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Originally Posted By ckimma: been trying to grow pickles from seed for years, still no luck I started mine inside under a shop light. I first put the seeds on a damp paper towel inside a baggie and set in a warm place. They germinated by morning. Then placed in potting soil and they began sprouting in a couple days. Once they sprouted, they really took off. I can't believe how fast these things grow. I just transplanted these the day before yesterday and they were not near this big. They didn't even have tendrils yet. I need to get a trellis set up soon. 
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The cucumbers themselves blow up so fast, blink and they are too big to do much with. 1st pink eye peas came in. Gave them to my MIL. Starting to get excited. Went fridge shopping today for a 2nd unit, we will need it once festivities kick off. |
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Bet I picked 40 lb of squash, cucumber, tomatoes, and peas. Attached File Attached File Attached File Attached File Attached File Eh, closer to 35. |
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Cukes are coming in hard. Still getting a few handfuls of beans a day. Tomatoes are starting to turn. Blueberries are just starting. Japanese beetles are hitting the new grape vines hard. What the deer didnt eat the beetles are tearing up. Chickens cant come soon enough .. |
| My garden is doing so-so. Tomatoes and peppers look like some of the worst I've ever raised, but the cucs are climbing the trellis and the zucs and squash are looking pretty fair. First picking was last night, got a small zuc. I took it in the house and gave it to the 3 1/2 year old and told him it came from one of the seeds he helped me plant and he was stoked. I think he carried it around with him for 15 minutes. |
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Up picking peas, squash, cukes and tomatoes in the rain at 630 in the morning. At least 20lb of tomatoes. You never know what is going to happen in a garden. I was expecting poor performance from the squash and cukes, so I planted extra. Now I am buried. Peas, which are usually a sure bet, have struggled. I am a little scared of my tomatoes since only 5 disease ridden plants have produced as much as they have. 24 plants are just about to start producing. My wife has already told me I am not allowed to bring 70lb of tomatoes into the house again Attached File It begins. |
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Originally Posted By billyhill: Up picking peas, squash, cukes and tomatoes in the rain at 630 in the morning. At least 20lb of tomatoes. You never know what is going to happen in a garden. I was expecting poor performance from the squash and cukes, so I planted extra. Now I am buried. Peas, which are usually a sure bet, have struggled. I am a little scared of my tomatoes since only 5 disease ridden plants have produced as much as they have. 24 plants are just about to start producing. My wife has already told me I am not allowed to bring 70lb of tomatoes into the house again. LOL, Over planted did you?  I did the same with egg plant One plant would have been plenty. I planted 6. I pulled up one We'll soon be paying people to take EP Attached File |
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A question for the more experienced gardners My green beans are coming to an end. It's only July 2nd, can I squeeze in a second crop? Will green beans survive in the heat and humidity of deep summer? It's been an up and down summer so far, at the moment the garden is a mud bog We need HEAT to make great tomatoes too |
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Probably, when is your first frost date? Looking at a NC planting guide, yes. Work in progress Attached File |
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Originally Posted By Avidrook: A question for the more experienced gardners My green beans are coming to an end. It's only July 2nd, can I squeeze in a second crop? Will green beans survive in the heat and humidity of deep summer? It's been an up and down summer so far, at the moment the garden is a mud bog We need HEAT to make great tomatoes too Have you considered peas? Black eyes, crowder, et al. I planted some crowder peas only a few weeks ago. |
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Originally Posted By billyhill: Have you considered peas? Black eyes, crowder, et al. I planted some crowder peas only a few weeks ago. I have speckled butter beans in the ground I've grown white acre peas in the past When the squash dies off and the cukes go away I will plant more b beans and I hope more green beans I'd like to make a couple of jars of pickled g beans I'll also plant collards soon |
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Originally Posted By Avidrook: I have speckled butter beans in the ground I've grown white acre peas in the past When the squash dies off and the cukes go away I will plant more b beans and I hope more green beans I'd like to make a couple of jars of pickled g beans I'll also plant collards soon What zone are you in? |
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Yep, I would bet a dollar green beans would make. How do I tell when it is time to pick an eggplant? @Avidrook Have you seen https://content.ces.ncsu.edu/central-north-carolina-planting-calendar-for-annual-vegetables-fruits-and-herbs |
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Originally Posted By billyhill: Yep, I would bet a dollar green beans would make. How do I tell when it is time to pick an eggplant? @Avidrook Have you seen https://content.ces.ncsu.edu/central-north-carolina-planting-calendar-for-annual-vegetables-fruits-and-herbs A typical variety of eggplant is ok to pick when it gets the size of a softball or smaller really Refrigeration is not recommended, so pick it and cook it |
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My small cramped garden.  Two rows of crowder peas. Three tomatoes in pots. One picklebush in a pot. I'm really liking the Little Leaf cukes on the right trellis. The leaves are like half the size of a regular cuke plant. Tomato worms attacked one of the plants last night. Need some seven dust. 
