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Locavore - I love the tomato in the hanging rice sack! Nice garden!

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Locavore, is that in the black pot your kiwi plant? You are way ahead of me here! My kiwis are just barely budding out. Hope those hanging tomatoes do well for you, too!

Diegom, what is the green herb on the tomato slices? And, is that regular chamomile, or St. John's chamomile in your last pic? What do you use for potting soil? Must be good stuff!

blonde princess, beautiful pic. I've never really paid attention before, the way the flowers on beans are. Like little ... slippers?

Paul R, that wine cap mushroom looks DELICIOUS!! and I would be super-proud if I grew those onions (haven't managed to grow ANY onions yet except Egyptian walking ones).

... keep the photos comin!! ?

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Harvested some onions that were a bit short-bus...

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3652/...af76bc55f0.jpg

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Alrighty, now I'm an onion girl myself (they help keep away infections and the "common cold"), what's wrong with those onions Karl? Make a nice salad, leave those the way they are, and just dip em in dressing (like ya would celery). Green onions are the best! Hmmm, are those not supposed to be green onions? Mine never make it that big. I'm picking em and eating em as fast as they grow. :)


Oh, all my pretty little purple bean flowers now have their TINY little pods coming out of them as of this morning! :D

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princess, nothin' wrong with 'em, I just got 'em out of the bed os that the ones that were forming bigger bulbs had the space to grow. These were the "slow" kids that weren't bulbing out as fast.

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Ahhh, so they're not supposed to be green onions. Yea, I know, I'm a little slow before my morning tea. :D

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This years babies ready for the 2nd pot up.

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Wow countrylife, Those are really nice looking Tomatoes. How many different varieties do you have?

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Thank you!! Barring any unforeseen problems I will have 26 varieties, going for it this yr. I can't wait to get this season in full swing...of course in the August heat you start thinking why, but now it's all good!!!

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Lots of them. Check my journal.:D

John

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Thought I'd share some pics of the tomatoes in my garden right now. I put these in the ground on February 4th. It's going to get too hot pretty soon and I'll have to have my husband make me some sort of shade for them, but for now, they're doing well. The first ones are Brandywines the other two are Better Boys. I have maybe 16 varieties of tomatoes in my garden but these are the ones I have pictures of for now. Enjoy!
http://i269.photobucket.com/albums/j...netomatoes.jpg

http://i269.photobucket.com/albums/j...betterboys.jpg

http://i269.photobucket.com/albums/j...yswithhand.jpg

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so what you all got going in the garden this year?

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Lots already in and hopefully more to come.

So far I've planted:

2 types of corn, white and yellow.
Zucchini and Squash
3 types of Cukes, market, pickle and Asian
Onions white and green
Garlic
Celery
baby carrots, (other varieties soon to be planted as well)
Bell peppers
10 types of tomato's
3 types of melons, Honey, Cantaloupe and Watermelon
2 types of strawberries, Quinalt and Sequoia
Blackberries and Raspberries. (don't know what type)
Perlet and Thompson grapes
Ein Sheimer and Granny Smith apples
Babcock and May pride peaches
Del oro and Ruby red grapefruit
Cara Cara orange
Triple grafted apricot (tomcot, Katy and royal)
and finally, a little cado (dwarf avocado, Haas variety)

A few pictures here, more in the album.

http://www.idigmygarden.com/forums/a...pictureid=1824

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This is a picture of my Fox Cherry vine taken Monday morning... and there's an Arkansas Traveler in the back... waiting for them to turn red...
http://idigmygarden.com/forums/pictu...pictureid=1789

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mmmmmnnnn mmmnnn ya'll ...man i love this time of year.
nice maters hbk....nice garden socal.
nice support system bubba....

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I did a walk about with the camera this AM. Most everything is in now I just need to start the neverending job of weeding!

Pictures include my favorite old sneakers, a wild cat that decided to have babies under that shrub, a couple tomato plants and an onion top.

