‘22 gardening

[Stone_Ice_1]

I will be doing some of my starters inside soon. I start Peppers in February in Montana because they take so damn long. I do variosu varieties of Peppers, tomatoes, watermelon and pumpkins inside. Everything else I do from seed outside. Going for a new Pumpkin record this year. Last year I had a 208 pound pumpkin.

 

[Gellar]

Anyone have bees as part of your gardening?

Fascinating creatures.

Besides all the bees stuff, my garden production is much better with bees around. Pollination rates and fruit are higher. I notice a difference between when I have and don’t have a hive buzzing around.

Of course, they’re always trying to die. My hive swarmed away while I was backing last August.

I have two hives that I keep at work. I say keep very loosely. In five years we've never been able to keep a hive over winter.

 

[Akcabin]

Big ak garden. Building new home so beautiful wife will have raised beds around the house. Automatic rain water system no watering.
Also raise meat rabbits. Mulching the manure. Straw sucks up urine. Composted n mulched, looks like fine topsoil. Great for pots of fresh herbs on deck.
Tomatoes n cukes, marigolds n praying mantis for pest control. Big pantry of canned goods.
Oh yeah, have to hunt tooooo. Moose, boos, salmon Halibut. Living the dream man

 

[JShane]

I’m clearing a spot for my winter garden. -14 this morning, but it’s light past 5:30!

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Would it help you to know I'm in board shorts and a t shirt as I type this

 

[Gellar]

Would it help you to know I'm in board shorts and a t shirt as I type this

No, that does not help. I've been to Florida once and it snowed.

I actually don't mind the cold. I would take -14 over 90 any day of the week.

 

[JShane]

If that's the case let me encourage you to return. Duck season would be a lot more enjoyable with that kind of weather.

 

[Gellar]

The resurgence of this thread has me craving fresh asparagus. We have a patch that we started 3 years ago but haven’t really harvested off of yet, but I have several wild patches I harvest from. Steak, fresh asparagus, and a big old baked potato on the traeger sound pretty dang good.

 

[Phaseolus]

Would it help you to know I'm in board shorts and a t shirt as I type this

I’ll think of you in July…

 

[JShane]

The resurgence of this thread has me craving fresh asparagus. We have a patch that we started 3 years ago but haven’t really harvested off of yet, but I have several wild patches I harvest from. Steak, fresh asparagus, and a big old baked potato on the traeger sound pretty dang good.

Pics or it didn't happen

 

[JShane]

I’ll think of you in July…

I'll be in Europe in July this year. But I get where you're going with that.

 

[Gellar]

Pics or it didn't happen

As I showed you earlier it’s -14 and we have a fresh layer of snow on the ground. I’d say we are a week or two out from fresh asparagus.

 

[Phaseolus]

Pics or it didn't happen

Man I love asparagus from my garden and hunting the wild asparagus too. A lifelong favorite, plus it makes your pee smell like springtime.

 

[Gellar]

Pics or it didn't happen

The boy wanted steak for his birthday party over the weekend so we had steak sandwiches. It wasnt -14 but it was snowing pretty hard. About the only thing from the garden was the onions. That’s the best I can do

 

[Nick87]

The resurgence of this thread has me craving fresh asparagus. We have a patch that we started 3 years ago but haven’t really harvested off of yet, but I have several wild patches I harvest from. Steak, fresh asparagus, and a big old baked potato on the traeger sound pretty dang good.

Supposedly the ditch on our road and the next section over is loaded with asparagus. Didn't get moved in until Sept. Last year so we will see this spring.

 

[Gellar]

Supposedly the ditch on our road and the next section over is loaded with asparagus. Didn't get moved in until Sept. Last year so we will see this spring.

Falls the best time to find wild asparagus. Mark the location and than comes the hard part, waiting until spring.

 

[Nick87]

Falls the best time to find wild asparagus. Mark the location and than comes the hard part, waiting until spring.

I did not know that. but now I do.

 

[Gellar]

I did not know that. but now I do.

I just slowly drive gravel roads, ditches are public in Iowa, and look for the tall heads of asparagus.

 

[Phaseolus]

Supposedly the ditch on our road and the next section over is loaded with asparagus. Didn't get moved in until Sept. Last year so we will see this spring.

You should be able to tell now, the fern bush are distinctive.

 

[Akcabin]

I just slowly drive gravel roads, ditches are public in Iowa, and look for the tall heads of asparagus.

Wild horseradish may be there

 

[Gellar]

Wild horseradish may be there

Our neighbor lady has since passed but she would make horseradish from the wild plants in the pastures and in return bring us a jar of it. If you ever needed to clear your sinuses you didn’t even have to open the jar. That was some potent stuff!