Gardening Forum

SQWIB

Leftovers for the garden

SQWIB

After a day of garden chores I poke around in the garden for ingredients for a breakfast scramble.

SQWIB

This is one of my least favorite chores.

SQWIB

What I like to do to make my garden chores more fun is to add a cook to the list of chores, especially on the fire-pit on a cold day.

SQWIB

Finally harvested my Sweet Potatoes

SQWIB

In this episode of My Urban Garden, I plant out the Wicking beds for fall. Suzhou Baby Bok Choy Parris Island Romaine Lettuce Gigante D' Inverno Spinach. Started my seeds in Sun Gro Black Gold Seedling mix using the "Sili Seedlings" Silicone Seedling Trays, I really like these silicone seedling tray...

SQWIB

I posted this here because I feel that wicking beds fall more in the category of container gardening, since it is contained and fertilized like a container. In this episode of My Urban Garden, I clean out the wicking beds for a fall planting of Bok Choy, Romaine Lettuce and Spinach. The Jimmy Nardel...

SQWIB

If I remember, lol, I'll come back and Update August in September but for now here is a video on my Jimmy Nardello harvest and cook from the weekend.

And a video on the wicking bed Build.

SQWIB

July is when I was really impressed. I terminated the tomato plant on the right bed at the end of July because it was struggling with some fungus or something, however, I did get some production from it. I will be careful on what type of tomato plant to put in the bed next time and limit it to only ...

SQWIB

Update on the wicking beds. I'm getting about a week out of the reservoirs in the hottest days with the garden going full throttle. Production in the wicking beds have been phenomenal. I'll pick pick up where I left off in starting in June. June 8th https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51269944068_75...

SQWIB

It has been a while since I have updated any garden notes. I stopped doing my updates because google changed their web site formatting and it got to be too troublesome and time consuming to update my sites. I would usually post on my websites, copy/paste on forums and tweak, but it just got to be to...

SQWIB

My advice to another gardener Plant cover crops. Don't worry about filling it, but for now, Try a mix with legumes and oats. Crimson clover and oats, let this grow all summer and early fall, it will die back after a hard frost or two. In the spring top with some compost/manure 4-6 weeks before plant...

SQWIB

I have no idea why the photos died up like that, sorry.

SQWIB

Hope these attachments work.

SQWIB

There's quite a few ways to tackle this.
You could build a small fake well.
Put one of those wooden windmills over it
A half pot on its side with flowers.
Simple Post.
Post topped with an led light.
Etc...

I'm on my phone so I hope these show up.

SQWIB

imafan26 wrote: ↑
Thu May 13, 2021 8:30 pm
Can I come live with you? I love everything.

I was gonna ask you the same thing.

SQWIB

Only Homemade ones. When I built mine I put in 4" pipe with wicking material that had a few tiny holes, this went in the center of the towers, I eventually stuck a copper pipe in one with a few slits and a smaller diameter PVC in the other and hooked up to irrigation. They will dry out really quick ...

SQWIB

SQWIB

A lot of folks would say its a deficiency, some will say its normal especially in some hots and some will say its lighting. I would lean towards the lighting group, Just keep an eye on it, I think it looks healthy, other than a bit of leaf curl on that one leaf. I had a few on my sweets and after a ...

SQWIB

Just a quick update. Stained the Beds https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51176864069_dcb1199e8a_c.jpg Harvested some Spinach and Romaine for a salad and wraps. I noticed some of the larger "top" spinach leaves were getting Sun Scald, I also noticed some very tiny white clusters of eggs on the under...

SQWIB

Here is some interesting information about loosing weight. My son is loosing 13 lbs every month by cooking a piece of meat to make broth to cook Korean Tofu noodles in. Noodles are 70% fiber it makes him fill full so he only eats 2 meals every day. He uses soy sauce, oyster sauce, & other things to...

SQWIB

Bump. — What are you growing in these now @SQWIB? . My Early Spring Crop is Bok Choy, Lettuce and Spinach. This garden has helped me lose 18 pounds so far, I have been eating a lot of Bok Choy, almost every other day. 2 heads is usually enough for 3-4 people as a side. The challenge for growing thr...

