mixed up pumpkins and squashes

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I raised many varieties of pumpkins, squashes, cucumbers and winter squashes from seeds this year and it seems I did a bad job of labeling…. Pumpkins: New England Pie, Long Island Cheese, Baby Pam, Galeaux, Orange Giant, and Rouge vif d’Etampes Winter squash: Lakota, Buttercup, Waltham Butternut, Delicata The giant pumpkins I gave my parents grew into yellow summer squash, cucumbers ended up in the middle of the pumpkin bed, and giant 80 pound pumpkins are now hanging from my parents’ little mesh garden fence. I can’t think of how…
 
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garden aerial

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I took this photo in the middle of the August full sun with the sprinklers going. Too much for my camera. I will get another photo soon in dimmer light. What a glorious time of year!
 
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onions

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My onions are rapidly maturing. The tops are falling over. I pulled about half of mine today. I leave then to cure int eh sun a day or two, because that’s what I see that the old gardeners do. My onions are very small this year 🙁
 
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fall sowing

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I sowed a tray of seeds today. A few experiments. Since my carrots and parsnips didn’t sprout well this spring from direct seeding in the garden, I’m trying seeding in pots for the first time. They need constant moisture and it was dry this spring/summer, and I didn’t keep up with irrigation. Don’t know if they do well being transplanted. I think I can dig a deep hole and line up the root so I get a straight root. Carrots, Bolero and Mokum Parsnips, Beets, Chiogga, Lutz, and Detroit White…
 
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mystery squashes

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This year I have a bunch of squash-type plants that volunteered in my community garden plot. One of them sprouted from my compost bin, and is growing out of my fence and into the path. No fruits yet. I am curious to see what it will produce. The others are a clump of three plants in the far corner of the plot where my compost bin was last year. They are BIG plants that sprouted early. The fruits are forming and look like Big Rock pumpkins.
 
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garden notes

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I noticed today the the squash stem borers are killing the giant pumpkin in the cold frame. It looks like it won’t last much longer. I will try to remember not to grow squashes of any type in my yard as this is what usually happens. The parasitic wasps I ordered for the Mexican bean beetles and corn ear worms are both back ordered. I’ll be waiting weeks til they are available. By then, probably too late. Oh well. I will try to remember to pre-order next year. Today I…
 
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garden aerial

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This week the cute little bunny ate my beans almost to nothing – so I now have a new fence made of chicken wire two and a half feet high all around my garden. I didn’t realize those little rabbits can get through fence smaller than 2 inches and can jump a foot or more!!! Amazing. Its a good year for bunnies and a good year for my garden. The hot weather is great for the basil and eggplants. The cukes are producing well and my giant pumpkin vines are…
 
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garden event cancelled due to heat

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🙁 We thought it was best to cancel the Event scheduled at our community garden because of the extreme heat the weather service is forecasting. The humidity and heat are supposed to be dangerous here tomorrow through 8 pm. We’ll reschedule for August 25, 6 pm.
 
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Kathy Martin
This is a journal of my vegetable gardens. Skippy thinks the garden is his, even though I do all the work. We're located near Boston, in USDA zone 6. I have bees, chickens, fruit trees and berry bushes, too. I use all sustainable organic methods and strive to grow all of my family's vegetables myself. -Kathy


weeks and counting until my last spring frost

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Jan 21
thyme, lettuce, escarole

Feb 21
celery, celeriac, parsley, leeks

March 11
cabbage, kale, arugula



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peppers, eggplants, marigolds, beets

April 12
tomatoes, basil, sunflowers

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