The final harvest of 2026 and farming is done for the year. I just need to get my little shovel out and do some tillage.

Overall, it was a good year. My first ever excellent carrot crop was had, my chilies and bell peppers were excellent as always, the tomatoes were decent, the string beans would have been better and the beets a total failure due to the evil deer.

Such is the life of an old farmer.

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[–] 12 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

You're far better at carrots than most. Share your carrotips!

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  • [–] [S] 7 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

    I have no bloody clue what I did wrong. Usually I'm in the same boat as everyone else.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 child)

    The secret is loose soil with some organic matter/structure. Till the soil for about 30-40cm. Make sure drainage is adequate so it doesn't get waterlogged, but give enough water that you can still make lumps of soil with your hand.

    You get gnarly carrots if you have stony or compacted soil.

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    Damn, those are thicc. I thought they were mozarella sticks that you 'harvested' from your freezer at first.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

    This community alone is worth subscribing to Piefed/Lemmy.

    and the beets a total failure due to the evil deer.

    Evil deer, like in killer rabbit (warning: YouTube)?

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  • [–] 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 child)

    What happened to the string beans?

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  • [–] 2 points 2 weeks ago

    They look amazing dude!

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  • [–] 2 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

    I don't carrot all.

    Okay, that's a lie. I do care. :)

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  • [–] 1 point 2 weeks ago (1 child)

    Your chessboard is setup wrong

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  • [–] [S] 1 point 2 weeks ago

    Nope. It's perfect. Made by one of my son in laws for me a few years ago. The wood comes from 2 trees I had to cut in my yard, a maple and a walnut. So it's absolutely correct in every sense of the word.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 weeks ago (3 children)

    Nice! Those look wonderful.

    We lost a huge amount to what was basically 2 months straight of rain with only a couple of cases where we had more than 24 hours without it. Everything was a swamp. I'm still getting jalapenos and hopefully will have some more butternut squash mature. We have a couple of mini kabocha that may or may not mature in time. If we're lucky, we might have some potatoes hiding out there, but not many. Everything else is already harvested or rotted.

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  • [–] [S] 1 point 2 weeks ago (2 children)

    That's farming for you. You either dry out or drown out.

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