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Gardening

Diamond_Dog

(35,714 posts)

1. Your garden is beautiful.

Reply to walkingman (Original post)

Sat May 25, 2024, 02:33 PM

May 2024

I don’t know how you can stand that kind of heat, though!

Here in NE Ohio ours won’t look like yours for a couple more months. We’ve downsized quite a bit over the years. Now it’s just tomatoes, peppers, lettuces, and cucumbers.

What are purple hull peas?

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Anybody does vegetable gardening? [View all] walkingman May 2024 OP

Your garden is beautiful. Diamond_Dog May 2024 #1

Cow peas in NC codfisherman May 2024 #2

Cool, I love limas also. Never heard of the papago or python beans. walkingman May 2024 #5

We have clay soil. Diamond_Dog May 2024 #11

Black beans codfisherman May 2024 #15

😂 We say "Tamaytas" also in Texas 🤣 walkingman May 2024 #18

Holy cow! No pun intended! Diamond_Dog May 2024 #21

Never seen eggplant like that, my wife makes good baba ganoush. walkingman May 2024 #24

heart the longhornasarus. AllaN01Bear May 2024 #26

Papagos and Pythons codfisherman May 2024 #14

Interesting....where do you get the seed? I like to try new stuff. walkingman May 2024 #19

Bakers and SESE codfisherman May 2024 #42

Thanks - I'm gonna order one! walkingman May 2024 #44

Thank you for the kind words. walkingman May 2024 #3

I think my post #11 was meant for you, Oops! Diamond_Dog May 2024 #12

Your garden is lovely Laurelin May 2024 #4

Wow? Where do you live? Texas has been getting a lot of bad weather walkingman May 2024 #6

I used to live in Pflugerville Laurelin May 2024 #47

I'm putting in plants tomorrow Siwsan May 2024 #7

Using the bulb planter sounds like a cool idea. We have sandy soil walkingman May 2024 #23

We use bulb planters Laurelin May 2024 #48

That's a nice looking garden Bayard May 2024 #8

I know what you mean.... walkingman May 2024 #10

Wow! Gorgeous garden! Diamond_Dog May 2024 #13

Very nice! Bayard May 2024 #43

Thanks, it becomes an obsession. Too old to handle a big one these days. walkingman May 2024 #45

Wow, Great looking garden. Beachnutt May 2024 #9

Could it be a Horn worm? They are notorious for getting on tomatoes. walkingman May 2024 #16

Yes it had a horn Beachnutt May 2024 #17

Be sure and keep an eye out - if you had one you very well could have more. walkingman May 2024 #20

Thanks Beachnutt May 2024 #22

Nice tip on the blacklight flashlite...I'll remember this...thanks! SWBTATTReg May 2024 #25

If it's a hornworm dweller May 2024 #30

Thanks - gross but a good tip. 😂 walkingman May 2024 #34

. mahina May 2024 #27

I try. mahina May 2024 #28

I love bok choy and have never even heard of apple bananas. walkingman May 2024 #32

True! mahina May 2024 #35

No, but thanks, I'll put on my watch list. ☮ walkingman May 2024 #38

It's a good one mahina May 2024 #40

wow. AllaN01Bear May 2024 #29

I use coconut coir to help retain moisture GreenWave May 2024 #31

Cool! So like a mulch? How does it come, in bales? walkingman May 2024 #36

To answer all three of your questions... GreenWave May 2024 #46

I am so jealous wryter2000 May 2024 #33

Seems like they wouldn't care about something on the roof. I've seen walkingman May 2024 #37

I keep trying but... The Blue Flower May 2024 #39

I hear ya, I have to put up an electric fence around my garden to stop walkingman May 2024 #41