Gardening Thread 2021

[R2elk]

Today is shoveling hay and bunny marbles. Been killing jap beetle grubs like crazy. Old man broke a sweat, it was 80 earlier breeze picked up thankfully.
Still got some peppers and Lima beans.
Does 10 $ sound right for a soil sample, took one in finally this morning.

It got up to 52°F here when I was out pulling the beets from under the snow.

 

[Alaskan]

Today is shoveling hay and bunny marbles. Been killing jap beetle grubs like crazy. Old man broke a sweat, it was 80 earlier breeze picked up thankfully.
Still got some peppers and Lima beans.
Does 10 $ sound right for a soil sample, took one in finally this morning.

Sounds low cost to me.

 

[Baymule]

I've turned the sheep in the garden. They can eat the grass and weeds. Today I bent over some the ragweed so they could eat the tops. I'm going to take my tomato trellis down and keep the garden turned with the tractor and disc. I'm putting the farm up for sale in the spring.

 

[Mini Horses]

We're those huge beets regular types or mangels? Huge!

 

[Alaskan]

I've turned the sheep in the garden. They can eat the grass and weeds. Today I bent over some the ragweed so they could eat the tops. I'm going to take my tomato trellis down and keep the garden turned with the tractor and disc. I'm putting the farm up for sale in the spring.

Happy for those sheep!

They will be in heaven! Which reminds me....

 

[R2elk]

We're those huge beets regular types or mangels? Huge!

Perfected Detroit Beet seeds

They were allowed to grow all season instead of being picked at a normal size. I canned 16 quarts of pickled beets last night and still have about 4 gallons of beets left.

 

[Baymule]

I love pickled spiced beets! I had a bumper crop in 2020 and still have some left.

 

[Finnie]

I pulled beets today. Got two 5 gallon buckets plus one from a 12' row.

Man, R2Elk! You just like to grow everything huge, don’t you!

 

[Alaskan]

Man, R2Elk! You just like to grow everything huge, don’t you!

Clearly yes!!

 

[Mini Horses]

@R2elk these beautiful, overgrow beets...still nice all the way thru? Not wanting that size but, love I could get some oversized that stay firm...not woody, etc.