BYC gardening thread!!

[chickadoodles]

Ok master gardeners, I gave in to the deer. They jumped over my six foot electric fence. Here is what's left of my tomatoes crop.

What would you do? I had to pick what I deemed salvageable,as the deer trampled all the plants and even picked a few clean. I guess the Apple's on turnaround 25 yards away weren't good enough for them.

I hope. Can ripen most of them for salsa!

You can make and freeze fried green tomatoes. Batter them with a half and half mixture of flour and corn meal let them dry and freeze for frying later.

 

[highonrunning90]

You can make and freeze fried green tomatoes. Batter them with a half and half mixture of flour and corn meal let them dry and freeze for frying later. 

Yum! Will try this!

Turn those tomatoes into green tomato pickles.  My husband's grand mother made awesome pickles.  I could have eaten an entire jar of those in one sitting.  

I will certainly give those a try too. I love canning!

 

[appps]

You can make and freeze fried green tomatoes. Batter them with a half and half mixture of flour and corn meal let them dry and freeze for frying later. 

Tried those when we were in the states 10 years ago because of the movie . I have to say I don't get why you do it lol. Must have to grow up on them

I would be putting a lot of those on a sunny windowsill to ripen. Because of our fruit fly I had to pick mine last year at the slightest hint of it about to turn from green. They all still ripened up on the windowsill (and they still had maggots and went to the chooks)

 

[chickadoodles]

I lived in California til 1989. The first time I tried them I loved them.

 

[lazy gardener]

Tomatoes actually ripen best if kept in a dark spot, preferably in a paper bag to allow moisture out, but keep the gasses in. Want the process to speed up? Add an apple to the bag.

 

[dan26552]

Isn't this cool looking?

I pollinated it with a pie pumpkin flower.

 

[chickadoodles]

Isn't this cool looking?

I pollinated it with a pie pumpkin flower.

Yes it is quite cool!

 

[dan26552]

Yes it is quite cool! 

I'm excited to see what the cross will look like!

 

[chickadoodles]

Quote: I hope you share pics when it's ready.

 

[Mezzer]

Look what grew thru the fence from my neighbors yard. my suspicions were right, my neighbors crop of choice this year included squash. Lol! Better luck next year I guess