Posted on 09/27/2013 12:37:17 PM PDT by greeneyes
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LOL! Ain’t that the truth!
I don't think the vine borer can get in that squash, as it should have a solid core instead of a hollow core like the crookneck.
I just had about 20 lbs of apples dumped on me. After careful consideration, I think I'm going to can some apple butter. And if it doesn't turn out, I'll make some applejack instead. ;)
/johnny
I did see blooms on the cherry tomato plant today but I didn’t plant that one.
Good luck for your apple butter, err, applejack.
/johnny
I put down some fertilizer and layed the whole tomato plant in a deep hole, pulled the leaves first, left just the top leaves and the tomato grew and grew and grew it had the prettiest display of yellow flowers then the grasshoppers found it. overnight it was just a tall stalk with branches and nothing on them. In the spring I’m going to get some of that stuff that kills grasshoppers. I’m going to KILL those buggers.
As long as you don’t outlive your beans, you’ll be fine. I have gobs stored too, but if I am joined by kids, grandkids, and great grandkids, no way do I have room for all we will need, so I need to learn now how to do it, so I can teach them if I need to.
We got a good start with navy beans this year. Haven’t tackled pintos yet.
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