Jardín del Gotch

[Cornelius_Gotchberg]

The Butternut Squarsh Harvest started-n-ended today; this here's ~ 120-150#s/54.5-68kgs haul:

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Yet one remains stuck, resisting all efforts to set it free; I'll have to cut that baby out:

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The Gotch

[rxkeith]

that is a good way to grow squash. i have always liked butter nut squash, but the season here is just a little too short
to get them to maturity consistently. i have since discovered hubbard type squash that do well here most years. sweet fall
is my new favorite. i need to get more than three of them though next year. they are delish.
nice haul there gotch.



keith

[Cornelius_Gotchberg]

@rxkeith; getting them there 50"/1,27 meters H x 16 feet/4.9 meter W 4 gauge wire cattle panels here from ~ 6.6 miles/10.62 kms away, rattling/scratching to beat the band the whole way, was a REAL CHORE!

Good thing they're ONLY for deliverin'!

Butternut Squarsh is DA BOMB on the grill!

The Gotch

[Cornelius_Gotchberg]

A 12" +/30.5cm + appropriately named Giant Marconi Hybrid Sweet Pepper, with a coupla runts below...

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The Gotch

[Cornelius_Gotchberg]

Technocolor©™® Sweet Peppers diced-n-strip cut, shrink-bagged, and in the freezer where they'll patiently await being pressed into something yummy during dark winter!

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The Gotch

[Cornelius_Gotchberg]

Mountain Prides picked green nearly five (5) weeks ago; Top Left tray:

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Now ripe and unbelievably firm, they will be pressed into the lovely and long suffering Mrs. Gotch's signature Aunt Jennie's Tomato Breads.

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The Gotch

[jmsieglaff]

@jmsieglaff; "How's that Greenbush Italian Heirloom?"

Per the lovely and long suffering Mrs. Gotch: "Very tasty, but a bit on the juicy side."

Juiciness may have been due to 3.5+"/8.9+cms of rain last weekend, and the resulting widespread splitting.

Seems to be a later season ripener, with any number of sizable greenies still vine-bound; bear in mind how late everything has been/is/will be for 2022.

Glass half full?

It's shown enough to make it into next season's Jardín del Gotch rotation.

The Gotch

Been a while since I’ve logged on. Late summer and early fall always get too busy! Good to hear on this one, I’ll be trying it sometime soon. I do like a juicy Mater as most of mine are fresh eaten

[Cornelius_Gotchberg]

Took down two (2) 25'/7.62 meter critter fences from around the Kale-n-Herb Patches.

Mulched in the 2023 Garlic beds with a bale of Marsh Hay I swapped for some Tomatoes-n-Peppers.

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It never ceases to amaze me just how much hay you's get out of one (1) bale; there was enough left over to cover four (4) more raised beds.

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That'll 'bout do it, except for the remaining Darkibor Kale, top left of the 1st image.

The Gotch

[rxkeith]

nice raised beds you have there gotch.
i am seeing green grass in one of the pictures.
might be room to put in a bean bed mebbe, eh?


keith

[Cornelius_Gotchberg]

Nice thought @rxkeith (remembering those marvelous beans you provided back in August), but the lovely and long suffering Mrs. Gotch believes we are stretched to the everLUVin' limits as it is.

The Gotch

[Cornelius_Gotchberg]

Indoor Planting has begun at Jardín del Gotch:

Sweet Peppers:
Carmen Hybrid (4)
Giant Aconcagua (2)
Giant Marconi (4)
Goliath Sweet Hybrid (4)
Gypsy Hybrid (5)
Jimmy Nardello (4)
​Mama Mia Giallo Hybrid (4)
Roulette Hybrid (5)
Sweet Sunset Hybrid (4)

Squarsh:
Black Beauty Zuke (4)
Gold Rush Zuke (4)
Waltham Butternut (10)

Cukes:
Sweet Success (3)
Wautoma Heirloom (3)
WESconsin SMR 58 (3)

Basil:
Emerald Tower (4)
Lettuce Leaf (4)

The Gotch

[PlainJane]

What are you going to do with all that squarsh?

[rxkeith]

squarsh already????

i know you are south of me, gotch, but ya aint THAT far south.
whats the plan?



keith

[Cornelius_Gotchberg]

@PlainJane "What are you going to do with all that squarsh?"

After personal use, invest the proceeds...in shrink-wrap.

Today, the lovely and long-suffering Mrs. Gotch made some marvelous soup with last year's Flash Frozen Peppers/Kale/Zukes.

@rxkeith "whats the plan?"

Short term; remembering the buttery taste of those positively marvelous beans I was bequeathed last summer in the short term.

May I get back to you's on the rest...?

The Gotch

[Cornelius_Gotchberg]

@PlainJane "What are you going to do with all that squarsh?" 2.0
Still have 14 from last fall's crop which await being Called Up.

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Five (5) trays & 71 starts under the lights; condensation forming inside the plastic shroud suggests the seeds are LUVin' it!

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The Gotch

[MissS]

You sure get an early start!

[Cornelius_Gotchberg]

@MissS "You sure get an early start!"

Early? Shoot; @AKgardener's been at it a month or so or longer.

March 10th is just for those particular crops; 'Maters are planted on April 2nd, in honor of my Dear late Father's Birthday.

We got ~7"/17.78 cms of snow here; you?

The Gotch

[AKgardener]

Haha @Cornelius_Gotchberg i plead the 5th!! !! Just sayin

[MissS]

@MissS "You sure get an early start!"

Early? Shoot; @AKgardener's been at it a month or so or longer.

March 10th is just for those particular crops; 'Maters are planted on April 2nd, in honor of my Dear late Father's Birthday.

We got ~7"/17.78 cms of snow here; you?

The Gotch

I don't start my maters until tax day, April 15 or beyond. I just don't have the space for that and have never noticed much benefit when I did.

We had about 9" of snow but it's melting fast.

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[Cornelius_Gotchberg]

First Arrival: All three (3) Sweet Success Cukes are the first to break surface.

It's like, you know, Déjà Vu all over again viewtopic.php?t=3372

Paging @AKgardener...

The Gotch