Relaxed Lester's Garden Photos

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shaft09 said:
Great garden you have there. I have a question, how do you keep birds from eating the strawberries? They get mine before I can, lol. My peaches too! High desert cali. Subbed!
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Second-hand info on birds and strawberries, if you plant varieties that ripen in Orange or White, most birds won't see them as ripe and will leave them alone
 
Radogast said:
One year, I grew Serrano and Bell Peppers in the different yards.
I like to eat my tomato and peppers standing next to the plant.
One of the Bell Peppers did not taste fresh and clean as expected, the bite was full Serrano hot.
Every other Pepper bred true that year.
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Do you think it was from pollination for the seed of that plant or just to pollinate the flower of that pepper
I read something on the net of a kid breeding bell peppers with jalapenos to get the jalapeno growth of lots of peppers but no heat for the bells.It was the pollen from one to the other only to get seeds to grow like that I cant remember which way the transfer was and if it really worked.
 
My theory is that pollen from the serano Pepper added hotness to the normal looking Bell pepper.
It was full Serano heat (a little more then Jalapeño. )
I'm guessing the "spicy" gene is mostly recessive and other Bell pepper flowers are also cross-polinated.
Pure speculation! That Chili became instant mulch and I never bed two peppers I my yard again:)
 
shaft09 said:
Great garden you have there. I have a question, how do you keep birds from eating the strawberries? They get mine before I can, lol. My peaches too! High desert cali. Subbed!
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Well, we have these nets, but we haven't been using them. Sometimes they do get in there and get a few, but usually the amount they get is negligible. The tortoise got in there the other day and went to town on some of the white ones. And occasionally the squirrels and racoons come by to eat them, so we have a motion sensor sprinkler system (scarecrow) set up, just not used unless things are coming for the bounty. There are also so many berries the birds couldn't possibly eat them all, they really like to sneak up and get some of the cat food when we're not looking. Also the nearby birdfeeders keep them occupied. We trouble with birds eating the Ghost Peppers last year, they don't have a receptor for the spicy compound so to them it is some prime munching. But your right, depending on the area those birds can be pretty annoying.
 
shaft09 said:
I'm gonna blame my wife for having the bird feeders. She brings bread home from work, plus the bird seed. I can't win, lol. Thanks for the tips.
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You are welcome.
 
RainStacks said:
Ever plan any Sun Choke/Jeruslem Artichoke? I planted them once before, and they were really lovely, they take a lot of room, but the tubers are really tasty.

Any adivice on rolly pollies? The little buggers are eating all my pansies alive?
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Haven't tried growing artichoke but perhaps I'll grab a plant see how it grows, I will say that the brocolli took 1 year to see a harvest and the yield was QUITE low, so its more of an ornamental plant now :rofl: I wonder if you grew an heirloom variety? If not what was the yield and harvest timing like? I'm still working on my veggies, a lot of other plants get more attention from me than do the veggies, it's just huge juggling act and sometimes the veggies are usually the ones who take the hit most lol

About the rolly pollies I have never seen them actually eating the plant tissue or flowers, usually I only find them moving through the topsoil and that tends to help aerate the soil. The odds are you are having snails or slugs crawling on your plants for breakfast and a little bit of morning dew before you wake up. That's happened quite often to me until I put out the snail and slug bait and got pretty much most of them. The rolly pollies are supposed to eat organic material and recycles it so it keeps the soil healthy too. Armadillidiidae - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia as you can see the roly polys are crustaceans not insects. Could also be caterpillars or small grasshoppers. Hard to say, just need to keep a look out. Atleast they're not eating your weeds :Namaste:
 
Lmao at not eating my weeds! :rofl: But I have watched them eat the pansies. I think what happened is that I inadvertently grew billions of them in my compost pile ;)

The sunchoke looks like a sunflower, you plant a tuber in the ground and that grows the plant. Once the flowers bloom you can dig up all or some of the tubers, depending on if you want it to grow again the following season. The tubers taste a lot like Artichoke hearts, they are good raw chopped in salad, or cooked too. I just might have a pic of it...

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Hi Lester,

I hope you don't mind, but I just took a nice stroll through your lovely garden. I really needed it, today got pretty stressful, and your garden provided me some instant stress relief. I petted your tortoise, but your cat was sort of skeptical, so I just said "Hello"!

:Namaste:
 
Those grasshopper pictures are awesome! Almost looks like human teeth on it. LOL
 
RainStacks said:
I just got a hold of my friend who has a better memory than me, that pic is a sunflower. The sunchoke has much smaller flowers :)
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Makes sense lol :rofl:

SABO said:
Hi Lester,

I hope you don't mind, but I just took a nice stroll through your lovely garden. I really needed it, today got pretty stressful, and your garden provided me some instant stress relief. I petted your tortoise, but your cat was sort of skeptical, so I just said "Hello"!

:Namaste:
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Thank you very much SABO, I enjoy hearing that. Seems like you pinned the tail on the donkey :) Will work on getting another full update soon as I have made some minor additions as well as the strawberries are coming in by the 20s now, should pick a few for my adult beverage garnish.

Cannafan said:
Those grasshopper pictures are awesome! Almost looks like human teeth on it. LOL
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Hi Cannafan, thank you! I am so glad I caught the thing and got him out of my tent, I felt too bad to kill it so I just relocated it, those things can digest so many different leaves so he can surely live in harmony with some other plants somewhere else. But if they increase their populations can they form treacherous swarms. I can only imagine what that would be like! I also think it had 3 eyes, but I'm not totally sure if thats true, he let me take some real close ups of him. Thanks again :)
 
josh223 said:
Your garden looks great. I'm in a colder climate than you. I'm hoping ours will look that good in a few months.
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Even though I grew up in California, these pictures hardly seem real. My beans and broccoli are indoors under lights
. There is snow on the ground. On the other hand we have had closer encounters with Deer, Fox, woodpeckers and frogs this week. Frogs are a sign of spring :)
 
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