The ears hanging to dry are the ones that are good enough for planting. The ones in the bags underneath are good for eating, but have traits I'm trying to cull out.
I'm hoping to have a better picture soon.
Posted on 09/02/2016 6:28:44 PM PDT by greeneyes
Had computer trouble earlier this week - server not responding. Cukes are finished. Trying to get the harvested zukes pickled. Cherry tomatoes are doing great. Beefsteaks are producing a little and very slow. Corn is coming along. Keeping fingers crossed for good return.
I finally have a melon the size of an egg. Hoping it will mature by first frost. Missed some potatoes when digging and they are now growing, so I guess, I'll just let them go and see what develops.
I have not had more than 4 hrs. sleep for the last few nights, so I'm going to have to post and take a nap. Will catch you all later, if computer doesn't wig out, and will try to reply to the folks that I didn't get to do last week.
Prayers up for all. Have a great holiday weekend. God Bless.
Pinging the list.
My tomatoes were a wash down here in Tx— holding out a little hope for some production in October. Not looking too good. get some needed rest and enjoy the holiday weekend.
It is curiously quiet on the big lake Friday evening. Maybe folks are just getting down here for the holiday but no jet ski crazies or buzzed powerboats have ventured into our cove at Lake of the Ozarks.
Tomato vines look awful. About 1/3 are wilted or dried up into rope. I’d estimate we’ll still get dozens of tomatoes but the big run of ten to 12 every day is definely over.
We’re overwhelmed by the pepper crop; probably the best we’ve ever had. I’ll freeze the excess for chili this winter.
I mowed into a batch of underground yellow jackets in early August. The wounds are just now healing. They have joined their ancestors...
Cheers!
Most comfortable shoes... You can never go wrong with Birkenstock shoes.
I have been waiting and waiting for my garden to produce. I guess it never will since I didn’t plant anything. :-)
My foot doctor sold me two pairs of ladies orthopaedic shoes. $120 each pair but you free like you’re walking on air. Go on the Net and Google the topic, you’ll get all kinds of interesting footwear sites sending you ads in your mailbox or Facebook.
Hi Everybody!
(((HUGS)))
Still waiting for those tomatoes, zukes, and cukes!
Still getting a few tomatoes and a lot of okra in Central Texas, but I am really looking forward to the next week or so when we start picking the first of the black eyed peas, our favorite garden fresh vegetable :)
About your feet, wish I knew what to do about aching feet, but here’s a tireat for dry feet. CeraVe Foot Cream. I haven’t exfoliated since discovering it. I carry extras to give to friends.
..peppers okay..
.had a lot of hops which I finished drying and vacuumed sealed today and into the freezer ( I only did it for an experiment,somebody will use them I'm sure)..
..picked some celery strictly to put in the freezer for soup...
I have some late blooming trombone squash growing but don't know if there's time enough in the season for them to get done...one hubbard of size....lots of zucchini...and potatoes....still got my big 55 gal container to empty...hoping it'll be my crowning glory this year but we'll see..
Dumped a mega load of lime onto the tomatoes to end the blossum end rot. Looks like things are better.....still waiting on most to blush. Picked a purple cherokee the size of two fists. I could not wait to slice and eat it. Unfortunately, while I was away, Edith put it in the casserole. I almost had an epic Archie Bunker rage. I don’t think I will see another tomato like it this year. Pickled some banana peppers this week and am hoping the thai peppers start turning red..they are small but very hot!
Wish I had great advice for you for your feet. Earlier this year my right foot was in pain all the time on the outside edge. I did some calf raises daily and about a month later they felt better. So now I still do them daily. I don’t know if it’s just coincidence but I hate to take a risk.
My cucumbers and zucchini are done for the year, the green beans are winding down, but the tomatoes are wrapping up. I need some ideas On what to do with them all. I’ve canned some, but it seems a waste since the end product doesn’t seem to be any better than the stuff I can buy in cans in the store.
My sand Marzano’s are a delight though, I will try counting those hole and since they are meatier than the other tomatoes (Rutgers) they should turn out well.
I will have a boatload of butternut squash, it appears. They are in all different stages, cute little tiny ones and full-size ones. I Have read to leave them on the vine until end of September.?
Canning the San Marzanos whole...I shouldn’t dictate late at night :-)
Had to pick a green tomato that fell while moving a branch. IOW, it picked itself. Oops. Got 6 ripening on the table on newspaper and another 19 (one very small) on the vine.
Peppers are coming. Bought multi-colored seeds - one is almost black - maybe dark purple. I think I saw that as a possible color on the package.
My carrots are so densely-packed I don’t know what I’ll get - or when they’ll be ready. I think the seeds have been in the soil about 5-6 weeks or so
Harvested one sweet snacking pepper - bright orange - 3 growing still. Slooooowwwww because of the heat which has come down a lot lately.
Cukes done. One batch to pickle; Six plants = 23 qts. Tomatoes (Beefsteak, Brandywine Red, Roma and Indigo) doing great. Bell peppers starting to mature. Green beans slowing down. Saw new eggplants from a seedling growth. Asparagus is a surprise; but won’t get anything to eat for 2 more years.
Squash and zucchini = third year of ZERO. Tried feeding/no feeding, old garden/new garden, top soil/no top soil, weed barrier/no weed barrier - still zero. Oh well, good thing it’s not a staple.
Planted 6 broccoli 2 weeks back for a fall crop. They are doing well. Also planted 6 leeks. I’m really hoping they do well. Had never tasted one until 4 years ago in Spain. Wonderful! I’m already making my list of things to do in fall, winter and spring. Would be interested in knowing what others think of not rotating crops (assuming good dose of nutrients).
Several years ago I got a bushel of San Marzanos. I did a few quarts peeled and whole and didn’t dig into them until the next year. Just canned them in the jars with water and some salt. They were amazing coming out if the jar. Great flavor.
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