Comments for Growing In My Garden

Comment on My Garden Just Keeps Giving! by karen

karen — Sun, 08 Jan 2012 18:54:48 +0000

Laura: I was amazed at how many watermelons and cantelopes grew from what I planted.

I got one. The crows got all the rest.

Scarecrow, anyone?

Comment on My Garden Just Keeps Giving! by Laura Rittenhouse

Laura Rittenhouse — Sun, 08 Jan 2012 17:58:10 +0000

Soup and a watermelon smoothie? Once when Frank and I spent a few days in Thailand I discovered blended watermelon juice and I had it every day. I think the recipe is something like “put watermelon in blender, blend, pour in glass, drink”. Maybe next year I’ll have to plant watermelon of my own.

Comment on About by Augustin

Augustin — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 01:05:50 +0000

Last frost date around here is April 15 DO NOT plant anything except cool weather stuff ( peas, broccoli, spinach cauliflower to name a few) before then And don’t plant those until the very last of Feb or the first couple of weeks in March .The soil needs to be at least 60 degrees ( night time temp) for things like beans.
Eggplant squash tomatoes and corn all like the soil and the air temp much higher.
Google any vegetable you are going to plant and find out the pertinent info
+1

Comment on Black Raspberries by Karen

Karen — Thu, 22 Sep 2011 12:08:24 +0000

Didn’t know about the black and discoloration. Good to know!

Thanks for the comment.

Comment on Black Raspberries by Butch

Butch — Wed, 21 Sep 2011 22:58:04 +0000

Good information! I currently have Fall Gold Raspberries that I love and considering Black Raspberries because I love the flavor of Raspberry Jelly and the black won’t discolor in the jar like the red and yelow.

Comment on Watermelon and Cantelope by laura rittenhouse

laura rittenhouse — Mon, 12 Sep 2011 00:44:05 +0000

I love that you saved the local birds from suffering too much from the hot, dry summer. When the possums go for the orange tree here, I know the pickings are slim in the wild. They seem to love the mandarins but the oranges are more of a food-of-last-resort thing. My theory is to always plant enough for me, Frank AND the local wildlife – which ain’t always easy.

Comment on Watermelon! by Karen

Karen — Sun, 11 Sep 2011 11:41:34 +0000

I ended up simply putting piles of twigs under each melon. When I water the garden, I water only the rooted end and the melons, thanks to our typical summer drought, stay dry. No melons rotted this season! (now, about the crows..)

Comment on Blum's Farmer's & Planter's Almanac by ralph Neal

ralph Neal — Mon, 25 Jul 2011 16:03:58 +0000

When and how to cut peach trees back in Florida?

Comment on Watermelon! by Karen

Karen — Wed, 20 Jul 2011 16:34:39 +0000

Thanks, Karen, for this great site! Hopefully, I’ll get some melons all the way to maturity!

Comment on Watermelon! by Karen Small

Karen Small — Wed, 20 Jul 2011 16:11:34 +0000

Things that can go wrong with watermelons and how to solve
the problems.

http://www.ehow.com/info_8520442_do-watermelons-rot-vines-growing.html