Photo below - grapes are about half-grown already, and it should be the best harvest to date, if things continue to go well. Other than pruning of new growth every 3 weeks, tending to them is quite easy.
Photo below - check out this branch completely loaded down with pears....It's the same branch with fireblight, and you can understand why I'm not wanting to deal with it at this time. I'd lose almost half of the harvest, and will just take care of it in February - when hard pruning is performed....
Photo below - the longest trellises are completely engulfed with melon foliage now, although fruitset is still not as plentiful as i'd like. Along with Mr. "googly eyes" over to the right, there are a couple of Honeydew coming along nicely, as well as a black diamond growing on the backside. One of Jude's frisbees sits on top of the post to the left, and that's what I do with them when she's getting on my nerves while trying to tend to things. However, I play with her when finished, of course.....
Photo below - here's the two newest tomato plants growing in swp's located in the yard. The tall one is Stupice, and the shortest would be Black Brandywine....I'm pleased with the progress so far, and really feel that the 7 gallon version on the right is much better than the standard 5 gallon setup. I'll likely continue to upgrade all swp's to 7 gallons in the future, and thankfully the materials to do so are already on hand...
In other news, more beans were planted where the marigolds were located in the largest raised bed, and the flowers were thrown into one of the compost bins. Of course Jude had to play with them first - as she does anytime something is removed. Speaking of Jude, I'm gonna have to post another video of the little stinker...she's pretty funny....
Take care and happy gardening
EG
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15 comments:
It looks like you are going to have a bumper crop of grapes! What are you planning to make with those grapes??
Dang, look at that wonderful pear tree..talk about loaded. Hope ours look like that some day. Looking forward to seeing another video of Jude.:)
Everything looks good. I wish I could get my watermelons and stuff to grow that well. I have a terrible time with watermelons that is for sure! Right now I only have 2 tiny ones, and the growth of the plants are no more than 2-3 ft up the trellis.
I'm wondering why you stack the litter containers so high? I did a few of these this year but only used one with 3 1/2" PVC pipes in the bottom for water for each SWC. And...how many cats do you and Jude have that you have such a glut of cat litter containers?
Robin - I always make jelly from the grapes. Most people would make wine, but I don't like it.
Mr. H - it's definitely gonna be a good year for the pears, and i've been waiting for this one! I'll get that video up very soon..
ShawnAnn - growing watermelons is probably the most challenging thing to learn in my garden, and there's certainly been plenty of failures for me when starting out..
Sande - most of the ones you see in the picture are only the top rings of a cat litter bucket. I do this to increase the water reservoir size, and also growing medium mass. Kinda like extensions or risers if you will....
The cat litter buckets were acquired from someone on freecycle...
Wow sure looks great! Do you end up preserving most of your fruit? The scw's look interesting I am going to have to read more about them on your site.
Wow what an amazing amount of pears on that branch. And I wish my melons would climb. They and the cukes just want to go horizontally this year. Neither of them want to go up their trellis. I'm having to help them way too much.
Wow! Look at those pears!!! Amazing.
Mrs. Pickles - yep, most fruit is turned into jelly, jam, syrup, or pear butter.
Daphne - those melon vines need help. :)
Ribbit - thanks, it's gonna be a good haul this year...
I am very impressed with the amount of pears on your tree. WOW! It looks like this will be a great year for grapes as well.
Your pears look amazing! How are those black branywine doing? My plant is kind of limping along because I planted it in poor soil.
Using the top rings to extend the size makes sense to me. And getting them from freecycle sure is easier than having lots of cats! (I have 3 and have my own continuing supply of cat litter buckets, but they do come in handy....the buckets, not the cats)
Dan - i've already tried one, and the taste was not impressive..sigh...I guess I was expecting it to taste like all other black tomatoes, but it just tasted like an ordinary, plain tomato..
Sande - yep, that what the rings are for...
I'm not sure if I'm going to get any muscadines this year because of my tractor supply cat....
EG - that sucks! Maybe they will improve in flavor once the plant has put out a few fruit. I hope mine gets growing so I can at least try one. All the other tomatoes are doing great.
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