2026 Garden

Dave N · Thursday at 10:35 PM

Got a good bunch of packages of green beans in the freezer so far. Sweet corn is ready and I've had some for dinner and gave my daughter some today. Looks like I'll be processing corn this weekend and add that to the freezer supply.

Dave N · 2026-07-27T15:17:38-0600

@Nick87 Get any of the storms today?

Nick87 · 2026-07-27T15:21:43-0600

Dave N said:
@Nick87 Get any of the storms today?

We did at work not so much at home. Hailed so hard it chipped the windshield on my machine.

Dave N · 2026-07-27T15:35:32-0600

Nick87 said:
We did at work not so much at home. Hailed so hard it chipped the windshield on my machine.

Not a drop here.

Nick87 · 2026-07-27T15:38:33-0600

Dave N said:
Not a drop here.

Almost home. Looks to be the same. We could really use some.

np307 · 2026-07-28T06:39:08-0600

7 inches of rain over the weekend brought a good chunk of the state back to decent water levels. I've taken on a new career path so the garden has been a little neglected this past few weeks. Still getting plenty of tomatoes and peppers. Second planting of squash already attacked by vine borers. The biggest of the plants may put off a few squash before it gives up. Next year I'm planting tromboncino squash which is supposed to be SVB resistant. Any normal squash I plant is going to get a side-by-side test of Sevin dust and maybe frequent BT applications. I used to dust liberally with Sevin but stopped out of pollinator concerns but I never had this problem before I switched my pesticide regimen. Im hopeful liberal BT applications will work because its bee-friendly.

BigHornRam · 2026-07-28T10:19:54-0600

Lettuce, bok choy, and snow peas have come and gone. Parsnips, carrots, cucumbers, pinto beans, tomatoes, chard, peppers, and sweet corn doing good. Zucchini is out of control. I may have to dig some plants up, when the wife is not looking, and blame it on the deer!

Pucky Freak · 2026-07-28T16:33:35-0600

Bugs ate my potato leaves and killed most of the plants, ants and grubs did More damage under the ground. Will do another potato harvest next week and with any luck I’ll still have 2 survivor plants for another time.

First cucumbers picked today. Small tomatoes have been trickling in for about 10 days. Pulled a half dozen small carrots yesterday. Just one pepper so far. My 2-yr-old did his first harvesting.

Sweet potato plant has grown quickly, okra should produce a large harvest when mature. Sunflowers and squash look great.

Black walnut sapling fooled me for a potato plant. My daughter wanted to keep it, so we moved it to a pot.

Keep on · 2026-07-28T17:43:15-0600

Just came home from a 10 day, 2100 mile road trip through the South. Garden is in better shape than I expected, some squash will definitely need pulled.
Pulled some tomatoes from the vines for BLT's for dinner. The flowers are doing well, had a good bit of rain while we were gone.
Jr kept up with the blackberries, we have 3 gallons in the freezer and probably another 3 still on the bushes. Big batch of jam this year.