cold snaps! Best regards

I racked a bit more on that had blown off

 

[Tom Mac]

I racked a bit more on that had blown off

I use my mower to pick up the leaves and shread them, they stay in place better and makes a thicker mat.

 

[jim morrow]

.yes, that is normal for garlic.

 

[WHO DAT]

Bell Peppers in the mobile hot house loving this weather!