Gardening, flowers and veggies: 2013

[Bpeep]

I have tons of tomatoes and peppers still.
Eating 3 of each a day and if the frost stays away for a bit, I'll have a chance to overcome them.
Dunno about the jalepenos tho, I cant keep up to them.

[flamingfingers]

^ Dehydrate them. Keep them in a cheesecloth bag in a dark and cool place. Or cut them in half and oven dry them.. We have so many hot peppers of so many varieties that I am fearing for the salsa we are gonna make.

[grammafreddy]

Had a heavy frost here last night.

[flamingfingers]

When I got up this morning at 5 am the temp was 6+. Right now it is 8.4 but will probably drop to around 5 tonight. Still glad we got our tomatoes in when we did. Gonna be busy next week!

[JLives]

I have tons of tomatoes left too on the vines. They are planted against my house so I should have a bit more time to let them ripen on the vine. I managed to squeak in a second crop of peas which I'm snacking on now. My celery will be cut shortly. I still have tons of Swiss chard and kale. My peppers were bunk this year but I think it;s because they were too crowded. My potato vines still haven't died down and are flowering so I'm leaving them be for a bit. I picked up some Russian garlic at the Rock Creek Fair to plant for Spring. My zucchinis are going crazy but my butternut is stunted. The vine looks green and lush, I have 5 squashes started but they are midgets and have kept that size for a week. The little gourds looks happy but are not growing. It's my first time growing them though so that may be normal for all I know. The bush beans are still going but slowing down. Lettuce was a bust this year.

[Glacier]

Aren't you supposed to plant garlic in the Fall?

Last night's frost killed my zucchini. That's okay because we have more zucchini than we know what to do with.

[Queen K]

We're still using Swiss Chard and second generation lettuce. Lots of tomatoes and lots of peppers still coming. What's suprising to me is the sifted compost. A surprising amount of seeds in the compost actually sprouted up and I had dozens of tomatoe plants from it. Not to mention all the other greens coming up.

[JLives]

I haven't actually planted it yet. You can plant garlic in spring or fall. So far I haven't had much luck with it. I've left a couple heads in for over a year and they are still tiny. I'll keep experimenting until I figure it out.

I had two zucchini plants and was expecting to be overwhelmed and giving some away. I have less fruit but they are huge this year.

[Bpeep]

I have about 50 lbs or so of garlic, and lots left in the garden.
People walk backwards when I talk. Funny to watch.

A cold night tomorrow then some warmer nights coming up.
If you have a chance of an early frost and want to save some tender plants, a good trick is to put a water sprinkler on them overnight.

[Bubalouie]

ahhhh, garlic........how do you keep it so it lasts ?

[Glacier]

Forecast for tonight is -1. Time to go harvest the tomatoes.

[Lady tehMa]

Forecast for tonight is -1. Time to go harvest the tomatoes.

Harvested mine, they're all sitting on the deck in coolers (too many for a bowl, not enough large baskets). Making green tomato chutney this weekend :)

[Queen K]

I'm hanging on for one more weekend. Making green tomato coffee cake with whatever is left anyways.

Swiss Chard still doing well and carrots are getting bigger.

[grammafreddy]

Yum, fried green tomatoes.

[Queen K]

Tried to do a bit outside.

Am I nuts?