The gardening thread. What are you growing in your garden this year?

BoomerD · Monday at 5:59 PM

Bah...we're going to be gone for about a week...(hopefully less, I do NOT like my BiL...haven't for over 50 years) but, he's in ill health, as is my wife, so for our 50th wedding anniversary, we're heading down to his place in Oregon.(near Coos Bay)
I don't know anyone I'd trust to water my greenhouse while we're gone, so I've been cobbling in a make-shift drip system. (Should have actually installed it years ago . Got all the tubing run...and re-done to correct a couple of mistakes...a couple of brand new pressure compensating drippers aren't dripping. Minor annoyance, just time consuming.

Muse · Monday at 9:40 PM

BoomerD said:
Just behind my back fence is a state wildlife wetland. No matter how much I try to control the skeeters...they're an invading force.

My invading force this time of year (started a couple weeks ago) is little brown moths. I don't know if they are coming in doors/windows or feeding inside on something and hatching. I used to clap my hands to kill them sometimes. Still try but my hands are sore and I do it half heartedly and haven't killed any lately. I keep spray bottles with rubbing alcohol. It doesn't seem to kill them but it does make them drop to the floor and I can kill them then.

Then there's fruit flies. I have pretty much controlled them the last couple years.

I bought a can of permethrin spray recently to spray my pants for hikes to ward off ticks. I think that works for skeeters too, and there's other chemical means of dealing with them.

Permethrin is an insecticide in the pyrethroid family. Pyrethroids are synthetic chemicals that act like natural extracts from the chrysanthemum flower. Permethrin is used in a number of ways to control insects. Products containing permethrin may be used in public health mosquito control programs.

bbhaag · Tuesday at 9:13 PM

Harvested over 16 pounds(7.25 kilos)of cherries today. Now the mundane part starts of pitting them and grading them. The best ones will be used for food prep and the not so good ones will be juiced.

I'm also thinking about trying my hand at making ice cream. I'm thinking a cherry and chocolate combination would be really good. IDK if I'll get around to it but it sounds good.

The gardening thread. What are you growing in your garden this year?

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