got some scant offerings of asparagus this year, but we are a year short before we can harvest anything. and by the looks of it, when we do, it'll be about a dozen spears spread out over a month.
the tomatoes we got from a big-box store, and apparently they all suffer from some blight. the three tomatoes we have are on a plant that is almost dead. the other plant has a blight crawling up from the bottom, attacking what looks like would have been a gangbuster crop.
today, i took the first green bean off the bushes (actually, five stunted plants, not bushy at all), and my son loved it. best green bean ever.
no peppers yet, one plant died. beets, which were prizewinners raised from seed, now have withering brown leaves. thanks.
carrots appear ok, but you know how that goes. giant leaves, but when you yank them out they look like a toddler's pinky. haven't 'harvested' them yet.
so. one green bean.
started the seeds in march. five months, one frikkin green bean.
i said to my wife that if we were livin on a farm right now, ca. 1930, and without a slew of grocery stores in a one mile radius, we'd be dead already.
w/t/f? how did they manage this back then? hahaha any of you wondering why i'm learning to cure and dry meats ans stuff, well, the interest comes from that. my family may need to survive off duck prosciutto and kielbasa for easily nine months out of the year.
i have watered, spray for fungus, and killed enough slugs that i'm sure i'm going to hell despite my otherwise perfectly holy lifestyle. just no green thumbs.
darwin here we come...
ed egli avea del cul fatto trombetta -Dante
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It sounds to me like you have a soil problem that has either become contaminated or is "tired". Don't know if you have the services there in the big city, but we have places that will analyze soil samples for a reasonable price. OTOH do you have any large trees in the vicinity - especially any walnut trees whereby their roots have traveled to this source of frequent watering? Walnut tree roots in particular poison veggies! It happens!
soil is very tired. have been composting the past few years and trying to get it back in action.
thanks
stike, a few months ago I was at a little get together and there was a guy telling everyone that he had enough food stored away for three years. I have guns and if anything goes awry I know where my food supply is coming from! He has three kids so you and Darlene and the boys can chow down with us when the time comes. :evil:
hahaha
we have a nice south facing slope in vermont. might be up there in a few years if the atomic bombs start flying.
hahaha
everything is looking like hell. bad year. maybe the start of the famine or ice age
I have 2 tomatoes in an Earth Box. The Goliath has produced 20 or so toms, but with this heat, they seem to be ripening before they get more than 3 inches in diameter. The Sweet Million cherry tomato plant has overloaded us with fruit - I picked over 50 just yesterday. just goes to show how good the Earth Boxes are - especially during a drought!
Should have known.Dad's "ladyfriend" insisted these were the BEST tomatoes on earth.FREAK!
Moutain Fresh
He has grow Delicious, but don't remember "Mountain Fresh". Might be a new one for him to try next year.
He has hot-weather varieties he just transplanted. He has them shaded now and will have tomatoes until probably October. He told me he picked 400 or so tomatoes last week!
We too would have scurvy by now :laugh:
hahah
fundamental problem is light. can't do anythiing about that.
was hoping less for a thriving garden, though, than something that would show the kids that there is a chance to grow something yourself, how to take care of something, and that veggies come from the ground
i don't need thirty prize peppers. but one would be nice.
ah well. just facing the reality. funny thing is i have tried to grow hollyhock for years, which need sun, and in the spot i finally have them, they are doing great. the veggies near by are sad...
We always have a slug problem but this year was the worst I have seen. They love Beans.
Try one of those Earth boxes, I have on with wheels, you could give your kid's a little job by having them move it around to a sunny spot every day. It would be a fun project for them to help you build you're own.
i'm the slug hunter. that's become my new sport!
all good points
I cut there heads of with a knife, really disgusting.
We don't even bother with bush beans anymore cus of them.
They love Marigolds even more than beans.