tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6672834250325632231.post7478434475159209555..comments2023-11-09T02:06:49.126-06:00Comments on Rancho Santa Clara: It's raining vegetables! Hallelujah?alcubanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12667546605871850986noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6672834250325632231.post-34783302778872149262013-09-01T10:49:28.403-05:002013-09-01T10:49:28.403-05:00Great photos. Loved particularly the one of the p...Great photos. Loved particularly the one of the pups and the produce on the counter. We are so thrilled you had a bumper crop this year because those were the best tomatoes ever!Victoria Challancinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12134176847832992178noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6672834250325632231.post-19923562976437320402013-08-26T15:52:36.749-05:002013-08-26T15:52:36.749-05:00Blackberries and raspberries are big feeders, they...Blackberries and raspberries are big feeders, they will grow in manure that is barely tame. I've mulched with dried pig manure, straight from the barn with good results, just keep it off direct contact with the stem. normhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04651902762232427335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6672834250325632231.post-4358724920705684332013-08-23T18:21:14.149-05:002013-08-23T18:21:14.149-05:00The compost looks excellent. I have tried rabbit,...The compost looks excellent. I have tried rabbit, cow, and horse manure across the decades. Each seemed to work well. When my friend bought a horse ranch in Florida, I won the lottery. A truck full each month. I used to ladle a scoop of water drawn from a bucket half full of manure on each of the plants in the raised garden each morning. Once plants have four leaves, you can't imagine how effective this watering scheme was. The drip system sounds great for Central Mexico, but would be overkill in Florida with its two inch rain squalls.<br /><br />But how do you keep the green garden hose from becoming bulbous and then splitting using your water system in an on position all day?Bill Barneshttps://www.facebook.com/wmbarnes1noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6672834250325632231.post-40234566444717798672013-08-22T17:19:22.035-05:002013-08-22T17:19:22.035-05:00Phyllis Culp has sent you a link to a blog:
Love...Phyllis Culp has sent you a link to a blog: <br /><br />Love your writing and your sharing.Your zucchini has enhanced a large pot of minestrone, a crockpot of ratatouille, and will be a shredded zucchini "noodle" dish mañana. Thanks for the tips, the inspiration, and the help, amigos! alcubanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12667546605871850986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6672834250325632231.post-69480871196435171122013-08-22T17:08:39.987-05:002013-08-22T17:08:39.987-05:00Glad you enjoyed it.
alGlad you enjoyed it.<br /><br />alalcubanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12667546605871850986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6672834250325632231.post-61617562195935806672013-08-22T17:08:08.771-05:002013-08-22T17:08:08.771-05:00Sorry, Babs, we only planted four cauliflowers (th...Sorry, Babs, we only planted four cauliflowers (they take a lot of room) and they're all gone. But three more are coming up. I'll let you know.<br /><br />Alalcubanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12667546605871850986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6672834250325632231.post-41652736417527731632013-08-22T17:07:02.853-05:002013-08-22T17:07:02.853-05:00Thank you. Today two of the dogs ended up at the v...Thank you. Today two of the dogs ended up at the vet, one with a scratch on one eye--probably when she tried to drag one of our cats across the floor--and another got bit by something, probably a snake...alcubanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12667546605871850986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6672834250325632231.post-12744001817350673382013-08-22T17:05:36.016-05:002013-08-22T17:05:36.016-05:00Like Kim, your one tomato plant may have a case of...Like Kim, your one tomato plant may have a case of who-the-hell-knows too. Gardening is humbling if nothing else. You think you've read and done everything and then the stuff croaks...<br /><br />alalcubanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12667546605871850986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6672834250325632231.post-21879134711363642262013-08-22T17:03:39.595-05:002013-08-22T17:03:39.595-05:00Our soil here, a semi-desert terrain, tends to aci...Our soil here, a semi-desert terrain, tends to acid, and like yours, dries up in just a few days if we don't get rain. <br /><br />Blackberries you asked? We have three plants who have been barely surviving for at least two years. Raspberries too, one plant. I don't know what's the deal. People had warned me they spread rampantly but mine are barely conscious. Let me investigate. Thanks for the reminder.<br /><br />alalcubanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12667546605871850986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6672834250325632231.post-79917133244780814472013-08-22T16:59:53.223-05:002013-08-22T16:59:53.223-05:00Steve: You have to get here first. I'm not goi...Steve: You have to get here first. I'm not going to Malaque in August, not even to see you.<br /><br />alalcubanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12667546605871850986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6672834250325632231.post-37238045030446614232013-08-22T16:59:02.730-05:002013-08-22T16:59:02.730-05:00It sounds like you have a case of who-the-hell-kno...It sounds like you have a case of who-the-hell-knows, unless some other reader can identify the culprit. Good luck!