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re: The 2021 Garden Thread
Posted on 7/8/21 at 5:47 pm to Comic_Tiger
Posted on 7/8/21 at 5:47 pm to Comic_Tiger
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Posted on 7/8/21 at 9:55 pm to DarthTiger
I plant TPPEPHP (Top Pick Pink Eye Purple Hull Peas) or the Mississippi Silver. Great for putting Nitrogen in the ground and the plant itseld makes excellent mulch. I will follow the peas with broc/cauliflowers in the fall or tomatoes in the spring.
Posted on 7/9/21 at 10:23 pm to Tbone2
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Posted on 7/11/21 at 7:48 am to DarthTiger
Pretty pleased with this harvest considering I had to buy 2 Nucs in April after losing all my other hives.
Posted on 7/11/21 at 9:44 am to Columbia
We don’t eat a ton of honey. So I’m thinking about trying my hand at making mead. Have you ever made any?
Posted on 7/11/21 at 9:54 am to PillageUrVillage
I haven’t tried making mead yet.
On another note. Enjoy the Chinese Tallow why you can. It’s about to be eradicated from the US with introduction of a moth and beetle from China. I, of course, think this is a horrible idea.
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On another note. Enjoy the Chinese Tallow why you can. It’s about to be eradicated from the US with introduction of a moth and beetle from China. I, of course, think this is a horrible idea.
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Posted on 7/11/21 at 12:11 pm to Columbia
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introduction of a moth and beetle from China.
Seems risky. I hate chinese tallow trees from a deer habitat perspective and never realized tallow trees are important to bees. Crazy that in some places like Houston and East Texas, tallow trees are the most common tree.
Posted on 7/11/21 at 12:49 pm to Columbia
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I, of course, think this is a horrible idea.
Agree. And so does every other beekeeper in the country. I remember reading about this a while back. There’s also a large push in Louisiana to build large solar farms on thousands of acres of land. The concern being that it may cause a lack of biodiversity during and after the construction of the solar farms which may lead to bee population decline. I do hope they consider planting natives under and around all of the solar panels to maintain a pollinator friendly habitat. I read that some states use “dual use farming”, which is basically having other farming activities taking place around the solar panels. Like cattle and/or other crops. I would hope Louisiana would consider something like this.
Posted on 7/11/21 at 2:04 pm to PillageUrVillage
I am trying my hand at growing mushrooms. I am a complete novice, but I have so far grown some oyster mushrooms and currently have some lion's mane mushrooms busting out in grow bags inside.
I have innoculated some logs outside with shitake and lion's mane, but expect no growth until the weather reaches 50 -60 degrees. Maybe not even this year, but next. Also trying a straw bed with some manure compost. Too hot for any of that to do anything until fall. Wish me luck.
Right now I am just psyched about the lion's manes. They are supposed to taste like crab or lobster.
I have innoculated some logs outside with shitake and lion's mane, but expect no growth until the weather reaches 50 -60 degrees. Maybe not even this year, but next. Also trying a straw bed with some manure compost. Too hot for any of that to do anything until fall. Wish me luck.
Right now I am just psyched about the lion's manes. They are supposed to taste like crab or lobster.
Posted on 7/11/21 at 2:41 pm to PillageUrVillage
Yeah but aren’t those tallow trees growing so fast they are suppressing native tree species?
Posted on 7/11/21 at 2:44 pm to BallsEleven
That’s the argument. I’m no expert on the matter. Hopefully some sort of balance can be found. I know they are a great resource for bees and honey production. So I would hate to see them fully eradicated.
Posted on 7/11/21 at 6:11 pm to PillageUrVillage
Garden blew up while we were at the beach last week. Should be getting some sweet corn soon.
Posted on 7/11/21 at 6:50 pm to TigerBait1971
Chuuuuuuu! What zone are you in? You must be north of me. 
Posted on 7/11/21 at 7:11 pm to TigerBait1971
What varieties of tomatoes you growing?
Posted on 7/11/21 at 7:34 pm to mudcat tiger
I'm just south of Atlanta, Georgia in a little town called Newnan.
Growing Park's Whopper, Big Beef, and Atkinson tomatoes.
Also growing sweet corn, cucumbers, squash, zucchini, eggplant, jalapeños, cayenne, watermelon, canteloupe, and purplehull peas.
ETA: and bluelake bush beans
Growing Park's Whopper, Big Beef, and Atkinson tomatoes.
Also growing sweet corn, cucumbers, squash, zucchini, eggplant, jalapeños, cayenne, watermelon, canteloupe, and purplehull peas.
ETA: and bluelake bush beans
This post was edited on 7/11/21 at 7:35 pm
Posted on 7/11/21 at 7:50 pm to TigerBait1971
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Newnan
I’ve passed through there several times on my way to north GA and NC. I love north GA. Beautiful part of the country. You’re definitely further north than I am. Heck of a haul.
Posted on 7/11/21 at 8:37 pm to TigerBait1971
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Newnan.
We have some friends from there. My wife is convinced if we get another hurricane here we are moving up there to be closer to them
Posted on 7/11/21 at 8:43 pm to Columbia
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Columbia
Just another quick hive update. We opened it again today. Main goal was to check on eggs and larva, and install some beetle traps since we saw a couple of hive beetles during the last inspection. Went straight down to the bottom box first and after about the third or fourth frame was pulled we saw our new queen!
Luckily I brought my queen marking tool out just in case we found her. So we got her marked and released her back into the colony.
We quickly inspected a few more frames, installed our beetle traps, and closed up the box. Here’s one of the outer frames from second brood box full of capped honey.
I know the bee stuff isn’t exactly gardening. But I feel like it’s related at least. We are kind of in a gardening lull over here at the moment. In a couple of weeks I plan on starting some tomatoes. And next month I plan on sowing some mustard greens and starting some cabbage seeds. Fall gardening will be here before we know it.
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Posted on 7/11/21 at 8:55 pm to PillageUrVillage
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I know the bee stuff isn’t exactly gardening. But I feel like it’s related at least.
Keep it coming. I enjoy the updates from different people with hives. There probably isn’t enough activity to warrant a separate running thread either.
I missed it, how did you lose your other queen? Swarm?
Posted on 7/11/21 at 9:07 pm to BallsEleven
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Swarm?
Yep. Page 64
Basically my colony built up waaaaaaay faster than I could’ve imagined and they swarmed. I was lucky enough to hear the new queen piping right after the swarm. So I just waited and hoped that she would get mated and the colony would become queenright. And that is definitely the case.
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