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Ours is pretty good this year. We've had more rain than usual.
My flowers look better than they have in years. |
Originally Posted by BabyCakes
My tomatoes do not like the cool nites.Spinach/lettuce doing very well.Cool weather crops doing fine.
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Andii, she is using container gardening, very similar to raised bed gardening. the red trays are made for tomatoes. the red helps the tomatoes turn the energy from the sun into an easier-to-use format for the tomatoes. I know that's a shoddy explanation, but it works. I tend to use red plastic around my tomatoes. the trays also tend to reduce bugs. the benefit of this kind of gardening is that you don't need to dig into rocky soil, the soil is better because you make it, and harvest of rooted veggies is much simpler. Check out the gardengirltv.com or squarefootgardening.com for more info.
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We are not quite that hot but we have had a late spring after 104 inches of snow this winter. Then we had a lot of rain and now this past week it has finally gotten warm. Everything is growing but slowly.
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Everything here is wilting too. :( We try to water, water, water and that seems to help some. Left town for the weekend and paid someone to come over and water - can't miss a day. Sometimes I even water TWICE in one day. Can't wait to see what DH says when he sees the water bill.
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Even with watering things still burn up. Tomatoes loose most of their blooms from the heat. Dug everything else up and will wait for fall to see if conditions are better.
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Originally Posted by jaciqltznok
I tell you..if we had to actually LIVE off what we grow, we would be starving this year...
first came the late winter(in March/April) and now it is the August heat in May/June...we have been over 100 for most of 3 weeks now..and NOTHING is growing.. I have pepper plants that should be 3' tall and loaded with peppers that are only 6" tall and barren..... the tomatoes make blooms, that wither and die two days later...NO zuchini, either...I am heart broken..it is a lot of painful work for me to put in the garden each year and when this happens it is twice the pain.... wondering how others are fairing this year with all of the really wacky weather across the country.... willing to trade fabric for a bushel of picking cukes...sigh.... |
I have one tomato plant that has two flowers on it and I have lots of flowers planted, mostly dahlias, morning glories and moon-flowers.
Everything is doing great this year. We had a ton of snow this past winter and a fairly warm wet spring, but the plants are growing at the normal speed. |
My weeds are having a prolific year! Plenty of sun and water for them to grow....and grow....and grow! :mrgreen: :mrgreen:
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Everything is growing great. We couldn't plant till the last week of May due to a rain all month. Everything is thriving now. There is nothing better than fresh veggies! :)
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