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Here are a few more. Once our nice, neat, square garden was full we just started planting where ever we could. We'd rather have fresh food to eat than grass to mow!

Loup City tomato, pot-o-gold chard, scarecrow, Micado tomato and more greens.

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Just getting started here in Cally, weather is hot then cold. Going to be a weird year again. Everybody's photo's look great. So to share I went out this morning and took a few shot myself of this years garden. We are just finishing up planted and installing the drip system, which is a must here. Anyways enjoy the show.

for more photo's go here
http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v2...ring%20garden/

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Yes, I know what you mean about the irrigation. It is the only way. Love your avatar. Such a cute kitty. I need to find a kitty to kill the gophers that are starting to come back into the garden. The cat we have now is siamese mix and she is so dark that she stands out and the hawks have swooped on her a couple times. Now she is too afriad to go out there. Our other kitty just died and he was a great gopher catcher and never got swooped by the hawks.

Sorry to go so OT. Love your garden. I'm going to take some new pics tonight and post them later.:D

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Thanks Cathy, My cat is a scottish fold and hate the outside life. The only time he will come out is when I'm watering and then he likes to drink out of the hose. He loves water, even gets in the shower with me.
Anyway, I notice you are from Smartville, I used to live there seven years ago. Had a house off of Saint Helen on the other side of big valley oak. Small world. Water is like gold in your parts. Many water wars went on with NID.
thanks for the coments, been working hard here. One day I would like to go back and take a look at my old house in Smartville and see how the trees and garden I made there is doing, (the ex's has the house) and maybe stop in at the Tackroom for a cold one.
good luck and I enjoy your Blog
Tamara

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Ok its later. LOL! The first pic is of my dad's fruit trees. The second is the bottom of the garden looking up. Behind the tractor at the top is the grape arbor. It's made out of cattle panel. It will be really nice when the vines totally cover it and I can put the picnic table under it.:D Maybe next year. The 3rd pic is looking down the garden. It's growing pretty nicely so far I think. Still have a few rows to plant. The fourth is of the Killdeer eggs. I hope she hatches them, but there is a good chance they won't since when I was weeding she wouldn't stay on the nest and yelled at me until I moved farther away from her. They are loud birds. LOL!

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What a funny cat. That is so cool. What a small world. Yeah, we are having a war with the South end of the ditch and some of the people who live down there. It's a nightmare. Oh, the Tackroom. Yummy! Should go get some all you can eat ribs tomorrow night.
They just changed it back to Smartsville with an s in it. I guess the turn of the 20th century they dropped the s now they decided to put it back in again. ;)

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What seed starting mix do you use?

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Still Early here but the taters are bloomin I'll be diggin them next week Attachment 5760

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trying to upload some pix of the garden, let's see if I can do it...
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ARRGH, didn't work, dang it
andrea

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Andrea - Take the part that's inside the src="..." (the ...) and put it inside [-i-m-g-]...[-slash-i-m-g-] ... changing slash to / and removing the dashes.

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nice pics eagle.
thanks

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Eagle,

Sorry it took me a few days to get back to you on this. I had to dig out the bag to confirm what it was.

I used Sun-Gro MetroMix 350. Here's a link to the product page. I'm a novice seed starter, but it seemed to be just fine. I would recommend that you pre-wet the mix, before you fill your pots or trays. The peat and wetting agent repel water until they're agitated a little, which is a pain to do once the mix is in the pots.

This was purchased at a professional greenhouse supplier. It was quite a bit less expensive per cubic foot than bagged products at the big box stores, but the bag was pretty large. I ended up using all of one and part of another, so that worked out well. Hard to find, but the savings and quality are worth the search.

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nice patch lunker....

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Bok Choi and Chard: This year without even a nip from the bambis!http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_eGoJzMCcgb...nd%2Bchard.jpg

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Horsechestnut blossom

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_eGoJzMCcgb...t%2Bbrioti.jpg

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careful bug the bambi's nibbled some baby squash and corn in the patch today....

