The Garden Center

[Cassia]

What a memory shaker that pump is!!!  As a kid at my grandparents little farm I remember that type of pump next to the kitchen sink.  Had to prime it to get it to work, so there was a little glass next to the pump that had to have water in it--that was the first job; fill that glass just after the pump became useable.  I hadn't thought of that in ages!!!

Very nostalgic and really a great piece of engineering. So much fun to use. We could hook up a hose the outlet and plumb the garden. The pond water is so full of nutrients.

[Cassia]

I harvested these pumpkins a tad early, however they look pretty cute while curing and they sure taste a lot better than those fake ones. These ones are not overly sweet, so I was thinking pumpkin ravioli or maybe fettuccini with a mild pumpkin cream sauce.

[Cassia]

I noticed that caterpillars ate one pumpkin vine down to nothing but there was a beautiful green pumpkin still hanging from it. I did a little research and found that you can consider a green pumpkin like a summer squash or zucchini. We sliced it up and steamed it and then hit it up with some butter and sautéed onions. Deeeeelicious and good to know, since the bug pressure peaks in September you may lose a vine or two. I sprayed the other vine leaves with dish-soapy water and they seem like they are still fine.

[Cassia]

Last of the pumpkins, hoping for lemons, some banana pepper and some patio mini tomatoes.

[Cassia]

Last time I ordered seeds, they sent a gift seed packet called "rainbow cherry" tomatoes. A couple of six-foot plants resulted, and they put out a bucket of tomatoes twice a day. Now I wish I had a a setup to slice and dry them.

[Cassia]

I have been giving away bags of tomatoes to anyone who will have them for weeks, but today I will make some sauce (gravy, lol??) and freeze it. I think they are finally getting close to being done because the summer heat around here is too much. I think it was the irrigation with pond water that they love.

[Cassia]

Maybeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee one more week

[aitm]

I'm in central Fla, I put my garden into rest two weeks ago. Jes waiting for sept to start again. My cherry tomatoes do awesome here as does my green beans and broccoli. Taters do well, but damn bugs get my cukes and worms get my corn. Carrots need better supplements in the soil, radishes however are bonkers, I don't grow a wide variety, just the stuff I grew up with..no squash or Zukes or other "weird" stuff. Peas don't grow worth a damn down here. So grow what grows...fight the bad bugs and spend some time in the garden...😁

[Cassia]

I'm in central Fla, I put my garden into rest two weeks ago. Jes waiting for sept to start again. My cherry tomatoes do awesome here as does my green beans and broccoli. Taters do well, but damn bugs get my cukes and worms get my corn. Carrots need better supplements in the soil, radishes however are bonkers, I don't grow a wide variety, just the stuff I grew up with..no squash or Zukes or other "weird" stuff. Peas don't grow worth a damn down here. So grow what grows...fight the bad bugs and spend some time in the garden...😁

That's the way! Getting ready to rip out the tomato beds as well. There is something intoxicating about the smell of a tomato plant. I read that some folks hate it. I can't imagine why. I always tell people..."better not don't do me wrong. I always need more compost. 😁"

[Dark Lightning]

We're getting stupid big amounts of some sort of squash that one of my sons planted. Gave up on tomatoes. And some asshole animals ate every one of the apples off our apple tree. First year for apples. 😡

[Unbeliever]

Asshole animals gotta eat too! 🤣