<br /><br />Alalcubanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12667546605871850986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6672834250325632231.post-6623384286338896152013-08-22T16:06:23.968-05:002013-08-22T16:06:23.968-05:00That's a lot of good looking tomatoes! What is...That's a lot of good looking tomatoes! What is Stew going to do with them, besides some great salads? I grilled mine for a change this summer.<br />My mother made stuffed tomatoes instead of stuffed cabbage. ¡Riquísimo!<br /><br />Beautiful dogs in front of a gorgeous landscape.Andeannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6672834250325632231.post-68718290028584607882013-08-22T11:00:30.152-05:002013-08-22T11:00:30.152-05:00Great story and photos. Stone-walled compost bins ...Great story and photos. Stone-walled compost bins - ¡que lujoso! Love the dogs on the dirt pile - must enjoy the view...Stanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18297912151939163517noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6672834250325632231.post-30170306205273683502013-08-22T10:22:50.282-05:002013-08-22T10:22:50.282-05:00I'm sooooooo envious. Looks fabulous. I'...I'm sooooooo envious. Looks fabulous. I've got a great cauliflower recipe if you're interested AND the photo of the dogs on the dirt pile is great!Babshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16609157345912932083noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6672834250325632231.post-28848410529903379052013-08-22T09:10:54.425-05:002013-08-22T09:10:54.425-05:00Great story, thanks for the read!Great story, thanks for the read!Peter Kouwenhovenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10197113786491782884noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6672834250325632231.post-5642231290264957212013-08-22T07:56:34.855-05:002013-08-22T07:56:34.855-05:00I'm inspired. Been a life-long gardener and p...I'm inspired. Been a life-long gardener and proponent of drip systems - Stateside - and can hardly wait to get a garden going in the casita in the campo I'll probably be taking starting next month. <br /><br />An addition to the "what the hell happened here" file: I got two tomato plants at the same time from the same place. One went in the back patio garden, one in the front, both with same exposure and seemingly not-too-different soil. <br /><br />The one in the back produced lovely fruit; the one in the front got huge, thick, lush but not even a SINGLE FLOWER did it produce. I never figured that out, just chalked it up to Mother Nature's whimsical ways of making sure I knew WHO WAS IN CHARGE.<br /><br />Love your posts, thanks so much for sharing with us.<br /><br />Lydia-janelydiajanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05537535066868534749noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6672834250325632231.post-54832121395415687982013-08-22T07:13:21.772-05:002013-08-22T07:13:21.772-05:00Compost and regular water are any plants friend. T...Compost and regular water are any plants friend. That stuff from the horses is full of nitrogen, plants like that as well. Most vegetables like a modest level PH , 7.1 to 7.5, great amounts of rotting organics will tend to push your soil into the acid range of PH. A simple way to avoid this is have a bag of limestone chips at the compost pile, when you fill a wheelbarrow with compost, scop a half quart of chips onto the compost, it will keep your soil in balance for as long as anyone reading this might live. As the acid from the organics is released it dissolves a bit of the chip, it's automatic so to speak. It is best to treat the tomato's soil differently, they like a bit of acid in their soil. Small amounts of sulfur are a good source of acid for tomatoes.<br /><br /> My garden is going great guns this year; I grow my stuff on an old cattle paddock. I have to run soaker hoses because I live on sand, two days without rain and my plants start to wilt. <br /><br />Have you started any blackberries? We are picking a few gallons a week right now, all off of a fifty foot row. Of all the fruit and vegetables I grow, I enjoy the blackberries the most. normhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04651902762232427335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6672834250325632231.post-66369834519518474492013-08-22T01:23:26.753-05:002013-08-22T01:23:26.753-05:00I hope you are getting ready to entertain me with ...I hope you are getting ready to entertain me with an onslaught of heirloom tomatoes.Steve Cottonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00468378507171761868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6672834250325632231.post-82239095054722345642013-08-21T22:28:52.881-05:002013-08-21T22:28:52.881-05:00Well, I'm highly envious.
This spring, I dug ...Well, I'm highly envious.<br /><br />This spring, I dug up a 7'x7' square of my extremely rocky back yard, built a raised bed, mixed in compost and vermiculite, and have been growing tomatoes. But now, just as the tomatoes are beginning to ripen, they seem to be coming down with some kind of fungus that turns the leaves yellow. I've already lost one plant, and it's now a race with time to see whether the tomatoes ripen first or the plant dies. <br /><br />But despite YOUR success with tomatoes, I won't say anything mean about you because I like your blog and I'm a nice person too, LOL...<br /><br />Saludos,<br /><br />Kim G<br />Boston, MA<br /><i>Check out my new blog!</i>Kim Ghttp://gringosuelto.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com