[Pollard]

Well the summer garden is done. The goats, that I’m trying to sell, figured out they could mash down the field fence that’s around the garden and get in there. They also figured out they like green tomatoes. Looks like they ate the tops off of a few plants and nightshade is poisonous to goats so I ripped out the plants. Hard to sell dead goats.

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Sorry to hear about your garden! I do not think that is the first time that goats have done in someone’s garden!

All is not lost. I saved snippings from Rosella, Yellow Pear and Chadwick cherry plants and am rooting them in water.

Also have four shisito pepper plants started and will be starting seeds this weekend for Fall veggies.

[Pete from Shawnee Mission]

And of course it is possible to overwinter your pepper plants which I think you will be doing? (Since you posted or watched a youtube about this and reported to the thread.) Easier in a higher growing zone though!

[Pete from Shawnee Mission]

Good deal on your tomatoes! Hope you get something from it in the time left! They look small so you should be able to get something. Ecclesiastes 11:6 "Sow your seed in the morning, and at evening let your hands not be idle, for you do not know which will succeed, whether this or that, or whether both will do equally well." Along the same line I just planted some 12" tall Burpees long keeper seedlings hoping to get a last crop that could last until January. Its dubious that I will get anything this late, but I will remove any suckers and excess vegetation and keep them watered and see what happens in the time left. The four Thorburn's Terre Cotta I planted 3 1/2 weeks ago are 3 feet high and have small tomatoes. Will they produce ripe tomatoes before first frost? https://www.fondazioneslowfood.com/en/ark-of-taste-slow-food/thorburns-terracotta-tomato/ "Thorburn’s terracotta tomato is named for its distinctive color: It has honey-brown skin and green shoulders. Due to the thickness of its skin, tomatoes of this variety store well and are easy to transport. The flesh is orange-pink and the seed mass is greenish. It is a semi-determinate variety, the plants growing to a height of about 2 meters. It reaches maturity in 75 days and produces quite a heavy crop, though productivity quickly drops off as cooler weather sets in. The tomatoes are usually about 8 centimeters in diameter and 180 grams. Unlike many heirloom tomatoes, which can be deeply ribbed and irregular in shape, Thorburn’s terracotta has a uniform acorn-like shape and a relatively smooth surface. Thorburn seed company developed this variety by crossing various hybrids; the grandmother variety was called “peach” due to its fuzzy skin. Though not fuzzy, the terracotta tomato’s skin is lusterless and appears slightly downy." Never had one, the seed pack was a throw in by Baker Creek. Looking forward to tasting!

[Diana in Wisconsin]

Thanks for reminding me to root some tomato cuttings! I want to see how long I can keep some going in the (unheated) greenhouse this Fall into Winter.

My record is fresh tomatoes on December 24th - but we had a very mild start to Winter that year. ;)