2024 garden season

[ElevatorGuy]

2 Stella cherries, 2 lapins cherries and 2 Elberta peach trees planted. Fall garden boxes are doing well too.

 

[djg james]

2 Stella cherries, 2 lapins cherries and 2 Elberta peach trees planted. Fall garden boxes are doing well too. View attachment 1205971

Do you have deer in your area? If so, wrap each tree in a 6-7' high fence of some kind. I've had mine nearly destroyed by rubs during the rut and tops eaten out in the winter when they are looking for food.

 

[ElevatorGuy]

Do you have deer in your area? If so, wrap each tree in a 6-7' high fence of some kind. I've had mine nearly destroyed by rubs during the rut and tops eaten out in the winter when they are looking for food.

I do and noted. 12 gauge will work nicely too.

 

[sonny580]

had to dig the sweet potatoes,--damn mice are trashing them! -- dont normally dig them for over a month yet!
Been also makin some green pepper relish. The late planted donated plants really took off and are loaded with these guys.

 

[djg james]

I do and noted. 12 gauge will work nicely too.

I planted two peach trees last year and in the middle of the night, had the deer destroy the center sprout of one of the trees. I was going to prune around this center to get the lowest branch point high off the ground, but that's out now.

I have a 12 ga also, but I don't hunt deer. I DO love deer meat though. The problem in my area, if I were to shoot one, nice does in my area, they would go off and die in a neighbors yard. Don't want to traumatize any of the kids. "Mommy, he shot Bambi".

 

[muddstopper]

I planted two peach trees last year and in the middle of the night, had the deer destroy the center sprout of one of the trees. I was going to prune around this center to get the lowest branch point high off the ground, but that's out now.

I have a 12 ga also, but I don't hunt deer. I DO love deer meat though. The problem in my area, if I were to shoot one, nice does in my area, they would go off and die in a neighbors yard. Don't want to traumatize any of the kids. "Mommy, he shot Bambi".

You just havent lost enough garden yet. I have given up trying to convince deer to stay out of the garden. but lead never fails me. If the neighbors want to bait them up, I feel its my duty to finish the havest.

 

[Del_]

Dr. Martin pole lima beans. We picked about a shelled out gallon and half this evening. I've been saving seed from this heirloom cultivar since 1982. Dr Martin remains green even when large and taste like baby green limas... but even better.

I'll be selling a few dried and ready for planting seeds this year on FaceBook Marketplace @ 25 cents apiece. I've offered them through the Seed Savers Exchange off and on over the years and have sent them out hundreds of times.

The bamboo trellis is ten feet tall. Those are quarters for scale in the photo of the shelled lima beans.

 

[sonny580]

been makin some sweet pepper relish. so far have 16 pints. might go another batch.
finally got the sweet taters dug. kinda depressing that there were no 15 pounders this year like last year but can win all the time. biggest ones this year were only 6 pounds. most were the size that the commercial growers want,--- MINIES!!