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looking verrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrry nice you alls.smiles

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My eggplant (Black Beauty) on 3-21:

http://i1059.photobucket.com/albums/...202012/031.jpg

Same plant today, 4-28:

http://i1059.photobucket.com/albums/...yEggplant3.jpg

Now it's as tall as my youngest garden helper!

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WOW!!! beautiful! are those earth boxes laura?

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My eggplants have never grown that big. WOW

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Thanks! /blush

Yes, those are Earthboxes. I bought the boxes originally for tomatoes, but decided I like them better for bell peppers and eggplants. They do really well in there.

I've never had eggplant take off quite this fast, either, even in an Earthbox. It has helped that the temperatures have been above average, with lots and lots of sunny weather. So that let the plant to get big fast, before putting energy into fruiting. I'm excited about it...I swear that thing is visibly bigger every day. I am going to have to save seeds from it at the end of the season.

The first bloom it put out has set fruit, and just over the last couple of days blooms are starting to open everywhere. I might need some more eggplant recipes. :cool:

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I've posted the first two photos of bell peppers in other forums, but I did get a great crop of bells last year:

Here's 'Valencia':

http://www.grow-it-organically.com/i...alencia1-l.jpg

'Gourmet':

http://www.grow-it-organically.com/i...gourmeth-l.jpg

'Alma' Paprika:

http://www.grow-it-organically.com/i...rs-alma2-l.jpg

'Bulgarian Carrot' (scorching hot chile!), 'Admiral' Golden, 'Lipstick', and 'Valencia':

http://www.grow-it-organically.com/i...rs2011-3-l.jpg

Here's the web page with information on how I grew these:

http://www.grow-it-organically.com/growing-peppers.html

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Those are great looking peppers - your pics are making me hungry!:)

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awesome pics ya'lls.

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Very Pretty Peppers!

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Nice tomato plants, Red. I bet there are a lot of green tomatoes sizing up in there. Looks like you're going to have a real treasure hunt to find them all when they start to get ripe. :D

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thanks lin smiles
http://i556.photobucket.com/albums/s...c/000_0459.jpg

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neat pics BalconyFarmer! the colors are wonderful!

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Rednecky, all that looks soooo good. Your dirt has come a long way!

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These pictures show "Kitchen Waste Gardening" results, something I've been testing this Spring. My first attempt was with onions, and one root planting resulted in 4 bulbs that could be separated and replanted. Below - bok choy. Here is what is done: Cut the bottom section off of the bok choy, about 2". Can also use celery, lettuce, and many others. Put the root section in a shallow container of water for 3 days (supposedly to leach out pesticides), then plant in your garden. This is planted in a greenhouse raised bed. The first picture shows the planting after 2 days (mid March) and the second picture shows today. I've picked a few leaves off and munched them to make sure they aren't bitter, and it is ready to snip the leaves off and toss in a stir-fry.

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I finally uncovered my greens - had them covered for 3 weeks after planting the 3 week old seedlings, since rabbits would have done them in, otherwise. Here's a slideshow of the 6 week old greens.

BTW, don't ask me how I am going to eat all of those things myself.

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Just absolutely beautiful, Pepperhead!

And that's interesting, Simplicity, I've never done it.

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Nice pics everyone!!
:)

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thanks tasty.wait till next year.grins

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One huge blossom cluster. Reisentraube from Baker Creek. Sorry if pics are too big...

http://i964.photobucket.com/albums/a...5-08135036.jpg

http://i964.photobucket.com/albums/a...5-08135132.jpg

http://i964.photobucket.com/albums/a...5-08135408.jpg

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Wow, I've never seen tomatoes bloom in a big cluster like that. Trusses on cherries, sure. But that's new to me. Hope those are tasty tomatoes, because you're going to have a lot of them. :D

And you can feed your family with that squash! How old is that plant, and what variety?

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gorgeous pics omw! you're way ahead of us here.

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http://i238.photobucket.com/albums/f...y/68d80977.jpg


http://i238.photobucket.com/albums/f...y/ba00dcd7.jpg

Some of my latest harvests. tomato plants are loaded and starting to mature.

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beautiful harvests payne!

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Thank you, those were the first bells and tomatoes this year. I think the four yards of mushroom compost is going to help greatly this year.

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awesome!

