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. :-)
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.
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.?
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).
try some Dr. Scholls Tri Comfort insoles. My internist recommended them several year ago and I have pairs in all my shoes. also or walking my podiatrist approved of my walking shoe choice. I buy roomy slip ones with tubular bottoms. K-Swiss and Sketchers make some. The more cushion on the sole the better.
I like Clarks and Sketchers. That’s all I wear these days.
The deer and one stupid groundhog got everything this year, except my Brandywine tomatoes and the tomatoes and green beans in our greenhouse. Sweet potatoes re-established themselves after the leaves got eaten off, but probably not in time to produce any decent sized tubers.
I did get a lot of raspberries in July and am in a second picking. Also will have horseradish. That’s about it.
I’m about ready to give up......
It was warm and humid in Central Missouri over the holiday weekend. Between the dry weather, lawn mowing, garden cleanup, and neighbor Dave mowing hay in my front pasture yesterday my allergies have been giving me fits.
Saturday we picked the last of pumpkins and mowed the vines, tore down the cucumber fence, pulled the posts and weed mat, and mowed down the Roma tomatoes. The slicing tomatoes are still going strong making ugly tomatoes.
We picked 15 gallons of green beans on Sunday. Cleaned three gallons to keep and gave the rest away. Picked the first Sugar Baby watermelon yesterday. It was perfect. Okra is going crazy. Might make some pickles from that later this week. Picked about five gallons of peppers yesterday. Gave most of those away.
And now that September has come it’s time to start building my pile of stovewood for the winter. There’s just no rest for the weary.