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Put up 2 quarts of peas, 2 quarts of tomatoes and made a half gallon of spaghetti sauce. Made 2 squash casseroles for the freezer. Didn't step foot in the garden. Attached File Attached File |
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Got up at 0500, at the garden by 0530. Just got done shelling peas. Attached File Lots of work left to do. |
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Originally Posted By billyhill: Got up at 0500, at the garden by 0530. Just got done shelling peas. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/105091/20210705_065514_jpg-2002438.JPG Lots of work left to do. You need a few nice garden baskets. Those plastic shopping bags aren’t very photogenic. |
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Originally Posted By bc5000: I never cared much for raw cucumbers for some reason, but I love pickles. Tonight I sliced up the first small cuke I picked and dipped each slice in ranch dip while dinner was cooking. I'll be doing this again soon.  Not sure of your age, but I don't love them like I used to, because they don't taste as good now. The varieties that are disease resistant (downy, mostly) have less flavor. Maybe 7 or 8 years ago, before my mom died, she was able to grow some Straight 8s that made it through without folding to downy. She gave me some. I tasted them and darn near had a seizure, they were so good. Tasted like cucumbers I remember from childhood. That told me it's not just my taste changing. The new varieties, like new tomato varieties, are not as good. Anyway that's a little off subject I guess, but I miss those old fashioned cucumbers. They just won't survive now.  At least not for me.
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Originally Posted By Avidrook: Eggplant Parm for dinner tonight  https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/295532/IMG_2088_JPG-1994211.JPG And a few other goodies https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/295532/IMG_2089_JPG-1994212.JPG That's beautiful! I want so much to like eggplant, but I've never had it when it wasn't slimy.  So I've never grown it cuz...slimy. 
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Originally Posted By bc5000: My small cramped garden. Two rows of crowder peas. Three tomatoes in pots. One picklebush in a pot. I'm really liking the Little Leaf cukes on the right trellis. The leaves are like half the size of a regular cuke plant. Tomato worms attacked one of the plants last night. Need some seven dust. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/95986/DSCF1128_JPG-2000958.jpg Your barn is beautiful and so is your garden.
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Originally Posted By Kitties-with-Sigs: That's beautiful! I want so much to like eggplant, but I've never had it when it wasn't slimy. So I've never grown it cuz...slimy. Originally Posted By Kitties-with-Sigs: Originally Posted By Avidrook: Eggplant Parm for dinner tonight https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/295532/IMG_2088_JPG-1994211.JPG And a few other goodies https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/295532/IMG_2089_JPG-1994212.JPG That's beautiful! I want so much to like eggplant, but I've never had it when it wasn't slimy. So I've never grown it cuz...slimy. Fresh is not slimy or bitter. Old, store bought may be slimy and bitter because of the time between picking and purchase It's very firm and it really has no taste. It takes on the taste of what it's cooked in I have another that's almost ready, we will have EP Parm later in the week Give it a try, it's easy to grow |
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Just the wife and I here so I jugs did some containers of tomatoes and peppers this year. I’ll bulk buy from farms and can. Cherry tomatoes and jalapeños are coming on nicely. Should get hit hard in the next few weeks. Big tomatoes are looking very good. 
