holy veggies batman

[bubba]

I planted a graden this spring.  first one in a few years.  It has exploded.  cucumbers are coming by the 5 gallon pail a week at least,, onions are going well and tomatoes are much faster than I can eat.  Looks like some canning this weekend.

[Bballhunter11]

Always a good feeling when you finally get something out of your garden, i got mine in late but things are just starting to produce. Good luck with the canning

[bubba]

thanks I planted it to get at my sister.  she eneds me invites for farmville and all other dumb games on facebook.  I told her I was going to play real farmville and plant a garden. 

[First-light]

I'm going to give it a try next year. I eat a ton of veggies so why not. Maybe some pointers when I'm ready?

[bubba]

sure

[growalot]

Congrats Bubba...same here.... I was up until 1:30 last night putting up another 12 quarts of beans on top of the first eight....and dragging out every zucchini recipe I can find....today I freeze swisschard and collard greens....peppers are coming great and the eggplant are not producing as well but did pick a big one yesterday...the corn has a lot of young ears...and 38 tomato plants just loaded...no ripe ones right now...peas finally stopped producing...I will be freezing  cabbage and making a lot of sauerkraut this fall  the cabbage is growing like made....

[growalot]

burt ...while I'm thinking on it...a couple of tips....make sure you have a great PH...especially with tomatoes...or you could end up with blossom end rot....I also  used concrete reinforcement mesh. in the garden this year ...WoW love it....I simply stked the panels up and wove the tomato plants through the squase as they grow...no tying...and perfact for the pole beans....for our peas I staked one side in 3 places and then made an arch and staked down the other side...planted the peas along both sides....never had so many peas before...think I have early pics.....I also soak news paper and place thick layers around plants and lay manure and orgrass clippings on top...then let the plants grow over that....helps in dry spells....fertilizes...and the manure seems to help keep some critters like the nasty voles we have away and most important....stops weeds in those areas

[SteveB]

Grow - never thought about the concrete mesh - great idea! Any chance of a closer shot on the peas?

I stake anything that will climb - just plan easier and utilizes space far better.

Late start this year after a 10 year break.

Burt - my advice to you would be to start prepping the area this year. You could tarp it to kill the weeds - better would be to do the newspaper trick covered by some older manure from a neighbors pile. I have several neighbors with a few horses - always looking for someone to haul it away. You would have a great jump on next year. And lastly - 2 hills of zucchini will give you the chance to meet every neighbor.

[Geno C]

Good stuff bubba!  The wifes garden blew up also! She made a ton of pickles this year

[First-light]

Wow, some serious pointers-thanks a whole bunch of zucchini!  BTW any of you fry the Zucchini flowers? My Italian MIL does they are great!

[growalot]

Steve went out and took these today hope it helps....

[SteveB]

Thanks! I used the big cages and my tomato plants are beating them.

Going to try freezing some zuc's this weekend before they bury me.

[bubba]

a couple pics of the plants

[bubba]

and a couple more

[growalot]

great looking plants Bubba

[bubba]

so far it all tastes good

[growalot]

picking the garden daily now...with a wheel barrel ???

[First-light]

My brother gave me a load of veggies like that. Home grown and they were so good. Great job, that is on my list for next year!

[bubba]

Looks good.  I picked all the hot and green peppers Tuesday night. They had ended their growth.  3 gallon bags of hot and 6 of green were put in the freezer

[jr.deerslayer]

Ya we are overflowing with Tomatoes as well... 1500 plants  planted a few weeks apart in stages  and they all decide to ripen at once....Ya Hoo