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Can you possibly give us/me a run down of the list of Moschata squash you grow, or have in your picture.

I HATE dealing with the squash bugs, and the only Moschata squash I am aware of are the Tromboncino and cushaw. Please tell me of more, so I can find some more and get them planted soon. Please?!

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Jeff,
Where did you buy it at?

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CK,

Hummert International -- formerly Springfield Seed. They're on Florida just east of Glenstone. Florida is just north of Division. They cater to the greenhouse trade, but have a small retail showroom. Download their PDF catalog. It has the wholesale prices in it, which is annoying when you go to buy something (it will be quite a bit more). Also, the catalog is for the entire company, which is spread out between St. Louis, Springfield, Omaha and some other midwestern city I can't remember right now. That means that a lot of stuff you may see in the catalog isn't in the warehouse here, but can be here in a couple of days.

What's also worth mentioning about Hummert is that they bought Springfield Seed to get the seed company, which (at least so far) they have continued to operate as it has for decades. They offer an amazing variety of open pollinated and hybrid seed, at very attractive pricing and very generous packet quantities. They also have bulk seed for market growers and re-packers. They don't have quite the selection of Baker Creek or SSE, but it is exceptional compared to most sources, and the varieties they carry are all well adapted to the midwest.

It's off the beaten path, and the folks in their have been known to roll their eyes when a retail customer walks in the door, but the pricing and selection are worth the trouble. It's a place all Ozark gardeners should get acquainted with.

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Just wanted to share a few pics with y'all.

The lettuce and the asian greens are from Baker Creek. They were so yummy.

The garden looks wimpy but we are already getting a few things.

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Thanks everybody,sure enjoy all the pics.
Have a peaceful day.:D

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nice greens erdr

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Speaking of arugula, mine is going crazy! Thanks for those seeds Lorna. A couple of them got away from me, so we'll have some self-seeding going on.

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arugala????

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erdasher, Nice pic of that cool little compact

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First crop of spinach

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a2...c10a8c2d-1.jpg

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Very nice spinach!

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MOUTHWATERING!!! I have some home made chive dressing that would be so great on some spinach right now.. I guess i am off to the farmers market today!!

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+1

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Yummy!!

Mine is bolting already. So, reading up on "what did I do wrong?" in Harrowsmith Country Life Book of Garden Secrets, is how to pick spinach so as to make it bolt later, and why:

So now, just a bit late for me, but not for y'all more northern gardeners, I know.

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Glad the arugula worked out for some folks. I hope you like it. Garrett, are you going to plant those arugula seeds now!?!

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Couple of turnips for salad.

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j2...n/IMGP1839.jpg

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Just added a couple more pages of garden pics on our website under the scrapbook link. Of course our peas are now beans. The lettuce,spinach and radish bed is laying fallow. Summer veggies are going gangbusters. There's also an amusing little video I made if anyone likes ducks under the new and improved link and a seed saving video in the homestead skills link. I took a day off the gardening work. Feels like I've been planting and tending and weeding for a few years straight and our first frost maybe in 6 months.:eek:

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Just harvested the reg garlic, approx 75 cloves it will last us till about next June. left the Elephant variety, still lacks a week or so, when the tops start turning brown.

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I love your site Growing Boy

Here's my harvest from yesterday, a Yamato Extra Long cucumber and a few Roma II Bush Beans in front of a serious cucumber fan (who is having a snack).
http://idigmygarden.com/forums/pictu...pictureid=1981

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niiiicccceeee bama....
lol bubba.........niiicccceeee beans man.....

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and cute cucumber fan....lol

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That is a cucumber?? OMG ok I am impressed!! NICE!! What a good lookin kid to :)

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please step AWAY FROM THE CUKE!!!!!
it might go off!!!!!
lol

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any new pics ya'll?

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WOW.... I have never seen a cuke that big is it fit to eat at that size unreal.... here is a few pics of some german johnson and giant oxhart tomatoes I'm raising everyone pictures are great this is the best forum I've ever used.....