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http://i556.photobucket.com/albums/s...s/000_0475.jpg
and so my fellow texicans i sayyyyyyyyyyyyy
http://i556.photobucket.com/albums/s...s/000_0475.jpg

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http://i556.photobucket.com/albums/s...s/000_0474.jpg
you can grow artichokes on the texas gulf coast from seed.
yipppeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee.there's 4 on this bract.

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Wow, Wow and wow. Tha is so super cool

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awesome red!!!

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Goodness Gracious! Blaine what in the world do you guys have in the soil down there in Jackson? That is an Amazing look'n tomato!

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So which one ya braggin' about? ... the tomato? or the girl? :cool:

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Hehe!:D
Destiny is a great model huh?

Thats an interesting tomato as well, at first, we thought in weighed 19 oz, but it is 21 oz.
Which is a nice size for these parts.

Yalls turn -
Go-

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Nice going PKS south!! I tell you, from what I hear about growing tomatoes down there, that is a keeper in anyones book even for up here!!!!!

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Ditto on the chokes Red, impressive!!

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Is this Harvard Square ripe?
Marks pic has more purple color than mine...or is this the GWR version, cause these are getting soft now.

http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u...s/DSCN2060.jpg

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Those are done Blaner, yes Marks are different than mine..I wanted his because they were nicer looking and I am not sure they are the same or perhaps, we have a cross..or maybe he does?

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Growing tomatoes is tricky in Colorado. I'm at 5,800 feet above sea level, our growing season is short, it is scorching hot in the day and cold at night. And it always seems to be windy.

That said, I'm going to be enjoying ripe tomatoes before June. I'm pretty proud of that.

http://i287.photobucket.com/albums/l...en/5262012.jpg

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As well you should be! :D

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Jonathan?...What variety is that?
Looks great!

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Just a rutgers. I have some cherries about ripe too, but that's not as big of a deal.

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wow sj, toms in june! come on warm weather...

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I uncovered my early row of summer squash and it must have had some bugs that sneaked in!
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v426/Tamara1/zucs.jpg
little fruits

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...ra1/zucrow.jpg

I planted the second row next to it and transfered the hoops and cover to the new row. I hope I don't get SVBs!

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http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...uepotatoes.jpg
Baby OSU Blue.:)

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Look for these to ripen at this stage -

http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u...s/DSCN2148.jpg

This is Indigo Rose.
P20's and OSU's do the same thing.

Check the bottom of the fruit, for coloring.
Make sauce with them.
They are not to desirable snackers.

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Wow

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I grew OSU last year too.

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I grew OSU last year...while they were awesome to look at....got a LOT of questions about them....they didn't taste very good.........my employer used them in the green/purple stage as a centerpiece for a formal dinner party :D

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smiles

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http://i556.photobucket.com/albums/s...s/000_0498.jpg
CAME UP IN THE MANURE PILE.LOL

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nice red!:D

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thanks bunkie.

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Indigo rose this year. I grew OSU p20 last year and this one looks a little more uniform and darker perhaps

http://i1149.photobucket.com/albums/...eel101/005.jpg

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beautiful dj! ours is just starting to flower. we grew OSU Blue last year too...anxious to taste the difference.

swanz, nice looking cukes!

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I'm growing Indigo Rose this year, when do I pick them some say when green area turns red, some say don't let green turn red. What color is the inside. So they don't taste good raw, but they can be made into sauces?

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My Malakhitovaya Shkatulka finally produced a tomato, and while I think it should have grown longer, it was knocked off the plant while I was, um, disposing of tomato worms this afternoon. I think I'll let it sit on the counter for a few days, and see if it ripens up any.

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Or drop it in a paper bag with an apple....it will ripen quickly ;) (ethylene gas)

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Here are some photos of some of the things I have harvested so far this year. I started all of these things from Baker Creek Seed. Rainbow Silverbeet Chard, Poona Kheera Cucumber, Japanese Long Cucumber.

I have been harvesting chard now for almost two months. I am drowning in cucumbers and feeding them to the neighbors. :) Having a great time.

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Ooh, will do! Thanks!

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I finally got a couple of okra. It took long enough, haha!

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awesome pics ya'lls.thanks fer sharing.smiles

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my first time growing Cocozella squash and also by seed. looking forward to eating it! what size do you all pick your cocozelle squash?

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Well, I almost scorched my Malakhitovaya Shkatulka...but I guess it still has some life left :) I spotted 4 little 'maters this morning.

