tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5597627580631284872.post2154477668143512384..comments2023-11-11T10:00:52.832-08:00Comments on Annie's Kitchen Garden: June 10, 2010: Erin Showed Me Hers!Annie*s Grannyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04772261218172078099noreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5597627580631284872.post-49336477778741694702010-06-12T08:31:23.916-07:002010-06-12T08:31:23.916-07:00Villager, remember when I said my shallots were mu...Villager, remember when I said my shallots were mushy, and I thought they were just going to rot, so I moved them to an "unimportant" area of the garden? I actually threw about half of them away at the time, now I wish I'd just left them alone! They are absolutely lovely. At least, the ones I pulled are.Annie*s Grannyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04772261218172078099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5597627580631284872.post-27668896339901013502010-06-12T06:54:33.289-07:002010-06-12T06:54:33.289-07:00Great looking harvest, and I do like that bed of p...Great looking harvest, and I do like that bed of peppers and their supports. Maybe I need to go check my shallots now! I did give my onion bed some fertilizer and a drink of fish emsulsion. I still have onion envy after looking at yours...Dave @ HappyAcreshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03441364543023807886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5597627580631284872.post-47850449686162522322010-06-11T18:45:23.481-07:002010-06-11T18:45:23.481-07:00That's a pretty big mulberry tree but at least...That's a pretty big mulberry tree but at least it is not a 60' maple! I bet you could get the top back on that composter, they are a pain though, I use a screwdriver to pry it in place. I'm luck enough to have two of them now.... :-)Danhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07743102355360873845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5597627580631284872.post-67175929790101460292010-06-11T08:25:22.066-07:002010-06-11T08:25:22.066-07:00Haha!Haha!Jeff Vandiverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07200011426236637927noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5597627580631284872.post-28149530128931654902010-06-10T22:00:49.508-07:002010-06-10T22:00:49.508-07:00Kitsap, the day you have envy is indeed a good day...Kitsap, the day you have envy is indeed a good day for me, LOL!<br /><br />********<br />Kalena Michele, it does help retain a bit of moisture in the raised beds and the containers. Just don't start off with a thick layer, or you'll get a matted, smelly mess. I just put on an inch or less, and wait until that's completely dry before I add more.Annie*s Grannyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04772261218172078099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5597627580631284872.post-58905748536597709662010-06-10T21:30:00.999-07:002010-06-10T21:30:00.999-07:00AG, I love the idea of grass clippings around the ...AG, I love the idea of grass clippings around the peppers! I'm going to have to try that. The tomatoes are going strong but the peppers are a little bit sad right now.Kalena Michelehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08199232894763467920noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5597627580631284872.post-34881173407262496332010-06-10T20:53:03.820-07:002010-06-10T20:53:03.820-07:00EG, you're just a big old Poopy Head!
There, ...EG, you're just a big old Poopy Head!<br /><br />There, big guy, feel better?Annie*s Grannyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04772261218172078099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5597627580631284872.post-26882356109722476572010-06-10T20:35:49.346-07:002010-06-10T20:35:49.346-07:00Robin, you know you're getting old when....it ...Robin, you know you're getting old when....it takes two of you to finish a sentence. When....your jeans fit better when you put them on backwards. When....You have to copy and paste a zip code, 'cause you can't remember five numbers in a sequence. I could go on, but I forgot what we were talking about ;-)<br /><br />********<br />Ribbit, you mean Old Poopy Head? Probably. He just loves it when I call him that.<br />Thank you, Meredith!<br /><br />I have discovered the nursery down the street has a very good pile of compost, and I can buy an entire cubic yard for under $20. Works for me! I'll still pile up my vegetation, and rip up my newspapers for "browns", but they will all be buried, unfinished, somewhere in the garden before winter. It all turns to compost in the end.