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Greetings from Missouri. We are experiencing a very cool 50 degrees and rain today. I used the nice weather earlier this week to trim back a bunch of tomatoes vines that had lots of green tomatoes, and stuck them in pots to continue ripening.

Can bring these in the house at night and outside during the day when the wheather is nice. Got some parsley harvested and hanging to dry. Got the first batch of green beans-making a big pot to eat today.

Have a great weekend everyone. God Bless.

1 posted on 10/05/2012 10:11:58 AM PDT by greeneyes
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To: greeneyes; Diana in Wisconsin; gardengirl; girlangler; SunkenCiv; HungarianGypsy; Gabz; ...

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2 posted on 10/05/2012 10:20:31 AM PDT by greeneyes (Moderation in defense of your country is NO virtue. Let Freedom Ring.)
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Dipping into the lower 90s and upper 80s in Texas. Brrr, chilly! I thought the tomatoes would be producting more in the cooler weather but they’re not. Something ate my peas and most of the various greens. The squash have blossoms so maybe I finally get some this year - knock on wood.


4 posted on 10/05/2012 10:27:09 AM PDT by bgill
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Greetings from Michigan! Our temps are starting to dip here, but no frost yet where I live. I’ve been picking leeks, onions, carrots, chicory/greens, herbs, squash, last of the peppers and tomoatoes here.

Gotta tout the virtues of delicata squash...my first time planting it this year after picking some up last fall at a local farmers market. Very easy to grow, prolific—more fruits per square foot than either my acorn or spaghetti squash plants. Delicious, ‘creamy’ flavor without the stinginess of other squashes...will be curious to see how it stores.


6 posted on 10/05/2012 10:37:58 AM PDT by missycocopuffs
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Our temps are in the high 70's as I type. We had about 2" of rain last weekend, slowly over two days.

Ghost peppers still growing fast, squash, tomatos are blooming, and both sweet and hot banana peppers still producing.

Time for us to get away for some R & R in Co. starting tomorrow. Looking forward to a change of scenery and de-stressing.

11 posted on 10/05/2012 10:45:49 AM PDT by rightly_dividing (really good tag line wanted here.)
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Yesterday was 78 degrees, today is 45. So yesterday I picked most of the green peppers and today’s task is to dice 1/3 bushel of peppers & freeze them for cooking.

Also harvested the last 4 Kohlrabi. I learned something this year, Instead of pulling up the whole kohlrabi, if you cut the kohlrabi from the stem and leave the root in place a second bulb can develop on the stem.


19 posted on 10/05/2012 11:21:09 AM PDT by Petruchio (I Think . . . Therefor I FReep.)
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The cocozelle zucchini I planted last January has started producing again as the heat has backed off a few degrees. It has travelled a total of about 60 feet from its original location, and after a thwarted attempt to set roots in front of the house, we have compromised with it living on the lemon tree next to the garden.

I should have gotten out and taken these when the blossoms were open this morning.

Fortunately, the Excalibur came in last week.

Let's see what we can get out of a zucchini.

Dehydrated and vacuum sealed.

22 posted on 10/05/2012 12:19:04 PM PDT by Darth Reardon
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One more view of a few of my Cinderella Pumpkins. I have a total of 11 on two hills and 8 Sweet Meat Squash on two hills…


27 posted on 10/05/2012 12:46:10 PM PDT by tubebender (Evening news is where they begin with "Good Evening," and then proceed to tell you why it isn't.)
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Cool and wet here in Central Missouri today. I dug several pounds of horseradish root a couple days ago that needs to be cleaned and processed. Aside from that all the gardening I’ve done lately is stare at the mess that needs to be cleaned up.


28 posted on 10/05/2012 12:50:02 PM PDT by Augie
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Snowing. First freezes this week, with harder ones expected this weekend. Picked everything (not very much!) that was even half way pickable.

Emptied the storage tank by deep-watering the trees & perennials; and drained the irritation pump & lines.

Pulled the yellow wax beans, and fed them to the chickens. After languishing in the heat all summer, they had finally started to bloom. We got one scant meal’s worth from 40 feet of them.

Worst garden ever.


29 posted on 10/05/2012 1:50:22 PM PDT by ApplegateRanch (Love me, love my guns!©)
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What is this?

It appeared in an area of the garden where some spaghetti squash plants were growing on a trellis. All the other squashes in this area looked like one of the type types in the foreground here:

Nearby on the same trellis were some cucumber plants. At the beginning of the season I was worried that different types of squash plants might cross but when I looked this up I read that any crosses would only affect the seeds and not the fruit. But perhaps this is not accurate. Or maybe it's accurate for two squash varieties, but perhaps cucumber can sometimes cross with squash and affect the fruit.

I have some other types of squash and zucchini plants elsewhere in the garden.

Does anyone have any info on this?

30 posted on 10/05/2012 1:54:55 PM PDT by wideminded
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Temps coming down in Ohio. Getting the cold frames build this week for the winter’s crops.


52 posted on 10/06/2012 4:52:02 AM PDT by gotribe (WTF?)
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I've had a bumper crop of okra and various peppers this year, but tomatoes are another story. I had several fruit on my Black Krim plants in June, and that was it. All the other tomato plants show signs of herbicide poisoning. We think that it's from the manure we get from a local horse ranch. What is confusing is that no other plants are affected by this manure, only the tomato's. I've gone as far as replanting tomatoes in fresh soil with standard fertilizer. Anyone know of a method to flush the herbicide out of the soil?

On a separate note, carrots, onion, cabbage, lettuce, and radish are growing real nice since we had a good rain last week.

56 posted on 10/06/2012 12:30:01 PM PDT by Sarajevo (Don't think for a minute that this excuse for a President has America's best interest in mind.)
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At a reunion in the Shenandoah Valley this weekend and this is the view ...... To make this Garden Thread related, the trees within the fenced area on the right are an old apple orchard. The leaves aren't turning around here quite yet, just a few trees showing color, with maples showing the most.

60 posted on 10/06/2012 1:37:09 PM PDT by MissMagnolia (Being powerful is like being a lady. If you have to tell people you are, you aren't. (M.Thatcher))
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