Search
Latest topics
» Happy Birthday!!by AtlantaMarie Today at 7:11 am
» How best to keep a fallow SFG bed
by KiwiSFGnewbie Yesterday at 9:14 pm
» Thai Basil
by markqz Yesterday at 1:40 pm
» Preserving A Bumper Tomato Harvest with Freezing vs Canning
by plantoid Yesterday at 11:36 am
» New SFG gardener in Auckland
by sanderson Yesterday at 12:14 am
» Mark's first SFG
by sanderson Wed Nov 06, 2024 11:51 pm
» Need Garden Layout Feedback
by sanderson Tue Nov 05, 2024 2:33 pm
» What Have You Picked From Your Garden Today
by OhioGardener Tue Nov 05, 2024 2:29 pm
» Greetings from Southeastern Wisconsin
by sanderson Tue Nov 05, 2024 2:01 pm
» N & C Midwest: Nov. Dec. 2024
by Scorpio Rising Sun Nov 03, 2024 3:51 pm
» Spinning Compost Bin-need some ideas
by rtfm Sat Nov 02, 2024 7:49 pm
» Kiwi's SFG Adventure
by KiwiSFGnewbie Thu Oct 31, 2024 9:55 pm
» Growing fruit trees in Auckland
by OhioGardener Thu Oct 31, 2024 4:23 pm
» Vermiculite -- shipping sale through 10/31/2024
by markqz Wed Oct 30, 2024 2:27 pm
» N & C Midwest: October 2024
by Scorpio Rising Wed Oct 30, 2024 10:38 am
» What are you eating from your garden today?
by Scorpio Rising Sun Oct 27, 2024 10:27 pm
» Old Mulch and Closing Beds for Winter
by sanderson Sat Oct 26, 2024 11:00 pm
» Ohio Gardener's Greenhouse
by OhioGardener Fri Oct 25, 2024 7:17 pm
» Hello from Land of Umpqua, Oregon Zone 8b
by sanderson Fri Oct 25, 2024 3:14 pm
» Hello everyone!
by SFGHQSTAFF Thu Oct 24, 2024 3:22 pm
» Senior Gardeners
by sanderson Wed Oct 23, 2024 6:09 pm
» Hello from South Florida
by markqz Wed Oct 23, 2024 10:30 am
» Confirm what this is
by sanderson Fri Oct 11, 2024 2:51 pm
» Harlequin Beetles?
by sanderson Mon Oct 07, 2024 3:08 pm
» N & C Midwest: September 2024
by OhioGardener Mon Sep 30, 2024 4:13 pm
» The SFG Journey-Biowash
by OhioGardener Sun Sep 29, 2024 8:33 am
» Fall is For Garlic Planting
by Scorpio Rising Sat Sep 28, 2024 12:19 am
» source for chemical-free lanscape fabric
by Woodsong Thu Sep 19, 2024 10:51 am
» Hurricane
by sanderson Sat Sep 14, 2024 5:42 pm
» Pest Damage
by WBIowa Sun Sep 08, 2024 2:48 pm
Google
June Update on My Eight SFG Plus...Plus...
+4
The Cynergist
Furbalsmom
Ha-v-v
Stacie
8 posters
Page 1 of 1
June Update on My Eight SFG Plus...Plus...
[youtube][/youtube]
This is an update from about a week ago. We are finally getting quite a bit of rain so I expect things to really take off.
This is an update from about a week ago. We are finally getting quite a bit of rain so I expect things to really take off.
Stacie- Posts : 16
Join date : 2011-04-05
Location : Franklin, TN
Re: June Update on My Eight SFG Plus...Plus...
Everything looks so good !! You have done really well making every spot count in your garden and yard, I love it I am doing potatoes like you as well. They were fine and bushy until I started adding straw and boxes on top of boxes. I have not watered them at all, leaving that to natural rain now. I cant see the soil so I never knew if it was dry or wet. I am going to just wait it out for the potatoes and learn from my "large" experiment. I like your videos
Ha-v-v
Ha-v-v
Ha-v-v- Posts : 1119
Join date : 2010-03-12
Age : 64
Location : Southwest Ms. Zone 8A (I like to think I get a little bit of Zone 9 too )
Re: June Update on My Eight SFG Plus...Plus...
Stacie what a great video and your garden is doing so well. I have to admit, it was kind of funny though, here's a squash, and there's another squash, this is another squash,well, here's another squash. I lost track of counting, but I guess your family loves squash just as much as mine does.
You mentioned you were not sure about your sugar snap peas and snow peas. You can eat the pod of both and all the seeds.
Snow peas are flat and you can see the seeds inside the pod. They are so good for stir fries. Don't let the seeds fatten up or they get a bit mealy.
Sugar snap peas are very rounded and my family loves to eat them straight off the vine or just blanched for 1 minute, then cool them in ice water. They are great just like that or with a ranch or asian style dip. We often take the sugar snap peas, cook them in boiling water for no more than two minutes and serve them as a side dish with butter and salt.
My sugar snap peas are blooming like crazy and the first peas are forming. I can hardly wait.
Keep us posted on your progress.
You mentioned you were not sure about your sugar snap peas and snow peas. You can eat the pod of both and all the seeds.