<br /><br />********<br />********Annie*s Grannyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04772261218172078099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5597627580631284872.post-71432037460468421832010-06-10T20:16:00.338-07:002010-06-10T20:16:00.338-07:00C'mon granny, you know you wanna call me "...C'mon granny, you know you wanna call me "the name"......Jeff Vandiverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07200011426236637927noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5597627580631284872.post-75914447061029785852010-06-10T20:13:39.517-07:002010-06-10T20:13:39.517-07:00I have Walla Walla onion and Pepper plant envy aft...I have Walla Walla onion and Pepper plant envy after those pictures! I was just thinking to myself that I needed to side dress the onions but after seeing yours... I KNOW I need to side dress them now! LOL! <br /><br />Glad no one was hurt by that felled tree and that is a GREAT view point of your garden from your neighbors side of the fence. <br /><br />We had a horse barn and lots of horses when we were in central Washington and I had a tremenous composting operation going there. No more horses on our property and so no access to the manure anymore. Sure do miss it!kitsapFGhttp://www.modernvictorygarden.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5597627580631284872.post-53784893318925592262010-06-10T19:10:40.702-07:002010-06-10T19:10:40.702-07:00Granny, I think EG was fishin' for that specif...Granny, I think EG was fishin' for that specific term of endearment you have for him. ;)<br /><br />I may have tons of tomatoes on one plant, but they're all smaller than my fist and don't look to be getting much larger. I don't think the poor plant can support that many at once.Ribbithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01460673212389110633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5597627580631284872.post-37831027516080963942010-06-10T17:37:31.061-07:002010-06-10T17:37:31.061-07:00What gorgeous pepper plants you have, Granny!
M...What gorgeous pepper plants you have, Granny! <br /><br />My compost adventure is more or less a failure this time around because of time constraints. :( When we sifted it in the spring, the usable stuff was pitifully small, and the "needs another season" bit was the majority. I was fine with that until F. reminded me, uh, honey, we won't be here another season, so it's pretty much wasted effort! Argh! <br /><br />Anyway, the total would not be nearly enough for my garden needs in any event. I don't think we two persons make enough organic waste for the amount of organic garden I oversee. ;)Meredithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11454557080455458675noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5597627580631284872.post-59136931863086516882010-06-10T14:33:10.664-07:002010-06-10T14:33:10.664-07:00Well Granny, I know what your talking about with n...Well Granny, I know what your talking about with not remembering. "The Italian" and I forget the same things. We have decided that within ten years we are going to have to wear video cameras around our necks all the time.....so we know what we did :)Robinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12220238404223196571noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5597627580631284872.post-66491088531333272782010-06-10T14:14:39.897-07:002010-06-10T14:14:39.897-07:00EG, potty chair? Hmmm. That would be one way to ...EG, potty chair? Hmmm. That would be one way to add moisture and get it to heat up. Nah, I'll pass. I'm not man enough ;-)<br /><br />I added about 4" total of composted dairy manure and leaf & twig compost to most of the beds this spring, dug it in and then worked a handful of 10-10-10 into the top 2-3" of the onion bed. That's all, until this week when I scratched in a bit more 10-10-10. It seems to work pretty well, as the few onions I planted in with the broccoli and cabbage aren't even half that size. Those in the photo are smaller than my "big" ones, as they were planted closer together.Annie*s Grannyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04772261218172078099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5597627580631284872.post-56026097613292830632010-06-10T14:04:36.041-07:002010-06-10T14:04:36.041-07:00Momma_S, we'll be staying in WA until after Ch...Momma_S, we'll be staying in WA until after Christmas this year, so I'll have access to a LOT of fall leaves. In the years before I started going to AZ, I always just put chopped leaves on top of my beds, then shoveled on a layer of composted manure (bags or nursery) for the winter, then turned it all under in the spring. Works great for amending the beds.<br /><br />********<br />Robin, last year was the first in probably 35 that I planted sugar snap peas. The sparrows decapitated them, and I only got about a pint bag and they were finished. All those years ago, I got a lot of snow peas, but I had a huge garden back then. I don't remember how long they would bear. I can't even remember what I did this morning ;-)<br /><br />********<br />Daphne, it never fails, I get something special from the garden, and Mr. Granny wants to go to Jack in the Box or something. Oh well, at least I had half of my Subway sandwich left for today's lunch. Their new chicken salad one is pretty tasty.<br /><br />********<br />Anonymous, I've always wanted one of those! Works about as well as my ugly black barrel, huh?