Posted on 06/12/2021 4:24:59 AM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin
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Zone 8a E.Texas. 10 or so lbs. of Tomatoes already harvested more on the way.
Zone 9b here.
Toms and peppers went in on Apr 15th.
Each San Marzano tomato plant has at least 50 fruit on it, with a dozen ready to pick.
Things are a little slow as we’ve had some cold nights (45-50deg) and some hot winds.
Had a fresh Serrano in my eggs this morning.
Here’s mama feeding a juicy bug to the babies. 
Here’s one of the more adventurous babies.
Here’s the fledgling that I found near the bench.
I am stealing all of these photos!!!!!!!!!!!!!
“Next year, I think I’m starting my own peppers...”
I bought 4-packs of Ancho Peppers and Jalapeno Peppers. they are WIMPS compared to my home-frown varieties!
I’ll try to remember to post some pictures for comparison when I get around to it. The purchased plants are really, REALLY lagging. Not sure why - everyone is treated the same!
The 4-packs I buy are started in a greenhouse, transported, then sold out of another greenhouse. The plants have always been ‘healthy’ as far as disease is concerned, but I have a hard time getting these tiny little plants acclimated to being outside in the sun/weather. I start them in dappled shade, then to a spot that gets morning sun, then keep moving them ‘til they get sun all day. I did this with the cukes & to my surprise/horror, they sunburned something terrible - the biggest leaves turned absolutely white. Fortunately, there were some little leaves coming underneath & that is the only thing that kept them going. My cherry tomatoes sunburned slightly and really struggled in general. I split the 4-packs with my SIL who (other than you!!) has the “greenest thumb” I know - both cukes/cherry tomatoes died in her garden. Tough year getting things going, for sure.
Hello all!
It’s been a minute.
Not much doing in garden. A few maters. Flower seeds spread out here and there. Squash, melons and more tomatoes started waiting to pot up.
Lot going on so late start on garden.
Nice to see everyone’s beautiful pictures.
Congrats very nice pics!
Picked our first head of romaine and the first radishes. Tiny tomatoes and lots of flowers. Our first year of using Chicken Soup for the soil and also their tomato fertilizer.
Except for the beak, I would never imagine that a baby Bluebird looks like that. Thanks so much for sharing!
I’ve seen exactly ONE Bluebird this season. I know Beau cleaned out their houses, but they are located a good mile from our house, so not necessarily easy viewing, and they’ve obviously been busy with no time to loaf around in my yard. ;)
Cool!
Nothing quite as educational to a 5 year old as going into the chicken coop on the farm where your mother got her eggs.
I remember following Old farmer Ott into the coop and found a 5 ft ceiling and 1 ft of dried chicken poop on the floor/ground!
(Excellent as dried fertilizer no doubt!)
Osk, good looking pepper! (Everything looks better when you can see the Mediterranean in the picture back ground!)
Mrs. Pete Does not understand the why of hot peppers, but I understand the endorphin rush and euphoria that follows a good hot pepper! I am coming from Blonde and Bland so do not need a lot of heat to achieve that rush!
For many years into my adult life chicken was not the prime
dish for me. I ate it on Sundays when my mom would fry it
to a crisp. Still not my favorite but I can eat it today in various
ways.
Ha, never seen that before! Cute.
Thanks for that tip! Cooper makes good tires; I have a set on my Ford Escape; bought them at our local Farm & Fleet. No problems so far, three years in!
You see a lot of YouTube videos of people eating whole peppers but that’s mostly stunts. You can control the heat of even the hottest peppers by turning them into powders and sauces. An 1/8 teaspoon of powder can warm up an entire pot of Spaghetti sauce yet still make it tolerable for most people.
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