Garlic did well - 16 feet drying right now.
Posted on 07/17/2015 12:52:33 PM PDT by greeneyes
Yep. Shades a great benefit during the dog days of summer. We are hoping to get a great fall harvest, as we have plenty of water this year and quit a few partially shaded spots in the afternoon.
I’m going to plant a few new pots of tomatoes, and see if they don’t do better now that the heat is on. I have a nice partially shaded ledge that is just right for some pots, and I have found some 2.5 gallon containers for 94 cents that should be good for Cherry tomatoes and not too big to bring into the house for winter.
Maybe do a few peppers too. Don’t know how those are doing this year. Haven’t had any yet, but they also grow great indoors in the winter.
Dug the last of my spuds yesterday. Mole damage aside, I’m pleased with the harvest.
Picked the first jumbo Brandywine tomato yesterday.
It’s going to be part of a BLT at supper time tonight.
Probably going to make some pickles this weekend. I’ve accumulated a pretty good sack of cucumbers over the past few days.
And I think it’s dry enough to get into the pond with Nanner to resume the cleanout project.
Amen! We’ve been blessed for sure. Good partners in life, pretty healthy so far, healthy kids and good veggies. LOL
Yes that’s an heirloom mini festival that they have every month on the first Sunday - I think. This will be our first attendance.
I understand they have a larger 2 or 3 day shindig in May, but I’ve read that has lots of people, so I didn’t want to attend the big one.
Bound to be time. Our fall planting starts around 7/20, Winter wheat after the first frost.
Thought this might be of interest (I absolutely refuse to buy supermarket tomatoes unless they’ve gotten some in from local farmers during the summer):
This Is the Perfect Tomato
http://www.slate.com/articles/life/food/2015/07/garden_gem_tomato_why_harry_klee_s_perfect_cultivar_isn_t_sold_in_supermarkets.html
The cherry tomatoes are coming in like crazy. I’ve tried freezing them and don’t like the result so I roasted 8 cups of them in the oven last evening. YUM!! I used this ‘recipe’: http://www.rachaelray.com/2013/09/roasted-cherry-tomatoes Note: - I roasted for twice as long, then poured out the pan juices into a saute pan and reduced the volume to about 1/3 of the original (almost syrupy) & added it back to the roasted tomatoes.
The jalapenos are also coming in gangbusters so jalapeno poppers are on the menu (cut pepper in half, clean out seeds/ribs, stuff with cream cheese, wrap with bacon & do them on the grill, in the oven or under the broiler until the bacon is done to your liking). My peppers are pretty hot this year so they provided some additional “fireworks” at our Independence Day picnic July 4 & also caused beer consumption to increase considerably. :-)
Zucchini bread is next on the list - will be making some over the weekend.
Qu'est-ce que "cucuzza"?
Thank you!
Garlic did well - 16 feet drying right now.
Wow nice harvest, especially the corn. I love fresh corn with nothing at all on it, just lightly steamed. We cut it off the cob too vacuum seal and freeze. My tomatoes are doing good just slow. Finally picked a handful of cherry tomatoes this week. The broccoli has been just delicious. I thought I had gotten rid of all the potatoes in the garden. Every year I have some volunteers. Finally this year I just had one so I let it go but it is just huge now. I better get them all dug up this year. Potatoes are so cheap I can’t afford the space to grow them. I love getting food out of the ground after some tlc. Hope everyone is enjoying ther summer. Prayers always for Johnny and Arrowhead too.
Don’t have a clue on the potato, could they be seed pods?? Beautiful garlic I am drooling. To all, what a but of sanity this thread is with all the craziness in the world right now it is so good to read about everyone’s gardens. Wednesday morning I was up late, about 8am and as I made my way in to the kitchen I heard clucking outside. Right outside the slider screen next to the garden about 6 feet from the house I enjoyed watching 3 turkey hens clucking away with a dozen of so young ones following behind. For some reason they like to make their way across our yard up from the creek. Another bit if sanity. I am also enjoying shishito peppers for the first time. We really like them.
http://forums.gardenweb.com/discussions/2078897/potato-seed-pods
and read the question and answer below it's pretty good info. Thanks for the education!
Cucuzza is actually an edible gourd popular in Italian, and Asian cuisine. It’s similar to a zucchini when small, and to a caveman’s club if you let it grow too long.
I like it as squash vine borers don’t affect it. It’s prolific, and the fruits grow from tiny to eating size practically overnight.
The plant is a vine that can grow to thirty feet if not trained. I grow mine on arched cattle panels.
Arched cattle panels?? Do they hang through like pinatas?? :)
Three Bucks put on a show for us last week when they came around to check on the baby fawns ~~~
They really don't do a lot of damage as the landscaping has been time tested ~~
Some of the babies with their mamas ~~~
Does anyone have a recipe for tomato greenery? All tops and very little fruit ~~~
The corn has not changed much from last week in spite of the really nice weather ~~~
I dug one hill of Yukon Gold and this is all I found ~
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:-D You are welcome!
Love to experiment with heirloom tomatoes...planted a few Anna Russians. They are heavy producers and delicious. All others are not even showing fruit yet. Good choice.
It all sounds so magnificently yummy. Thanks for the links.
Hubby has yet to get any tomatoes ready to harvest even though he started them around the same time you started yours. I’ve had a few from the seeds I started but they are not good mushy cherry tomatoes that look awful.
The volunteers look great, and are ripening nicely. I’ll probably get to eat one tomorrow. Heaven help me if peppers come in before I get the other stuff processed. LOL
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