2019 gardens

[glenn57]

I haven't seen my garden to be in a week. I left in my wife's hands.  I hope it's surviving.

 Carrots, mater's and kalarabi left.

[LPS]

Glenn’s list:

So it is:
1.  bacon
2.  whipped cream
3.  tater tot hot dish
4.  pancakes
5.  tartar sauce
6.  black olives
7.  waffles
8.  catfish
9.  sweet pickles
10. marshmallows
11. apple juice
12. honey
13, Panko bread crumbs
14. green olives
15. cottage cheese
16. cream style corn
17. mango
18. pickled beets
19. herring in cream sauce
20. cooked or canned pineapple
21. Johnsonville Brats
22. fried green tomatoes
23. sweet potatoes/yams
24. squash
25. maple syrup
26. Russian dressing

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[Rebel SS]

I 'spose he has a smurfberry plant growing, too...

[Bobberineyes]

Getting close,  on more jar of serranos and cayenne's. I'll  leave em in but they might might be done..

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[LPS]

Man that looks dangerous.  But I might try one.  LOL  Is that  pickled peppers?  Beautiful jar of peppers. 

[Rebel SS]

Lookit them shiny tops! Silver too! 

[Gunner55]

Lookit them shiny tops! Silver too! 

Can sure tell they ain't..........................................  

[glenn57]

 

[Dotch]

Can't keep up with deadeye's tonnage but can't complain about the quality either. Decided ahead of the forecast monsoon to pick the ripest stuff and leave the rest for the time being. Most of what's left are the green Celebrity's, grape's and yellow pears.

Also, while keeping an eye on the hummingbirds I've been taking note of the "pollinators". I grow weary of those who keep harping about the demise of the bees, butterflies, etc. I call  Tonite while I was looking for a hummingbird I could hear but not see while picking tomatoes around dusk, a white lined sphinx moth was after the last of this season's four o'clocks. Monarchs have been all over the place thanks to all the milkweed they have access to. Painted lady butterfly caterpillars feasted on soybeans all summer long and the resulting butterflies were in numbers I've never witnessed before. Also, check out the bumblebees that have been after the coleus flowers at the ranch. These are the tip of the iceberg. What irritates me is that we've been growing all this stuff for decades without any intention of attracting pollinators and they show up regardless. We don't need a pat on the back, a warm fuzzy or to get all touchy-feely about it. It's what we do. Now they want to pay people with our tax $$$ to do what we've been doing all along? What a crock!!!! End of rant...

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[deadeye]

Bees love purple flowers for sure.  We have a bee garden in front of the house. I know it sounds dumb to attract bees to the front of your house but it keeps the sales people away.  lol.

[Rebel SS]

The bumbles love the maroon Autumn Sedums....and they're big bumbles! 

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[glenn57]

I had bumbly bees working the cleomes yesterday.

speaking of them cleomes...……………. they grow a massive amount of seed pods. this spring I had like a gazzilion of volunteers coming up. so I went to work and cut them all off...……..twice. and they all grew them back again!!!!!!!!!! pretty reziliant buggers!!!!!!!!!

[Rebel SS]

Maybe yer favorite neighbor comes over at nite and plants more. 

[Dotch]

I know I would! 

[glenn57]

yea you 2 bozos would fit right in with them!!!!!!

[Rebel SS]

Dotch, whose he yakking at now? The elves?   

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[Dotch]

Geesh, sounds like I gotta go out to the truck and get the WD-40 out again...

[deadeye]

Rain quit for a while so I went to the garden and this is what I found.  Another big pile of tomatoes
plus a bonus of sweet and green peppers.  I guess my garden fence paid off keeping the deer out.