Posted on 07/31/2009 4:00:03 AM PDT by Red_Devil 232
Good morning to all of you gardeners. The last day of July and I am wondering what August has in store for us weather wise? One thing I do know is the weather will continue to do what it wants and the only thing you can do about it is to accept it or move somewhere else. Of course once you move the weather there will change.
Sounds absolutely yummy. I’m gonna try the zucchini with the cheese & gobs of pepper. Love pepper!
I picked my meager yeild of Baldwin pears last weekend. Half are in the vegie bin in the fridge and the others are waiting to ripen up on a shelf.
I don’t mind eating them—once in awhile! Some of the crowd here can eat them for every meal.
I just hate planting them! We—meaning me— seed everything by hand. Collard seeds are mustard seed’s bigger cousins, if that tells you anything. LOL
I’ve already done a couple hundred/ flats of 72, probably do that many more.
I’m glad I’m not on the production end of the business...other than the plants I grow for my OWN garden, and a few select others. :)
You know, they do have machines that can do that for you. Of course, they’re very, very EXPENSIVE machines, LOL!
Yeah, sowing is a pain, but it’s well worth it. We have the best plants in the county. Course, we probably don’t make much on them either. :)
Growing collards in the middle of summer is about like growing tomatoes in an unheated greenhouse in the dead of winter—your winter.
Please add me to the weekly gardening thread.
I was all set to can tomatoes last weekend - I could see zillions of giant red ones in their raised bed from my back steps. Canner is ready, jars are ready, funnel, lifter, EVERYTHING - I mean I was ready to rock. I went out to pick them, and every damned one had a hole the size of a golfball in it. Eight cats, and I’ve got something eating holes in my tomatoes.
You might want to consider picking your tomatoes before they become attractive to the birds. Here is a link to a July Weekly Gardening thread - when to pick a tomato - Weekly Gardening Thread – 2009 Vol.8 – July 03
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