Garden...

[leaningright]

I love okra! Especially the spicey pickled kind.

I usually make about 5 pints a year. I’m the only one in the house that likes it. I’d roll you a jar of it if it was all downhill to Houston.

 

[leaningright]

Thanks. Poor soil, eh? I wonder how they feel about sand? lol

ETA: Wow, they're heirloom types. Do you pick and eat them when young and green, or dry them? What do they taste like?

I like to use heirlooms when I can. Many of my seedlings in the Spring are from seeds saved from the year before.

The peas are similar to black eyes but with a little tougher skin and they make a thinner broth when cooked. I pick them at the roasting ear stage, shell them then can or freeze them. I also leave enough on the vine to dry to plant for next year. A person could cook them from the dry stage as well. I like field peas like Whippoorwills and Crowders better than cream peas like blackeyes or zipper peas.

 

[Phantasmal]

I usually make about 5 pints a year. I’m the only one in the house that likes it. I’d roll you a jar of it if it was all downhill to Houston.

That’s nice of you to offer, thanks

 

[Irish Exit]

Basically they’re a field pea similar to Crowder peas but they are speckled. They are a southern pea that produce on poor soil. Mine are on good soul though and are taking over the world around them.

http://www.newhopeseed.com/whippoorwill_cowpea.html

I grow yellow-eyed peas but usually the deer clean me out, leaving only enough left to plant for next year

 

[ThatOwlWoman]

Along with salmon last night, I made salad from the fresh greens I planted last month. Rather than having them out in the garden because slugs, they grow in pots on the deck mixed in with flowers and herbs. It's so nice to have fresh just-picked foodies!

Which we got to eat, while seeing this out the window.... can you see the bit of rainbow?

Life is good.

 

[ThatOwlWoman]

Speaking of slugs, is anyone else troubled by them? Last year I grew cabbages. The slugs enjoyed them greatly. Any ideas on how to combat them? Thanks in advance.

 

[Irish Exit]

Lemon cucumbers growing--just not producing much

 

[Irish Exit]

Speaking of slugs, is anyone else troubled by them? Last year I grew cabbages. The slugs enjoyed them greatly. Any ideas on how to combat them? Thanks in advance.

beer traps

 

[ThatOwlWoman]

beer traps

You can trap beer now???????? Do we need a license?

 

[ThatOwlWoman]

Lemon cucumbers growing--just not producing much

What's the problem, do you know?

 

[Irish Exit]

What's the problem, do you know?

Plants are healthy, lots of blooms underneath at least, bees about. No clue. They just aren't making me any babies. There are only like one or 2 fruits on that whole glob of green. Last year the plants were not nearly so large and they produced like mad.

 

[ThatOwlWoman]

Plants are healthy, lots of blooms underneath at least, bees about. No clue. They just aren't making me any babies. There are only like one or 2 fruits on that whole glob of green. Last year the plants were not nearly so large and they produced like mad.

Hmm, could the soil be too rich? I don't know from cukes, but definitely many flowering vines will produce lush foliage rather than blossoms in the presence of rich soil. They're in full sun?

 

[Phantasmal]

Plants are healthy, lots of blooms underneath at least, bees about. No clue. They just aren't making me any babies. There are only like one or 2 fruits on that whole glob of green. Last year the plants were not nearly so large and they produced like mad.

Have you had a lot of rain? You said there are bees about? Do you have both male and female blooms?

 

[ThatOwlWoman]

Have you had a lot of rain? You said there are bees about? Do you have both male and female blooms?

Cukes are like squash?

 

[Irish Exit]

Hmm, could the soil be too rich? I don't know from cukes, but definitely many flowering vines will produce lush foliage rather than blossoms in the presence of rich soil. They're in full sun?

Yes on full sun. I did put down 5 tons of compost in that area this year so maybe on the rich. No sure.

 

[ThatOwlWoman]

Yes on full sun. I did put down 5 tons of compost in that area this year so maybe on the rich. No sure.

That might be the problem then.

 

[Irish Exit]

Have you had a lot of rain? You said there are bees about? Do you have both male and female blooms?

We had a lot of rain mid may to mid june. Not a lot since. Haven't really paid that much attention to the blooms other than they are buried under that foliage.

 

[Phantasmal]

Cukes are like squash?

Yes, they are.

 

[ThatOwlWoman]

Yes, they are.

Thanks, did not know that. I tried to grow some last year inside the garden fence, using the fence itself as a trellis. But somehow the deer got them, prickly leaves and all.

 

[Phantasmal]

We had a lot of rain mid may to mid june. Not a lot since. Haven't really paid that much attention to the blooms other than they are buried under that foliage.

They may be just a little delayed. The foliage is beautiful, very healthy plants. If the bees aren’t showing up you can self pollinate. I hope the best for you.