OT: Anyone doing vegtable gardens… what’s in your garden.

[NotCranky]

Are you fellow pigg gardeners getting enough bees? If not, remember to hand pollinate those pumpkins and melons. The melon flowers are so small and if there are plenty of other flowers around the bees might skip them. It is probably best to hand pollinate any hoped for giant pumpkins.

I didn’t see many bees and was worried. Recently the numbers gradually started to increase. These bees could be both wild living colonies and from neighbors who keep hives. Last year there were so many hungry bees that they were crawling all over the corn tassles.

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[quote=flu]
I want to try grapes,but I doubt it would work in Carmel Valley climate…I think I’ll need to move to Santee for that 🙂 [/quote]

flu – I am in Bay Park and I’ve got Himrod grapes growing in a big bucket. It is bearing fruit (5 bunches). When I had my house in Carmel Valley, I transplanted my grape from my previous house (much warmer climate) and was able to grow my grape plant, but it did not bear fruit. But I did not really take proper care of the soil and fertilize it enough.

I think if you try the grapes and give it proper care, you can do it in Carmel Valley. Heck, even my Cabernet grape is growing. Just too young to bear any fruit.

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[quote=flu]
I want to try grapes,but I doubt it would work in Carmel Valley climate…I think I’ll need to move to Santee for that 🙂 [/quote]

flu – I am in Bay Park and I’ve got Himrod grapes growing in a big bucket. It is bearing fruit (5 bunches). When I had my house in Carmel Valley, I transplanted my grape from my previous house (much warmer climate) and was able to grow my grape plant, but it did not bear fruit. But I did not really take proper care of the soil and fertilize it enough.

I think if you try the grapes and give it proper care, you can do it in Carmel Valley. Heck, even my Cabernet grape is growing. Just too young to bear any fruit.

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[quote=flu]
I want to try grapes,but I doubt it would work in Carmel Valley climate…I think I’ll need to move to Santee for that 🙂 [/quote]

flu – I am in Bay Park and I’ve got Himrod grapes growing in a big bucket. It is bearing fruit (5 bunches). When I had my house in Carmel Valley, I transplanted my grape from my previous house (much warmer climate) and was able to grow my grape plant, but it did not bear fruit. But I did not really take proper care of the soil and fertilize it enough.

I think if you try the grapes and give it proper care, you can do it in Carmel Valley. Heck, even my Cabernet grape is growing. Just too young to bear any fruit.

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[quote=flu]
I want to try grapes,but I doubt it would work in Carmel Valley climate…I think I’ll need to move to Santee for that 🙂 [/quote]

flu – I am in Bay Park and I’ve got Himrod grapes growing in a big bucket. It is bearing fruit (5 bunches). When I had my house in Carmel Valley, I transplanted my grape from my previous house (much warmer climate) and was able to grow my grape plant, but it did not bear fruit. But I did not really take proper care of the soil and fertilize it enough.

I think if you try the grapes and give it proper care, you can do it in Carmel Valley. Heck, even my Cabernet grape is growing. Just too young to bear any fruit.

[jpinpb]

[quote=flu]
I want to try grapes,but I doubt it would work in Carmel Valley climate…I think I’ll need to move to Santee for that 🙂 [/quote]

flu – I am in Bay Park and I’ve got Himrod grapes growing in a big bucket. It is bearing fruit (5 bunches). When I had my house in Carmel Valley, I transplanted my grape from my previous house (much warmer climate) and was able to grow my grape plant, but it did not bear fruit. But I did not really take proper care of the soil and fertilize it enough.

I think if you try the grapes and give it proper care, you can do it in Carmel Valley. Heck, even my Cabernet grape is growing. Just too young to bear any fruit.

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[quote=Russell][/quote]

Awesome, Russell!! As for your final line, my address is……[/quote]

Thanks, The oranges are so good and are actually one of the easiest things to care for. When they are blooming massively, walking in the pefume and watching the bee show can be pleasantly intoxicating…and it’s legal.[/quote]

Many years ago, I resided in the San Joaquin Valley for about 16 months. We rented a suburban tract house with a teensy back yard, but the owner had made the most of it with creative landscaping. Large patio covered with a lovely grape arbor, and small (5″ x 5″) patches filled with flowing shrubs, fruit trees, and a variety of gorgeous roses. I was constantly pruning (something I only have to do 2x/yr here).

