[Gabz]

Good morning!!!!

I’m going to start the garden clean out this weekend.

I have lots and lots of tiny green maters, so I’m going to be making lots of pickles on Monday!

[HiramQuick]

An update on the potatoes in 5 gallon buckets. I harvested approx 8 pounds of medium sized yukon Gold from each bucket. the only thing I would do differently is that I used them decoratively and in the scorching sun by them selves, the buckets even though white absorb to much heat. I would give a bit more protection from sun, perhaps by doing a mass grouping. Nothing better flavor wise than a home grown Yukon gold ... Doesn't even need butter .... but of course .. a Norwegian, Ex Iowa Farm boy thinks anything without butter is sacrilegious.

The red plastic on tomatoes .. no scientific prove it out. This was my best tomato year ever (peppers also) ... but everybody had a good year. Tomatoes everywhere.

[doodad]

Those green tomatoes make great fried sides and salsa verde as well. The real small ones that are kind of hard still are perfect for salsa. Sub them for tomatillo in any recipe.

[Red_Devil 232]

Gabz good to see you. We have had fried green tomatoes just about every evening this past week.

[Diana in Wisconsin]

I’m a lazy gardener in the fall. See me on the first sunny, warm day in March. Then, I’m a madwoman, cleaning up the garden! :)

I have a few tomatoes left and had a bonus find of 6 red peppers in there yesterday. A miracle, to say the least!

I’ve been hauling in potted plants on the nights we’ve been getting down to the mid-30’s. I brought in the houseplants two weeks ago, after giving them haircuts, a blast with the hose and insecticide.

My hanging Tumbler Tom tomato plant is still putting out cherry-types, and fall lettuce is coming along well, though some of it bolted for some reason, so I need to re-plant more.

Garlic is in at work, so we’ve been busy with that. I made roasted garlic paste the other day. It’s wonderful! Fall bulbs are in (tulips, daffs, etc.) and we’re up to our butts in pumpkins; a super-nice crop this season.