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Garden Tales >>> December 2024

5 months ago
last modified: 5 months ago

What, it's Dec? Well, I was looking forward to cooler weather and we sure got it, with 3 weeks to go before winter is official and it feels like Jan. Nothing really new to report, almost done with leaf raking and VgQn is in the process of turning the last of the soft persimmons into jam. About 30 pears left and they are fading fast too. 6 cabbages and 40 turnips are in the fridge with carrots & collards still going strong in the garden. What was Porky Pig's favorite line........

Comments (21)

  • 5 months ago

    We had the parade, had the turkey... and now have the snow, lol. I was gonna pick that last little round of greens from under the caps but know I don't need to bother after a couple days of cold and snow. Can't really complain, autumn was lovely and it's December now. First batch of microgreens will be ready to harvest in a few days :)

  • 5 months ago

    We're getting some much needed rain this morning, have topped 1 inch now with more to come thru the day. After a very dry autumn it's good to see. Last winter was the wettest on record here but it doesn't look like a repeat of that this winter. Carrots & collards are still doing ok. Now it's time to take seed inventory.

  • 5 months ago

    ^^^ Updating to a little over 2 inches of rain now, it's just about over...

  • 5 months ago

    Got down to 37 here last night-still hasn’t frozen the tomatoes

  • 5 months ago

    Seeds and Such has another deal going-Free shipping-25% off all seeds-and 4 free seed packets-basically all seeds are $3 a pack and you get them with free shipping and 4 free packs of seeds

  • 5 months ago

    It's just cold. I don't even want to think about outside, lol.

  • 5 months ago

    A friend gave me a few ginger plants that I put in the garden. With the cooler weather, the stalks turned brown and some fell off. I guess this is normal as I have never grown ginger before. Would love to have some ginger next year! Waiting to see how it goes. 🤔

  • 5 months ago

    Thanks Richard, I bought more seeds from Seeds'n Such that I probably didn't need but it was such a good deal.

    Not much going on here in the garden, it was cold not quite freezing, then we had daytime temps in the 50's.

    However, my Aspabroc just won't quit, this today from my seven plants.


  • 4 months ago

    Brrrrr it's cold outside, temp dipped into the upper teens over the last 2 nights with last shot at 20F tonite. Picked as much collards as I could before it hit and cooked/saved much for the freezer. The carrot tops are wiltish looking but the roots are good. Both crops may be ok as temps increase more moderately well into the New Years. The young spinach seedlings are at first true leaf stage and they brushed off those cold teens a-ok. Starting pruning the pears trees over the weekend, hope to prune up all of the fruit trees by early Feb. Time to take seed inventory.

  • 4 months ago

    I have been trying to post pictures for a week-not sure what is wrong

  • 4 months ago

    I give up my phone is useless

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  • 4 months ago

    i give up

  • 4 months ago
    last modified: 4 months ago

    RD, over on the kitchen table/garden forum ( https://www.gardenweb.com/discussions/6477228/still-not-fixed-houzz#n=12 ) there are several other posters having posting problems too. So far I've been ok, but I use a desk top pc and others with problems seem to use tablets/iphones.

  • 4 months ago

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  • 4 months ago
    last modified: 4 months ago

    Vgkg, I tried to post from my PC earlier, but I had to convert them to Jpegs-so they were all blurry. Hopefully these will be better quality.



    I have picked all the squash, so the tomatoes are all i have left (maybe a little asparagus and a few sweet potatoes)



    Might have double posted one plant 3-4 days apart

  • 4 months ago

    Oh VgKg, I finally got Houzz to accept Google sign in-it would not accept my email address for anything

  • 4 months ago

    ^^^ Good, glad it seems to work RD/RT

    Happy Holidaze Everyone!

  • 4 months ago

    MERRY CHRISTMAS to All