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I have quinoa! (this is Quinoa Faro from Peace Seeds)
http://i208.photobucket.com/albums/b...inoaCropLR.jpg

http://i208.photobucket.com/albums/b...aroGrainLR.jpg
and the little grains actually DO rub off when rubbed. So it must be about ripe.:D

The Zucchini That Ate San Francisco
 

Here a Costata Romanesco zucchini I'm growing for seeds. As you can see from the pics, from the top (where stem meets fruit) to blossom end, length is 25". Circumference near the blossom end runs 20". I don't think it's done growing yet... I have two others that are close to this size, but this is my Godzilla pride and joy and probably that largest thing I've ever grown (though that should change as my pumpkins continue to grow).

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Beautiful!!! Mine are finally starting to come on. Now, if it would just stay warm long enough to finish growing so I can have some seeds for next year.

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WOW!!! :eek: You were actually able to grow some quinoa??? Ok. do tell. Did you do anything special?? This is one thing I would REALLY like to try.

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Here are pics of my "Delicious" Maters.
The pic of the actual maters are from the plant on the right.
These are two of my Best Delicious Mater Plants.
I'm so proud of my Garden. These plants are Very Healthy!!
So healthy, that I had to make larger concrete wire cages to go around the existing cages. They are really bushing out and growing tall!
I hope this inspires you! :D

Cheers~

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Here's the evening's meal I picked from the garden.
It's so nice to be able to pick up dinner in the yard rather than running to the market!

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crazyknitter, for quinoa, I started it in early March, here in northern Arkansas. It likes COOL weather for germination, I read. After that, basically it just grew. I've been watching it and every now and then gently rubbing a seedhead to see if any of the seed rubs off; that's how you're s'posed to know it's ready for harvesting, when the seed starts falling off when you rub it. The seedheads started out white, then turned pink, now pretty much red, except some of them are now turning more dull and brown. That's it! I bought my quinoa seed from Peace Seeds and planted the whole packet in a smallish area, about 6' x 3', I'd say. We've had rain quite a bit here this summer, but quinoa IS supposed to be somewhat drought hardy.

One other thing I've read; it's daylength sensitive. It was developed in Peru, so the closer your daylength is to Peru's, prob'ly the better (?) And, white seed is less bitter (less saponins in the seedcoat) than dark-colored seed, so lighter seed is better, unless you're "into" soaking for several days every time you want to eat some quinoa.

And turbomicah and blu bastian, beautiful!

And I WISH I could get my zucchini past the squash bugs! ... but so far, they get to blossoming and then ... kaput.

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any new stuff to brag on ya'll?

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I have no idea how this compares with other eggplant production, but I'm pretty pleased with my black champion eggplant tree lately... whoops I mean eggplant plant... I guess I should have pruned it to keep it more compact lol. Anyway I tried to get a pic to capture all the fruit on it... and this was right after I'd harvested a couple:http://ellzey.org/wordpress/wp-conte...ckchampion.jpg

I know I have a lot of empty space in my garden, working on fixing that :).

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Look I got my first white beauty :D

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grow on bubba.
super wendy....

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If you notice there are no seeds in that sliced tomato... they fell out and are sittin in a lil jar of water :) ..
That was the first time I had a white tomato .. I loved it!!! I was going to dehydrate those slices but , they didn't get that far... :) I'm hoping I have more by the time we get home.. :D

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proud of ya wendy....

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awweeeee thanks red :D

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GIANT ZUCCHINI! Costata Romanesco variety, to be precise.

The large one my son is holding is 13.4 lbs. and 27" from edge of the stem to the blossom end, the smaller one my daughter is holding is 10 lbs. and 25".

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gorgeous kids and zukes betz....
a perfect composition......

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whoa! That's some massive zucchini. What'd ya do with them?

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Nothing but a cooler than normal summer here in the Bay Area. I did mulch with straw and put some coffee grounds from the local Peet's around them and some general fertilizer once a month. I did plant them in a Three Sisters arrangement next to corn and beans. The nitrogen in the beans may have helped.

