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notehead
Citizen
Username: Notehead
Post Number: 610
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Friday, July 11, 2003 - 2:44 pm: |     |
How have you yard-farmers fared this year with all the rain?
My laziness worked to my advantage this year -- I didn't put my tomatoes in the ground until almost June, but they are looking great. I put cukes and green beans in at the same time but they are growing more slowly than I'd like, I'm not sure if we'll get anything good off of them.
In a few books I've seen a technique for training fruit trees (usually pears, peaches, or apples) on something called an "espalier" so they can be grown on a wall instead of taking over a lawn. I'm thinking about trying this next year. Anybody have any success with this technique? |
mim
Citizen
Username: Mim
Post Number: 268
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Friday, July 11, 2003 - 3:51 pm: | |
I sowed beans three times this spring -- the first two sowings were totally inundated by the monsoons; the third is finally taking hold. But because it went in so late, of necessity, we won't have a long season of fresh beans to pick. Peppers are slow fruiting too, but tomatoes seem very happy. I've always heard they were 'gross feeders' (love that term), so I guess they enjoyed all the rain. Let's see if we get enough heat and sunshine to ripen all the fruit they've set. |
Hank Zona
Citizen
Username: Hankzona
Post Number: 647
Registered: 3-2002
| | Posted on Friday, July 11, 2003 - 4:07 pm: | |
Im still picking sugar snap peas, which is surprising with the heat last week. Ive cut back three rows of lettuce and arugala twice now, and its still re-growing, despite the heat. Sowed three more rows of lettuce and swiss chard, thats taking nicely in a short period of time. Broccoli is dormant, kirby cukes and zucchini have all broken ground...the cukes starting to vine, zukes starting to flower. Some tomato plants are over six foot high...plenty of flowers, some fruit, nothing will be ripe for some time. Last year I got the first ripe tomato on July 4, then nothing til close to the end of July...will probably be the same this year. Herbs are all doing nicely but the dill could use a little help. |
notehead
Citizen
Username: Notehead
Post Number: 612
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Sunday, July 13, 2003 - 11:12 am: | |
Wow Hank, you're rockin' out, man. My cukes have flowered and are also starting to vine. But two nights ago, SOMETHING ate my green bean plants!! I'm talking about every leaf. Didn't touch the cukes, interestingly. My suspicion falls on that little brown bunny rabbit that I've seen in the yard a number of times. I think it's gonna be rabbit kebobs for dinner!! |
eliz
Citizen
Username: Eliz
Post Number: 561
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Sunday, July 13, 2003 - 10:34 pm: | |
Speaking of rabbits - has anyone besides my family noticed an abandunce of adorable brown rabbits this spring/summer? I see them everywhere, at least once every other day. |
notehead
Citizen
Username: Notehead
Post Number: 614
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Monday, July 14, 2003 - 1:41 pm: | |
I am definitely seeing more of them this year.
About a week ago I had to stop my car on Academy Street to let a momma and baby deer cross. It was the first time I'd ever seen deer south of the train station. |
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