From the Veggie Garden Today

[cindi]

Cabbage rolls and Asparagus. Asparagus for dinner every day for next 4 weeks or so.

this is my 1st year growing cabbage. Do not like store bought. Love home grown. much like everything else.

Looks awesome

 

[cindi]

A look at today's harvest. We dug up one potato plant to see what was going on underground. Looks like they could use a little more time but they're doing good. Also harvested the last of our radishes for the year. Our broccoli plants are starting to put off a few florets on the stems so we cut a few of those off. None of those will make it far... probably just a quick cut, rinse, and eat on all those. A few more pickling cucumbers that just got sliced up and put into a bowl of buttermilk. That'll probably be my dinner tonight.

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How rewarding! Looks good

 

[cindi]

Harvested our first cabbage. Went ahead and took an onion too and gonna make some cabbage soup tonight. Also a few more squash that we'll fry up on Thursday with some ribs I plan on smoking.

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Are those knob onions? Soo good!

 

[Mike]

Another good haul today. We're about to have squash running out of our ears here. Quite a few more cucumbers too. Probably making pickles tomorrow or Tuesday. Can't wait for the okra to really get going. I'm about ready for some fresh fried okra or some gumbo with a heavy dose of it.

 

[Meadowlark]

People ask "how can I determine when my garden corn is ready to eat?"

The stock answer is when the tassels are dark brown and about to fall off. The real answer is when the squirrels determine it is ready...

 

[Mike]

Is corn fairly easy to crow? I'd like this to be something I put in next year.

 

[Meadowlark]

It is the single most rewarding veggie I grow in my garden...the taste rewards are simply spectacular.

Is it easy? I would say it is moderately easy, but not easy.

1) It requires some space for the wind pollination. Multiple rows facing each other. Four rows are better than three. Two is not enough, generally. The rows can be short but multiple. Square foot is sometimes recommended but I prefer rows. I'm experimenting this year with growing some in a container...facing each other. More on that later.

2) The corn ear worm can be a problem...almost always is a problem unless treated. I have my own methods but some preventive action is required.

3) One of the keys to success is achieving germination simultaneously or close to it. This is important because you want each stalk pollinating at as close to the same time as possible. There are several tricks you can use to achieve this...more on that later.

 

[YumYum]

Harvested my container of carrots by just picking it up and dumping them out. The container is 14" round by 15" deep. Some are long (7") and some are short (2"). Plenty enough carrots for me since I will replant them in a few weeks and harvest again in the Fall.

 

[Meadowlark]

The quality of my garden green beans typically goes down with the big increase in heat and humidity. I'm still harvesting some green but also have let many go on to maturity for shelling as mature beans. This will probably the last green beans until fall.

 

[Meadowlark]

Harvested my container of carrots by just picking it up and dumping them out. The container is 14" round by 15" deep. Some are long (7") and some are short (2").

I still have some growing in a HK container...strangely they seem to do very well in containers.

 

[Meadowlark]

Inspired by @YumYum , I checked my HK container of carrots and found some nice ones. I left a couple dozen in just to see what they will do. The remarkable thing about this is that's it is June 10 and I still have fresh carrots here...that is unprecedented.

 

[YumYum]

Inspired by @YumYum , I checked my HK container of carrots and found some nice ones. I left a couple dozen in just to see what they will do. The remarkable thing about this is that's it is June 10 and I still have fresh carrots here...that is unprecedented.

They look great. What variety of carrot is that? I grew Danvers this year. I like my carrots like I like my women, short and fat.

 

[Meadowlark]

Not sure... but seems like Danvers half long.

 

[Meadowlark]

Blue Lake pole Beans allowed to mature on vine and then shelled...

 

[Tetters]

I still have some growing in a HK container...strangely they seem to do very well in containers.

I believe (have been advised) that planting carrots higher reduces the problem of carrot fly which can be troublesome.

 

[Meadowlark]

I believe (have been advised) that planting carrots higher reduces the problem of carrot fly which can be troublesome.

We don't seem to have that pest here on Meadowlark ranch...but if we did, your suggestion would very likely be spot on.

" It has long been said that carrot fly can't fly higher than 60cm"
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[Meadowlark]

Corn and beans together are often considered the complete or perfect protein.

Complete proteins are those containing all nine essential amino acids. Corn and beans, individually, are incomplete protein sources. Corn is low in lysine but high in methionine, while beans are rich in lysine but low in methionine.

When consumed together, they complement each other’s amino acid profile, creating what some consider the complete protein. When both come from the home garden and consumed together, that is what I call perfect protein.

 

[Meadowlark]

Corn, Okra, Tomatoes today...

 

[Meadowlark]

Methinks it is about pea picking time...pink eye purple hull peas that is.

 

[Mike]

Here's a look at today's harvest. Just a few squash. They're starting to slow down now cause of the heat, I guess, but I'm betting on us getting at least another few bags I to the freezer before they're completely done.

Also, a lot of cucumbers. We'll be making pickles again Monday. We're getting around 10, or so, a day right now and a few plants we put in late haven't even started producing yet.

Also dug up a potato plant so we could have some mashed potatoes with our steaks tomorrow for father's day.