ness Posted July 9, 2017 Posted July 9, 2017 Got a few small ones in. Two Cherokee Purples and a Celebrity. Both CPs are cracked pretty badly, but I showed the best side. Squirrel ate the side of a good one. Dang it. tho1mas and BilletHead 2 John
Seth Posted July 9, 2017 Posted July 9, 2017 Well good news and bad news. The good news is we finally got our first ripe tomatoes, which were black cherries. The bad news is two of my tomato plants caught some sort of disease and died on me. I planted tomatoes in this raised bed a few years ago and the same thing happened to the plants in that same spot. The other plants in the bed are still going strong and look great. The plants that died were looking good and then wilted down to nothing within a matter of days. The side boards are getting worn out so I may just tear it down and build a new bed in another location with fresh soil next year anyways. tho1mas 1
Johnsfolly Posted July 16, 2017 Posted July 16, 2017 We have harvested one summer squash and a hand full of cherry tomatoes so far. Our big tomatoes are in that we're just going to stay green phase. Hopefully the heat kicks them into ripening. We do have a couple of acorn squash that are getting close to baseball size. First time growing those. BilletHead 1
BilletHead Posted July 18, 2017 Author Posted July 18, 2017 Produce finally starting to roll in, Pretty disappointed in the tomato harvest. Still want to blame it on the super soppy wet spring and early summer. All the red ones so far are small but tasty. Some nice yellow ones and some called big rainbow getting big too. Cukes and especially straight neck squash doing great. Two hills and are giving them away right and left. May just grill me a couple for lunch tomorrow, BilletHead Johnsfolly and ness 2 "We have met the enemy and it is us", Pogo If you compete with your fellow anglers, you become their competitor, If you help them you become their friend" Lefty Kreh " Never display your knowledge, you only share it" Lefty Kreh "Eat more bass and there will be more room for walleye to grow!" BilletHead " One thing in life is for sure. If you are careful you can straddle the barbed wire fence but make one mistake and you will be hurting" BilletHead P.S. "May your fences be short or hope you have long legs" BilletHead
Seth Posted July 19, 2017 Posted July 19, 2017 We finally got a few tomatoes. The red is a big beef and the other is a Cherokee Purple. The small ones are black cherry. If all goes well, we should be loaded up here shortly with Cherokee Purples. We have four of them and they all have quite a few big tomatoes that haven't started turning yet. BilletHead and Johnsfolly 2
BilletHead Posted July 19, 2017 Author Posted July 19, 2017 While watering the garden this morning I also watered the bunnies, Do you think if I continue to water and give them special trace minerals like the big time deer hunters I can grow a Boone and Crocket rabbit? Will the males be shooters in one season. After all the adult males are considered a buck .I remember when Tho1mas said I needed to raise a pig in my lettuce and tomato plants last year. My pork part of the garden would not sprout but I am raising meat in the cucumber and squash bed, BilletHead ness, Johnsfolly and tho1mas 3 "We have met the enemy and it is us", Pogo If you compete with your fellow anglers, you become their competitor, If you help them you become their friend" Lefty Kreh " Never display your knowledge, you only share it" Lefty Kreh "Eat more bass and there will be more room for walleye to grow!" BilletHead " One thing in life is for sure. If you are careful you can straddle the barbed wire fence but make one mistake and you will be hurting" BilletHead P.S. "May your fences be short or hope you have long legs" BilletHead
ness Posted July 19, 2017 Posted July 19, 2017 Getting some Cherokee Purples, Celebrities, a couple Brandwines and Sun Gold cherries every few days. Here's the best CP sliced; love that color and flavor. ...and then it's on to... No canker sores yet, but they're coming 😄 Johnsfolly, snagged in outlet 3, MOPanfisher and 2 others 5 John
Johnsfolly Posted July 19, 2017 Posted July 19, 2017 Like Ness and Seth, I really like the Cheorkee purples. However, none were found this year and we did not start any tomatoes from seed . BilletHead 1
ness Posted July 20, 2017 Posted July 20, 2017 11 hours ago, Johnsfolly said: Like Ness and Seth, I really like the Cheorkee purples. However, none were found this year and we did not start any tomatoes from seed . Pisser. Maybe hit a local farmer's market? Homegrown is most important, then variety. God speed Johnsfolly in his quest. 😄 Johnsfolly and BilletHead 2 John
BilletHead Posted July 20, 2017 Author Posted July 20, 2017 On 7/19/2017 at 9:19 AM, BilletHead said: While watering the garden this morning I also watered the bunnies, Do you think if I continue to water and give them special trace minerals like the big time deer hunters I can grow a Boone and Crocket rabbit? Will the males be shooters in one season. After all the adult males are considered a buck .I remember when Tho1mas said I needed to raise a pig in my lettuce and tomato plants last year. My pork part of the garden would not sprout but I am raising meat in the cucumber and squash bed, BilletHead Well these little guys looked real good this morning when I picked stuff in the garden. Then checked them this afternoon to find a blacksnake that had two lumps in him and was poised to grab another bunny. I grabbed him before he could get another and took him for a walk down the road a couple hundred yards. Turned him loose with his rabbit dinner. Here is to hoping he doesn't have any homing pigeon DNA and find his way back, BilletHead Johnsfolly 1 "We have met the enemy and it is us", Pogo If you compete with your fellow anglers, you become their competitor, If you help them you become their friend" Lefty Kreh " Never display your knowledge, you only share it" Lefty Kreh "Eat more bass and there will be more room for walleye to grow!" BilletHead " One thing in life is for sure. If you are careful you can straddle the barbed wire fence but make one mistake and you will be hurting" BilletHead P.S. "May your fences be short or hope you have long legs" BilletHead
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