How does your garden grow?

[Larro Darro]

I saw this Pruden's Purple tomato was getting pretty big, and I figured I had better move it if I was going to. So I put it in a shopping bag {the black Office Max bag} and put it in the swimming pool. I just dug out the hole the tomato was in big enough to hold the pepper plant {that had been in the pool}, bag and all. So they just changed places.

 

[Larro Darro]

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The first turnips and the first bloom on the 4th planting of peas. The 5th planting of peas are growing so slow there is no way they will make it by frost, but it was worth a shot.

 

[DFB]

Actually got home early enough today to get out in my garden and yard before it got dark. Surprised myself with a haul of eggplant, zukes, green peppers. and a 1/2 bu. box full of my own organic apples!




Pretty awesome it is almost October and here in Vermont ( for that matter most anywhere in New England) we have not had a frost yet or even one night anywhere close to it yet!

 

[TomSeller]

Actually got home early enough today to get out in my garden and yard before it got dark. Surprised myself with a haul of eggplant, zukes, green peppers. and a 1/2 bu. box full of my own organic apples!

Pretty awesome it is almost October and here in Vermont ( for that matter most anywhere in New England) we have not had a frost yet or even one night anywhere close to it yet!

Nice, what variety of apple?

 

[DFB]

Nice, what variety of apple?

Those are red McIntosh apples. I have two of them and one red delicious for a pollinator tree. My pear tree is so laden with fruit this year some of the branches are breaking off.

Wish I had time to can the pears, mostly they just go to the deer. The apples I will probably use for applesauce.

 

[Larro Darro]

Those are red McIntosh apples. I have two of them and one red delicious for a pollinator tree. My pear tree is so laden with fruit this year some of the branches are breaking off.

Wish I had time to can the pears, mostly they just go to the deer. The apples I will probably use for applesauce.

Our Tampa cousins are as bad as the deer to wait around under the pear trees waiting for one to get ripe. And since the fruit trees are a mile away at the old house, we don't always remember to check them. We didn't have a great year for pears or apple persimmons. But the blueberries over there lasted almost two months. Mostly that is due to having enough, but not too much rain.

 

[Larro Darro]

Those are red McIntosh apples. I have two of them and one red delicious for a pollinator tree. My pear tree is so laden with fruit this year some of the branches are breaking off.

Wish I had time to can the pears, mostly they just go to the deer. The apples I will probably use for applesauce.

Our Tampa cousins are as bad as the deer to wait around under the pear trees waiting for one to get ripe. And since the fruit trees are a mile away at the old house, we don't always remember to check them. We didn't have a great year for pears or apple persimmons. But the blueberries over there lasted almost two months. Mostly that is due to having enough, but not too much rain.

 

[Larro Darro]

I picked most of the corn today. It was two ears more than I could hold in my hands. I dropped and picked up those two ears {not the same two everytime} about five times before I decided to get a pan and just shuck it in the garden.

I also tilled up a spot and planted another turnip patch. After doing some research I found out the sun will be as low as 36 degrees during December, while the trees to the south of the garden were about 45 degrees from where I had planned the greenhouse. So it has to be moved North and West to take advantage of a gap in the backyard oaks, thus taking in more of the turnips. We will be eating the turnips we have though. Most will be gone by the time we get started building.

 

[Larro Darro]

There are small peas on my vines now. Also little tomatoes on the Pruden' Purple. We picked the last of the corn this morning. There were a lot of nubbins. The Armenian cucumbers are about played out too. I have to get to work, so Margie is going back out to pick the rest of the peppers. The ones in the picture are Mini Sweets, but the Anaheim, Serrano, Jalapeno and Cayenne are still producing like crazy.

 

[Larro Darro]

Turnips are coming up in the new patch. One of the last few melons. It was really red, this is a bad picture. I've been eating two or three a day. There is maybe about a week's worth left. I started a new pool garden, so I moved some of the bell peppers. Note how the sides of the bag is wrapped up in roots. It should have air pruned, but they were crammed in so tight, there must not have been enough air getting to it. I smudged the garden. Really I just burned a bunch of dead limbs, then later I trimmed a couple of cedar trees. I tried to burn the limbs, but the coals were about out.

These are all yesterday's pictures.

 

[DFB]

Wow the garden is still producing and tonight it is supposed to dip low into the 30's +F soo I picked off most my garden...got 36 really nice eggplants (18 plants I started, Harris Classic) and 15 green bell peppers (only had 6 plants, North Star's). Hot Peppers are still producing but had no time to pick them after work today (weekend marketing my last one of this season ) got dark to soon!

 

[Larro Darro]

That is impressive, DFB, as far north as you are. Our peppers are about all that is still doing anything. I ate a little Armenian cucumber yesterday, and it might have been the last one of the season. There may be a couple of melons left that aren't too ripe. The swimming pool tomatoes are growing like crazy, but haven't started to get ripe yet. But we did pick our second cucumber from under the light this morning.

 

[Clint S]

I just picked 2 green peppers last night myself. Had a soft frost, but the plants were potected

 

[dragoneggs]

Hey our peppers are turning... green to red in just a couple days. Been taking awhile. Greenhouse grown.

 

[Larro Darro]

Hey our peppers are turning... green to red in just a couple days. Been taking awhile. Greenhouse grown.

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Those look nice. We grew lots of peppers, but our Bells didn't do good at all.

 

[Larro Darro]

I took up the soaker hoses from the cucumbers and Armenian cucumbers today. They are done. The only soakers left out are on the peppers. I moved the last swimming pool I did for better sun, and transplanted some more Pruden's Purple into pots. I must have got the Darro Dirt a little too hot for them. I had to trim off several leaves that were burnt.

 

[DFB]

Now the management has pretty much called it a season on growing the greenhouse tomatoes down where I work but the plants don't seem to know it yet

So a few of us wandered the jungle of 10 foot high vines in the one greenhouse that had a mix of cherry type plants. The other two greenhouses were full sized Crista tomatoes (just awesome performers) but the tastiest was this small strawberry shaped tomato. Looking around online several seed suppliers have it available.

I highly recommend it!

 

[Larro Darro]

Now the management has pretty much called it a season on growing the greenhouse tomatoes down where I work but the plants don't seem to know it yet

So a few of us wandered the jungle of 10 foot high vines in the one greenhouse that had a mix of cherry type plants. The other two greenhouses were full sized Crista tomatoes (just awesome performers) but the tastiest was this small strawberry shaped tomato. Looking around online several seed suppliers have it available.

I highly recommend it!


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I'll have to do a search. I have a handful of cheery tomatoes getting ripe per day. They are on the outside/inside/outside plant. The tomatoes on the Pruden's Purple are growing so fast a few of them are splitting. Still not ripe yet.

 

[Larro Darro]

I tilled under the cucumbers, Armenian cucumbers, melons and squash this morning. Also picked the last few ears {nubbins} of sweet corn. My swimming pool peppers are bearing now. Not fully ripe yet, but lots of peppers. Peas will be ready to pick tomorrow or Thursday. The vines are really rank on this planting. We had more rain.

 

[dragoneggs]

Yeah picked a bunch of red peppers. Pulled the giant sunflower trees and ready to till most of the garden. Do have some root veggies going though that we will let ride the winter or as we want them.