Thread: In The Garden 2023

Well it's been about a month since I posted on the progress of my tomatoes. They are going strong, there is quite a difference in the sizes but they are coming along. Some are pretty good sized for Romas---



Others look more like Roma size---



Some are starting to turn---



And there are plenty of blooms still coming on---



Anyway, I just thought I'd post about the progress.

My two cherry tom pots are starting to redden up!


A slow start but they are showing many lil tomatoes bloomin up.

I pickled this batch of jalapeños a few days ago when I had more than we could use. Yesterday I did a single quart jar of them, but in rings instead of whole. the pictured batch I cut off the stem end and scooped out the core and seeds. I like to let mine get red but sometimes I will pickle them green.

A quart of nacho slices.

I only got one batch of green beans, before Ol chuck ate the rest, then died from ingesting a large dose of sevin dust

Originally Posted by outback

I only got one batch of green beans, before Ol chuck ate the rest, then died from ingesting a large dose of sevin dust

Only one of our green bean plants bloomed. Trashed all three.

My apples are dropping early but I think it is from the drought in our area.

My dad was a pretty good gardener, except that he was located about 2 miles out in the country so he was a couple of weeks behind in planting and was a couple of weeks being frozen out.

He and his good friend Herbie would always see who could get various things up and going.

His green beans were doing real well but were far from being pickable. Well we had fresh green beans in the ad and I got a call from dad, he wanted to know how they looked. I told him that they were just like out of the garden. So he sent my mother to Walla Walla from Dayton (35 miles one way) to get some beans. Then she had to drive clear across the county to Herbie's and show him the beans and tell him that they were from dad's garden. And then head for home.

So Herbie drove clear across the county to see these bean plants---Oh how my dad laughed at that! He'd managed to pull on over on Herb.

I sure miss him. Oh! By the way I believe that Herb will turn 100 this year.

Two more quarts of pickled whole seedless jalapeños, green this time.

Here is the okra that I have vacuum packed and frozen over the last three weeks or so.