2023 Garden!

[brymoore]

Back from a little more than 3 weeks in Europe and not being able to access hunttalk.
My garden is fried, okra and sweet potatoes are the only thing thriving. End of the month will be time to start extending the garden, and beginning to replenish the soil in the existing area. Fall planting will be here before I know it.

Location?

 

[JShane]

Location?

Florida for the garden. England, Belgium, France, Italy, and a brief layover in Ireland for the trip

 

[Nick87]

Sounds good to me.

My wife and I’s joke is you can tell the new gardeners by the people trying to give you summer squash and huge zucchini’s.

Neighbors kids came over with a basket full a few days ago and we both broke out laughing. Kids were telling us stories of monster zucchini’s happening overnight.

 

[howl]

The wife put up 58 pints.

 

[brymoore]

Big garden day. Graffiti Cauliflower is starting to ripen. Last English pea pick. Big year with 2 gallons froze for winter consumption. Lettuce box weeded for everything that bolted. Broad beans are getting picked. Tomato’s pruned and tied to the cattle panel. Strawberries will get one last pick and trimmed back. Last round of artichokes will get picked. Daughter picked a big bowl of black raspberries.

My pie and a half cherry tree has produced more than 5 pies worth of cherries.

Wife is going to can/freeze this afternoon.

We’re going fishing at a high mountain lake tomorrow.

 

[brymoore]

Our miniature Montmorency Cherry tree has produced enough cherries for a pie and a half each year for the last 15 years.

This year - we have picked 10 quarts (pies) from the tree and left at least another two quarts for the birds.

I’m not sure if the tree is dying or it really loved the couple scoops of compost I gave it in the spring.

If you come by the Moore house and see/smell a pie cooling, it’s probably a cherry pie this year. They are delicious.

 

[Nick87]

Life lessons. The basement kitchen is nice.

 

[WildWill]

Getting a ton of tomatoes right now.

 

[Johnny Bravo]

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Life lessons. The basement kitchen is nice.

We did pickles today too...

 

[howl]

SVB trap got a few. I've been able to withstand the buggers most years until the pickle worms start in July. Once I see those I just pull my plants. Usually tired of squash by then.

 

[Gellar]

Blossom end rot. You or God is overwatering.

I have a few that have that. It’s been dry as heck and hotter than Hades here. I water my tomatoes every other day and sometimes I forget to turn the sprinkler off for several hours. What would you consider the proper amount of watering?

 

[Dave N]

Finally started to get some cherry tomatoes!

 

[brymoore]

Melons, corn, cucumbers, cauliflower tomatoes in the far edge and raspberries.

You can play find Waldo for my daughter in the pic.

 

[Nick87]

 

[Keep on]

Taco salad for dinner with veggies from the garden and used the last of the peaches from my tree for some cobbler.

 

[BearFoot]

They keep coming!

Transplanted April 15, lot of peppers and cucumbers also.

This summer started cool and wet until mid July. Now the outside stuff is taking off.

 

[gouch]

Onions are producing pretty good.



Peaches are starting to ripen.

 

[Nick87]

 

[Gellar]

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How did the pickles turn out?

 

[Nick87]

How did the pickles turn out?

Good now first couple batches not so much. Now I just use the mrs. wages packet as a base and modify to my liking from there.