How does your garden grow?

[Larro Darro]

Goop works really well too, any of them - marine, automotive, etc. Holds up well under use. I've used it to build heels back up on sneakers, and take care of peeling soles.

I have some garden sneakers that the sole is doing a little flapping. I'll have to give it a try.

Larro

 

[Larro Darro]

One of the little melons. The vines are putting on quite a few of them. With the rain we are getting, they should be pretty big.

Larro

 

[Tollster]

Deer are flocking to the Granny Smiths.. Limb is 4' long, and I can no longer get the mower in the orchard because the limbs are so weighted down.

 

[lakngulf]

Deer are flocking to the Granny Smiths.. Limb is 4' long, and I can no longer get the mower in the orchard because the limbs are so weighted down.

Wow, that limb is loaded. Looks good

 

[TomSeller]

Deer are flocking to the Granny Smiths.. Limb is 4' long, and I can no longer get the mower in the orchard because the limbs are so weighted down.

I have had a number of branches break this year from overloaded fruit.

 

[Larro Darro]

I have had a number of branches break this year from overloaded fruit.

We try to shake some of the pears off to save the limbs. But all our trees are over at the old house, and I don't usually think of it in time.

Larro

 

[Duwop]

Winter garden is giving up some wonderful treats, today I picked bushel and a half of mustard greens and bunch of onions. It's so true that doing what you love is not work as I love to grow food. My handicap has forced me to change the way I do things and has cost me mucho denero this year but with the advice I have received at at TBN and some neighbors I am very happy to be gardening and my garden has never looked better.

 

[lakngulf]

It is always a hit or miss to get plants thru the heat of August to the nicer, gentler temps of Sept and Oct. This year has been my best one so far. Peppers and Eggplants always make it, and did well this year, but so did some tomato plants, and a second crop of corn. As plants died this year I planted either okra or rattlesnake bean seed in those spots. These plants have done well this late summer and early fall. Most of these plants are second planting.


Always difficult to keep the tomato plants going, especially in containers on the hot pier. But this plant is my best one to survive, has a healthy look and still producing tomatoes. I think it is Fantastic or Better Boy, or one of each.



The replant of beans are doing great, lots of blooms and some good eating real soon





Collard plants



Second planting of Fantastic tomatoes. Some of the leaves were stripped by a ground hog, but he is no more



Also, saved a lot of bean seed from the first planting

 

[Larro Darro]

Both those gardens are looking good. I've tried twice to plant a fall crop of green beans. Both times the heat burned them up. My 5th planting of peas are getting ripe now. Each planting is lasting less than the one before it though. The last one only lasted a couple of weeks before it started going bad on me. The peppers and my 2nd planting of squash are still producing. And I did get one mess of corn from my late crop. I have small melons on the vines, and the banana cantaloupes are full of blooms. I'll try to post some pictures soon.

Larro

 

[Larro Darro]

The last planting of peas are about ready to pick. These are Brown Crowders. All the melons pictured are volunteers from this year's Crimson Sweets. But there are two different kinds of melons, and neither of them look like Crimson Sweets. I'm looking forward to cutting them just to see how they turn out. The patch with the store bought seeds are a couple three weeks behind these. Still making lots of peppers. These are Joe E Parker New Mexico Chili's and Trinidad Dragon peppers. The dragon peppers are supposed to be really hot. Since I've gave all of them away, I couldn't say.

But most of the garden has cashed it in.

Larro