This is my approach to gardening also.
I got 1 cauliflower from 10+ plants. Every single pea plant was eaten by snails. The carrots did great. Carrots are super cheap to buy in a store but hey, if they are what survives then that’s what I’m growing!
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Yeah, I tried to do brussels sprouts this year. But they like cool weather, and it just goes from super effing cold to hot to super effing hot back to cold here for them to ever get good weather.
Also on my “probably not again” list: Root crops. Most stuff seems to do best here started inside when still super effing cold and transplanted during the 2 week cool-to-warm period, and root crops don’t transplant so well.
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Double your money by eating carrot greens and/or using them for pesto.
My cherry tomatoes were advertised as “almost as good as sun gold” so I didn’t buy any sungold seeds or plants. PSA: this is a lie, nothing is as good as sungolds, and these are close enough that every tomato is a tiny burst of disappointment.
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Finally caught up with this thread-- I kept meaning to join but it was overwhelming!
@MonkeyJenga, re: potting soil availability and type, I have been having good results starting seeds and growing things in containers in the Turf King potting soil that is perpetually on sale at Fred Meyer for $3.99/bag. Pretty much the cheapest I have found. I did buy some of the fancy Miracle Grow organic moisture retaining stuff at Costco when they had it and used that for my bigger containers, but I’m not sure it is actually as good as the Turf King stuff.
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Probably now. You want to get it before the head starts to separate too much, as that is a sign it is getting ready to flower. You can already see a few cracks in yours.
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Storm knocked a couple off almost completely green tomatoes off the vines, like green enough I didn’t think they’d ripen inside. Good thing green tomatoes are the best thing ever in groundnut stew.
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Today’s harvest. Also some banana peppers and cowhorn peppers but I forgot to take their picture.
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It almost looks like a spaghetti squash but not quite.
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Craaaap this squash has started Godzilla-ing our corn and knocking shit over willy nilly. I want fresh corn way more than I want fresh squash.
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Squash is pumpkin right?
I feel like they missed a real opportunity when they named this.
You should see my neighbor’s latest zucchini.
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Should you be looking at your neighbour’s zucchini?
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I see you are unfamiliar with Portland.
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Fair call. I did visit once in my peak hipster stage circa 2010. Sort of a pilgrimage.
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