Jim Inman's (jinman) Garden - 2007

[jinman]

The gift was a certificate, to be redeemed, for a 'bounty' of fresh vegetables from our 2007 garden.

The package was delivered today....

Don

That's one gift nobody would return. Very nice!

 

[TBDonnelly]

Had a family gathering to attend this afternoon. We just HAD to bring a few tomatoes along on a plate. After the pan fried Okra & Zucchini dinner a few weeks back, we decided to go the more 'heart smart' route this week. Here's what we put together.......

Don

 

[Egon]

Jim; the far north driveway garden will soon be producing. A few cucumbers have been picked. Beans and peas have also made it to the table. Tomatoes are just about ready other that the whole four picked a week ago. There are some peppers ready too.

Some grapes are almost ready too!

 

[EddieWalker]

Jim,

Real sorry to see your garden dying on you. Hopefully the weather will cool down enough for it to come back to life!!!!

Eddie

 

[jinman]

Jim,

Real sorry to see your garden dying on you. Hopefully the weather will cool down enough for it to come back to life!!!!

Eddie

Don't worry Eddie. We'll have plenty of okra to fry up in October. As bad as the tomatoes look, they are still producing. I noticed yesterday that new growth is showing up on the lower part of the vines. I think I might just prune them and they will come back nicely. Unfortunately, the okra will be gone if the disease keeps progressing. That's really okay because we have a freezer full of the stuff. Kathy and I have mixed emotions about the garden. We hate to see it die off, but we also like more spare time to do other things. A garden this size can be all-consuming of your spare time.

Egon: My grandmother used to have concord grapes growing on a shaded arbor in her back yard. Those were the sweetest and most flavorful grapes I ever put into my mouth. There is just nothing like the taste of a grape that is allowed to reach full ripeness before picking. Her homemade grape jelly and boysenberry jelly also makes my mouth water with memories.

 

[wushaw]

Jim; my okra is doing the same thing, it started with the plant in the center of the row...just drop it's leaves, it is slowly spreading out so I figure all will be dead in a few weeks at this rate. My tomatoes look like yours also but still producing at a slower rate though.

 

[TBDonnelly]

Fresh box of Veggie's went out this morning. Had to take a picture! We've received over 6 inches of rain for the month August. Our normal is about 3 inches.

Don

 

[Bird]

That sure is pretty, Don. And I wish I'd had 3 to 6 inches of rain this month. After that brief light shower of about .03" yesterday afternoon, I've received a grand total of about .15" this month. And my water bill went up another $70.

 

[jinman]

Fresh box of Veggie's went out this morning. Had to take a picture! We've received over 6 inches of rain for the month August. Our normal is about 3 inches.

Don

Very nice as usual, Don. Our garden is definitely winding down. Last weekend I mowed around the edges and cleaned up lots of spots with the weedeater, but the heat here has really been hard on most stuff. We still have a little okra, a few squash, and a few tomatoes. We pruned the dead stuff off the tomatoes and they are starting to come back. Cantaloupes are coming back too. There are probably more than a dozen softball sized cantaloupes on the vines. They won't get big, but they should be sweet when they finally get ripe.

The sweet potatoes are still lookin' great. By late-September we should be digging them.

I'll try to get some pictures to post over the weekend.

Bird: We haven't had any rain, but maybe we'll get lucky today or tomorrow. We are going on vacation the middle of September and be gone 1-1/2 weeks. If we don't get some rain, the yard and garden will probably burn up by the time we get back. Oh well...that's just normal weather in Texas this time of year.

 

[Bird]

Jim, we had our biggest rain of the month about 4 p.m. yesterday and got about .18" in 30 minutes or so. That brought us up to .33" for the month.