Anyone else enjoy gardening?

[Diana]

I'll ask my wife for the recipe.

Edit:  She says, "The recipe is from Bon Apetit.  I changed the recipe to be gluten-free."

https://www.bonappetit.com/recipe/squash...onion-tart

Thank you Eddie.

[flofrog]

Thank you Eddie

[Eddie]

More raspberries.  These have a curious, but pleasant (and quite noticeable) musky-incense sort of flavor (Myrrh, or maybe patchouli) that I've never noticed in other raspberries (including the ones we picked off the same bushes last year).





It was really, really hot when we picked these this afternoon....heat index of 107.  

[pat19989]

More raspberries.  These have a curious, but pleasant (and quite noticeable) musky-incense sort of flavor (Myrrh, or maybe patchouli) that I've never noticed in other raspberries (including the ones we picked off the same bushes last year).





It was really, really hot when we picked these this afternoon....heat index of 107.  

Thats a lot of raspberries! do you freeze or dry any of them for longer keeping?

[Eddie]

Thats a lot of raspberries! do you freeze or dry any of them for longer keeping?

We freeze a few, but my wife makes jam out of them (see an earlier post with photos).

Despite the appalling heat here, our lettuce is still doing well:



(Here is another photo with some of my body parts for scale....)

[Diana]

Wow. Red lettuce is my favorite. Beautiful.

[flofrog]

Eddie this thread is pure pleasure

[Eddie]

Here is a photo of the two upper gardens on the morning of 6-20-2022:

[IndigoSalvia]

Wow, this is a delight to see the goodies from your gardens. It's so hot here even my tomatoes are struggling.

[Eddie]

We're having our hottest summer in almost 40 years here in Central KY. I have to water the tomatoes about every third day. I spent the whole day watering yesterday.

[Eddie]

Tomatoes and peppers, doing well despite the heat and drought.

[Eddie]

We finally got some rain around here...about 1 1/4 inch.  The corn is looking good.  

[flofrog]

We are under severe water restrictions here in south California so I have abandoned my vegetable beds for this season… but I have this photo of my tender lavenders….

[flofrog]

I think I have an issue with posting photos… my limur doesn’t seem to work…

[Sacred Fool]

Your gardens are awesome, Eddie.  I guess it wasn't for nothing that you became a soil scientist.  You certainly seem to have a knack for working with these creatures of the earth.

[Eddie]

We have bushels of carrots ready to pick, but the weather right now is appallingly hot and humid, and all of our refrigerators are crammed full of stuff.   The drought has passed and now we're having monsoon thunderstorms every afternoon.  Gardening always has challenges.

[Eddie]

p.s.  Just to be clear about things, I'm not posting these photos and comments here for your entertainment.  I'm trying to exhort all of you to produce as much of your own food as you possibly can.  We are in a slowly unfolding crisis; the STS crowd (Davos folks) are trying to enslave all of us.  They intend to gain monopoly control of all things necessary for life, including the food supply.  If they succeed, they will wield these monopolies as weapons to force everyone into a states of poverty, dependence, and servitude (the ultimate goal being enslavement, not just of bodies, but of souls).

Furthermore, much of the modern industrial food we are offered isn't safe or wholesome.  Please read the following article:

https://www.theamericanconservative.com/...d-science/

You need to take full responsibility for everything that goes into your body!

[Eddie]

A lot of that beautiful corn was just knocked over by a sudden violent thunderstorm; I don't know if it will recover. We're experiencing hurricane force winds at the moment.

[ScottK]

Here's our garden this year.  The prior 2 years produced horrific results after we moved, but this year looks really good so far.  This year, I built a whole shade cloth system, which probably was unnecessary.  And I discovered a great time release fertilizer that was necessary for the soil here. 

Given the way water drains into our back yard, we really only have about a 30 feet by 12 feet rectangle to plant in, which is why everything is crammed together and on trellises.


The majorly over-engineered structure..


The most vegetation you can fit in a 2x8 rectangle.  42 Pole bean plants, a dozen celery plants, and 4 yellow bell peppers..  Need to make this more bunny-proof - they are cute right?  But they love beans, and they've developed a taste for tomatoes too.


Tomatoes and basil




Bell peppers and hot banana peppers


The cucumber trellis..  Can I go through jute twine and cable ties, or what?

[ScottK]

And then the grow bags..


Having serious mildew problems on the zucchini


The swiss chard in hanging baskets - when it's hot, I move them to the shade.


Sungold cherry tomatoes..


A Carolina Gold tomato..


This little guy was in a pool of wetness in early season and was about to die.  I pulled him out, replanted him by my crap pile, and he's growing nicely.


The next generation of cucumbers for when the cucumbers we have get old and tired.  Cucumbers are a good fall crop too, so I'm just going to keep replanting.

I hope you enjoyed the tour of our garden

[Eddie]

I had to prop my corn back up with stakes and cord:

[ScottK]

That's a good arm workout. I guess the posts must have gone in ok with the rain. I'd love to know how long it takes for the corn to stand up on their on again since you propped them up. What a pain!

Do you have rabbit and/or ground hog problems?

[Eddie]

That's a good arm workout.  I guess the posts must have gone in ok with the rain.  I'd love to know how long it takes for the corn to stand up on their on again since you propped them up. What a pain!

Do you have rabbit and/or ground hog problems?

Rabbit, yes.  Ground hog, no.  The coyotes ate all of the local ground hogs years ago.  I used to see 8 or 10 every day.  Now I might see one per year.

The corn will recover a lot after a couple of good sunny days, although it might not have had I not propped it up.  It recovers on its own when it is younger and smaller.

[Eddie]

More carrots:

[Eddie]

The sweet corn is coming in now.  I think this is the sweetest and tenderest corn I ever raised.

[Eddie]

The peaches are coloring now, but not sizing yet.

[Sacred Fool]

Eddie, I will surely miss the wonderful photos showing the blending of Nature's bounty and your exquisite gardening skill.  Perhaps in a future life I will again have the pleasure of dining on your scrambled eggs?  I hope so!

[schubert]

Here is a view from our front porch looking westward at sunset on a peaceful snowy evening.  It's not exactly a gardening picture, but I thought some of you might like it.

so cozy   beautiful

[Eddie]

Lunch today:  grilled sweetbreads, and a salad made from vegetables from our garden (except for the red onions, which were from the neighbor's garden).

[Diana]

Eddie, I will surely miss the wonderful photos showing the blending of Nature's bounty and your exquisite gardening skill.  

Me. too. Your gardening photos inspired me to finally get off my butt and get a proper greenhouse going. Thank you!