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August 2012, New England
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Re: August 2012, New England
Nice Job!
llama momma
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Location : Central Ohio zone 6a
Re: August 2012, New England
Wow Camp...look at all those jars! And beans! You canning people are amazing! Maybe someday I'll attempt that, but for now it goes in the freezer.
I love the idea of a longer growing season. I've already been thinking about winter gardening and hoping Rowena posts everything she does so I can try to follow.
Do any of you winter garden? If so, what do you grow?
CC
I love the idea of a longer growing season. I've already been thinking about winter gardening and hoping Rowena posts everything she does so I can try to follow.
Do any of you winter garden? If so, what do you grow?
CC
CapeCoddess- Posts : 6824
Join date : 2012-05-20
Age : 67
Location : elbow of the Cape, MA, Zone 6b/7a
Re: August 2012, New England
The best I can do is simply extend my season. I have no greenhouse with heat, so when December winds blow, or the deep freeze of January and February are upon us I take it easy, do research and finally take a break... until the garden seed catalogs start showing up in the post box...CapeCoddess wrote:
Do any of you winter garden? If so, what do you grow?
CC

43 years a gardener and going strong with SFG.
https://squarefoot.forumotion.com/t3574-the-end-of-july-7-weeks-until-frost
There are certain pursuits which, if not wholly poetic and true, do at least suggest a nobler and finer relation to nature than we know. The keeping of bees, for instance. ~ Henry David Thoreau
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Re: August 2012, New England
Geese were flying yesterday.

43 years a gardener and going strong with SFG.
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There are certain pursuits which, if not wholly poetic and true, do at least suggest a nobler and finer relation to nature than we know. The keeping of bees, for instance. ~ Henry David Thoreau
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Re: August 2012, New England
camprn wrote:Geese were flying yesterday.![]()
ACK!
GG
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Re: August 2012, New England
YIPPEE...the geese are flying! Spinach planting time! I'm ready with 4 different types!
CC
CC
CapeCoddess- Posts : 6824
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Re: August 2012, New England
camprn wrote:Geese were flying yesterday.![]()
and that means......what exactly?
cpl100- Posts : 420
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Location : MA Zone 6a
Re: August 2012, New England
... winter wont be far behind the geese...cpl100 wrote:camprn wrote:Geese were flying yesterday.![]()
and that means......what exactly?
43 years a gardener and going strong with SFG.
https://squarefoot.forumotion.com/t3574-the-end-of-july-7-weeks-until-frost
There are certain pursuits which, if not wholly poetic and true, do at least suggest a nobler and finer relation to nature than we know. The keeping of bees, for instance. ~ Henry David Thoreau
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Re: August 2012, New England
Oh. That is not good news to my ears!
cpl100- Posts : 420
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Re: August 2012, New England
I saw one of these stink bug nymphs in my garden yesterday. A cool looking critter.
http://awaytogarden.com/garden-bugs-i-have-known-knowledge-is-power
http://awaytogarden.com/garden-bugs-i-have-known-knowledge-is-power
43 years a gardener and going strong with SFG.
https://squarefoot.forumotion.com/t3574-the-end-of-july-7-weeks-until-frost
There are certain pursuits which, if not wholly poetic and true, do at least suggest a nobler and finer relation to nature than we know. The keeping of bees, for instance. ~ Henry David Thoreau
https://squarefoot.forumotion.com/t1306-other-gardening-books
Re: August 2012, New England
camprn wrote:I saw one of these stink bug nymphs in my garden yesterday. A cool looking critter.
http://awaytogarden.com/garden-bugs-i-have-known-knowledge-is-power
Bet he didn't look to pretty after eating your plants, though!

cpl100- Posts : 420
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Location : MA Zone 6a
Re: August 2012, New England
Hey SFG friends, I have food growing!

How do I determine when to pick the beans (Red Burgandy)?
These two pictures show my SFG from two different sides.
Featuring Swiss Chard and beets:

Showing carrots and beans:

None of my first planting of red scallion germinated apparently. But the second planting did (in a different square). Very odd...maybe the heat? I guess I will try again. The pictures don't show the radishes that are growing. They are supposedly going to be ready in a week, but I don't see any shoulders, just leaves. They are fairly shaded by the overwhelming bean plants and the beets next to them so maybe they will be later?

