let's see your veggie garden {pics} 2021-25

[deluxestogie]

It's nice to see actual tomatoes on plants that I've basically ignored for a couple of months.

The image below is my porch herb garden.

I know. That doesn't look like chives. I purchased a fresh packet of chive seeds from the local dollar store this spring. It contained far fewer seeds than I expected, so every one was sprinkled onto the surface of the pot. I waited and waited. After a month of nothing, I stuck in 4 purple garden bean seeds.

Still no chives from the crappy seeds, and only 2 of the 4 beans have germinated. But beans are better than a perfectly good pot with nothing.

Bob

 

[deluxestogie]

I've just achieved a personal best. This afternoon, I used the last of my North Georgia Candy Roaster squash from 2021, to make a pie. Although the squash loses a bit of its natural sweetness, after having been stored for so long, it is still excellent. It cooks to the smoothest textured pie filling I've ever used.

If you're into survival gardening, this is a winter squash to have on your list. These long keepers were well sun-cured after harvest, and stored on a wire shelf of my back porch, regularly exposed to sunlight, and rotated every week or three. I've discovered that storing in a cool, dark place is a ticket to mold developing on the skin.

Their greatest disadvantage is that they are quite large, and very heavy.

Bob

 

[deluxestogie]

I cooked a cob of my ultra-sweet corn yesterday. It was truly delicious. That is probably why the local critters ate all the rest of them. They started by eating a few of my small corn plants as they emerged from the ground. Then they munched some of the partially grown stalks in half. The ultra-sweet silks began to disappear. Then one maturing cob after another vanished, husk and all. Imagine their disappointment when codger Bob stole their last cob for himself. They are invited to eat the remaining, bare stalks.

An independent investigation has found that it is sweetness profiling, without a doubt. They never stopped to harass my field corn and flint corn at such a high rate. Just the ultra-sweet corn. The deer, groundhogs and rabbits will, in the future, be required to complete training on how to eat Bob's veggies in an impartial manner.

I see bushels of pears in my future.

Bob

 

[GreenDragon]

Peaches finally starting to ripen!

 

[GreenDragon]

Todays visitors

 

[deluxestogie]

Can I Eat This Much Today?

This represents today's crop. It looks tiny. But this much every day adds up.

I already have a full pot of everything stew in the fridge.

Bob

 

[GreenDragon]

Tomato sauce!!!

 

[deluxestogie]

My veggie canning factory has permanently shut down.

Bob

 

[GreenDragon]

Was labeled as crookneck squash. I’m pretty sure that’s a watermelon.

 

[deluxestogie]

I’m pretty sure that’s a watermelon.

The answer is in the shape of the leaf.

Bob

 

[GreenDragon]

Hmm didn't think to check the leaf shape. Watermelon leaf come in two phenotypes - Lobed and Non-lobed. If this is a watermelon it's definitely in the non-lobed group.

Squash (Verified - ate some last night)



Suspected Watermelon


Pumpkin (Verified - started from seed)

 

[deluxestogie]

Cantaloupe?

 

[skychaser]

Looks like a cantaloupe to me.

 

[deluxestogie]

Unlike mislabeled tobacco plants, this puzzle should reach a satisfactory answer before too long.

Bob

 

[GreenDragon]

Cantaloupe? I hope so, I prefer them to watermelons!

 

[skychaser]

I've grown a half dozen cantaloupes for seed. There are slight variations but the leaves all looked pretty much the same. http://northwoodseeds.com/IMG_3276_copy.jpg

I've only grown one watermelon because of my short growing season here. But the leaves were quite different from cantaloupe, squash, cucumbers or gourds. http://northwoodseeds.com/IMG_3180_copy.jpg

And yes, in a couple weeks the mystery will be solved.

 

[deluxestogie]

Today's humble harvest.

Bob

 

[koceff]

Jalapeno. Very slow grower.

 

[Jbg]

@deluxestogie is this like your candy roaster.

Southern Exposure Seed Exchange, Saving the Past for the Future

www.southernexposure.com

 

[deluxestogie]

I've bought them from there. Also from Johnny's:

North Georgia Candy Roaster - Heirloom Squash Seeds | Johnny's Selected Seeds

Curious heirloom with fantastic flavor. This delicious oddity proves that looks aren't everything. Maintains its superior eating quality up to 5 months with ...

www.johnnyseeds.com

Bob