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Post by kharnynb on Oct 2, 2016 14:28:50 GMT
we've been growing beans, carrots and potatoes as well as salad and other small stuff for some years now, but had to share our newest "success". All this work, and we only got one pumpkin from the plant......    |
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Post by GTCGreg on Oct 2, 2016 15:06:17 GMT
WOW, That's a beauty.
What's you gonna do with it?
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Post by ponytail61 on Oct 2, 2016 19:30:00 GMT
Agree Wow. Is that scale in lbs or kilos? Maybe try something like this  |
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Post by the light works on Oct 2, 2016 21:13:06 GMT
I recommend shooting it out of a cannon.
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Post by mrfatso on Oct 2, 2016 23:38:43 GMT
It's a great looking pumpkin.
Mostly I grow soft fruits, blueberries, strawberries, Blackcurrants and blackberries, I love making a summer fruit pudding with the results.
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Post by the light works on Oct 2, 2016 23:55:31 GMT
It's a great looking pumpkin. Mostly I grow soft fruits, blueberries, strawberries, Blackcurrants and blackberries, I love making a summer fruit pudding with the results. we just dug our potatoes. and by "we" I mean "I" gonna add in beans and corn from my parents' garden and make chicken & dumplings for dinner. |
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Post by kharnynb on Oct 3, 2016 8:44:27 GMT
Scale is in kg.
It is going to be made into pickles. Beer and a lot frozen as pie and soup base.
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Post by silverdragon on Oct 3, 2016 10:04:03 GMT
How did you get it to grow in a handy wheelbarrow anyway?...
My record with plants is not good.
The only plants I get to get any success with are heavy ones... on the back of my truck?...
Last week, I was told "Go pick up two headers".
Two 40ft long combine harvest headers, thats a full load. [the long business end part of a combine harvester...]
They are usually towed behind the combine on trailers, but these were replacement ones.
Otherwise, I can grow a few flowers to make the house look nice in summer, but thats about it?..
I cant claim any responsibility for the fruit trees at the bottom of the garden, they sort of look after themselves.
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Post by GTCGreg on Oct 3, 2016 13:32:16 GMT
My wife has her veggie garden and a greenhouse. I do my best to avoid both.
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Post by kharnynb on Oct 3, 2016 14:14:17 GMT
my wife does most of the maintaining the vegetable patch and greenhouse, but i tend to be the one doing the turning and anything else that is messy or heavy.....
sadly, dragon, it only got into the barrow by manual labour..
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Post by the light works on Oct 3, 2016 15:17:57 GMT
I am the one doing most of the gardening work. sometimes Mrs TLW helps with the eating part.
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Post by ponytail61 on Oct 3, 2016 17:32:54 GMT
Scale is in kg. It is going to be made into pickles. Beer and a lot frozen as pie and soup base. Pumpkin pickles sounds interesting. I'll have to look up a recipe. There's only so much pumpkin pie you can make out of one before it gets old. A friend gave me some rhubarb this year and I pickled it. Wasn't bad at all. |
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Post by Lex Of Sydney Australia on Oct 3, 2016 22:38:26 GMT
It's spring here so I'm trying to restart the garden with the usual suspects - herbs, various lettuces, cucumbers, eggplants & tomato's. But the *CENSORED* slugs have been out & eaten most if not all of my tomato's!  They're heritage/rare varieties which makes it all the more annoying. I prefer to garden 'green' ie: no chemical fertilizers or pest repellents. I've tried every natural/green pest control I have ever heard (beer traps, egg shells, salt ect) of but they just aren't working. The problem is SO bad this year I'm afraid I'm going to have to cave in & buy some slug pellets.  |
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Post by the light works on Oct 3, 2016 22:51:04 GMT
It's spring here so I'm trying to restart the garden with the usual suspects - herbs, various lettuces, cucumbers, eggplants & tomato's. But the *CENSORED* slugs have been out & eaten most if not all of my tomato's! They're heritage/rare varieties which makes it all the more annoying. I prefer to garden 'green' ie: no chemical fertilizers or pest repellents. I've tried every natural/green pest control I have ever heard (beer traps, egg shells, salt ect) of but they just aren't working. The problem is SO bad this year I'm afraid I'm going to have to cave in & buy some slug pellets. bit outdated, but my parents used Deadline (product) they would put it in a container and the slugs would seek it out - then they could just throw the whole container away. |
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Post by Lex Of Sydney Australia on Oct 3, 2016 22:53:28 GMT
It's spring here so I'm trying to restart the garden with the usual suspects - herbs, various lettuces, cucumbers, eggplants & tomato's. But the *CENSORED* slugs have been out & eaten most if not all of my tomato's! They're heritage/rare varieties which makes it all the more annoying. I prefer to garden 'green' ie: no chemical fertilizers or pest repellents. I've tried every natural/green pest control I have ever heard (beer traps, egg shells, salt ect) of but they just aren't working. The problem is SO bad this year I'm afraid I'm going to have to cave in & buy some slug pellets. bit outdated, but my parents used Deadline (product) they would put it in a container and the slugs would seek it out - then they could just throw the whole container away. Thanks for that TLW but I don't think they sell Deadline here in Australia I've never heard of it. |
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Post by the light works on Oct 3, 2016 23:05:32 GMT
bit outdated, but my parents used Deadline (product) they would put it in a container and the slugs would seek it out - then they could just throw the whole container away. Thanks for that TLW but I don't think they sell Deadline here in Australia I've never heard of it. best I can tell, the active ingredient is metaldehyde. the state extension service recommends iron phosphate. extension.oregonstate.edu/gardening/node/995 |
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Post by Lex Of Sydney Australia on Oct 4, 2016 4:57:27 GMT
Thanks for that TLW but I don't think they sell Deadline here in Australia I've never heard of it. best I can tell, the active ingredient is metaldehyde. the state extension service recommends iron phosphate. extension.oregonstate.edu/gardening/node/995Thanks for the link TLW I have tomorrow off since I worked on Monday (Monday was a public holiday). So I'm gonna have a go at trying to save what's left of my garden. Wish me luck. |
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Post by the light works on Oct 4, 2016 5:11:56 GMT
Thanks for the link TLW I have tomorrow off since I worked on Monday (Monday was a public holiday). So I'm gonna have a go at trying to save what's left of my garden. Wish me luck. good luck. |
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Post by kharnynb on Oct 4, 2016 13:43:39 GMT
good luck, we're having similar issues, but using iron-phosphate seems to be the only thing that keeps them at bay(green pellets).
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Post by kharnynb on Oct 4, 2016 13:50:27 GMT
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They're heritage/rare varieties which makes it all the more annoying. I prefer to garden 'green' ie: no chemical fertilizers or pest repellents. I've tried every natural/green pest control I have ever heard (beer traps, egg shells, salt ect) of but they just aren't working. The problem is SO bad this year I'm afraid I'm going to have to cave in & buy some slug pellets. 