How do I determine when to pick the beans (Red Burgandy)?
These two pictures show my SFG from two different sides.
Featuring Swiss Chard and beets:

Showing carrots and beans:

None of my first planting of red scallion germinated apparently. But the second planting did (in a different square). Very odd...maybe the heat? I guess I will try again. The pictures don't show the radishes that are growing. They are supposedly going to be ready in a week, but I don't see any shoulders, just leaves. They are fairly shaded by the overwhelming bean plants and the beets next to them so maybe they will be later?
cpl100- Posts : 420
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Location : MA Zone 6a
Re: August 2012, New England
Nice, cpl! Congratulation! Well done!
Everything, especially the chard, looks lushes. My chard hardly ever get that big coz we keep eating em. Hopefully we'll get sick of it soon so I can freeze some for winter.
I pick my beans at many different times (usually coz I'm eating them right off the vine while surveying the garden;) but before they start making big bumps. You'll know.
CC

Everything, especially the chard, looks lushes. My chard hardly ever get that big coz we keep eating em. Hopefully we'll get sick of it soon so I can freeze some for winter.
I pick my beans at many different times (usually coz I'm eating them right off the vine while surveying the garden;) but before they start making big bumps. You'll know.
CC
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Re: August 2012, New England
Naw, it's so late in the season, I let the wee bugger go on his way.cpl100 wrote:camprn wrote:I saw one of these stink bug nymphs in my garden yesterday. A cool looking critter.
http://awaytogarden.com/garden-bugs-i-have-known-knowledge-is-power
Bet he didn't look to pretty after eating your plants, though!![]()

43 years a gardener and going strong with SFG.
https://squarefoot.forumotion.com/t3574-the-end-of-july-7-weeks-until-frost
There are certain pursuits which, if not wholly poetic and true, do at least suggest a nobler and finer relation to nature than we know. The keeping of bees, for instance. ~ Henry David Thoreau
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Re: August 2012, New England
camprn, you have to start squishing your garden pests so they don't make their way over here. 
I have like all those pests on my plants. The striped potato beetle, the squash bugs, the japanese beetles... The hornworms seem to be gone now tho, and the slugs are still out but not as much.
Interestingly it seems that even tho my squash vines are all eaten up, they keep growing, so I guess maybe further along the vine they might root and keep growing, I'm not sure.
My tomatoes are really starting to turn red now, I get a couple biggies every day, the cucumbers and squash are starting to come in, the green beans remain strong, and the strawberries are taking over the place - have to prune those but hope to give the runners away.
Haven't gotten around to planting any fall crops. I would've loved to have planted spinach but oh well. But the broccoli that has been there all along is starting to produce, and there's some cabbage but I'm not sure what's going on with that, if it's going to make a head or if there's such thing as loose leaf cabbage, and then there's a cauliflower head that's growing too.
Sure doesn't seem like winter's coming this week....

I have like all those pests on my plants. The striped potato beetle, the squash bugs, the japanese beetles... The hornworms seem to be gone now tho, and the slugs are still out but not as much.
Interestingly it seems that even tho my squash vines are all eaten up, they keep growing, so I guess maybe further along the vine they might root and keep growing, I'm not sure.
My tomatoes are really starting to turn red now, I get a couple biggies every day, the cucumbers and squash are starting to come in, the green beans remain strong, and the strawberries are taking over the place - have to prune those but hope to give the runners away.
Haven't gotten around to planting any fall crops. I would've loved to have planted spinach but oh well. But the broccoli that has been there all along is starting to produce, and there's some cabbage but I'm not sure what's going on with that, if it's going to make a head or if there's such thing as loose leaf cabbage, and then there's a cauliflower head that's growing too.
Sure doesn't seem like winter's coming this week....
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Re: August 2012, New England
It's not too late for spinach here, though you may want to start them in the house.
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There are certain pursuits which, if not wholly poetic and true, do at least suggest a nobler and finer relation to nature than we know. The keeping of bees, for instance. ~ Henry David Thoreau
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Re: August 2012, New England
Thx camprn - maybe Agway has seeds? I may try starting them indoors.
Been working on building the compost ingredients - grounds from the local coffee place, bartering tomatoes for sheep manure, and even cutting up the brush pile...
Been working on building the compost ingredients - grounds from the local coffee place, bartering tomatoes for sheep manure, and even cutting up the brush pile...
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Re: August 2012, New England
CPL, Nice veggies! the chard looks ready to harvest! so yum! I pick my beans when they seeds start to obviously develop. You can harvest sooner if you prefer soft tender beans with out seeds. I love those purple ones, so pretty.
I have beans coming on and I will have to deal with them in a few days.
In other news...
Checking the suspected queenless hive... some of the girls festooning on a crosswired deep frame.
Isn't that just so cool?
I have beans coming on and I will have to deal with them in a few days.
In other news...
Checking the suspected queenless hive... some of the girls festooning on a crosswired deep frame.

Isn't that just so cool?
43 years a gardener and going strong with SFG.
https://squarefoot.forumotion.com/t3574-the-end-of-july-7-weeks-until-frost
There are certain pursuits which, if not wholly poetic and true, do at least suggest a nobler and finer relation to nature than we know. The keeping of bees, for instance. ~ Henry David Thoreau
https://squarefoot.forumotion.com/t1306-other-gardening-books
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