[greeneyes]

Pinging the List. Also, I will be out of town, and may not be able to get to a computer to post next Friday. So if you don’t get a ping - not to worry maybe just post on this thread till I get back the following week.

Unless someone else wants to post a new thread which is ok too.

Ping list is on my profile page.

[left that other site]

Have a good trip.

We will see you when you return to us.

[SaveFerris]

My Better Boy finally, FINALLY is producing a few good tomatoes now that the heat has died down - but the weight has broken two branches - the branches are still connected and alive so I hope the tomatoes ripen.

Didn’t have a structure for it to climb. It appears more rigid and prone to breakage than the Big Beef and the Bush Early Girl.

[Original Lurker]

Maters ended early. I sold my last flat of heirlooms several weeks ago to one of the business partners of Watershed Atlanta.
https://watershedrestaurant.com/menu/lunch/

The dang pickle worms decided they’d invade my late season zucchini as pulled up my earlier spring cukes cuz I canned 30+ quarts of pickles.

Alabama Red Okra is still going strong.

My Korean green chilies are just a site to behold.
Quite good blistered with a burger or sliced into a pot of beans.

This recipe is great. I have two gallons of brined peppers in my basement frig.
http://www.maangchi.com/recipe/gochu-jangajji

[MomwithHope]

Thanks for starting the thread as always and have a safe trip. Greetings from west Michigan. The weather has been beautiful. Pulled all my green bean plants up today and picked out more peppers (they are everywhere)and some tomatoes. Had a volunteer bush that put out nice sized fruit and this week it looked like 2 were getting ripe. This morning I discovered they were ripe, they were volunteer Russian yellow tomatoes I had grown last year. Seeds from the compost!

Going to start some fall romaine now that it is cooler. Also put in an order for 4 flat dutch cabbage heads for kraut at the local farmstand. I usually do 6 - it makes up a #6 and a #8 crock but I still have 5 or 6 quarts left in the pantry. I usually do 18 or 19 quarts a year and we eat it all (3 people) but because of my knee problems which started in February I did not cook as much. My zucchini are still going strong. Have given quite a few to my neighbor with 7 kids and she gave us back some peach zucchini muffins that were really good.

I got my shishito pepper seeds in the mail from ebay. Between them and the an Marzano tomatoes I guess I am starting plants indoors this spring. Also got a few bags of tulips to force. Stuck them in the large size coffee cans and punched some holes with a screwdriver in the tops and they will be fine in the garage this winter.

We only grew about half of what we normally do but at least we had a garden. My knee replacement is working fine and I should be in great shape for next year.

Ticking off milestones as far as physical progress. This morning in 2 hours time at a steady pace I moved 4 very full cartloads of split firewood behind the atv and stacked them. Even before my knee surgery I could only do 2 in one day. So I know I am getting stronger. Getting your stamina back is the hardest. It's move it or lose it. Blessings to all my gardening friends!

[Eric in the Ozarks]

Big finish to our pepper plants. Poblanos, jalapenos and others are blasting. We're giving away some to cousins. Freezing some for winter chili.

[Psalm 73]

Thanks for the PING, as usual.

Winding down - pulled up zuccinni and planted lettuce and spinach for the fall.
Pulled up bush and pole beans - potatoes will go there in the spring
Prepped the garlic bed for planting next month.
Tomatoes and peppers are past their prime, but still producing.
Prepping and putting up seeds for next year.

A melancholy time of year as we approach what I call: "The season of dead things".