SQWIB

I'll be waiting to see how the plants produce, in the long run. Usually, I find that pepper plants that have started flowering in the pots have gotten rootbound, as yours seems to have, and sometimes they don't grow as quickly, once put outside, and some even never really recovered. This is why I s...

SQWIB

SQWIB

Here's what I have Learned. Research and Learn as much as you can. Now take all that research and what you learned and toss it out the window. Now, Start planting and see what works. I got tired of the contradiction out there. Companion planting research is one that has boggled my mind, some sites w...

SQWIB

Your bread looks so good it has inspired me to make bread yesterday. I have not been making much bread in the new kitchen oven with only 1 electric burner on top & no burner is bottom. I baked this bread 20 minutes then turned the pan upside down baked 20 minutes on bottom then removed pan baked 7 ...

SQWIB

Gawd, I would love some rye toast right now.

Egg Bread

Egg Bread Toast

Egg Bread Burger

SQWIB

Try growing Big Bertha sweet green bell peppers, plants are about 5 ft tall and load up with about 40 BIG peppers about 4" diameter 6" long each. They have very good flavor. They should grow good in 5 gallon buckets with a tomato cage or stake to hold plants up. 5-20-20 is the best fertilizer. Too ...

SQWIB

Gary350 wrote: ↑
Wed Feb 24, 2021 10:28 am
Wow, that all looks good, what time is dinner we will be right over.

Banana bread is ready!

SQWIB

Bread Maker Pepperoni, Provolone Bread Toasted, topped with Duck Eggs https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50976230201_2eddeaab5c_b.jpg https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50976229986_5dbf0a28ac_b.jpg Store Bought Dough, Pepperoni, Provolone, Mozzarella Bread. https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/509...

SQWIB

I'm probably the wrong guy to ask about fertilizers. Look at your roots first. As far as lighting goes, shop lights or 6500k leds would work, thereare a million options for lighting and your 24 watts sound a little on the weak side. All I know is what has worked for me And roots need air, if you are...

SQWIB

As apple said, what about your lighting? Is this Kratky? Are you supplying air to the roots? For my hydro fertz I was using the following. I don't Hydro anymore but used this mix when growing indoor lettuces and to feed my seedlings. Per Gallon 2g MasterBlend, 4-18-38 1g Epsom Salt, 2g Calcium Nitra...

SQWIB

Gary, I Hope this is OK to post this here. Pallet wood https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/48119711547_4eacd9fb49_b.jpg https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/48119610221_4963e7a805_b.jpg https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/48119650118_498019cc82_b.jpg https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/48119609781_63...

SQWIB

Earlier this year I did a test garden on my deck to see if it was worth making something a little more "semi-permanent". And as usual, the garden got away from me, anyhow I considered this a success, so I decided to move forward. https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50198883172_2cbcbc9f31_b.jpg https...

SQWIB

The pics are confusing me. but from what I can see, your pipes look level. I would think a feed at the high end then the low point would be back to the supply tank. https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50290528557_294bc3d2e1_o.jpg https://live.staticflickr.com/1456/25162437663_8edf6608f6_b.jpg This i...

SQWIB

It was ID'd in another forum as,
Acalypha rhomboidea (Three-seeded Mercury)

SQWIB

applestar wrote: ↑
Wed Aug 12, 2020 11:49 am
I get those too - most definitely a weed but can’t remember what it is. Makes tons of seeds from those tiny flowers so hurry and rid.

Thanks, Ill be tearing it out this weekend with my nasty Goji berry plant.

SQWIB

I'm getting ready to pull this out but wanted to find out what it is before tearing out. sorry 2 pics are blurry. https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50218021943_13ea32beb6_b.jpg https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50218897522_31ff003724_b.jpg https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50218897632_66814b18...

SQWIB

pepperhead212 wrote: ↑
Tue Aug 04, 2020 2:11 pm
Sounds great! So after this treatment, they didn't absorb a bunch of oil, as they usually do?

Not at all
Just need to make sure the oil is hot before adding fries.

SQWIB

Eggplant Fries I am always looking for a new way to cook eggplant, The family gets eggplant overload after a few eggplant meals so I have been trying to make an extremely easy eggplant recipe that will satisfy even the pickiest of the family. I have been trying to make fries from eggplant for dippi...

Search found 956 matches