#garden2020

[appleandelder]

Pumpkin Gang 2020 🎃

featuring home grown Big Max and New England Pie along with a carving pumpkin from one of the local farms.

[continent-of-wild-endeavor]

Garden log 6/18/20

The limas are popping up!

Hilled the potatoes a second time. They've grown very fast since the first time I did this.

Today's big project was tomato supports & pruning. I drove in fence posts at the ends of each tomato row and wove twine along the plants (Florida weave method). Most rows got one level, and I'll add more as they get taller. One row had plants already big enough to need two heights of twine.

I should have done this earlier, as usual, but it worked out ok anyway.

In the second pic above, the left row (which is also there one with the biggest, unruliest plants) has not been supported or pruned yet. The right row, and the following pics, show the "after". I'm pruning off the bottom leaves, up as far as the first fruit/flower cluster, to increase airflow. This is meant to help with fungal diseases. I'm also removing suckers, damaged or yellowing leaves, and any branch growth that will create a crowded or difficult to manage plant shape.

I didn't take off any branches that had yet produced flowers, so I shouldn't be reducing fruit production, but rather encouraging it, instead of excessive foliage growth. I did take a lot off some of the plants, though, so they'll get a while to recover before I do anything else to them.

I have like 28 tomato plants! I hope I get a lot of tomatoes!

[calamityofsolongwinter]

onion harvest onION HARVEST ONION HARVEST

ONION HARVEST

[kgfx]

today's garden post is reminding us that becoming is just as important as being.

[theinvertedtangent]

UPDATES!!! garden updates!!! Look at my beautiful children growing up

[merrykat-silverwheel]

Here it comes! Finally green things are coming up in the garden! I'm so happy!!! Last night I sauteed asparagus in my cast iron skillet with some butter - it was such a treat! #garden2020 #growyourownfood #veggiegarden #homestead #farmcore #cottagecore #farmaesthetics #farmlife #farmgirlskills #rurallife https://www.instagram.com/p/B_0DEBhJGCO/?igshid=17skooua8hi1n

[theburntleaf]

We had to go to town yesterday and I couldn’t resist getting some plants. Had to bring home my favorite summer herb, lemon verbena

[m-r-levine]

Plant Friends 🌱 #garden2020 #thissparksjoy #springplanting #backyardglamour https://www.instagram.com/p/B8ARKfJjLNQ/?igshid=1h0lk2nidybka