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

[LazyBaba]

Oh and my best friend...

 

[Alpine]

Is it a jack russell terrier? Beautiful dog you have!

pier

 

[deluxestogie]

I picked a few bunches of my grapes this evening. The photo was taken immediately after I removed them from the fridge, so they're fogged-up.

They are Ontario white wine grapes, with seeds. Unlike the eunuch, seedless grapes sold at the super market, these actually explode with flavor. There are several small bunches of Buffalo red wine grapes at the bottom of the tub, and they have a different, rich flavor. I planted both of them about 11 years ago.

Bob

 

[Brown Thumb]

Me and onions don’t get along, this yrs crop rotting In the ground.

 

[deluxestogie]

My eldest brother, who lives a mere 20 minutes away, is not answering his home phone or cell phone when I call. I suspect he knows that I intend to offer him some of my bounty of red tomatoes, little yellow pear tomatoes, yellow squash, green beans and cucumbers. Brothers know these things.

I've actually resorted to filling quart freezer bags with piles of little yellow pear tomatoes, and just tossing them into the freezer as is.

Bob

 

[LazyBaba]

Is it a jack russell terrier? Beautiful dog you have!

pier

yes hes a pedegree mongrel i believe lol.Or a parsons russell

 

[LazyBaba]

Killing it guys.Full bellys this fall.

 

[LazyBaba]

I picked a few bunches of my grapes this evening. The photo was taken immediately after I removed them from the fridge, so they're fogged-up.

They are Ontario white wine grapes, with seeds. Unlike the eunuch, seedless grapes sold at the super market, these actually explode with flavor. There are several small bunches of Buffalo red wine grapes at the bottom of the tub, and they have a different, rich flavor. I planted both of them about 11 years ago.

Bob

There going to be great enjoy..

 

[deluxestogie]

I've finally figured out how all those red tomatoes, yellow pear tomatoes and yellow squash are ending up in my garden every day.

Bob

 

[MadFarmer]

Oregon sweet meat,polyanthias tuberosa,callaloo,golden nugget apple,and purple Ukrainian tom,and either golden virginia or golddollar.

Tell me how you use your callaloo, I've only just learned about it on a seed saving podcast.

 

[MadFarmer]

I've finally figured out how all those red tomatoes, yellow pear tomatoes and yellow squash are ending up in my garden every day.

Bob

Are you suggesting tomatoes migrate?

 

[deluxestogie]

Somehow, they must fall—perfectly ripe—gently from the sky.

Bob

 

[LazyBaba]

Tell me how you use your callaloo, I've only just learned about it on a seed saving podcast.

Just the same as spinach usually in curry or bean chilli super productive and easier than spinach.

 

[deluxestogie]

My freezer is totally filled with frozen veggies. In order to preserve my abundance of tomatoes, I cored and crushed all the red ones into four 1 quart canning jars, and crushed all the tiny yellow pear tomatoes into two 1 quart canning jars. Each quart received ½-teaspoon of citric acid. This all took about 2 hours of tedium. While waiting for my pressure-canner (holding all six 1 quart jars) to come up to pressure, my electricity briefly went out, then came back on.

My 40 year old Presto canner would not hold any pressure. The sealing gasket would need to be replaced. (I spent over an hour trying to locate the manual that came with the Presto canner, so I could find the magic part numbers. I finally recalled that the manual included lots of recipes, which allowed me to locate it among my cookbooks. The original parts are no longer made, but I was able to eventually determine their modern equivalent parts.) The jars inside the canner underwent about a 1 hour hot water bath, which should hold them until the new gasket arrives in a couple of days. Then I will repeat the pressure-canning regimen.

All my frozen veggies depend on that electricity. If an outage were widespread, then holding them in coolers with ice would quickly become problematic. My stove for canning is electric. My well pump is electric. My newly ordered sealing gasket depends on a well functioning supply chain.

An expensive, "just in case", generator would depend on the fuel supply chain, and the electric pumps at the gas station. There seems to be a lot of fragility in the things we depend on in our daily lives.

Bob

 

[johnny108]

My freezer is totally filled with frozen veggies. In order to preserve my abundance of tomatoes, I cored and crushed all the red ones into four 1 quart canning jars, and crushed all the tiny yellow pear tomatoes into two 1 quart canning jars. Each quart received ½-teaspoon of citric acid. This all took about 2 hours of tedium. While waiting for my pressure-canner (holding all six 1 quart jars) to come up to pressure, my electricity briefly went out, then came back on.

My 40 year old Presto canner would not hold any pressure. The sealing gasket would need to be replaced. (I spent over an hour trying to locate the manual that came with the Presto canner, so I could find the magic part numbers. I finally recalled that the manual included lots of recipes, which allowed me to locate it among my cookbooks. The original parts are no longer made, but I was able to eventually determine their modern equivalent parts.) The jars inside the canner underwent about a 1 hour hot water bath, which should hold them until the new gasket arrives in a couple of days. Then I will repeat the pressure-canning regimen.

All my frozen veggies depend on that electricity. If an outage were widespread, then holding them in coolers with ice would quickly become problematic. My stove for canning is electric. My well pump is electric. My newly ordered sealing gasket depends on a well functioning supply chain.

An expensive, "just in case", generator would depend on the fuel supply chain, and the electric pumps at the gas station. There seems to be a lot of fragility in the things we depend on in our daily lives.

Bob

The things you rely on, weaken you.

Sent from my iPhone………..

 

[deluxestogie]

The things you rely on, weaken you.

Friends, family, neighbors, community, tools, periodic table of the elements, education, the laws of thermodynamics, ...

So, I would disagree.

The things we rely on present potential vulnerabilities. But the burden we carry is in proportion to our fear.

Feel free to continue this philosophical discussion in a separate thread.

Bob

 

[GreenDragon]

Getting back on topic

It's been a busy week in the garden.
I started some seeds for fall (Cabbage, Brussels sprouts, Mustard greens, Pumpkins, and Swiss Chard).


Bed of indeterminate tomatoes waiting for the temps to cool for a fall harvest.


Tabasco peppers are always some of the last to ripen, but they also usually come in all at once.


Wild blackberry vine (the thorns are quite impressive) that popped up this spring. It's all first year growth, so no berries this year, but I'm hoping for a great crop next year. It was well fertilized to produce lush growth (Nitrogen factory in foreground).


Sweet potatoes foreground, newly planted bush beans in back. Not shown - a bed of carrots.


The indoor garden is also doing well.

 

[deluxestogie]

Wild blackberries are impressively invasive. They often send out lateral roots that pop out of the ground 6 feet or more from the base of the parent plant. Plus, birds will poop out blackberry seeds everywhere. That's not a problem for lawns, but veggie garden space is problematic.

Bob

 

[LazyBaba]

Wild blackberries are impressively invasive. They often send out lateral roots that pop out of the ground 6 feet or more from the base of the parent plant. Plus, birds will poop out blackberry seeds everywhere. That's not a problem for lawns, but veggie garden space is problematic.

Bob

Blackberry rhubarb crumble very nice....

 

[LazyBaba]

Hi all just a catch up from north east england,Gustranov ox heart bush tom,annanas melon(pineapple),malabar spinach,amish paste tomatoes,aji delight peppers,king james black mulberrys and the worlds best tasting apple golden nugget.All in all not a bad year now the weathers back to normalish(very very odd until end july)2 years odd),theres blight in the toms and potatoes but its not very aggressive,and the french beans are garbage due to no sun in june july.Love growing my own food keep it organic and DO NOT SPRAY feed the soil not the plant and enjoy.