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Time for a gardening update thread
Posted on 7/17/12 at 10:32 am
Posted on 7/17/12 at 10:32 am
I've got 8 tomatoes on 3 plants. Already harvested 2 last week. Two more are ready to pick later this week. Kind of disappointed. But they were all from seed.
2 Jap plants are still producing more peppers than I can use.
5 plants now have 22 bell peppers on them. Some will be ready to harvest next week. Need some ideas for cooking with them.
I use bell peppers in gumbo, etouffe and court bullion. But it looks like I'm gonna have almost 100 before the season is over. Any other dishes you guys use bell peppers in? TIA.
2 Jap plants are still producing more peppers than I can use.
5 plants now have 22 bell peppers on them. Some will be ready to harvest next week. Need some ideas for cooking with them.
I use bell peppers in gumbo, etouffe and court bullion. But it looks like I'm gonna have almost 100 before the season is over. Any other dishes you guys use bell peppers in? TIA.
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Posted on 7/17/12 at 10:35 am to Zach
nothing now, everything planted in spring has been harvested and yanked up... waiting to plant fall tomatoes, etc.
Posted on 7/17/12 at 10:40 am to Zach
Approx average harvest per day:
-12 tomatoes
-8 cherry tomatoes
-4 Roma tomatoes
-3 cukes
-5 squash (slowing down, thanks be to God)
-2 zukes
-endless supply of peppers (bells, bannana, serranos, chilies, tabasco, jalepenos)
I'm out of room in the deep freezer witha all the stuff I've put up. Have canned gallons of salsa, tomato sauce, peppers, pepper sauce and pickles.
Honestly I'm about ready for it to slack off, but all the rain and cooler days is keeping it rocking.
Also I've got one monster arse pumpkin plant that I aim to grow the biggest pumkin for my kid in the Curry Tree farm annual biggest arse pumkin growing contest this fall.
eta forgot about eggplant. Have 3 plants that are just getting right. Have harvested about 8 good sized egg plants so far.
-12 tomatoes
-8 cherry tomatoes
-4 Roma tomatoes
-3 cukes
-5 squash (slowing down, thanks be to God)
-2 zukes
-endless supply of peppers (bells, bannana, serranos, chilies, tabasco, jalepenos)
I'm out of room in the deep freezer witha all the stuff I've put up. Have canned gallons of salsa, tomato sauce, peppers, pepper sauce and pickles.
Honestly I'm about ready for it to slack off, but all the rain and cooler days is keeping it rocking.
Also I've got one monster arse pumpkin plant that I aim to grow the biggest pumkin for my kid in the Curry Tree farm annual biggest arse pumkin growing contest this fall.
eta forgot about eggplant. Have 3 plants that are just getting right. Have harvested about 8 good sized egg plants so far.
This post was edited on 7/17/12 at 10:44 am
Posted on 7/17/12 at 10:45 am to Zach
My tomatoes are about played out. It's too hot here now to get much production although I still am getting small ones about 1" dia. My beer hops are doing well with hops already formed on the Magnum vine.
I have tomatoes from seeds coming up in small containers I will plant soon for fall tomato crop.
I have tomatoes from seeds coming up in small containers I will plant soon for fall tomato crop.
Posted on 7/17/12 at 10:47 am to Zach
Zach how familiar are you with the Starbucks? I recieved a forwarded piece of mail at my little coffee shop this morning. 
Posted on 7/17/12 at 10:52 am to CITWTT
What did it say? BTW, USA Today had a feature "Mixed Reviews on Starbuck's New Freshers." The article was just 8 people who tried the drink. Four liked it and four did not. Why the hell is that worth national news?"
Posted on 7/17/12 at 10:53 am to Zach
My tomatoes and cucumbers have shut down fruit wise but my hops are loving all this rain. They're starting to produce cones I think.
Posted on 7/17/12 at 10:53 am to Zach
cucumbers are finished, pulled them up last week.
borers got my squash and zucs, so I planted okra in their place, and I'm just now started to pick
cherry tomatoes are still going strong
all 5 pepper varieties are still producing as well
borers got my squash and zucs, so I planted okra in their place, and I'm just now started to pick
cherry tomatoes are still going strong
all 5 pepper varieties are still producing as well
Posted on 7/17/12 at 10:56 am to Zach
A few pics I've snapped. Need to take some more..
Posted on 7/17/12 at 11:00 am to Zach
AARP insurance sales pitch.
Posted on 7/17/12 at 11:01 am to LSUballs
balls, how do you keep borers out of your squash and zucs? I tried re-planting twice, and they got them both times. The internet told me that it would be too hot for the borers if I replanted in July, but the internet lied.
Posted on 7/17/12 at 11:02 am to LSUballs
Is that homemade salsa on top?
Posted on 7/17/12 at 11:02 am to Zach
This past weekend I got my order of garden soil delivered and put in to the garden box. Ready to start planting this week.
Posted on 7/17/12 at 11:09 am to Salmon
quote:
balls, how do you keep borers out of your squash and zucs?
Haven't had a problem this year, but did last year. I dust the plants at the base of the stem and it seems to help. They can be a pain in the arse to deal with if they get bad.
Posted on 7/17/12 at 11:10 am to CITWTT
quote:
Is that homemade salsa on top?
Nah that's just some peeled tomaters heading to the freezer. I make a ton of salsa though and put it up in cans.
Posted on 7/17/12 at 11:23 am to Zach
Garden with my Bamboo Hop Poles.
Magnum Hops
Magnum Hops
Posted on 7/17/12 at 11:25 am to Zach
Done except okra, butterbeans and herbs. Made pesto this weekend, and i expect the basil to come back strong.
Ready for broccoli, carrots, turnips and beets in the fall.
Ready for broccoli, carrots, turnips and beets in the fall.
Posted on 7/17/12 at 12:10 pm to eleventy
So when should we plant for the fall?
Posted on 7/17/12 at 12:26 pm to Zach
Getting ready to pull everything up and prepare for Fall garden.
Posted on 7/17/12 at 12:27 pm to Zappas Stache
quote:
Magnum Hops
Are those 1st year hops?
Mine are in a completely different sunlight situation as yours but they are just now starting to branch out and I think they're in the beginning stages of producing cones.
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