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Garden Haps WAS: chive talkin'
Derald wrote:
songbird wrote: Derald wrote: Most years, the late peas are approaching the end of productivity by mid-May but this year's weren't planted until mid-March—almost a month later than in most springs. two months seems like it should be enough time. Oh, it is; it's just that, when they're planted later, the risk of losing them to the sun or to something like powdery mildew just as they're hitting their stride increases a whole bunch and they don't have the sweetness one expects from fresh garden peas. Gonna find something with which to shade these and see whether that helps. Of course, I've probably tried doing so in years past but who remembers? Shading helps with the herbs so why not peas? as long as you aren't cutting down on air flow it seems like it should help some. i don't think the plants are daylight sensitive in terms of shutting down as i can plant peas any time here during the summer and they will grow. Have blossoms on the transplanted "volunteer" tomato of unknown lineage and noticed for the first time this morning a smattering of blossoms on the snap beans ("Contender"). are these the new beans (i can't remember ) that you are testing out? Yes; one of two new (to me) varieties. The other is "slenderette". They're three weeks behind the "contender" beans. Time and space permitting, will add some "provider" and some "tenderette" beans later, although, they may have to wait until fall. good luck! Spent some time yesterday evening transplanting okra into a singular bed from a community bed.... i wouldn't expect it to do much until it gets warmer anyways. Yes; I habitually plant them early in the vain hope of having okra by the time the first cowpeas come in. Boy, talk about repeating the same action in hopes of a different result.... Cowpeas cooked in combination with okra is/are a traditional "po' folks'" favorite in parts of the US South. hehehe... here the one time i planted it it grew quickly enough in rock hard poor soil that i'd hate to see what it does in fertile soil. seemed to be an aphid magnet plant. By the end of the season, most years, I harvest from a stepladder. Hadn't noticed any particular aphid affinity for okra. i'm only basing it upon a very small sample as the one time we did plant okra they had some black aphids all over the pods. nothing else in our yard had those aphids that season. we have tons of lady bugs all over so i'm not sure what happened with those particular plants. the cabbage worm butterflies have been out the past few days -- first butterflies of the season. Are those white with black stripes? yes, i'd call them a medium sized butterfly. the next butterfly that comes out is a small pale blue one which i'm not sure comes from what larva. some time when i'm more ambitious i'll look it up. Except for the coldest periods, we have butterflies and moths (grasshoppers, too) year 'round. I don't know enough about them to know whether they're full time residents or migrant stragglers. i don't think they migrate. we have several flights of them during the warmer weather. When the crawlies become pestiferous, I hit the host plants, except for parsley, with Bt. When the parsley is at risk, enough gets covered to supply the kitchen and the animals have the balance. I will admit to relocating "caterpillars" that I know (hell, or even suspect) to be those of "pretty" leps. Some sort of orange thing, along withs a zebra swallowtail, was fluttering around in the garden this morning. They came to the party for the Spanish needles flowering just outside the garden. we pick up crawlies a lot too and move them to safe areas. Have flowers on peas, beans, and mustard greens. Leaving the mustard greens "just because". Nothing is eating them save a handful of honeybees and a couple of familiar carpenter bees. Daytime temps are approaching 90 (89 yesterday) so the honeybees are showing more interest in water than in flower juice. finally have been seeing more of the larger bumblebees with the many thousand tulips and daffodils out along with the hyacynths and now the dandylions. not seeing too many honey bees. i'm not sure what you are calling a carpenter bee? here they would be what i am calling the large bumblebees as they can dig rather sizeable holes into wood if they find the right site. a few times i've had to caulk holes they've put in the sides/eves of the house. they aren't singular either as they do have rather large hives in the ground. looks like turnip flowers are yellow - so they get to stay. the diakon radish seedlings are rather cute (about three times the size of a turnip sprout). think i may be approaching the too late for planting on the pak choi but i'll put a few seeds in and see how they do now and hold some back for the fall/cooler weather and perhaps those plants will over-winter like the turnips. also hope to get some of the beans and more peas planted this week. never hurts to be an optimist on the beans as i have plenty of extra seeds to plant. like to have plenty to harvest all at once when i want to put some up. strawberries starting to bloom. that's two years in a row they've started to bloom around May 11. the wild strawberries started a few weeks ago. plenty to keep me busy if the weather cooperates. songbird |
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