Posted on 07/29/2016 2:22:50 PM PDT by greeneyes
Zukes and squashes are producing a lot. Everything else is way behind. Still haven't had a single ripe tomato or even a blush color. Only a few green ones so far.
Even the wild berries haven't produced much. The lemon tree has put on a lot of new leaves, and we have 4 lemons left that the squirrels didn't get yet.
Prayers up for all. Hope you have a great weekend. God Bless.
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been a while here for me, just checking for a stray bamboo nut here, if he/she would own up to it...no reader comments yet...check back l8r...
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Dick G
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Made our first batch of pickles last week - honey Pilsner bread & butter. Tomorrow, it’s dill pickle spears. Got my first beefsteak tomato - a 1/2 lb. and a little yellow indigo.
Got white mold on the ground in the new beds. Problem? Read where it’s OK in moderation. Lots of rain.
I’m ready to give up on zucchini and squash - lots of flowers, but no fruit.
Nice to hear from you. Why are you so gung-ho on bamboo? Do you ever grow anything else?
I think I have read that sometimes, the first flowering of squash might not set - too many of one type - not enough male and female. Excess heat can also interfere.
Hi all, nice low 80’s for a few days and we’ve had some rain. Making gazpacho this weekend with our own tomatoes, peppers, cukes etc. Getting lots of peppers and eating a lot of greek salad. I have some volunteer vines that came up when I could not work the garden because of my knee surgery. They are flowering and it will be interesting to see what they are. A nice blessing this year - there had been a deer - a doe - that had been getting in the garden the last few years, Last year it was so bad I had to put up cattle panels to keep her out. This year I could not but happily we have not seen her at all so she must have been hit by a car or hunted. It was a pain trying to foil her so it’s a relief this year to have no damage. Looking forward to hearing about your gardens as usual.
I have yellow squash. The greens are bitter because it has been too hot.
Other than that Papaya are baring like the tree wants to single handedly feed the entire world
Good to hear about your success. We haven’t had a pepper yet either. I am thinking I will plant one in a pot to bring inside this fall.
Our butternut tree does that. It will produce like crazy, and then minimum production for a couple of years, and then another good year.
The Costa Rican sweet pepper I talked about last week had 14 huge mature peppers on it and still is blooming.
Our tomatoes, peppers, cilantro, basil and lettuce are doing well. I’ll try to get some pics in the next few days. It’s been in the 85 to 95 degree range lately, and 60-70 at night. We’re had 3 female turkeys, one male and 13 “babies” in our yard just about every day. Our feral kittens have disappeared, and our whistlepigs have gone to their hot weather homes.
We had a few hours of light rain this morning, thank goodness. We’re in a drought, so we welcomed it.
Thanks for this thread, greeneyes!
That’s great!
My garden is basically done for the summer in North Fort Worth. I started seeds in January and planted everything in March. Bumper crop of tomatoes and made 5 large stock pots of sauce. Froze in small Tupperware containers then transferred to vacuum sealed bags. Should last a year. Vacuumed sealed 20 quart bags of wax beans and even more green beans. Did the same with corn. Broccoli didn’t yield much so nothing to freeze. Lettuce and spinach lasted till about May. Only thing left are peppers, carrots, and onions. Already thinking about next year.
Hi there friend, love your tagline! Reminds me of a late 70’s feel good group meeting I went to. They were talking about some book Be Here Now. I finally said “You be here now, I’m leaving”. And I did.
of course, yer right!
boo IS to be frowned upon... i offer no defence re boo, as there is none.
gung ho? old american term...???
I love my vacuum sealer and have been putting up my broccoli and leftover sweet corn. Corn is not from our garden but with the vacuum sealer and freezing it tastes just as sweet in the middle of the winter.
Same conditions in southern MA!
Four tomato plants, TWO little tomatoes. Argh!
Thanks, Mom! :)
Squirrels aren’t our problem we have rabbits. They ate the still tiny and green berries off a newly planted black raspberry bush as well as some lower branches ( with all the thorns that couldn’t have been a pleasant experience.) We were smart enough to put up a fence to keep them away from our pumpkins, carrots, beans and sunflowers. We got things in the ground late here in South Dakota. It’s been hot and humid with a lot of sun so things are growing well. We are just praying for a late frost!
Blessings All!
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