Gardens 2022

[bkattner]

So guys, I pulled my garlic 3 weeks ago, and currently drying, and potatoes will be ready soon, so how do you store them for the winter? I got 24 cloves of garlic, my 1st year growing it. I should also have alot of potatoes to put away. How do you guys keep them?

 

[gary noblit]

Brian, I'm old school so potato bin in a cool place is a good start...but a friend showed me what she does...She shreds like hash browns and freezes in a sealed bag and they keep perfect...internet is full of ideas about garlic...

 

[mgwin]

Keep potatoes in a cool, dry, dark place. You can pack them in single layers between newspapers also.

 

[dschwandt]

Picked 5 nice big melons today and started on the second sweet corn planting.
Spuds will be next in a few weeks or as I find time.

 

[mgwin]

Evidently you don't have many deer or racoons!

 

[dschwandt]

The remote site gets visited by both!
Already lost a couple watermellons but they have left the garden by the house alone.
There is a street light about 15' away from it.

 

[dschwandt]

Dug a few spuds this morning.
These are part of one of 4 rows, so there will be 3 times as many when they are all dug.
Some hills yielded 3 and 4 of the monsters some over 1.25 pounds each.

Kennebeck, Yukon Gold, Pontiac & Russett

 

[RAllison]

Those look great this year Dave!

 

[dschwandt]

Never have had this many big ones before!
These wer grown in an entirely new location than before.

 

[RAllison]

Makes me want to grow taters next season....I'll be hitting you up for pointers.

 

[-CӞ]

Impressive spuds!

 

[kzintner]

Great crop! My wife now wants to grow them next season. What state are you in?

 

[dschwandt]

Eastern Iowa

 

[RAllison]

Anyone grow tomatoes? I had a really bad year due to deer...and have NEVER had that problem,not with tomatoes anyway

 

[dschwandt]

WE have them overflowing the table.
Carolyn has put up dozens of qts so far this year.

 

[RAllison]

I usually am by now to...weird

 

[RAllison]

Yeah I just looked at Gardens 2021 pics,I had bushels by now...right now I have 4 ripe tomatoes in the kitchen. I actually have plants with not a tomato one on them! And I have 50 plants!

 

[jbratton]

Anyone grow tomatoes? I had a really bad year due to deer...and have NEVER had that problem,not with tomatoes anyway

We are getting a bunch!

 

[gary noblit]

Never have had deer touch a tomato..woodchuck ?turkeys?Mine are almost gone and did quite well.

 

[-CӞ]

Dadgum squirrels have stolen a third of my tomato crop. Eat less than half of ‘em and then drop them all over the place.

Guess I can’t blame the fuzzy little boogers.