What did you do in the garden today?

[OnlySympathy]

Picked another good sized tomato. the smallest tomato I have got from this plant was .75 lbs.

 

[OnlySympathy]

This is my biggest pepper plant this year. My goal for next year is to get something twice as tall. It’s a bell pepper that I planted kinda late so it is just starting to produce. It is 3.5 feet tall and 3 feet wide

 

[OnlySympathy]

This is my biggest pepper plant this year. My goal for next year is to get something twice as tall. It’s a bell pepper that I planted kinda late so it is just starting to produce. It is 3.5 feet tall and 3 feet wide View attachment 4214985

This plant is 4 feet tall but is basically just one big stem with minimal branching

 

[Smokerbill]

I picked two pounds of Jalapeno peppers this morning along with a couple New Mexico chiles and a habanero. Combined with tomatoes and onions I made seven pints of salsa.

I played it safe adding just one habanero pepper to the batch but it wasn't nearly enough, though there's a little heat in it. I should've added 4 or 5. I processed the peppers and onions to a fairly fine chop so the salsa would be spoonable instead of chunky.

I didn't have a lot of ripe tomatoes. Half of them were just partially ripe, so it's a semi-green tomato salsa.

 

[OnlySympathy]

Anyone want to steal my Chinese forget-me-nots? I’ve been ready to forget them for about a month

 

[Sally PB]

Picked the first ripe grapes yesterday, which is a huge win. In past years, the birds and raccoons got them. All safe, so far, with organza bags and an electric fence, and 2 cats.

I was going to pick our first ever grapes. The birds got Every. Single. One. of the green grapes!

I will be watching the red ones and picking them as SOON as they taste sweet-ish. I'll add some honey to the juice if I need to.

 

[Rick589]

I'm in the no caraway seeds 50% group. Just cabbage, salt and water.

Ditto on this. However, I just use salt and cabbage. Never had a need to add brine.

 

[Rick589]

For those of y'all with fruit trees, how do you keep squirrels away? I lost so much tree fruit this year in my young orchard to both and . I figure I'll get some netting and flashy tape for the birds but won't squirrels climb right up under the net? I was thinking maybe something like a baffle you'd use on a pole with a birdhouse. What's worked out not worked for all y'all?

pellet gun always worked for me.

 

[Rick589]

I'm going to find out how stuffed/filled zucchini halves taste tonight. More cheese going on later in the bake. I'm working with what I have on hand.

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Keep it up. Keep showing us your dishes and I'm going to show up. I’ll figure out a way.

 

[Rick589]

I hear there's people who enjoy chewing tobacco too.

Good one