Planting August 2022 Planting and Chat Thread

packyderms_wife

Neither here nor there.

  • 1st – 1st
    Best for killing weeds, briars, poison ivy, and other plant pests. Clear wood lots and fencerows.
  • 2nd – 3rd
    Excellent for sowing grains, winter wheat, oats, and rye. Plant flowers. Good days for planting aboveground crops.
  • 4th – 5th
    Plant seedbeds. Plant peas, beans, tomatoes, peppers, and other aboveground crops in southern Florida, California, and Texas. Extra good for leafy vegetables.
  • 6th – 7th
    Cut winter wood, do clearing and plowing, but no planting.
  • 8th – 9th
    A good time to plant aboveground crops.
  • 10th – 11th
    Barren days, fine for killing plant pests.
  • 12th – 13th
    Excellent for any vine crops such as beans, peas, and cucumbers. Good days for transplanting. Favorable days for planting root crops.
  • 14th – 15th
    Neither plant nor sow on these barren days.
  • 16th – 18th
    Good days for transplanting. Root crops that can be planted now will yield well.
  • 19th – 20th
    Any seed planted now will tend to rot. Good harvest days.
  • 21st – 23rd
    Plant seedbeds and flower gardens. Good days for transplanting. Most favorable days for planting beets, onions, turnips, and other root crops.
  • 24th – 28th
    Best for killing weeds, briars, poison ivy, and other plant pests. Clear wood lots and fencerows. First three days are good harvest days.
  • 29th – 30th
    Excellent for sowing grains, winter wheat, oats, and rye. Plant flowers. Good days for planting aboveground crops.
  • 31st – 31st
    Plant seedbeds. Plant peas, beans, tomatoes, peppers, and other aboveground crops in southern Florida, California, and Texas. Extra good for leafy vegetables.
 

packyderms_wife

Neither here nor there.
I ordered a bunch of seeds from Sprout People, not sure when that order will arrive, and did take a gander at what Johnny's Seeds has available. Sprout People has a much larger selection to choose from than Johnny's.

My garden is pretty much dormant at this point, no rain and excessive temps has taken it's toll, so glad we only did tomatoes and peppers this year.
 

packyderms_wife

Neither here nor there.
My seeds from Sprout people arrived last Friday, I forgot how big a one pound bag of seeds could be! Lets just say I'll be in sprouts and for quite a long time now. I will jar everything up into pint jars, less a half pint of each type of seed, and put the pints in the basement where it's cooler.
 

TerriHaute

Hoosier Gardener
I've started gathering seeds from my garden - tomatoes and onions mostly so far, also cilantro and dill. I let some of the lettuce bolt and set seeds, so I am going try collecting that and see if it will germinate next year. I also ordered a few seeds: flowers, onion, F1 cabbage and micro dwarf tomatoes for the aerogarden. I saved seeds from some of my prettiest zinnias last year to plant this year. It worked out great, they are gorgeous this year, so I will be saving zinnia seeds from now on.

I planted kale, onion sets, and lettuce this week for the fall garden. I need to pull out the row of bush beans, since the pole beans are producing like gangbusters. That space is needed for turnips. Right now, I am harvesting pole beans, okra, cantaloupe, Swiss chard, celery, tomatoes, peppers, and there are still a few cucumbers. The zucchini is done and pulled out thanks to squash vine borers. The butternut squash is starting to turn golden and it looks like a bumper crop of that this year. The sweet potatoes have at least another month to go, their vines look very happy and healthy, especially after I covered them with floating row cover to keep the deer from eating them down to nubs. There is a doe with a spotted fawn that still visits nearly every day to nibble at beans and swiss chard and the apples that have fallen early. I am surprised to see such a young fawn this late in the year. I send my little lapdog Benjy out to chase them away and it has become a great game, for both I think. Benjy comes strutting back, proud of himself and looking for praise. The deer don't seem very intimidated and return every day or two, during daylight hours.

I've been drying herbs too, like sage, lemon balm, basil, and various mints. Our weather turned really nice this week, it was 58 degrees when I got up this morning and high in the mid-70s with low humidity. My neighbor is busy winnowing hay in the field across the street. All of a sudden there is a hint of fall in the air.
 
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