Jardín del Gotch

[Cornelius_Gotchberg]

>19"/>48 cm Daikon bequeathed, along with beau coup Garlic Scapes, to a 1st Generation Chinese neighbor; whaddya bet some authentic Pot Stickers'll make their way over here sometime soon?

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The Gotch

[Cornelius_Gotchberg]

Coupla Sweet Success Cukes rounding into shape:

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Coupla promising newcomer/WESconsin developed Wautoma Heirloom Cukes doing likewise:

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The Gotch

[rxkeith]

coulda swore i posted something, but it aint there.
how did you manage to pull that radish up all in one piece??
your cuckes are looking good. two of the three wautoma seeds you gave me are up.
gonna have to wait a bit before i can sample one.


keith

[Cornelius_Gotchberg]

how did you manage to pull that radish up all in one piece??

After pulling up partial Daikons numerous times, I've started slipping a trowel in to loosen the soil around 'em.

The Gotch

[GoDawgs]

coulda swore i posted something, but it aint there.
how did you manage to pull that radish up all in one piece??
your cuckes are looking good. two of the three wautoma seeds you gave me are up.
gonna have to wait a bit before i can sample one.


keith

I once read something about pulling carrots easier by grabbing the neck of the carrot and pushing it down before pulling it up. It sure works great! I wonder if you could do that with the long daikons.

BTW @rxkeith, do you remember what varieties were in that mix you sent into MMMM?

[Cornelius_Gotchberg]

Appears to be The Year Of The Monster Daikon, this beast is >28"/71 cms

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The Gotch

[MissS]

What were you feeding those things?

[Cornelius_Gotchberg]

2nd Li'l Green Chubbie Award goes to the King Kong; seed supplied by the divine @MissS and The Gotch's sole Plant entry in the Junction's 2023 Giant Tomato Contest:

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1st Goliath Sweet Pepper:

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The Gotch

[Cornelius_Gotchberg]

What were you feeding those things?

Put 'em in a new, previously unused space (under the Butternut Squarsh Trellis) which gets direct sun all morning and has GREAT soil.

The Gotch

[Cornelius_Gotchberg]

After spending nine (9) days up in majestically forested Iron County, I returned to (despite paltry rainfall) burgeoning plants whose inexplicable growth got them hung up under/outside their horizontal cage rims.

I nursed most under-n-up, but lost any number of 'em; a pain all you's have felt, am I right?

Glass half full?

After ~ five (five) hours of watering/weeding/pruning/training, was able to pull these here beauts--From top--Black Magic Zukes, and Wautoma Heirloom and WESconsin SMR 58 (AKA Mini-Watermelon) Cukes, destined for (respectively) Zuke Fritters, the lovely and long suffering Mrs Gotch's Cuke/Olive/Onion/Chickpea Salad, and Quickles:

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While a tad early...no complaints!

The Gotch

[Cornelius_Gotchberg]

Last of the 2022 Squarsh Crop, which shattered our record for Squarsh longevity:

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Much of taller one was bad; some is bait for a live trap tasked with removing a despicably ruinous ground hog.

The rest?

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All Squarsh should have it that good....am I right...?

The Gotch

[Cornelius_Gotchberg]

This baby's (one of The Gotch's BEST!) two (2) feet/.61 meters, it's truncated pal (whose severed portion was subsequently rescued) would've been bigger.
Shredded Daikon in Spud/Mac/Cole Slaw salads in the On Deck Circle!

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The Gotch

[Cornelius_Gotchberg]

Lily Season is upon us!

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The Gotch

[Cornelius_Gotchberg]

Leave for five (5) days during Zuke Season, and this is what awaits upon your return (four (4)'/1.22 meters on the tape measure):

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The Gotch

[Cornelius_Gotchberg]

While sweet-smelling Peonies will always have a small corner of The Gotch's heart, the per capita fragrance factor of Oriental Lilies is off'n the chart.

Their breathtaking beauty is blooming now, and our house is an unparalleled olfactory extravaganza!

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The Gotch

[MissS]

Oh I so adore the scent of the Oriental Lily's. I wish I could grow them but those darned deer find them a delicacy. Gosh they ate every zinnia last night too and they aren't supposed to like them.

[Cornelius_Gotchberg]

Honker Relocation Day, to a Zuke Bread making pal, ~ 30 lbs/13.6 kgs of Squarsh are dwarfing a 12 gallon/45.4 liter-18"/45.72 cm wide-14"/35.7cm deep Muck Bucket:

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There's a...um...Gold Rush on Gold Rush Hybrid Zukes:

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The Gotch

[rxkeith]

way ahead of me in the squash, and cucumber dept. gotch.

it has been a slow start here. had to replant a couple times, but plants are starting to put on some bulk
after some very rainy days. just need some heat to stick around for more than a few days at a time.
i have one volunteer squash from last years volunteer scallop squash from the year before. i am looking
forward to what this one will look like.


keith

[PlainJane]

Squash gazpacho vodka shots for the whole neighborhood.

[Cornelius_Gotchberg]

Had been keeping an eye on this King Kong (H/T @Yak54) for a while, went to pick it and found it had been ravaged by some dastardly critter; this was all that was left, which (mercifully!) was enough for our International BLT Day samitches.

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The Gotch