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WOW!! incredible!!

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Your kids are adorable Betz

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another squash i need now..lol

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This is our second year, but only first full season, in our zone 7a garden. Early spring brought a lot of leaf miners - long gone now. Gophers nearly wiped me out. But a few successes. Melons! Lots of them and very tasty. Zucchini rampicante - incredibly delicious (firm flesh that tastes and feels like a cross between zucchini and artichoke hearts!! In a word - awesome - and a new permanent resident in my garden!!). They were a bit slow starting thanks to a very wet and mild June, but they've made up for lost time now. The fordhook giant chard has been going strong all season, no bolting and still looking fabulous. Tomatoes - cherokee purple, green zebra (purportedly, but you couldn't prove it by me. Beautiful copper but no green stripes), german red strawberry and ildi yellow pear are all doing well now. Peppers were heat and water starved, but also doing pretty good finally. All in all, minus the gophers who dessimated my onions and beans, a pretty good first full season.

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Ohhhhhhhhhh nice :) I think I want a red german strawberry tomato now ..

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Really like Kellogg's Breakfast, this being the first year to grow them. The taste is spectacular! Don't think it will win the Humongus Tomato Contest, but will probably be my entry this year.

http://i569.photobucket.com/albums/s...e/KELLOGS3.jpg


http://i569.photobucket.com/albums/s...e/KELLOGS1.jpg



no charge

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Well, bragging rights this year would be to cucumbers & squash. Really a great year for Tromboncino; I had already frozen 50 pints before I picked this yesterday:
http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n...tures250-1.jpg

"Yamato Long" cucumbers have been going like mad this year, in spite of my letting 1-2 per plant go for seed.
http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n...ictures238.jpg

My garden has taken on a life of its own; almost more of an ecosystem than a vegetable garden. Most of my "weeds" now are flowers, - something I've been encouraging. Each year it gets a little better.

http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n...ictures249.jpg

http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n...ictures248.jpg

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Very nice zeedman :D

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Time for chili and salsa.
http://www.kochsgarden.com/albums_7a...lapeno-cut.jpg
http://www.kochsgarden.com/albums_7a...a_tomatoes.jpg
http://www.kochsgarden.com/albums_7a...pepper_mix.jpg

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Talk about bright colors! Beautiful.

And zeedman, I envy you your zuchetta. They are gorgeous.

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I should of wore gloves when I touched the screen :) I think I got burned by a papper... That looks wonderful!!

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i love all these pics.
thanks ya'll

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Blu, I didn't read the whole thread. Didja ever save seed from those tomatoes? Seems like they would've crossed with every other tomato in your garden by now, tho? Don't know how that works, but I'd sure like to try them. I hardly ever see any volunteer tomato other than cherry. A reliable big tomato would be very cool.

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Fun with pumpkins this year and a new flower maximillion sunflower, comes back every year, kinda pretty.

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My garden has taken on a life of its own; almost more of an ecosystem than a vegetable garden. Most of my "weeds" now are flowers, - something I've been encouraging. Each year it gets a little better.

Very cool Zeedman, paridise in it's own right. :)

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nice pumkins spud.
what kinds are they?

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Spirit, a short vine variety that is supposed to be an all purpose variety. I even baked one and made pumpkin bread with that turned out ok. Would like to can some up but need to get my pressure cooker going, I've never used it and it's needs a new gasket.

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Here is my entry! Kelloggs Breakfast, no special treatment - just tried to keep the suckers picked off.

http://i569.photobucket.com/albums/s...e/KELLOGS1.jpg

http://i569.photobucket.com/albums/s...e/KELLOGS3.jpg


John

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Man am I dumb! I put this in the wrong place DUUUUUHHH

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Well you can still brag about it :D

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A little rain does wonders! Today's pickins.

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Izzy, Nice lookin pickins, That winter squash will be easier to save seeds from

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great pics izzy aand spud! the Maximillian's a perennial spud or are they just reseeding?