tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21318605.post2823220176726995301..comments2024-03-19T00:54:49.043-05:00Comments on In My Kitchen Garden: Garden Journal 6/27/09:Digging Up an Early Red Potato HarvestFarmgirl Susanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04851855517852917202noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21318605.post-11607466845700600922009-07-02T16:03:07.579-05:002009-07-02T16:03:07.579-05:00My laziness with weeding typically rewards me with...My laziness with weeding typically rewards me with something good. Last year was no different, I left the last pumpkin seedling to live and it produced 6 pumpkins for me. Enough to decorate the porch for the fall and then turn into puree for pies. <br /><br />Laziness tastes good with pie crust.FinnyKnitshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08813175777047535103noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21318605.post-72316608691529077702009-06-30T04:21:29.614-05:002009-06-30T04:21:29.614-05:00Funny you mentioned about the garlic - I planted s...Funny you mentioned about the garlic - I planted some in April (I think) mainly for the greens and the scapes rather than the bulbs. I had no expectations because of the timing, but they are the stars of the garden and I love the greens they are giving each night. My lack of planning has given me more enjoyable yield than planning would have with the traditional bulbs.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21318605.post-74219450592884990862009-06-28T21:07:56.758-05:002009-06-28T21:07:56.758-05:00I always get sunflowers popping up everywhere beca...I always get sunflowers popping up everywhere because I leave them for the birds. This year several turned out to be pretty good pea supposts. And I too, have a couple of watermelon volunteers. Don't know if they will make to harvest. Garlic..gollee always wanted to grow it, but who feels like planting something in the fall. LOLMILLIEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04723716803153365613noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21318605.post-79027102143907464092009-06-28T19:42:44.371-05:002009-06-28T19:42:44.371-05:00What a welcome surprise! I haven't tried growi...What a welcome surprise! I haven't tried growing potatoes (okay, I haven't tried growing much of anything ... but I am working on that). Perhaps next year though. I am working my way up.Sarah Caronhttp://sarahscucinabella.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21318605.post-61196322448622246222009-06-28T14:25:15.944-05:002009-06-28T14:25:15.944-05:00I am really bad about cleaning up the garden in th...I am really bad about cleaning up the garden in the fall. I just pulled up last years stakes and cages friday. Since I never do fall clean up I usually find some interesting stuff in the summer (I also plant really late for my area) This year I found enough swiss chard to add to soup and 5 different volunteer tomatoes. Those I dug up and am holding in pots. I just got my whole yard graded (including the former garden area) Once that is finished I hope to replant the volunteers and have a few tomatoes at least this year. The grading of the yard is going to prevent almost all gardening this year.Rachelhttp://pyro_98athotmail.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21318605.post-12529313452203785942009-06-28T11:59:54.402-05:002009-06-28T11:59:54.402-05:00I completely agree that negligence sometimes pays ...I completely agree that negligence sometimes pays off. I think it is also the joy of getting something for 'nothing' is the real treat. <br /><br />We have just inherited an allotment from someone else and they had obviously planted potatoes then left them in. I have got so many sprouting up over my other veg, but I really can't be sorry. Another few weeks and they might yield something interesting.<br /><br />Many, many times I have been saved from early frosts by inertia and laziness.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21318605.post-27675166779527618342009-06-28T09:21:06.950-05:002009-06-28T09:21:06.950-05:00Two summers/falls ago, I missed some tomatoes that...Two summers/falls ago, I missed some tomatoes that the birds and squirrels had gotten to. This past summer I planted two tomato plants, but ended up having about six surprise plants come up.Laurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12997549543731061699noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21318605.post-89606972532161505652009-06-28T09:05:23.334-05:002009-06-28T09:05:23.334-05:00I too have a stray potato growing in my garlic bed...I too have a stray potato growing in my garlic bed. My garlic isn't quite ready to dig yet, but I'm excited to dig up garlic and potatoes, how fun.Chiot's Runhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05086153621579437021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21318605.post-54172323732158373592009-06-28T08:44:03.198-05:002009-06-28T08:44:03.198-05:00We got our garlic in late- work drama and the subs...We got our garlic in late- work drama and the subsequent losing of the job kept me from doing much of anything last fall. But, like you, I did get some planted in late winter/early spring- I forget exactly when but I know I blogged about it. I haven't seen any scapes going up, but I may have planted a variety that doesn't do that since I see the greens are starting to yellow. I figure whatever I get is better than no garlic at all.<br /><br />Each year I struggle with whether or not I should let the volunteers grow where they want. This year we haven't had a lot- I saw a squash of some kind over near the compost heap. Again, we'll see what we get.Willahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10115110657993404611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21318605.post-57144291982853464502009-06-28T07:24:37.765-05:002009-06-28T07:24:37.765-05:00My garden turned out terrible this year. DH's...My garden turned out terrible this year. DH's tiller pooped out and the heat and humidity gave me a really big crop of weeds. I can barely see my peppers or tomatoes. :(<br /><br />DebbieDebbiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05450798070205006436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21318605.post-33780994506650333822009-06-28T00:39:45.517-05:002009-06-28T00:39:45.517-05:00Hi! I just stumbled across your blog today and it&...Hi! I just stumbled across your blog today and it's great. I haven't had the time to get too far into it, but it is full of really good information. My husband and I are first-year farmers in SW MO and I've been blogging about our (in)experience on my own blog. We've got a tiny 10 acre hobby farm, 35 chickens, 4 ducks and 2 donkeys and a weak vegetable garden. This year (and every year following) is all about learning.Larahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01760798137005985955noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21318605.post-51088263561121787712009-06-27T20:29:26.487-05:002009-06-27T20:29:26.487-05:00Yes! Last year I did not have a garden, as I had a...Yes! Last year I did not have a garden, as I had a new baby in the spring, but I did manage to shake the chard stalks over the garden bed before I pulled them up & threw them on the compost pile. This year I have a veritible carpet of the healthiest chard I've ever grown!Michelle, Queen Behind the Lens!https://www.blogger.com/profile/09690579025990749957noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21318605.post-84042442893489193092009-06-27T20:04:08.389-05:002009-06-27T20:04:08.389-05:00I bought black beans by mistake (didn't wear m...I bought black beans by mistake (didn't wear my reading glasses when shopping), but I planted them anyway - near the pole beans, which shut out the sun almost completely. I got only 4 or 5 pods, saved the black beans for seed, planted them this year. <br />Just as they were coming up, a neighborhood baby bunny found a small hole in the garden fence right next to the black bean plants. They're gone now. I mean - the beans are history, and I fixed the fence.Daisyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11647906900944224234noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21318605.post-57831454550241118512009-06-27T19:55:17.426-05:002009-06-27T19:55:17.426-05:00Today I picked my first ripe watermelon from one o...Today I picked my first ripe watermelon from one of the two volunteer vines. <br /><br />Last year, I was cutting the watermelons in the garden and tossing them over the fence for the horses. I must have scattered a few seeds. I got one sprouting in the middle of the sugar snap peas (no problem, they climb upwards) and one in the middle of the spinach (no problem; this is FL, the spinach wouldn't last nearly as long as the watermelon would take to grow). <br /><br />Unfortunately that second watermelon plant is trying really hard to take over hubby's jalapeƱo patch, but still. Free-ish watermelon! All I have to do is turn the vines around every so often when they get too close.Galadrielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03383321455657803304noreply@blogger.com