Comments on: CSA & Garden Update 7/10

By: Square Foot Gardening-How to grow a garden | It's a Blog Party

Square Foot Gardening-How to grow a garden | It's a Blog Party — Sun, 18 Jul 2010 12:09:18 +0000

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By: Jami @ An Oregon Cottage

Jami @ An Oregon Cottage — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 17:34:45 +0000

I have herbs in pots, too, and it’s always a challenge to keep them growing well through the summer. My goal is to get them in a nice little herb garden, too. I found them much easier to grow at our other house when I had them in the ground. I think your idea of using your front yard is great- I think herbs are very pretty. Thanks for sharing at the Tuesday Garden Party!

By: The Local Cook

The Local Cook — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 13:52:47 +0000

yes, he is very big into brewing. I’ll have to post about it one of these days.

By: Ott, A

Ott, A — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 00:41:21 +0000

Herbs and okra are on my list to plant is next years garden. Everything looks to be coming along great. I’d be very interested to learn more about the hops. Is he going to be making beer with it?

By: Liz@Its A Blog Party

Liz@Its A Blog Party — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 23:03:59 +0000

Such a beautiful garden!
Thanks for linking up!
~Liz

By: Athena at Minerva's Garden

Athena at Minerva's Garden — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 17:24:44 +0000

What a lovely garden–I am jealous all of your tomatoes! We had a long cold spring where I live, and my tomato plants are pretty far behind in growth where they ought to be this time of year. The hops are really going to town for you! I’m glad you have a big trellis for them–they will need it.

Athena at Minerva’s Garden
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By: Athena at Minerva's Garden

Athena at Minerva's Garden — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 17:14:04 +0000

Peppers, as well as eggplant and melons, need it to be at least 60 degrees at night before the fruit will have the proper conditions to mature, and the peppers ripen to red. If your nighttime temps. are colder than 60 degrees, this could be the problem. You can put slender 1/2 inch PVC plastic pipes from the hardware store pushed into the ground over the plants to form hoops over them, and then cover them with clear plastic and hold it down with rocks in the corners. This will up the nighttime temp. maybe 3-4 degrees, and may help. You will need to open the plastic when it gets warm during the day, or you can overheat the plants and cook them!

Hope this helps!

By: debiclegg

debiclegg — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 16:04:52 +0000

Followed you here from TGP. Your garden looks great and the okra looks like it is about ready to harvest. For most varieties they are the best around 3-4 inches long.If they get too long, they get hard. I have lots of okra and tomatoes in my garden. YUM!!
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By: zentMRS

zentMRS — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 15:53:19 +0000

Your garden looks wonderful! Ours is entirely in containers, though it has been working pretty well for us. We also like to be able to supplement our CSA box… hopefully our tomatoes will start ripening soon!
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By: Meadowsweet Cottage

Meadowsweet Cottage — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 04:40:18 +0000

Your garden is doing great with all the blossoms and little okra pods and peppers. My tomatoes are in cages but they’ve still managed to escape while I’m not looking–guess they’re happy with all the heat so I’ll let them get away with it!
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