We had a wonderful hybrid lemon tree. The fruit was huge (navel orange size) and a very deep yellow color. Had a tangerine aroma, and made the best lemonade. I’d have hundreds on the tree, primarily November through February, and didn’t have to lift a finger except to pick them. I used to pack a suitcasefull when I’d return to Philly to visit my family. Almost makes me cry when I think of that tree when I have to buy lemons here – 75 cents or a buck for a puny flavorless yellow Nerfball.

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[quote=Russell][/quote]

Awesome, Russell!! As for your final line, my address is……[/quote]

Thanks, The oranges are so good and are actually one of the easiest things to care for. When they are blooming massively, walking in the pefume and watching the bee show can be pleasantly intoxicating…and it’s legal.[/quote]

Many years ago, I resided in the San Joaquin Valley for about 16 months. We rented a suburban tract house with a teensy back yard, but the owner had made the most of it with creative landscaping. Large patio covered with a lovely grape arbor, and small (5″ x 5″) patches filled with flowing shrubs, fruit trees, and a variety of gorgeous roses. I was constantly pruning (something I only have to do 2x/yr here).

We had a wonderful hybrid lemon tree. The fruit was huge (navel orange size) and a very deep yellow color. Had a tangerine aroma, and made the best lemonade. I’d have hundreds on the tree, primarily November through February, and didn’t have to lift a finger except to pick them. I used to pack a suitcasefull when I’d return to Philly to visit my family. Almost makes me cry when I think of that tree when I have to buy lemons here – 75 cents or a buck for a puny flavorless yellow Nerfball.

[eavesdropper]

[quote=Russell][/quote]

Awesome, Russell!! As for your final line, my address is……[/quote]

Thanks, The oranges are so good and are actually one of the easiest things to care for. When they are blooming massively, walking in the pefume and watching the bee show can be pleasantly intoxicating…and it’s legal.[/quote]

Many years ago, I resided in the San Joaquin Valley for about 16 months. We rented a suburban tract house with a teensy back yard, but the owner had made the most of it with creative landscaping. Large patio covered with a lovely grape arbor, and small (5″ x 5″) patches filled with flowing shrubs, fruit trees, and a variety of gorgeous roses. I was constantly pruning (something I only have to do 2x/yr here).

We had a wonderful hybrid lemon tree. The fruit was huge (navel orange size) and a very deep yellow color. Had a tangerine aroma, and made the best lemonade. I’d have hundreds on the tree, primarily November through February, and didn’t have to lift a finger except to pick them. I used to pack a suitcasefull when I’d return to Philly to visit my family. Almost makes me cry when I think of that tree when I have to buy lemons here – 75 cents or a buck for a puny flavorless yellow Nerfball.

[eavesdropper]

[quote=Russell][/quote]

Awesome, Russell!! As for your final line, my address is……[/quote]

Thanks, The oranges are so good and are actually one of the easiest things to care for. When they are blooming massively, walking in the pefume and watching the bee show can be pleasantly intoxicating…and it’s legal.[/quote]

Many years ago, I resided in the San Joaquin Valley for about 16 months. We rented a suburban tract house with a teensy back yard, but the owner had made the most of it with creative landscaping. Large patio covered with a lovely grape arbor, and small (5″ x 5″) patches filled with flowing shrubs, fruit trees, and a variety of gorgeous roses. I was constantly pruning (something I only have to do 2x/yr here).

We had a wonderful hybrid lemon tree. The fruit was huge (navel orange size) and a very deep yellow color. Had a tangerine aroma, and made the best lemonade. I’d have hundreds on the tree, primarily November through February, and didn’t have to lift a finger except to pick them. I used to pack a suitcasefull when I’d return to Philly to visit my family. Almost makes me cry when I think of that tree when I have to buy lemons here – 75 cents or a buck for a puny flavorless yellow Nerfball.

