August *Garden Chat thread*

[Marianna1988]

Originally Posted by brookglen How do you guys deal with beneficials that also sting/bite? My stepson reached into a tomato bush this morning and pulled his hand out with a wasp still stuck to it. Traumatizing for everyone.

What's a beneficial?

[mamajoe]

Originally Posted by sarahannecloud9 I have MAJOR issues with the little worms as well, on the cabbage too. I spray those plants though. I gave up on doing all'nateural. I wouldn't have had a single plant left! Oh well. I've learned to pick my battles. You doing broc/cauli this fall? or just next year?

I think it will have to be next year. We are only 30-40 days from frost. We usually have early-ish sept frost then the hard frosts start early oct. so i don't think there is enough time. I might check seeds tomorrow and see if i can get a short growing season variety. Then i might try some this fall. I do have access to the heated greenhouse if i put them in pots, but not sure they would do well?

[sarahannecloud9]

Originally Posted by Marianna1988 What's a beneficial?

It's a helper bug/animal. Like a butterfly, a bird, bees, lady bird beetles, ect. They either pollinate or eat the bad bugs.

Originally Posted by mamajoe I think it will have to be next year. We are only 30-40 days from frost. We usually have early-ish sept frost then the hard frosts start early oct. so i don't think there is enough time. I might check seeds tomorrow and see if i can get a short growing season variety. Then i might try some this fall. I do have access to the heated greenhouse if i put them in pots, but not sure they would do well?

I wanted the little pic of the kid having a tantrum! I want a greenhouns!!!!

You darn lucky girl you!

[Sweetmama26]

My indoor garden is growing pretty good, even my tomato plants are thriving

[sarahannecloud9]

Originally Posted by Sweetmama26 My indoor garden is growing pretty good, even my tomato plants are thriving

You have to share pics of what kind of setup you have!! DH and I were just talking about how we could make this possible!!!!

[Sweetmama26]

Honestly I just have them in my windows that's it









All my plants are triple that size now

[Sweetmama26]

And I have since had to transplant my tomato plants and pepper plants

[sarahannecloud9]

Thanks for the pics! That's awsome! We can't spend on those huge pots, so I was thinking I could do 5 gal buckets. I want a cpl tomatoes for sure. Not sure what elese? I wanted to try some plants in the house this winter. For fun and the beauty. I know herbs will do well. Wonder what elese?

Any ideas?!!!

[Sweetmama26]

My pumpkins have done well, tomatoes, garlic peppers

[mamajoe]

Originally Posted by sarahannecloud9 It's a helper bug/animal. Like a butterfly, a bird, bees, lady bird beetles, ect. They either pollinate or eat the bad bugs. I wanted the little pic of the kid having a tantrum! I want a greenhouns!!!! You darn lucky girl you!

Its just a little one. (like maybe 150 sq ft) but it has an old radiator attached to in ground heating, so we start out plants in there in the early spring and then can move our plants in there in the fall. My peppers are all still in there in pots. We also use it for drying our onions for storage. Fil also hooked it up to the infloor heating/coal stoker that is attached to the shop. We have TONS of land so the boys have spoiled us.

I've decided to just wait till next year for the broccoli and am gonna hit the farmers market on thurs and hope the hutterites have some