Gardening for Old Folks (Adaptative)

[bruceha2000]

I had a Wild Flower Mix envelope from well over 15 years ago.

I've got several similar things, don't know how old. Maybe one day I'll get around to planting them

 

[sharron]

finishing the last of the tomatoes this morning, just a small 16 quart canning kettle to cook it down to make puree, i know theres still a few tomatoes out there, not ripe yet, but not enough to worry about, have beans to worry about now, i planted some painted ladies, have to wait til they changed colors, right now altho the beans are big inside the hull, still green like a lima, i know they're suppose to be two toned brown, also have Cherokee trail of tears to dry for dried beans, in other words, the garden is still producing like crazy( also have beets to pull, clean, cook and can)
i'm still getting volunteers coming up, found a pepper plant yesterday that came up volunteer, don't know if its a jalapeno or a aji lemon, since thats the area where there hots were planted either way, i'll take it and bring it inside for the winter
not bragging just saying what i've been up too
i plant some flowers but mostly veggies this years, i've heard things are going to get crazy

 

[R2elk]

The deck at midnight last night.

The garden this morning.

 

[sharron]

The deck at midnight last night.

The garden this morning.

so sorry, hope you were prepared for this and have the things you want inside

 

[rjohns39]

so sorry, hope you were prepared for this and have the things you want inside

X2

 

[R2elk]

so sorry, hope you were prepared for this and have the things you want inside

I harvested what I could yesterday except for the root crops. The snow insulates the plants and helps prevent frost damage. As of this morning I am up to 4 1/4" of snow and it is still coming down.

 

[R2elk]

Most of the melons needed at least another week or two to ripen.
Orange Silverwave Cantaloupe It was almost there and did give hints of how good it could be if it was ripe. I ate it anyway.

Not positive but believe this is a Halona Cantaloupe. At least this one is ripe.

Painted Serpent Cucumber (it is 27" long and 2 1/2" in diameter at its widest), slicing cucumbers and Nadia eggplant.

 

[bruceha2000]

The deck at midnight last night. The garden this morning.

No, no, no just NO!!!!!!
Too early, must be a bad dream, wake up!

 

[sharron]

I harvested what I could yesterday except for the root crops. The snow insulates the plants and helps prevent frost damage. As of this morning I am up to 4 1/4" of snow and it is still coming down.

don't think i would want to live where you do, at least not yet but people are starting to get to me and i may change my mind but then again, i hate the cold and snow, was so glad when we retired and husband wanted to go south for the winters
this year the summer here was just like florida weather, i can handle that
is it going to warm back up there, at least til normal time for snow and cold?
glad you got some of your garden in

 

[sharron]

Most of the melons needed at least another week or two to ripen.
Orange Silverwave Cantaloupe It was almost there and did give hints of how good it could be if it was ripe. I ate it anyway.

Not positive but believe this is a Halona Cantaloupe. At least this one is ripe.

Painted Serpent Cucumber (it is 27" long and 2 1/2" in diameter at its widest), slicing cucumbers and Nadia eggplant.

that is one beautiful melon, i still have one cantaloupe in the fridge and three watermelons on the vine that need brought in , gd will love them,
we don't grow egg plants, i can buy them home grown at the auction cheap if i want one, i save the garden for things we eat all the time but everything looks beautiful