re: 2020 Garden Thread

I have a raised garden with tomatoes, banana peppers, and cucumbers, only 8 plants altogether. They are doing well, curious about all the mushrooms that keep growing in the garden. They are scraggly looking mushrooms but I'm pulling out 3-5 a day.I don't know much about the environment mushrooms prefer to live in, was wondering if it meant much as in good or bad though.

Nice.

I made my first batch of pickles ever last week. They came out pretty damn good.

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I made my first batch of pickles ever last week. They came out pretty damn good.

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You made pickles last week and you're already eating them? Baw, you gotta step your pickle game up. Let those things sit for a while. They just get better.

I made my second batch of pickles last night. First was bread and butter; last night was dill. Have a couple of bigger cukes left over, so may try my hand at relish.

So far we've picked over 10 lbs each of cucumbers and bush beans, and almost 2 lbs each of roma tomatoes, straightneck, black beauty, and butternut squash. Green beans look to be winding down, so I'll probably pull them in the next week.

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Nah man, I grew that thing under the sea. We cut it open. It had some tiny furniture in it and a snail. I think some sea creature may have taken up residence in it.

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Mine is also becoming productive. I've been steadily picking tomatoes, bell peppers, and squash and zucchini. I pulled one of my zucchini plants and planted 4 more okra seeds. I'm over squash and zucchini at this point.

Peppers are really starting to come on and I think at this time next week I'll have a 40-50+ pepper harvest.

I really like the Red Torch tomatoes. They taste good, don't crack, and they work really well in salads because of their size. I also find that I can leave them on the vine for awhile until the whole cluster ripens without any issues. I'll grow them again.

Pink Berkeley Tie Dye tomatoes are taking a long time to ripen, but each plant has over 25 on the vine and they're all good size (8-10oz range). Fred's Tie Dye has produced the biggest tomatoes in the garden for the second year in a row. I've had two right around 20 oz.

Fred's Tie Dye



Big Beef













Red Torch



Islander Peppers

How did you get pineapple already? I don't get to pick mine till summer.

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curious about all the mushrooms that keep growing in the garden. They are scraggly looking mushrooms but I'm pulling out 3-5 a day.I don't know much about the environment mushrooms prefer to live in, was wondering if it meant much as in good or bad though.

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It may mean that your soil is staying too damp. But mushrooms in the garden typically aren't a bad thing. It's usually a sign of healthy soil.

I knew someone was going to think you grew it!

First signs of produce in my little pea patch

Too much water could be the culprit. That’s the only thing that has ever really stunted mine.