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Anybody up for a laugh tonight? A test carrot. It is a short variety that I chose because of our hard red clay Yummy Attached File |
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Originally Posted By Avidrook: Fresh is not slimy or bitter. Old, store bought may be slimy and bitter because of the time between picking and purchase It's very firm and it really has no taste. It takes on the taste of what it's cooked in I have another that's almost ready, we will have EP Parm later in the week Give it a try, it's easy to grow Nooooo....I mean it's slimy when it's cooked. I've never bought it or cooked with it. Only had it in restaurants. Some really "good" restaurants. And it was always sort of slimy. I want to like eggplant parm, but I don't, cuz the times I've had it in my life, it was slimy. I was turned off by this, so thought there was no point in growing something that turns slimy when I cook it. Like boiled okra....slimy.  |
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Originally Posted By Avidrook: Anybody up for a laugh tonight? A test carrot. It is a short variety that I chose because of our hard red clay Yummy https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/295532/IMG_2104_JPG-2003355.JPG I buy little carrots like that from the farmer's market. Cut the tops with some green left on the carrot, wash them good, and grill them. OMG SO GOOD. |
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Originally Posted By Avidrook: Anybody up for a laugh tonight? A test carrot. It is a short variety that I chose because of our hard red clay Yummy https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/295532/IMG_2104_JPG-2003355.JPG I planted a short variety as well and probably pulled them sooner than I should, those were the most amazing roast carrots I have ever had. Totally changed the way I look at and think about carrots. I have gone from putting them in to make a kid happy to planting a fairly large plot this fall. |
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Originally Posted By billyhill: I planted a short variety as well and probably pulled them sooner than I should, those were the most amazing roast carrots I have ever had. Totally changed the way I look at and think about carrots. I have gone from putting them in to make a kid happy to planting a fairly large plot this fall. Roasted carrots are the bomb. Lemme see if I can find the recipe I've been using. May not be tonight, but OMG. |
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Originally Posted By Kitties-with-Sigs: Nooooo....I mean it's slimy when it's cooked. I've never bought it or cooked with it. Only had it in restaurants. Some really "good" restaurants. And it was always sort of slimy. I want to like eggplant parm, but I don't, cuz the times I've had it in my life, it was slimy. I was turned off by this, so thought there was no point in growing something that turns slimy when I cook it. Like boiled okra....slimy. Well. the EP Parm we had wasn't slimy, at least not to my palate. But then again I love boiled okra And boiled peanuts |
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Attached File Guess I’ll post mine. Got some pumpkins coming up now. Had some tomato plants get killed because of these butt holes. Attached File |
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Originally Posted By swampfoxoutdoors: https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/424008/01E71F18-6429-4B58-B0F8-C230AC448D01_jpe-2003948.JPG Guess I’ll post mine. Got some pumpkins coming up now. Had some tomato plants get killed because of these butt holes. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/424008/A1DE24CA-05F6-47C1-96CA-CD730131F67A_jpe-2003951.JPG Take that bad boy to the taxidermist. Put the mount up above the mantle  What part of Georgia? |
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Originally Posted By billyhill: Take that bad boy to the taxidermist. Put the mount up above the mantle What part of Georgia? NE Ga. It maybe to late on the pumpkins but wanted to try atleast. From this morning. Attached File Attached File |
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Originally Posted By swampfoxoutdoors: NE Ga. It maybe to late on the pumpkins but wanted to try atleast. From this morning. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/424008/2D02D397-E6E3-49B1-8952-27E6B85AB21A_jpe-2004795.JPG https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/424008/D1AFB367-AE80-4346-9831-385085FEC4EB_jpe-2004797.JPG Nice looking garden And LOL at the scare crows. I did that for a couple of years. Damned birds |
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Originally Posted By Avidrook: Nice looking garden And LOL at the scare crows. I did that for a couple of years. Damned birds Trying to scare the deer. Thought about filling them with tannerite. I move them about every 2 days and spray them with cheap women’s spray. Also using it as justification for a 37mm launcher and bird bombs |
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Originally Posted By swampfoxoutdoors: NE Ga. It maybe to late on the pumpkins but wanted to try atleast. From this morning. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/424008/2D02D397-E6E3-49B1-8952-27E6B85AB21A_jpe-2004795.JPG https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/424008/D1AFB367-AE80-4346-9831-385085FEC4EB_jpe-2004797.JPG Dang how do y'all get weedless gardens like that? We tried to kill the grass with tarps for a couple months before tilling this new spot, but anywhere we haven't mulched is like thick sod, and we can only pull/hoe weeds so close to the plants before we chop them down.
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Attached File We just stayed on top of it with ho. I work mine about every 2-3 days. |
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Corn is coming along, lots of tomatoes in weeks to come. Cukes and peppers are hiding behind the tomatoes. Peas are just wrapping up.Attached File |
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Originally Posted By swampfoxoutdoors: https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/424008/31F74029-469F-4AD7-BAFD-6CC7D405CB88_jpe-2005178.JPG We just stayed on top of it with ho. I work mine about every 2-3 days. How long does that take you? I think I need to watch some YouTube on how to hoe. I feel it takes me a half hour+ for a row and there’s still a lot of weeds I can’t get to without Damaging the plants. Difficult to weed near them when they are young because they are so fragile. Then when they’re old they’re still fragile. I’ve got to be doing something wrong. Wish someone would have showed me when I was a kid. |
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Originally Posted By Milsurpninja: How long does that take you? I think I need to watch some YouTube on how to hoe. I feel it takes me a half hour+ for a row and there’s still a lot of weeds I can’t get to without Damaging the plants. Difficult to weed near them when they are young because they are so fragile. Then when they’re old they’re still fragile. I’ve got to be doing something wrong. Wish someone would have showed me when I was a kid. About a hour. It sucks but I use it as part of my exercise. I try and do 2-3miles a day and close my exercise ring on my watch. On days I hoe it’s all I do. And there is some hand weeding involved. I actually use a tool that have 4 metal fingers and not a actual hoe. It’s liter and easier to break ground with and just uproot the weed. |