07-30-2018, 04:22 AM
It really isn't a big deal but I do have to step on the plants to get from one spot to another while picking the garden. No pumpkins, the vines are either sweet potatoes, cantaloupe or cucumbers. The only thing we are getting a lot of is cucumbers and okra, starting to get some yellow squash but so far we are just blanching it, then freezing. Now that we have our Freeze dryer back we will start using it this week. Peaches are pretty small so far but we do have a bunch, hope they get bigger before we start picking them in another month or so.
Glad to hear you guys are getting some tomatoes, we are having similar success but no big tomatoes are even growing yet for some reason, small Romas are coming on but they are not much bigger that big cherry tomatoes[crazy]. Broccoli already, good going. Hope you have time for your watermelons, we picked our biggest one last week and it was pretty small, because the vine died for some reason. I don't think we will have a good year for watermelon. Finally pulled the last of our snowpeas two weeks ago and planted more green beans in their place.
So the hibiscus actually grows in the pond? That solar fountain is pretty cool, did you buy it locally? The wasp are getting pretty aggressive around here too, starting to dive bomb you when you get too close to their nest, no stings yet but it will likely happen if it continues to stay hot like it's been. Good to hear some of those baby fish survived. Everyone's garden is different and I'm sure there are folks that have bigger and nicer gardens than I have, it's all about sharing the common experience of growing something, no matter how big or small the garden is.
I won't know until I try the Freeze dryer but they gave me a new pump, hopefully it will work now.
Here are some more pics
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Glad to hear you guys are getting some tomatoes, we are having similar success but no big tomatoes are even growing yet for some reason, small Romas are coming on but they are not much bigger that big cherry tomatoes[crazy]. Broccoli already, good going. Hope you have time for your watermelons, we picked our biggest one last week and it was pretty small, because the vine died for some reason. I don't think we will have a good year for watermelon. Finally pulled the last of our snowpeas two weeks ago and planted more green beans in their place.
So the hibiscus actually grows in the pond? That solar fountain is pretty cool, did you buy it locally? The wasp are getting pretty aggressive around here too, starting to dive bomb you when you get too close to their nest, no stings yet but it will likely happen if it continues to stay hot like it's been. Good to hear some of those baby fish survived. Everyone's garden is different and I'm sure there are folks that have bigger and nicer gardens than I have, it's all about sharing the common experience of growing something, no matter how big or small the garden is.
I won't know until I try the Freeze dryer but they gave me a new pump, hopefully it will work now.
Here are some more pics
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