What did you do in the garden today?

[CatInTheHenHouse]

What I've done in the past was let the pods stay on the vines until they were crispy dry, then pick them. I shell the beans, then finish drying them in the dehydrator, as they need to be totally dry so I can put them in storage and not have them rot/mold.

I haven't had to worry about bugs eating them. The bugs I've seen are interested in the leaves.

Waiting for the pods to dry and then snipping them off is what I did with my Trail of Tears beans too (minus the dehydrator because I was saving mine for future planting).

In retrospect I did have some insect damage to the pods themselves in the late fall - something would eat a small piece of a pod overnight. I thought at the time it was a chipmunk, mouse, or squirrel but in retrospect it was probably a cutworm getting an early start on this year’s crop damage.

 

[Sueby]

Never give up! Never surrender!

I put mine on a trellis this year and it made a huge difference. I actually have fruit and not a wilty floppy waste of time. It's my first time getting to see growing fruit on my cantaloupe and honeydew. 9 years of trying, finally got it. Still not mature though. Hopefully we get there!

That's awesome, congrats!! Mine are on a trellis, it's not helping. The cucumber beetles are just way too bad to not grow under cover here. The squash bugs I can manage, but not the cuke beetles. I wish I could find a good parthenocarpic melon.

I have always let my bean seeds dry on the vine. Sometimes the bean beetles will take bites out of the pods but haven't done damage to the actual seeds.

@chicken opey what's this in the basket?

@TJAnonymous yay for rain & cooler temps!

 

[TJAnonymous]

Cooler temps coming at a cost... Hoping that I don't have catastrophic damage in the garden... It's flash flooding

 

[chicken opey]

That's awesome, congrats!! Mine are on a trellis, it's not helping. The cucumber beetles are just way too bad to not grow under cover here. The squash bugs I can manage, but not the cuke beetles. I wish I could find a good parthenocarpic melon.

I have always let my bean seeds dry on the vine. Sometimes the bean beetles will take bites out of the pods but haven't done damage to the actual seeds.

@chicken opey what's this in the basket? View attachment 3893621

@TJAnonymous yay for rain & cooler temps!

Rugosa butternut squash, snake beans and yard long beans

 

[Sueby]

Rugosa butternut squash, snake beans and yard long beans

I thought that might be a bean! Do you like them? How do you eat them?

 

[Sueby]

I think my neighbors weather station may be off - Feels like 122*. I think I'll just stay in the AC anyway, just to be sure.

 

[sourland]

Picked my first tomato of the season.

 

[jerryse]

Got back home Tuesday evening. Strong storms in the wee hours of the morning Tuesday. Lots of limbs and tree damage. Power still out this morning in lots of places. I have power. Garden is a jungle. Did some mowing. Hollyhocks are mostly done blooming. New hollyhock starts did very well.

 

[jerryse]

Some cabin garden pics.

 

[BirdsBeesTrees]

I got my first cherry tomato yesterday and today I picked 2 lovely cantaloupe.