On a lighter note...

10 years ago

I think we're in for a cold winter here in N. Florida. Last year, the Chiquapin (deciduous) oak didn't drop its leaves until December. This year, it's already started dropping leaves. In fact, I had all the elm tree leaves raked and stacked last year before the oak leaves fell. It may have something to do with the dry summer too, though. Our summer pond didn't even fill up to the top once this year. We have no baby ducks at all, and very few over at the complex next door where they have a permanent pond.

I have a feeling I won't get to harvest those bananas, but the sweet potatoes may give me a nice harvest.

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sultry_jasmine_nights (Florida-9a-ish)

10 years ago

Wow Ive never been able to grow sweet potatoes. Something always eats them. Yours look great!

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sultry_jasmine_nights (Florida-9a-ish)
10 years ago
I have 5 bunches of bananas hanging now. Im guessing they will be blown to heck by the weekend. Darn, they were doing so well this year. I wonder if I will have any plants at all! I am so busy preparing everything else and we dont have room for a bunch of plants inside. I am just gonna lay all my tall pots down on the ground on thier sides. Ive found potted trees do better that way. The wind just goes over them for the most part.
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10 years ago
Sultry, I always just laid mine down and tried to put them as close to the house as I could. Yeah, I'm thinking I may lose my bananas too. I'm not going to worry about it. They were fun while they lasted. I should take before and after pics.
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sultry_jasmine_nights (Florida-9a-ish)
10 years ago
Ok i will too lol. Then we can post them lol
sultry_jasmine_nights (Florida-9a-ish)
10 years ago
3 Purty tall nanner bunches BEFORE H. Mathew in Jax, FL lol

These are my 2 dwarf nanner bunches
sultry_jasmine_nights (Florida-9a-ish)
10 years ago
Apparently the fire ants think its gonna storm or flood because they are building really tall anthills out there right now. They were not there this morning :/
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10 years ago
Sultry, they do that every fall. They dig down to warmer ground for the winter. In SC, the cow pastures used to have these HUMONGOUS ant mounds come up every year. in the fall.
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10 years ago
Wow. Those are some enormous bananas! I kind of think my stalk is dying, because the bottom where it has stopped having nanners is brown, not green.
whgille
10 years ago
Sultry, nice bananas! I hope that they don't get damaged and you get to enjoy them.

D, hope your bananas make it too. I am not worried about the garden but thanks for wishing me luck. It is necessary in times like these to evaluate what is important in our lives and we come first, the garden can be rebuilt....

Sweet potatoes are a good crop to have, I went to look if mine were ready, and to my surprise they were huge and multi color! They are all oriental varieties. White outside and purple inside, purple outside and yellow inside, purple outside and purple inside....

And I picked a lot of greens today, cucumbers too. Have banana bread in the freezer....

Stay safe!

Silvia
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10 years ago
Nice sweet potatoes, Silvia! Yes, gardens can be rebuilt. I started with nothing here, and now have more than I know what to do with thanks to the generosity of my friends. I'm hoping my sweet potatoes do half as well. Some, I'm leaving in the ground to become ground cover next year, because they honestly did not grow much after I put them out this summer, so I doubt there are any potatoes on them. If I don't get any potatoes, oh well. I'll just try again next year. I do love the vines. They make a lovely ground cover for the garden.

I'm sure we'll all be fine. I have to bring all the potential missiles in tomorrow, then I'll be done until the storm hits. We had a nice, breezy, cloudy day today with a light shower. Unfortunately, tomorrow and Friday will probably be a lot different.

I'm eating all my ice cream tomorrow so it doesn't melt if we lose power. :)