tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2634969979683449053.post1438553111968780160..comments2024-03-28T17:39:40.759-04:00Comments on Granny Sue's News and Reviews: What's Going on in the GardenGranny Suehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01129064020727041161noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2634969979683449053.post-8952152770432089382009-08-13T08:34:12.306-04:002009-08-13T08:34:12.306-04:00We have watermelons for the first time! Cantaloupe...We have watermelons for the first time! Cantaloupes maybe in week if they don't rot, it's the first time we had success with melons. Tomatoes were tiny!!! Looked like I planted those little pear tomatoes and they were supposed to be romas. Well, maybe next year, wish it would rain so I can try some late beans and squash...might get them before it frosts. tmAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2634969979683449053.post-79748463544095627182009-08-11T16:37:08.385-04:002009-08-11T16:37:08.385-04:00I'll never forget my first garden, Pam. it was...I'll never forget my first garden, Pam. it was in the shade and in a very damp spot, which I thought was perfect for a garden. We had tons of cucumbers, no tomatoes and when we pulled back the mulch to get our (few very small) potatoes we discovered a nest of baby copperheads. The next year we moved the garden!Granny Suehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01129064020727041161noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2634969979683449053.post-58738686831788834012009-08-11T14:48:48.803-04:002009-08-11T14:48:48.803-04:00This is my first year of gardening and you have be...This is my first year of gardening and you have been an inspiration to me!<br /><br />http://pamsangleofrepose.blogspot.com/2009/06/gardening.html<br /><br />The fat lady has not yet sung in my garden as it all seems to be late due to my selection of a shady location to minimize the Texas heat. My tomatoes have just now started to bloom and fruit (most of 'em anyway - I still think Mr. Stripey is a bull).<br /><br />My chard has proven to be more bug/worm resistant than the more tender spinach and arugula, and we enjoy it regularly and I continue to plant it.<br /><br />My cucumbers are just gettin' going and my neighbor shared a great recipe to marinate and freeze them and I can't wait to try it!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13729251933438858351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2634969979683449053.post-82986209794571272642009-08-11T11:56:18.142-04:002009-08-11T11:56:18.142-04:00I am impressed! I have a few herbs on the windows...I am impressed! I have a few herbs on the windowsill. I was going to put them out on the deck, but the squirrels think that's their buffet. They ate all the Swedish ivy and wandering Jew (those must have other, more PC, names, but I don't know them). The woodchuck was even up there looking for a snack one day --- a whole woods and they want my few little plants. Good thing for them that they are so cute.Maryhttp://storytellermary.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2634969979683449053.post-84903240084582865892009-08-11T08:40:05.240-04:002009-08-11T08:40:05.240-04:00I think we learn something new with our gardens ev...I think we learn something new with our gardens every year, Jessica. We want to be sure to get cover crops out this year, and are looking for a source of free manure. <br /><br />Many people planted late because of the spring rains, and are getting excellent late gardens. I hope your corn comes along. Like you, our stalks were huge, taller than ever in recent memory. It's certainly been an interesting gardening year.Granny Suehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01129064020727041161noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2634969979683449053.post-32595770607552698932009-08-10T22:02:34.063-04:002009-08-10T22:02:34.063-04:00Your garden has done great this year!
Most of our ...Your garden has done great this year!<br />Most of our garden has been lost to weeds, dry weather and now blight. I am just now getting tomatoes but the blight is starting so I don't know how much I will continue to get. My corn stalks are HUGE but very little corn on them. I lost most of my first planting of green beans so I replanted and am waiting to see if they do better. Cuc's and zuchinni just starting on late plants.<br />Lessons learned this year.<br />Need to fertilize & mulch well this fall and hope for a better season next year.Country Whispershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14525399460066950231noreply@blogger.com