<br /><br />********<br />Erin, I've always wanted an aerial photo of my garden, so I could get the entire dog-legged thing in one picture. The "panorama" camera settings just aren't quite the same, but I'm not climbing up on my roof! <br /><br />My horse manure/straw/garden garbage compost piles were great. They'd heat up so well I would melt the soles on my tennis shoes when I turned the pile! Melted the hem edge of my polyester flare legged pants, too ;-) Yes, it was that long ago! I can remember playing my Bee Gees records at full volume, so I could hear them in the garden.<br /><br />********<br />Ribbit, so do yours! I don't have forty gazillion tomatoes on one plant. Sheesh, I think I have three, and the largest is about the size of a pea. I'm going to have to take gardening lessons from you and Thomas :-)Annie*s Grannyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04772261218172078099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5597627580631284872.post-36452464993683345602010-06-10T13:52:45.331-07:002010-06-10T13:52:45.331-07:00Ok, first of all - That looks like a potty chair t...Ok, first of all - That looks like a potty chair to me, not a composter. Why don't you "man up" and build you a big operation. Ha!<br /><br />Second, what kind of fert and how often is it applied to those onions? I only had one get that size....It appears that I need more education in this area...Jeff Vandiverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07200011426236637927noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5597627580631284872.post-39500772026352863392010-06-10T13:30:47.573-07:002010-06-10T13:30:47.573-07:00Poor tree, but I'm glad it didn't fall on ...Poor tree, but I'm glad it didn't fall on anyone or anything!<br /><br />Everything looks wonderful, Granny. Your harvests always look so tasty.Ribbithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01460673212389110633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5597627580631284872.post-78120569869700200322010-06-10T12:38:13.110-07:002010-06-10T12:38:13.110-07:00Gran, I chuckled at your compost story! That is r...Gran, I chuckled at your compost story! That is really hanging on til the bitter end isn't it?! I have a few contraptions around here that I am still using past their usable dates! Horse manure sounds amazing, I don't have a source for that... (did I just say that, LOL?) And your garden looks great, I often wonder what ours looks like from our neighbors upstairs bedroom window and what they think of it all. (The only reason I know it's the bedroom is because when the townhouse was built, I ran over there during the open house to see what 310,000 buys you in my dumpy neighborhood - not much, let me tell you... I'll keep my happy little homestead!)Erinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06916896512933101955noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5597627580631284872.post-89617156374755020882010-06-10T12:10:23.731-07:002010-06-10T12:10:23.731-07:00I had to laugh at your composter! I have a nice b...I had to laugh at your composter! I have a nice big (expensive) composter that sits off the ground and you turn the handle a couple of times a day......and, it makes compost in 14 days....I have yet to get compost from it. LOL! Isn't that the way?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5597627580631284872.post-30236442538829853182010-06-10T12:08:17.672-07:002010-06-10T12:08:17.672-07:00Ha! Last week I did the same thing. Lots of veggie...Ha! Last week I did the same thing. Lots of veggies to eat in the fridge, but I just kept going out for dinner instead. This week I'm doing so much better especially as the week wears on.Daphne Gouldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17305049560953735881noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5597627580631284872.post-53356159764047151982010-06-10T11:07:12.632-07:002010-06-10T11:07:12.632-07:00Well Granny, you may not be much of a composter......Well Granny, you may not be much of a composter....but you are a great gardener!! <br /><br />I think that my snow peas are about finished. I have only harvested a handful in the past three days. They have only been producing for about two weeks. Is that normal?<br /><br />Oh, I posted my bins :)Robinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12220238404223196571noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5597627580631284872.post-35536901438910202792010-06-10T09:40:22.719-07:002010-06-10T09:40:22.719-07:00Those are "small" onions? Can't wait...Those are "small" onions? Can't wait to see the full sized group then!<br /><br />Your compost story made me laugh. I love that you keep trying, even after 20 years of failure. It seems like your grass clipping mulch works better than the compost anyway. If I mowed my own lawn instead of mowers coming in and bringing who knows what from other yards, I'd use the clippings as mulch too. I'm just scared to put fresh stuff down and risk something nasty coming from somewhere and ruining my hard work.Momma_Shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00777829150647394160noreply@blogger.com