Garden photos and a cute kitty. :)
 

Hi everyone,

I took some photos of my garden for a couple of friends a few weeks ago. I thought I might share them here. In the back I have 2 beds. They both measure 4 x 12 feet. I also plant veggies and flowers in the front. Here is a photo of one of my front beds. In addition to the flowers, there is eggplant, chilis, chard, and okra in the front bed. In the front photo, you can see my MINI. One of my other time consuming hobbies is running around with the local MINI club, PhillyMINI.org.

Lastly, in the photo of my harvest, you can see one of my two extremely spoiled cats, Easter.

I hope you enjoy the photos! I sure enjoyed the gardening.

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Last July 10, I decided to put up a bean tower and have planted my poles beans thick. A bananna squash vine decided to climb the tower as well. I now have a bananna squash resting on the tower. The bananna squash vines have climbed into the cherry tree. Given time, we will have bananna squash hanging from the cherry tree.

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First time growing Sunflowers. They are amazing plants

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Oh.....I so agree!!!!!!
http://i153.photobucket.com/albums/s...x_edited-2.jpg

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Cucurbits are truly some of the most amazing plants in the world. As of this year my appreciation has gone from enthusiasm to constant worship at their altar.

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I might need to steal this for my desktop wallpaper... Is the picture yours?

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Yes, it is...........and steal away!:D

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Wow, nice pics!! I cant say I have many pics <*>

.....You may post garden related links after 25 legitimate posts…….

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Bananna squash resting 5 1/2 feet off ground. It decided to climb the pole bean tower.

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wonderful pics all! and that banana squash, oh my!!!

gorgeous sunflower LACS!

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harvested some beans and italian squash yesterday. im still waiting on my rattlesnake, tiger eyes and cranberry beans as well as tomatoes, cucumbers and more lemon squash.

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Beautiful sunflower!

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ps restless cute cat in the basket!!!

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Thanks. Her and her littermate are always in those baskets. They live the good life.

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awesome ya'lls.smiles

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40 x 30 cuc patch..... rock out!

and some purple basil, tastes like black liquorice.....

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That's unusual, purple basil usually doesn't taste like licorice, seems to me.

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I took a picture that is identical to this. Obviously the same variety. It reminds me of a spirograph.
I use it as my screen saver.
Awsome beauty!

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Read about the Fibonacci sequence obvious in sunflowers and Romanesco cauliflower here. http://www.maths.surrey.ac.uk/hosted...ci/fibnat.html
It is super fascinating!

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http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...0092C3CC99.jpg
Ancient Sweet pepper I saved from Sam's Club peppers and a Pinocchio's Nose.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...00E81995C9.jpg
The results of the pumpkin scarring. Some have scars and nibbles I did not give them unfortunately.:rolleyes:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...00B39CA95D.jpg
One of the many loads of squash I harvested.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...EF355FA49E.jpg
The Romanesco are very large but not making heads yet.

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Here is one load I got six of these, some Cushaws and Pumpkins.

http://i1060.photobucket.com/albums/...iseeds7001.jpg

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I am running out of room in the greenhouses so, the pole barn floor is it while it lasts!

http://i1060.photobucket.com/albums/...iseeds7002.jpg

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awesome harvests all!!!

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Todays harvest.

http://i1060.photobucket.com/albums/...iseeds8004.jpg


http://i1060.photobucket.com/albums/...iseeds8003.jpg

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Darth!!!!! Those winter squash are BEAUTIFUL! Great pictures......I hope you don't mind, but I just made that picture above this post, my desktop picture for autumn:D..it filled my screen perfect and sooooooo cool for the next couple months to look at ;)

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Anyone else notice that the shadow in the first photo actually looks like Darth Vader???:eek:

Absolutely awesome photos.............awesome squash!!!!

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While this pales in comparison to those pumpkin and squash photos.......this was my one day haul of tomatoes.........I did this almost every day for the month of Aug!
Oven roasted, canned, ketchup, marinara...you name it .... I did it.:)

http://i153.photobucket.com/albums/s...a_edited-1.jpg

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Beautiful LAC! How many tomato plants did you grow this past summer? I am going to grow a little different next summer.....I am up-ing my tomato plants to about 130 plants :eek: and scaling waaaaaaaaay back on the "greens"..only growing greens for my personal use....and growing LOTS of tomatoes, cucumbers, peppers and eggplant..........I made a deal with the farm stand for next summer :D

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I only had 16 tomatoes........
but have to say, after reading what you said the summer people were paying for fresh homegrown tomatoes......I'd double your 130!

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Those cushaw squash with the stripes are adorable. Great for decoration.