[Red_Devil 232]

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I have been so sick for the last two weeks that I haven’t been able to tend the garden...Now I have a yard full of WEEDS! EEK! Such work ahead for me.

[Redleg Duke]

Greetings from southern New Hampshire, where touches of color are appearing!

Last weekend, I finally finished the roof on the poultry complex. I plan to get the floor joists, insulation and flooring down and painted this weekend. The walls will have to wait. I have other fish to fry first.

The weather turned decidedly cooler last night and it was 50 this morning with a brisk breeze. Autumn is definitely in the air!

[Dacula]

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Today is my FReeper Birthday! 7 years and counting

[Gabz]

Good morning. Weird change of weather here in eastern coastal Virginia. It reached 91 yesterday afternoon, but dropped to 51 overnight. Daytime high for the next couple of days not to exceed mid 60s, with lots of rain forecast, although the sun is shining brightly this morning.

[lysie]

The garden is just about done, but I do have plenty of butternut squash left to pick.

[Diana in Wisconsin]

Hey! It’s a Friday and I’m HOME! I’ll read through all the posts later today. Dr. Appt. this am for another x-ray on my foot to see how I’m progressing. Maybe I can go back to work part time? I’m getting a little squirrely here at home, LOL!

Mom harvested all she could from the garden yesterday - mainly cherry tomatoes. Beans are done, so are the zukes & cukes. Some green tomatoes remain, but with our cool nights, it’s not looking good for ripening. Fried Green Tomatoes or Green Tomato Pie are on the menu for next week!

Fried Green Tomatoes:

http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/food-network-kitchens/fried-green-tomatoes-recipe/index.html

Green Tomato Pie:

http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/paula-deen/green-tomato-pie-recipe/index.html

Fall lettuces, beets and spinach are coming along just fine; we’re to have rain this weekend, so that’ll help some.

Later! :)

[goodnesswins]

Oregon here....cooling down after a brief summer....MY question....I got ONE spaghetti squash, ONE green pepper, ONE scallop squash, ONE butternut squash....and ONE ancho pepper....lots of tomatoes, some zucchini....IS it that the bees don’t like to pollinate these things?

[afraidfortherepublic]

Sorry to be late checking in. It’s been a provoking day. Had to have the plumber out to redo work he did on Tuesday.

On the garden front, I harvest 3/4 bushel of red, plump, beautiful tomatoes last night and I still have a lot on the vines. I need to get them in before the frost gets them. It’s been dipping to 34 at night all week.

It’s my birthday today. We have a custome here that on our birthdays we each bring a treat to the cafeteria at work and spread it out on the table for all of the employees to take, as they please. So, today I brought in a humongous box of tomatoes for my co-workers and a supply of brown lunch sacks for them to take home whatever they want. I haven’t been back there yet, but I understand that most of them are gone.

[greeneyes]

Good afternoon and thanks for the thread. We got about 2 inches of rain this week here in Missouri. Wonderful fall weather, not too cold, and not too hot.

Hubby's corn patch is about 9 foot tall, and lot of silk. He got it planted later than intended, and we are hoping that we don't have an early frost. I have lots of green cherry tomatoes that I hope will get to ripen on the vine.

I just finished 6 pints of green beans for the freezer. Kept out a quart for supper tonight, and hamburger casserole for tomorrow. I am going to harvest my rosemary soon, and try to get some root cuttings from the tips.

I have harvested about half the tarragon, still have some left, and will try to get some root cuttings of that too. I have one Iroquois Melon trying to ripen before frost, and some cukes. Still have green beans trying to produce.

We did not get a chance to do garden work last weekend, so we need to get with it this weekend.

Have a great weekend and God Bless.

[satan69]

SOUTH FL UPDATE:

The gardening season in FL is underway.. Rains have lightened up and the plants are taking off. WOOOO HOOOO!

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