The Gardening Thread

[LouderVol]

long pants, long sleeve shirt, cap and some deet bug spray is about the only thing I've found.
Wife wears "Cliganic" bracelet around ankle or wrist. She says they work.
I use dead leaves as mulch in the garden, and the mosquitos must breed there.
I hate em.
Tougher than tom looks interesting, Kinda expensive.

Tougher than tom has been a complete bust.

5 day shipping turned into 2 week+ wait.
putting the kits together, caused a crack in one of the shells, meaning that one leaks.
no real instructions on how to use, appropriate heights, in shade or sun, hung near things or out separate, nothing even really on how to properly prepare the "juice", or how long the "juice" is supposed to go for. I am guessing a month, because the refills are labeled as "monthly", but don't know for sure.
of the 4, so far there are zero mosquitos or other "bad" insects. only thing 2 of them have caught are bees. I think the "entrance" is too big, both because it lets in bees, but I also feel mosquitos and other biters would be small enough to escape. they are supposed to be safe/good for bees, but honey bees are ending up in there. bumblebees would be too big to get in thankfully.

at the latest they will be gone this week.

 

[Go aeiou]

Tougher than tom has been a complete bust.

5 day shipping turned into 2 week+ wait.
putting the kits together, caused a crack in one of the shells, meaning that one leaks.
no real instructions on how to use, appropriate heights, in shade or sun, hung near things or out separate, nothing even really on how to properly prepare the "juice", or how long the "juice" is supposed to go for. I am guessing a month, because the refills are labeled as "monthly", but don't know for sure.
of the 4, so far there are zero mosquitos or other "bad" insects. only thing 2 of them have caught are bees. I think the "entrance" is too big, both because it lets in bees, but I also feel mosquitos and other biters would be small enough to escape. they are supposed to be safe/good for bees, but honey bees are ending up in there. bumblebees would be too big to get in thankfully.

at the latest they will be gone this week.

Too bad.
I have a Russian Sage plant that is about 6' wide and 3" high and is full of honey bees and bumble bees, but seldom see others. A neighbor that had bee hives finally gave up after several years. Mosquito spray?

 

[LouderVol]

Too bad.
I have a Russian Sage plant that is about 6' wide and 3" high and is full of honey bees and bumble bees, but seldom see others. A neighbor that had bee hives finally gave up after several years. Mosquito spray?

I refuse to do a spray, too much impact on others. I really need to figure out how to attract more dragon flys. they are great against mosquitos.

 

[Tin Man]

An eastern phoebe has joined the cardinals in grooming my tomato plants of caterpillars. There’s fewer for me to pick off in my daily rounds.

 

[Tin Man]

I’ve been harvesting a bowl full of San Marzano tomatoes each of the past three weeks, but I doubt that I will make sauce this year. I’ve been eating them like candy. The modest harvest from my Cherokee purples and big cherry may be a contributing factor.

 

[Go aeiou]

I’ve been harvesting a bowl full of San Marzano tomatoes each of the past three weeks, but I doubt that I will make sauce this year. I’ve been eating them like candy. The modest harvest from my Cherokee purples and big cherry may be a contributing factor.

Yep, 90+ degrees sucks in a lotta ways. Especially maters. We are getting golf ball sized purple/red with stripes. Letting them ripen on the vine makes the taste much better.

Edit, little smaller than a golf ball.

 

[Jackcrevol]

I’ve been harvesting a bowl full of San Marzano tomatoes each of the past three weeks, but I doubt that I will make sauce this year. I’ve been eating them like candy. The modest harvest from my Cherokee purples and big cherry may be a contributing factor.

i'm blue even hungry and that sounds amazing

 

[norrislakevol]

It's been a pretty tough garden year on me. I planted seven 35 foot long rows of Golden Queen corn, and the timing between the cooler wet weather and the hot dry weather was perfect as far as not giving me a good yield at all. I am going to go back to planting my corn in the 3 sisters garden style. You need less space, less work, and you get a lot more bang for your buck, so to speak. My tomatoes have done very well, as we as okra. My okra about died with the cooler weather that lasted up until the first of June, but it came out of it. Okra loves hot weather as long as it's not too terribly dry.

 

[Tin Man]

It's been a pretty tough garden year on me. I planted seven 35 foot long rows of Golden Queen corn, and the timing between the cooler wet weather and the hot dry weather was perfect as far as not giving me a good yield at all. I am going to go back to planting my corn in the 3 sisters garden style. You need less space, less work, and you get a lot more bang for your buck, so to speak. My tomatoes have done very well, as we as okra. My okra about died with the cooler weather that lasted up until the first of June, but it came out of it. Okra loves hot weather as long as it's not too terribly dry.

Bummer about your corn.

 

[norrislakevol]

Bummer about your corn.

Yeah it started out beautiful, then the dry weather hit right as it was beginning to tassel.