Winter Hawaii 2023-24

[Mark_Thompson]

Small tomato patch in the yard, some potted plants under the eaves, handful of broccolini varieties in the garden, probably plant a bunch of cover crop, and that’s about all I have planned. Fingers crossed for a dry winter with no wind and lots of surf.

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[MissS]

I'm liking that mega bloom! Is it on a giant variety?

[Mark_Thompson]

@MissS If only. That’s a small fruit on a semi-determinate plant.

[Mark_Thompson]

First ripe fruit on one of the Wildlings Panamorous plants, 43 days post-transplant.

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[bower]

Looks delightful, Mark. I know how much work goes into putting one garden to bed, and starting over immediately is ambitious.
I am having to be patient and eke out some fallow time in the greenhouse here, as the year round enthusiasm has only brought me pest and/or disease troubles. Very impressed that you can keep some tomatoes going year round.

[Mark_Thompson]

Slowly trying to clear out my winter beds, get some cover crops or mulch down. @bower is right, lots of work. I did get a sweet new toy which helps though.

Winter patch has some ripe ones, some diseased leaves too, gotta keep on top of the pruning.

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[MissS]

I have a cultivator like yours and I just love it as long as it's not used in a rocky soil, which is hard to find around here in our glacial soil.

[Mark_Thompson]

It has helped me find a bunch of rocks too. I think the ones that I wasn’t reaching previously using my pitchfork. Easier on the old back too!

[Mark_Thompson]

A little bit of everything

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[Mark_Thompson]

Got the potted plants in and the drip line set up.

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[Mark_Thompson]

Some ornamental types and some steaming types.

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[Mark_Thompson]

Went to Cali for the week. Came home to some fruits and veggies. Rain in November so the Amish Pastes surely aren’t winning any beauty contests.

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[Mark_Thompson]

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[Mark_Thompson]

Some bananas, citrus, tomatoes, biggest tomato is Big Lou from @MissS. Just slowly plodding along, trying to keep everything alive in my limited free time…

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[Mark_Thompson]

Tomatoes, lettuce, broccoli kohlrabi etc. and one big beautiful daikon.

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[bower]

A sight for sore eyes @Mark_Thompson , as we're getting a little taste of the polar vortex here today.

[Mark_Thompson]

Damn I got a lot of pics, sorry! Some highlights below are my dwarfy little Navel Orange absolutely loaded up, baby Roulette Pepper from @Cornelius_Gotchberg looking happy, my first Kohlrabis finally getting big, couple staggered corn plots, Wooly Kate Yellow tomato is a very cool fuzzy little plant, other than that just my periodic photo dump…

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[Cornelius_Gotchberg]

Here's hoping yer personal production will soon allow you's to $#!tcan those $8/lb Whole Paycheck Tomatoes, am I right?

Picked up a coupla beauts myself (a nice Yeller and a Black Bi-color) for Monday Morning BLT Brunch; stay tuned!

The Gotch

[MissS]

Oh how I wish that I could get my fingers into some soil and see some nice green growth.

What a good resource those old ropes are. They are perfect for what you are doing with them. Whoever would have thunk.

[Mark_Thompson]

Couple photo updates. Take a gander at Wooly Kate Yellow, finally a variety that actually lives up to its name.

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