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[Juthro]

Nice stuff WildE.   Keep it coming :)

 

We haven't had our first frost here yet, but its running late this year.   

[T0them00N]

Loving it all! The cacti. No fall crop? Peas should do just fine with a little frost

[wildedibles]

and more cacti pictures :)

 

notice the tiny little one its the same age as the other 2 mixed trich I was told the tiny one since it likes to be pink mose of the time it might be a golden trich cuz the seedlings often do this

 

Pedro x Peruvian

 

 

 

the spines on these 2 are scary ones they r my oldest seedlings

 

strawberry cacti has small berries when it gets a bit bigger

 

 

 

the tall bluish ones are

myrtillocactus geometrizans

this is the youngest pot a few years now?  all info when planted is in here somewhere??

 

hard to see they r tiny

Ariocarpus retusus v. trigonus

 

heart shaped pad

the mean spiked prickly pear is Canadian :)

 

I had to cut back the nasturshm what ever they r were growing outa the pot not nicely either

 

[wildedibles]

and more cacti pictures :)

 

notice the tiny little one its the same age as the other 2 mixed trich I was told the tiny one since it likes to be pink mose of the time it might be a golden trich cuz the seedlings often do this

 

Pedro x Peruvian

 

 

 

the spines on these 2 are scary ones they r my oldest seedlings

 

strawberry cacti has small berries when it gets a bit bigger

 

 

 

the tall bluish ones are

myrtillocactus geometrizans

this is the youngest pot a few years now?  all info when planted is in here somewhere??

 

hard to see they r tiny

Ariocarpus retusus v. trigonus

 

heart shaped pad

the mean spiked prickly pear is Canadian :)

 

I had to cut back the nasturshm what ever they r were growing outa the pot not nicely either

 

[wildedibles]

Loving it all! The cacti. No fall crop? Peas should do just fine with a little frost

my peas burnt out this year long ago.... I just picked a bunch of baby cucks and zuchini to pickle and more are coming..... and tomatoes and potatoes and .... kale and brocoli ...... thanks a bunch a veggies I love sharing with my neighbors too trading tomatoes and s zuchini today for some hot peppers for the pickles :)

[wildedibles]

Nice stuff WildE.   Keep it coming :)

 

We haven't had our first frost here yet, but its running late this year.   

Thanks make sure to check back I had to post it all in a few posts cuz of picture size

 

lucky you but it messes up the weather we had a hot dry summer spring now we are wetter and hot again .... the weather is weird last fall I seen tadpoles in the puddles we had a hot spring that year too

 

eventually we will be the new Cali and they will feel like Alaska :)

[Juthro]

I totally agree the weather is unpredictable, and its patterns are changing.   I wonder what kind of winter we are going to have this year?

 

Our fall has been hotter and drier then our summer was.   But this time of year it can change so fast. One good arctic storm can blast down from the north and we could have snow by next week  (I hope not though, I still have potatoes and carrots to dig.  Though I did finely get all of my firewood put up).

[wildedibles]

it seems we have to be like chippys to get threw the northern winters

i hope i didnt scare SkyE away with my weather perdictions :) we never know till we look out the window what its really gonna do anyway :)

[wildedibles]

hey wait a miin did u say carrots .... i had one sprout ....someone told me carrots need it to be wet to start well maybe they will sprout now lol

[onediadem]

Wild, your garden is always an inspiration and a thing of beauty. LOL, my banana squash is beautiful! No squash, lol, but beautiful nonetheless. I think the lack of bee's this year is the problem. It certainly couldn't be the grower lol.

[wildedibles]

our honey bees are actually making a come back here but the bumble bees are down in numbers it seems

 

thanks girley Im loving the hot weather we got left

[wildedibles]

It might frost tonight so I picked a wack load veggies and took a couple pictures

 

our accident squash

and Autumn crocus

 

 

 

 

 

 

multiple growing ends on the striped ones

 

and elm oysters hubby found

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[PapMyc]

Hi Wild. Great job on sharing your garden life with us. I love winding the garden down this time of the year except for canning the tomatos. The cool nights and sunny days are as refreshing as Spring is after a hard Winter. We have another 3 weeks before average first frost so we're hoping most veggies mature. And we have to get garlic in yet. Thank you for this snippet of your world.

[PJammer24]

Thanks for reminding me that its time to stop dragging my feet... I have to get my cactus on...!!

[wildedibles]

yep my cacti are warm for the winter now :) just hope the spikey ones will protect the non spikey ones from my kitten .......his fav sleeping spot is full of spikes now lol....

[wildedibles]

Thanks guys :) The kitty shadow well ya hes tried to sleep on the baby cacti and the pyote ....climbed over the spikes and well theres not enoough room for his fat little butt haha and climbed back out got mad at the big ones there i guess cuz he bit at one of the spines .... oh baby dont do that they bite back ;) he shook his head and hasnt tried again .....hes got a spot beside them made him a bed but ya know thats no fun .....

[wildedibles]

I just tried my 1st batch of dill pickeled zuchinni and yumyum just like cucumbers :) and the zuchini are way easier to grow :)

[Psilocyduck]

I just tried my 1st batch of dill pickeled zuchinni and yumyum just like cucumbers :) and the zuchini are way easier to grow :)

That sounds very delicious wildedibles,

 

I wanted to ask if you have ever had trouble with gourd/melon type plants together or near each other? I've heard stories from farmers that say pollination/cross pollination can lead to too hard/soft of a texture in some of them and was wondering if you had ran into that at any point

[Juthro]

I'm glad the zuch's pickled up well for you WildE.     They are definitely easier to grow :)

[wildedibles]

hum..... this year I have cucumber and zuchini close together and no issues with either of them
.... my accidental buttercup squash and acorn squash are planted on the other side of the house so no issues there nd I havent tasted them yet they take longer to mature them being winter squash

other gourds I have grown the ornamental ones but alone and melons will not mature here we have not enough growing time and to start them early they stretch too much need a green house to get a melon to grow here

This year I have had a mildew problem but it dosnt effect the fruit ....usually with my fermented fertilizer on the leaves protects them other people will have mildew and I dont this year mine started later them other people but I could have made another round or two of fermented ferts and probably have had no mildew issue

I try and rotate every few years but i dont have much room i usually just dig a new garden get rid of all my grass sooner or later ....no lawns just squash and peas and ....... :) food and herbs.....some pretty flowers much better then grass and hey im adding to my urban biodiveristy :) lol