Snow peas are flat and you can see the seeds inside the pod. They are so good for stir fries. Don't let the seeds fatten up or they get a bit mealy.
Sugar snap peas are very rounded and my family loves to eat them straight off the vine or just blanched for 1 minute, then cool them in ice water. They are great just like that or with a ranch or asian style dip. We often take the sugar snap peas, cook them in boiling water for no more than two minutes and serve them as a side dish with butter and salt.
My sugar snap peas are blooming like crazy and the first peas are forming. I can hardly wait.
Keep us posted on your progress.
Furbalsmom- Posts : 3138
Join date : 2010-06-10
Age : 77
Location : Coastal Oregon, Zone 9a, Heat Zone 2 :(
Re: June Update on My Eight SFG Plus...Plus...
Holy Hannah Stacie. I can't get over how much you have and how fast you seem to get to harvest stuff. I think you're garden qualifies as a farm.
My carrots have been in the ground more than a month and they're just starting to make a showing. I am soooo jealous it's not even funny.
About the pineapple sage, I had that last year and I found it made a nice tea with honey and lemon.
Something we have in common: Our next door neighbours lost a beautiful willow tree this year. I have to say I did quite a bit of complaining about that tree and it's ever spreading roots. It was sad to see it go though. But my garden will get a lot more sun now.
I love that you do garden videos; so do I. Do you have a youtube channel? I'd love to connect to you.
My carrots have been in the ground more than a month and they're just starting to make a showing. I am soooo jealous it's not even funny.
About the pineapple sage, I had that last year and I found it made a nice tea with honey and lemon.
Something we have in common: Our next door neighbours lost a beautiful willow tree this year. I have to say I did quite a bit of complaining about that tree and it's ever spreading roots. It was sad to see it go though. But my garden will get a lot more sun now.
I love that you do garden videos; so do I. Do you have a youtube channel? I'd love to connect to you.
Re: June Update on My Eight SFG Plus...Plus...
Thanks. Yes there has been a lot of squash because we love it. The container squash aren't doing so well anymore and I've "pruned" the squash plants in two of my SFG. I need to do a video just on the squash. I would be so sad if my plants stopped producing so much. I have also harvested all but one square of carrots, and replaced all of my sugar snap peas with Kentucky pole beans. I do have a You Tube Channel. Our Freedom Garden is the name of the channel. I would love to watch some videos of yours. I've learned as much from You Tube videos as I have from all of the books I've bought. This is my first year to do this whole gardening thing so there has been much to learn.
Here is a photo I took yesterday agter a good rain of some green bell peppers and a squash.
Here is one of some banana peppers.
Blessings,
Stacie
Here is a photo I took yesterday agter a good rain of some green bell peppers and a squash.
Here is one of some banana peppers.
Blessings,
Stacie
Stacie- Posts : 16
Join date : 2011-04-05
Location : Franklin, TN
Re: June Update on My Eight SFG Plus...Plus...
Stacie,
Love your garden! Great video too. Did you plant all of the same kind of squash or did you do different types? Did you have one kind that produced more than the others?
Thanks!
Margarita
Love your garden! Great video too. Did you plant all of the same kind of squash or did you do different types? Did you have one kind that produced more than the others?
Thanks!
Margarita
petals1973- Posts : 96
Join date : 2011-04-08
Age : 51
Location : Arlington TX
Re: June Update on My Eight SFG Plus...Plus...
wow what a great video!!
your garden is so lush and pretty!!
thanks for sharing with us!
hugs
rose
your garden is so lush and pretty!!
thanks for sharing with us!
hugs
rose
FamilyGardening- Posts : 2422
Join date : 2011-05-10
Location : Western WA
Re: June Update on My Eight SFG Plus...Plus...
This is my first year to do this whole gardening thing so there has been much to learn.
OMG, I forgot this was your FIRST year! You have gone into gardeining in such a huge way. And look at all your successes. I am even more amazed.
Furbalsmom- Posts : 3138
Join date : 2010-06-10
Age : 77
Location : Coastal Oregon, Zone 9a, Heat Zone 2 :(
Re: June Update on My Eight SFG Plus...Plus...
Awesome garden...((LOVE IT)).
AprilakaCCIL- Posts : 219
Join date : 2011-06-30
Age : 50
Location : Zone 7b
Re: June Update on My Eight SFG Plus...Plus...
Stacie you've learned good and quick. Almost wish I hadn't watched your vid as you have much better weather for growing peppers and tomatoes than I can ever hope for but I enjoyed it really. This is always the thing with gardens peppers like to sunbathe but that sort of weather makes potatoes look all hot and bothered. I'll send some of our spare British rain over to you.
Barkie- Posts : 305
Join date : 2011-03-25
Location : Wales, Uk. Last frost May
Similar topics
» First Time SFG Box
» Construction Block and Cattle Panel SFG
» SFG Update for June
» My transformed row garden to a beautiful SFG
» JUNE UPDATE pt.2
» Construction Block and Cattle Panel SFG
» SFG Update for June
» My transformed row garden to a beautiful SFG
» JUNE UPDATE pt.2
Page 1 of 1
Permissions in this forum:
You cannot reply to topics in this forum