Comments for Plants On Deck

Comment on A Final Accounting by plantsondeck

plantsondeck — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 01:53:11 +0000

Isn’t it an absolute shame? I felt terrible then and now, of course, in these early days of winter, I’m absolutely kicking myself. What I wouldn’t give for a fresh-off-the-vine cucumber. (Next year tell the family member whose eyes are bigger than her stomach that she has to at least take them so you can believe they’ve been eaten with grateful abandon.)

Comment on A Final Accounting by danna7

danna7 — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 23:22:01 +0000

I sympathize with your cucumber story. I grow lemon cucumbers in particular, because a family member avidly requests them every year. But once they start ripening at a steady rate, she loses interest and they just pile up in the crisper. I’m not sure if she doesn’t like cucumbers as much as she thinks, or she just doesn’t like the ones I grow and she’s too polite to say so!

Comment on Rabbit Food by GroundCherry

GroundCherry — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 04:14:13 +0000

Yes, a bit sad when you’re down to the last few plants– I have one collard plant and few tiny boy choi persisting through the cold (and one surprise snow storm). Time to start planning for next year!

Comment on August Progress by plantsondeck

plantsondeck — Sat, 10 Sep 2011 00:24:17 +0000

And the boogers just sneak up on you, don’t they? It’s like they’re not there and then, boom, your plants are dead.

Comment on August Progress by Diana

Diana — Fri, 09 Sep 2011 22:05:29 +0000

We had tons of white flies over in Washington state, too! Very few aphids this year, but tons of whiteflies. Our neighbors across the street had to put those yellow sticky traps on their indoor and outdoor plants. They even got all over my tomatoes; I’ve never seen that happen before.

Comment on Mistake by Diana

Diana — Thu, 18 Aug 2011 23:58:09 +0000

Amen to that! Caging mature tomatoes is like untangling a boxful of necklaces. Although it’s great that your patio tomato plants got bigger than they were supposed to.

Comment on Mistake by plantsondeck

plantsondeck — Fri, 12 Aug 2011 01:13:26 +0000

Oh no! Does this mean your neighbor is enjoying your tomatoes?

Comment on Mistake by Brian Howard

Brian Howard — Wed, 10 Aug 2011 14:21:14 +0000

You said it. We waited to long to stake/cage our tomato plants, and now they reside mostly in our neighbor’s back yard; untethered and unrestrained, they jumped the wall separating our patios.

Comment on Wonderful Pickles by plantsondeck

plantsondeck — Mon, 01 Aug 2011 19:12:33 +0000

The Endurer totally thinks this is a great idea.

Comment on Wonderful Pickles by GroundCherry

GroundCherry — Mon, 01 Aug 2011 18:48:06 +0000

Instead of facing that 90 F weather over a boiling canner, I've switched to making fermented pickles! Very easy, but I'm eating them too fast to determine what their end date is. Easy Fermented Pickles I'm sure I'll do some hot water bath pickles for keeping a bit later in the summer, though.