What have you done today in the Garden?

Looks great Daniel, haven't heard of tomato pie so i looked it up and it looks great.

 

Well Done!!! All of your hard work with your tomatoes really paid off!

I can't believe that beautiful flower came from that wee plant!

 

Big day today and an early night for zzzzz. All of the squash came up for curing in the greenhouse. Corn, arties, peas and squash were pulled. All of the irrigation came out, pump winterized and stored, hoses drained, sprinklers away - zucchini prepped for processing tomorrow, tomatoes picked. Sweet onions were STRUNG ( @Sjoerd ). Yellow onions are still hanging out in the stable.

Frost warning in two days. Tomorrow I can post more and share some pics. zzzzzzz

 

That is a lot of work, Mel. Great that you strung the onions. Cool.
Didn’t make ‘em too heavy didya? Chuckle

 

Well....I went of the light side. Hubby took a go at it, and his is longer. They are not pretty to look at but we will get better at it. I was using basic twine, but it broke. ( too heavy hahaha) I still have a roll of baler twine for hay bales, so we moved to that and it held up well.





Side view is much more forgiving. They look like part of my windchimes from the front.

 

The squash are tucked away, thankfully. First frost last night. They need to cure for a few weeks to get their best flavour.



Today I will harvest the last of the dill. The zucchini will be left until they complete give up the ghost. They can sometimes still flower when the leaves are kissed with frost. They have a wee bit of shelter from the creeping ground frost.

 

@Melody Mc. those onions look great, a few years ago i used to grow onions from sets and they did well,but i used them straight away because there wasn't many, i used the green bits as well.

 

You have a great veggie garden..

 

Great string work, Mel…and the squash harvest looks really good. Chapeau.
Bailing twine is what I use for the onion/garlic strings.
Hanging them beside your chimes is an inspired idea— I’ll tellya what, they ring my bells.

 

@Sjoerd

Today was a quick weeding and watering of the Haskaps. They are doing well and about 2 ft tall now. One of the mail ordered seedlings did not even survive 48 hours in the spring. It was an important cross polinator. I will try to order a little larger one next spring to fill in the hole. The remaining romaine and zucchini had a drink as well.

I'm only hand watering from a rain barrel now as long as the temps allow it. The tomatoes needed their gentle watering as they do their last push to ripen. I no longer deep water, but just try to give them enough to form their fruit.

The strawberries are closer to the house and I can use the well water to give them a drink. The Fort Laramie strawberries that I planted are still trying to set flowers and fruit. Four plants were from last year, and have produced and are still producing some large berries as their second crop. The roots that I planted this year have had their runners and first flowers removed. The second flowers started this last week. But seeing as they are later and will not be able to have the chance to set fruit before winter, I'm cutting the flowers off. I'm hoping this will allow them to focus on their roots and the long winter ahead. ( so Google says) They are know to do well in northern cooler climates, so here is hoping. I love June berries, but really am enjoying the second crop of berries from the everybearing. I cannot believe how large they are. I picked this one this morning.

 

Great posting. That strawb looks looks delicious…and so late in the year. It is large, but can you describe the flavour please.

 

Not as sweet as a June berry - that is for sure. A little tarter than an early berry with the lack of warmth.

I would compare it to not being your best tomato.....but still way way better than a tomato from the grocery.

 

Well said, Mel.
Yeah, the toms for sale in the supermarkets are almost not really toms at all, in terms of flavour.

 

Yesterday became a gardening day without planning to do so. Hubby was limitted, but felt able to use the tractor. He turned over the compost for this year, and cleared a spot for a new one to be started. He turned over the dirt pile, and moved a lot of organic matter and soil to the upper garden. This will likely be the main garden next year.

It flooded two years ago and was very compact in some areas. Although the weight of the tractor was a concern, it was a good tool for leveling the garden, moving the more clay like soil around, adding soil and turning it all over. We added some hen manure, blood meal and gypsom and lime to help break the clay down. There will still be a final topping of compost and a tilling before winter, to help loosen the packed soil from the tractor. Then the snow and next springs melt can do it's magic.





It went quite well. And...what a great potato digger. An unexpected surprise next to the boulder. @Sjoerd ...Is Potato?



We strung the last of the onions, and Hubby hung them up. Along with the laundry ( didn't see that in there until now, but oh well.No unmentionables in the photo)

 

Planted some more wallflowers along the path, hopefully finish that tomorrow if it doesn't rain. Yesterday i potted up 2 large pots with daffodils and changed the compost in the other 5 pots of daffodils, but they started rooting, should have done them last month i think.