Speaking of Tomatoes, while the volunteers are doing better than the others, as they ripen they too are suffering with some soft places and very much less flavor than prior years-too much water.
I read somewhere that the way to get the best flavor was to let the tomatoes suffer a little dryness, and that too much water would dilute the flavor.
The best tasting tomato I have had so far was a Chaddwick Cherry tomato that I grew indoors in a pot that is too small. So I'm going to go ahead and get some tomatoes going indoors.
Some of the container tomatoes, I have stripped the leaves off the bottom stem, and buried it in a larger pot, in better soil. We'll see if I can get a few better ones going with those, and I'm going to sow some new ones with shorter maturity dates to maybe get a better crop going for fall.
Have been canning beans every night this week. Done with those, the rest are going to be left to make dried beans. A second patch will come along soon, and those will be pickled. Tonight, I'll be moving along to freezing the corn.
From now till the first week in August is the planting time for most of fall crops in Missouri, and I think those will be going into the patch where we just harvested the corn. Lots to get done this time of the year.
Updates from last week's thread regarding Arrowhead and Johnny sounded like there was some improvement. Sill praying daily for these guys.
Hope everyone is doing well. Have a great weekend, and God Bless.
Pinging the List. Computer is really slow today. Don’t know if it’s my machine, the server, or FR. Most likely our service provider though.
I have a question......all of a sudden my cucumbers are wilting, getting brown spots and turning yellow to brown.it started at on end of the row and is moving it’s way to the other....what do I do?
Wow!
After a sort bout of laziness and then a short bout with a totally unremarkable health problem I’m now 3 weeks behind on weeding the garden and it cannot be seen for the weeds!
LOL!
Seriously, the hot and wet weather here has inspired these weeds.
Cleaning it up this weekend. The nice part is I won’t even have to bend over to pull weeds..
Doesn’t seem to have hurt any of it but some broccoli though.
Mrs. Texan is back in the hospital for the third surgery on her leg this time to treat an infection. Prayers are most appreciated.
Canning .. Oh yeah.. Mason jars lined up from here to the clothes line and back.. Pickles. For starters. :-)
Memories of my yout’ and earlier.
Jams jellies .. Chickens..
Yummmmy.
Tomaties are near the end of surge one.. Need to prune and clean em up, pep em up, make a homegrown pot full of chili and peppers by NFL kickoff ,
I may actually get more than one pepper this year. Teeny but.. :-)
Hi Everybody!
((((HUGS))))
Not much planting going on here in Phoenix but been busy busy busy!
I’m starting a seed/plant business so getting all the permits, licenses, insurance etc. This has been my dream for a long time and I’m finally doing it!
Wish me luck!
My tomato plants, which were a disaster several weeks ago are looking better. Some didn’t make it, but the ones that did are looking lush with lots of small fruit. Guess they just needed sunshine after all the rain (30+ inches from May 1 to present). It’s July 25 and I still haven’t had a BLT. I may have to visit the Farmer’s Market if the shakes get too bad.
The garden is puttering right along. Waiting for the tomatoes to ripen. The new rose I received in May, Lyda Rose, is putting out the most beautiful blooms. Looks like an apple blossom. So pretty. My Grande Dame rose is blooming as well as the newest rose, Just Joey. I finally got the pool clean so I’m definitely swimming this weekend. Hope no one expects me to cook. It might be hotdogs all weekend.