How does your garden grow?

Larro Darro · Aug 11, 2015

Forgot to say there were several sprouts on the green beans tonight. I only saw one this morning.

Larro Darro · Aug 11, 2015

There are little squash on the bushes now. The bees were really working the Armenian cucumbers this morning. BIL has a hive, so I'm guessing they are his.

mjarrels · Aug 12, 2015

Wife planted lots of peppers, too many were habanaro's, have baskets full but can't use, too darn hot for me and I like hot stuff. No tomatoes for sandwiches but lots of plum shape mators that she uses in her filipino cooking.

mark

Larro Darro · Aug 12, 2015

mjarrels said:
Wife planted lots of peppers, too many were habanaro's, have baskets full but can't use, too darn hot for me and I like hot stuff. No tomatoes for sandwiches but lots of plum shape mators that she uses in her filipino cooking.

mark

I sent a big pan of peppers to BIL's chickens this morning. They get about 90% of what I pick. Like I always do, I over did it on peppers. I didn't plant any habanaro's this year, but my Serrano's are plenty hot for me. My Cayenne are just starting to produce. I was late getting them planted.

KevT · Aug 12, 2015

Peppers and peas are the only thing that did extra well for us this year. Wife canned the peas. But we took the chilies and cleaned them out and sliced them into strips. Then stuck them in the dehydrator till they were crispy. Used a mortar /pedestal and crushed them up. We now have green chili flakes that are great for spicing things up or in soups and such. I like to sprinkle them on my scrambled eggs in the morning.

Dutch445 · Aug 13, 2015

we had a wet june with over 9" of rain so things had a late start, but we have been picking
pickling cukes for weeks now, already filled up all of our mason jars with pickles!
my zucchini plants are doing great! only problems is they aren't zucchini. we bought starter
plants at a garden center and we got spaghetti squash instead. very disappointed as we love
zucchini grilled with yellow squash. we picked one the other nite to see what it was as there are
some rounder zucchini varieties out there, but nope, it's squash. have had a few green peppers,
and waiting for tomatoes to ripen but they look good. cherry peppers are almost ready, picked 2 yellow
squash but the spaghetti squash is taking over that area of the garden. carrots didn't look good but are
coming slow, and green beans were along the edge of the garden in containers and i think the tru green
guy hit them with weed killer while treating the lawn so we lost them...... wth

DFB · Aug 13, 2015

Tonights table...full size tomatoes, plus cherry's, green bell peppers, cubanelles, and tons of squashes. As a community alert PLEASE do not leave squash alone!

Picked more blueberries too!

ericb2400 · Aug 13, 2015

A small harvest

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Larro Darro · Aug 13, 2015

Looking good guys. We picked a few peas, plus the peppers and cucumbers tonight. The first row of peas has the leftover soaker hose from the Armenian cucumbers and it was loaded. The other five rows are a few days behind. I got the spigots finished yesterday and the last section of trench covered this morning. Got out early and made it rain.

Larro Darro · Aug 16, 2015

I picked the peas again this morning. We got them shelled, but will wait another day or two for another picking before cooking them. Each picking is netting more than the one before it. The Sugar Baby melons are loaded, but the vines are pretty sparse. The Charleston Grey's and Crimson Sweets are much more viney.