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[The Brew Mentor]

After vacation, I finally got into the garden for a bit yesterday.
I harvested all the cilantro and set it out to dry.
Also. I cut all the garlic scapes that showed up while I was gone. I made garlic oil by simmering the chopped up scapes in EVOO for a couple of hours and then after straining, I saved the soft mush, added salt, pepper and some Pecorino Romano to it and will use it as a sandwich spread or a cooking addition.
I didn't get to my Dill, that's next.
The tomatoes all have flowers, so I should have some in 3-4 weeks.
Late start on the seeds, but beans, beets, cucumbers, squash, etc are all up.
Cheers

 

[Ward Chillington]

Ok gardening guys and gals...what's this? I found it on one tomato plant and on top of the sapling branch I was using a small support stake.
It's not white flies or powdery mildew....it looks like some sort of wood chewing something perched itself on this sapling and had a little kosher and let the crumbs fall on half the plant...it's on no other plant.

 

[Donoroto]

I’ve never seen anything like that in all my years, Ward. I have no idea, but I’d be interested in learning what it is once somebody helps us find out.

 

[Zambi]

Someone spilled their rice on your tomato plant

 

[Ward Chillington]

I’ve never seen anything like that in all my years, Ward.

Yeah, me too! It's been a busy weekend and I didn't notice it when I took a quick drive by this morning but then again..I don't think I remembered TO look!
BTW...thanks spelt czech...while a nosh CAN be kosher...not everything kosher is a nosh!

 

[RoadRoach]

Good info, thanks. Grain goes to the compost heap. Bloom-end rot can also be a Calcium deficiency - test for it.

That stinks about those trees.

Yup, and we've put lime in the soil so many times I'm afraid I'm going to make concrete. Gonna completely overhaul the raised beds when what we have in there plays out. Right now, we have Seymour, the Patty squash plant from Little Shop of Horrors. It took over an entire section of the planters. There's probably 30 squash on it right now, and we already have 8 on the kitchen counter. There's also a couple yellow crook-neck squash plants that are bearing like crazy too. Those are what we normally have bloom end rot on, but they're doing a lot better this year. Maybe the lime is working after all.

I just noticed some live edge cuts laying in your garden in the photos. You know someone with a saw mill? If you can get the sawdust, it makes an absolutely wonderful addition to the soil, but you'll need to add some sand too or the soil will get very sticky when the night crawlers grow to the size of small snakes. They LOVE sawdust. Just watch for termites, though. Last thing you wanna do is plant termites near your house.

 

[Donoroto]

Yup, and we've put lime in the soil so many times I'm afraid I'm going to make concrete. Gonna completely overhaul the raised beds when what we have in there plays out. Right now, we have Seymour, the Patty squash plant from Little Shop of Horrors. It took over an entire section of the planters. There's probably 30 squash on it right now, and we already have 8 on the kitchen counter. There's also a couple yellow crook-neck squash plants that are bearing like crazy too. Those are what we normally have bloom end rot on, but they're doing a lot better this year. Maybe the lime is working after all.

I just noticed some live edge cuts laying in your garden in the photos. You know someone with a saw mill? If you can get the sawdust, it makes an absolutely wonderful addition to the soil, but you'll need to add some sand too or the soil will get very sticky when the night crawlers grow to the size of small snakes. They LOVE sawdust. Just watch for termites, though. Last thing you wanna do is plant termites near your house.

A neighbor has a friend from Alabama somewhere with a bandsaw mill on a trailer, and those cuts become my walkways. His buddy comes over every year or two to mill some timber for him.

My gardens are over a hundred feet from the house, and so termites (at least any from the garden) are not a concern. We have at least three nests out in the yard, but none are concerning at all.

 

[RoadRoach]

A neighbor has a friend from Alabama somewhere with a bandsaw mill on a trailer, and those cuts become my walkways. His buddy comes over every year or two to mill some timber for him.

My gardens are over a hundred feet from the house, and so termites (at least any from the garden) are not a concern. We have at least three nests out in the yard, but none are concerning at all.

Hmmm, can you get the contact info for the guy with the saw mill? I have about 40 logs that I would like to mill and get what I can out of them for future equipment shed material and perhaps bracing and other stuff so I don't have to chew up expensive lumber for that purpose. I'm considering an Alaskan mill, but that's a lotta wear and tear on a homeowner type chain saw. I nearly pulled the pin on a saw mill, but figured I could better use that amount of money elsewhere, perhaps for a dump trailer instead. Lotsa things and toys I want to play with, but they become expensive lawn ornaments when I'm done with them. One of the reasons I don't have a backhoe on my tractor.

 

[RoadRoach]

Yeah, me too! It's been a busy weekend and I didn't notice it when I took a quick drive by this morning but then again..I don't think I remembered TO look!
BTW...thanks spelt czech...while a nosh CAN be kosher...not everything kosher is a nosh!

Might try using AI to search it for you. I've identified a few things that way.

 

[Ward Chillington]

Might try using AI to search it for you. I've identified a few things that way.

Al? Al who? I don't think I know anybody named Al...or Alan for that matter...



Just kidding...a little font humor there...I couldn't help myself.
Yeah, actually I did that with Google seach and image...no good anwsers...it hasn't spread or come back so I'm sticking with a bird stopped by and ate a cracker.