Garden time...Oh boy!

[jinman]

Here is what my pea and okra plants look like. You wouldn't know we are in a drought would you? Thanks for soaker hoses. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[jinman]

Anybody out there have any good spaghetti squash recipes? /forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif

 

[jinman]

All is not good news. I'd say 80% of our sweet bantam corn has been atttacked by worms. /forums/images/graemlins/crazy.gif /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif I thought the plants were clean and didn't take the proper precautions with horticultural oil and BT. Now I'm suffering the consequences. The other corn is not yet mature and is just beginning to put on ears. I'm waging a full-scale war against these thieves. /forums/images/graemlins/mad.gif

 

[scott_vt]

Mornin Jim,
Wow really nice pile of fresh vegetables !!! Your makin me hungry!

Better get the wife busy canning /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[RobJ]

Oh the joys of good soil, irrigation, being able to tend it daily and a good fence. Nice looking stuff. I'm jealous.

 

[honeycutt]

Hard work does pay off. Those veggies look really great. Have you tried them on the grill, charcoal NOT gas, basted in olive oil and your fav seasoning or cut & mix 'em in a foil pack with butter (real). YUM YUM /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif

 

[jinman]

</font><font color="blue" class="small">( All is not good news. I'd say 80% of our sweet bantam corn has been atttacked by worms. /forums/images/graemlins/crazy.gif /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif I thought the plants were clean and didn't take the proper precautions with horticultural oil and BT. Now I'm suffering the consequences. The other corn is not yet mature and is just beginning to put on ears. I'm waging a full-scale war against these thieves. /forums/images/graemlins/mad.gif )</font>

Thanks everyone for the nice comments. I'm really enjoying the produce from our garden. Last night we had fresh blackeye peas and cornbread for dinner, cooked with chunks of ham for added flavor. To round out the meal, I cut up tomatoes and fresh onions. It was great! /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

I also got some BT and mixed up Sevin and BT in my sprayer and went to work on the corn for the second time in three days. All the info I found on corn earworms says you have to retreat with Sevin (carbaryl) every few days to get all the hatched eggs layed by moths. While spraying, I must have seen at least 10 moths fly off, so I hope this is working. I'll let you know how it goes.

 

[jinman]

</font><font color="blue" class="small">( Have you tried them on the grill, charcoal NOT gas, basted in olive oil and your fav seasoning or cut & mix 'em in a foil pack with butter (real). YUM YUM )</font>

I've been talking about doing just that, but it's been too hot to fire up the grill lately. I think I may just "take the heat" and do it soon anyway. I'll keep cool with a couple of cold brews while I cook. Hey! Maybe they would be good basted in beer. /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif

 

[Bird]

</font><font color="blue" class="small">( we had fresh blackeye peas and cornbread for dinner, cooked with chunks of ham for added flavor. To round out the meal, I cut up tomatoes and fresh onions. It was great! )</font>

That does make a fine meal. You know we spent the school year of '71-'72 at the Northwestern University Traffic Institute, and could not find any blackeyed peas in the grocery stores up there then. So when we came home for Christmas, I bought a case of blackeyed peas to take back with us. New Years Eve we had a potluck dinner with a group of friends up there, mostly Yankees who had never eaten blackeyed peas, and my wife fixed the biggest pot she had full of blackeyed peas and diced ham. I thought she was over doing it and we were going to have an awful lot left over. Well, we had lots of food left over that night, but not any of her blackeyed peas. Every bite was eaten. /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif

 

[scott_vt]

</font><font color="blue" class="small">(

Thanks everyone for the nice comments. I'm really enjoying the produce from our garden. Last night we had fresh blackeye peas and cornbread for dinner, cooked with chunks of ham for added flavor. To round out the meal, I cut up tomatoes and fresh onions. It was great! /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
)</font>

Mornin Jim,
Will you please stop that talk /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif I havent even had breakfeast yet /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif