How does your garden grow?

[NoTrespassing]

Hi All;

My wife went a little overboard on the garden this year with plans to can a LOT of tomatoes. She has over 36 tomato plants and over 40 various pepper plants. Her plan is to can spaghetti, chili, and salsa. I bought her a new pressure canner and made 36 tomato cages. I made the cages out of 39" 12.5 gage woven wire with 6 in. squares. I'm in the process of pinning them down with high tensil wire bent in a U shape. It's working pretty well. She's got a bunch of other stuff planted but most of it's asian vegetables that I'm not familiar with. I'll have to post some pictures later in the season.

Kevin

 

[2LaneCruzer]

We're just starting to get tomatoes, and they look good this year...if I can just keep the deer and rabbits out of them. They are worse this year than any of the 44 years I have been raising tomatoes.

 

[Jstpssng]

Hi All;

My wife went a little overboard on the garden this year with plans to can a LOT of tomatoes. She has over 36 tomato plants and over 40 various pepper plants. Her plan is to can spaghetti, chili, and salsa. I bought her a new pressure canner and made 36 tomato cages. I made the cages out of 39" 12.5 gage woven wire with 6 in. squares. I'm in the process of pinning them down with high tensil wire bent in a U shape. It's working pretty well. She's got a bunch of other stuff planted but most of it's asian vegetables that I'm not familiar with. I'll have to post some pictures later in the season.

Kevin

That will be nice this winter. Opening up the cupboard in November and seeing all of those canned goods is like having a tidy little nest egg in your bank account. The big difference is that (so far) the government doesn't tax you on the food you have grown.

 

[robbyr]

Hi All;

My wife went a little overboard on the garden this year with plans to can a LOT of tomatoes. She has over 36 tomato plants and over 40 various pepper plants. Her plan is to can spaghetti, chili, and salsa. I bought her a new pressure canner and made 36 tomato cages. I made the cages out of 39" 12.5 gage woven wire with 6 in. squares. I'm in the process of pinning them down with high tensil wire bent in a U shape. It's working pretty well. She's got a bunch of other stuff planted but most of it's asian vegetables that I'm not familiar with. I'll have to post some pictures later in the season.

Kevin

She’s gonna be very busy.

 

[robbyr]

We're just starting to get tomatoes, and they look good this year...if I can just keep the deer and rabbits out of them. They are worse this year than any of the 44 years I have been raising tomatoes.

My tomato plants produced a bunch but they mostly ripened at golfball size. And these were Celebrity, Beefsteak, and Big Boy. It’s been hot.

 

[CobyRupert]

 

[CADplans]

I picked the first 5 tomatoes today, we seldom get a tomato before the Fourth of July,,,

I turned my back for a minute,, and two disappeared from the kitchen counter,,



:laughing:

 

[Jstpssng]

I picked the first 5 tomatoes today, we seldom get a tomato before the Fourth of July,,,

I turned my back for a minute,, and two disappeared from the kitchen counter,,



:laughing:

At least they made it that far. One year I couldn't figure out where they were going; every night there would be almost-ripe tomatoes, but they never seemed to get fully red. Then one evening I noticed my dog was out there, scarfing them down as fast as he could eat. Between him, my chickens and turkeys, plus all of the wild turkeys I have running around there were none left for me.

 

[Sysop]

Hey what is with picking green blueberries? Do you fry them like tomatoes? :laughing:

Hadn't picked them. Was just looking to see how they're going and tossed a hand behind them for scale. At this point, they've all ripened and been picked on that bush, I have several others that will be ripening over the next few weeks.

 

[dragoneggs]

Hadn't picked them. Was just looking to see how they're going and tossed a hand behind them for scale. At this point, they've all ripened and been picked on that bush, I have several others that will be ripening over the next few weeks.

We have only four blueberry bushes and the yield is always great. Lots of green ones now... we need another month before we get excited. Birds do too, so we have them netted.