Weekly Gardening Thread – 2010 (Vol. 22) July 02

Free Republic | 7-02-2010 | Red_Devil 232

[Red_Devil 232]

Good morning gardeners. I hope all FReepers have a safe and Happy 4th of July weekend!

If you are a gardener or you are just starting out and are in need of advice or just encouragement please feel free to join in and enjoy the friendly discussion. Our Freeper community is full of gardeners, each with varying interests and skill levels from Master Gardener to novice.

[Red_Devil 232]

Yep same here. I am surprised to see the honeybees in numbers this year.

[who knows what evil?]

I can’t remember the last time it rained in New England...doesn’t look good for the near future, either...low 90’s for some time to come...

[who knows what evil?]

Couldn’t agree more...those carrots...the beets...serious ‘food porn’.

[rightly_dividing]

Stuffed Acorn squash is very tasty!

[greeneyes]

Happy Independence Day to you too. Beautiful day here in Missouri. Temperature is only 80 degrees. Still calling for a chance of rain, but I’ll believe it when I see it. Been waiting almost a week and that chance has not materialized.

[Red_Devil 232]

My wife loves Acorn squash. Butter and brown sugar in the hollow - baked. The only other squash she will eat are the zukes I grow.

[rightly_dividing]

That recipe of yours works good for butternut squash, too

[cherry]

we’re back east and I can only hope OUR dtr is watering...especially the hanging baskets in the front....they take the brunt of the heat.....

[tubebender]

we’re back east You get back here right now and revive this thread!

[fanfan]

111f with the humidex here, real temperature....93f.

Think the lettuce will last the day without going bitter?

[poobear]

Hi again RD. All my tomatoes are coming in and to my surprise most of the crop are plum tomatoes. Seed package must have been miss marked or I put some old seeds in the wrong container package. They are doing terrific in this Florida summer heat. I don’t know how hot it gets in Arkansas but these bloom and produce huge plum tomatoes in temperatures over 90 degrees.

Just thought I’d share. Never planted them before and my tomatoes usually struggle during July, August and September because it’s so hot.

[fanfan]

This thing is abused, mistreated, ignored, denied...and still it blooms and blooms. Hey! Kinda like me, LOL!

LOL! You are always blooming, Diana!

Your plants are beautiful!

[Red_Devil 232]

It gets pretty hot here in Mississippi. Last year I had great results with two varieties of tomatoes "Marion" and "Ark. Traveler" they are both heat tolerant.

I got a late start this year so we will see.

[Diana in Wisconsin]

Slap my @ss and call me Dinner! First meal from the garden this season. Butterstick Squash, Provider Green Beans, a few garlic scapes and some fresh Genovese Basil going into the saute pan.

[Diana in Wisconsin]

Fall planting of 'Red Ace' beets (in the back) and 'Goldito' fillet yellow beans in the foreground. This little garden bed is a prolific provider! This is where all of my lettuce was in early spring...but I ate it! 'Genovese' Basil and 'Bright Lights' chard in the background, 'Queen Sophia' marigolds to the right. When the beans are done again (53 days) it'll be time to refresh the soil and plant lettuce and spinach again for the fall.

[who knows what evil?]

Hmmmm...the staff at my local garden center(s) have been real inept lately...maybe I’ll call them tomorrow and ask for some ‘growdammit’ rocks just to screw with them...

[Arrowhead1952]

I know you have a garden center or nursery and ship seeds. What are the best tomatoes to plant in a hot area like central Texas that will keep producing in the summer? Thanks in advance.

[fanfan]

LOL, it's supposed to be Slap my @ss and call me for dinner!

You crack me up!

[who knows what evil?]

...just pulled a one-pound ‘Gold Medal’ tomato in from the garden...

[fanfan]

One pound? I can’t wait!

My tomatoes aren’t even red yet.