But where our hearts truly lie is in peace and quiet and good tilled earth. For all Hobbits share a love of all things that grow.

[tamrock]

Well I've increased my interest in growing things this year. I got a late start, but have dined on Bok Choy, Cucumber, Sweet Peas, Tomatoes and Hot Peppers so far. Not sure I'll get anything out of the Water Mellon and Cantaloupe I planted. I'm only seeing blossoms and no fruit. If anything it's fun to try and with some tips from billb, I just might get good at this task of growing things.

 

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[creskol]

Looks like you have a nice garden. My squash and peppers did well this year, but the rest fizzled out.

 

[robertk]

That garden looks really nice and productive! If you're seeing blossoms on the melons, especially if you're seeing bees on them, you'll eventually see fruit. It takes a while, so depending on how soon fall sets in for you, frost might be an issue.

 

[Blackfoot58]

That garden looks really nice and productive! If you're seeing blossoms on the melons, especially if you're seeing bees on them, you'll eventually see fruit. It takes a while, so depending on how soon fall sets in for you, frost might be an issue.

The variety can be an issue. Many vining plants put on male blossoms for the first month of blooming, or more. The female blossoms often don’t show up until early August on some varieties. I’ve had this on pumpkins, squash and melons.

 

[Peyton Manning]

How do you get the peas to grow in the bags?

 

[tamrock]

How do you get the peas to grow in the bags?

I put the magic pea seeds in the bag with a little water I get at the magic spring near by.

 

[tamrock]

My 3 almost 4 year old grandson gets to check on the progress of his Halloween pumpkin each time he comes for his weekly visits. He helps also on the excavation area of the next garden plot I'm working on to finish by fall and be ready for next year. He's up and out of bed before sun-up and ready to get to work in the morning, before he even gets outta his PJ's.

 

[Peyton Manning]

Dude looks serious

 

[RGINN]

Well you've done better than I could ever do here at the Summit. I tried to grow some radishes once, which should mature in about 3 weeks, and 2 months later I sorta had radishes. I can do pretty fair with herbs, but this year I pretty much only got mint coming along, which my neighbors, who are for the most part a bunch of alcoholics appreciate as they use it in some type of drink. The easiest thing for me to raise here is orange traffic cones, but they grow in the wild all over the county, so I can just go out and gather them there, if I wanted to.

 

[ArfieBoy]

I used to grow radishes in my back yard. I put up a little fence so my Basset Hounds wouldn't crush them or stomp them to death. Somehow my female BH found out she liked radishes and found a way to squeeze through my makeshift fence. She would slowly approach the fence, glance over both her shoulders, then squeeze through the fence. Once in, she would pull up a radish, squeeze back into the yard, eat the radish and leave the greens in the yard. Then she would go back for another one. If she couldn't pull the radish out of the ground, she would just take a bite out of the top of it at ground level and pull another one. I finally saw her do it one day. Got it on a video, but don't know where that is now. Funny dog!

 

[tamrock]

Well you've done better than I could ever do here at the Summit. I tried to grow some radishes once, which should mature in about 3 weeks, and 2 months later I sorta had radishes. I can do pretty fair with herbs, but this year I pretty much only got mint coming along, which my neighbors, who are for the most part a bunch of alcoholics appreciate as they use it in some type of drink. The easiest thing for me to raise here is orange traffic cones, but they grow in the wild all over the county, so I can just go out and gather them there, if I wanted to.

Some old timer told me that BV was once known as the Lettuce capital of Colorado years ago. Something about it being below the banana belt. I was like, they grew bananas here also.

 

[tamrock]

Dude looks serious

He is and if it don't go right, look out. I'm working on that issue with him.

 

[RGINN]

We call that BV area the Banana Belt. Their winters are pretty much like our summers.