[eavesdropper]

[quote=Russell][/quote]

Awesome, Russell!! As for your final line, my address is……[/quote]

Thanks, The oranges are so good and are actually one of the easiest things to care for. When they are blooming massively, walking in the pefume and watching the bee show can be pleasantly intoxicating…and it’s legal.[/quote]

Many years ago, I resided in the San Joaquin Valley for about 16 months. We rented a suburban tract house with a teensy back yard, but the owner had made the most of it with creative landscaping. Large patio covered with a lovely grape arbor, and small (5″ x 5″) patches filled with flowing shrubs, fruit trees, and a variety of gorgeous roses. I was constantly pruning (something I only have to do 2x/yr here).

We had a wonderful hybrid lemon tree. The fruit was huge (navel orange size) and a very deep yellow color. Had a tangerine aroma, and made the best lemonade. I’d have hundreds on the tree, primarily November through February, and didn’t have to lift a finger except to pick them. I used to pack a suitcasefull when I’d return to Philly to visit my family. Almost makes me cry when I think of that tree when I have to buy lemons here – 75 cents or a buck for a puny flavorless yellow Nerfball.

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[quote=briansd1]
Gardening in Southern California is different from other places. You need to prepare the soil in advance of planting. [/quote]

Brian, I’ve lived in at least 10 different states in a wide variety of regions. I had to prepare the soil in every one of them. I’ve had friends in some places who claimed that they didn’t have to, and three months later they were complaining about the quality of their produce, or the lack of late summer blooms on their flowering plants.

[quote=briansd1] I do think that gardening is a lost art. People find it easier to to go the supermarket. [/quote]

That is true. But I also think that there’s a large number of Americans who don’t incorporate fruits and vegetables in their diets.

It can be extraordinarily time-consuming. Also, it is very labor-intensive, and people seem to be less willing to do it here in the east because we don’t have the growing season y’all do in CA.

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[quote=briansd1]
Gardening in Southern California is different from other places. You need to prepare the soil in advance of planting. [/quote]

Brian, I’ve lived in at least 10 different states in a wide variety of regions. I had to prepare the soil in every one of them. I’ve had friends in some places who claimed that they didn’t have to, and three months later they were complaining about the quality of their produce, or the lack of late summer blooms on their flowering plants.

[quote=briansd1] I do think that gardening is a lost art. People find it easier to to go the supermarket. [/quote]

That is true. But I also think that there’s a large number of Americans who don’t incorporate fruits and vegetables in their diets.

It can be extraordinarily time-consuming. Also, it is very labor-intensive, and people seem to be less willing to do it here in the east because we don’t have the growing season y’all do in CA.

[eavesdropper]

[quote=briansd1]
Gardening in Southern California is different from other places. You need to prepare the soil in advance of planting. [/quote]

Brian, I’ve lived in at least 10 different states in a wide variety of regions. I had to prepare the soil in every one of them. I’ve had friends in some places who claimed that they didn’t have to, and three months later they were complaining about the quality of their produce, or the lack of late summer blooms on their flowering plants.

[quote=briansd1] I do think that gardening is a lost art. People find it easier to to go the supermarket. [/quote]

That is true. But I also think that there’s a large number of Americans who don’t incorporate fruits and vegetables in their diets.

It can be extraordinarily time-consuming. Also, it is very labor-intensive, and people seem to be less willing to do it here in the east because we don’t have the growing season y’all do in CA.

[eavesdropper]

[quote=briansd1]
Gardening in Southern California is different from other places. You need to prepare the soil in advance of planting. [/quote]

Brian, I’ve lived in at least 10 different states in a wide variety of regions. I had to prepare the soil in every one of them. I’ve had friends in some places who claimed that they didn’t have to, and three months later they were complaining about the quality of their produce, or the lack of late summer blooms on their flowering plants.

[quote=briansd1] I do think that gardening is a lost art. People find it easier to to go the supermarket. [/quote]

That is true. But I also think that there’s a large number of Americans who don’t incorporate fruits and vegetables in their diets.

It can be extraordinarily time-consuming. Also, it is very labor-intensive, and people seem to be less willing to do it here in the east because we don’t have the growing season y’all do in CA.

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