What did you do in the garden today?

[Sueby]

It was in the 50s when I woke up this am! Absolutely beautiful fall weather, lol. It's so nice to have the windows open & the AC off.

I blanched all the beans I picked yesterday, another ziplock bag full so I'm about half way done with what I'll need to get thru winter. I need to take a pic of the bean trellis, it's out of control.

Garden shed & bench are all back together & organized.

 

[jerryse]

I would like a update on efforts to stop SVB. Someone wrapped the stems. How is that working?

 

[Grandmas Coop]

Good morning, Its a cool 52 out, 6:30am
cleaning beets and carrots today and hopping to get the pickled beets made, heading out to turn on the soaker hoses.
seeding more cilantro and lettuce, I have 3 heads of cabbage finally ready

have a good day

 

[Sammster]

Wow! I do love the snowflake too, but they are all very beautiful & so perfect looking that they almost don't look hand done. Very nice work!

Thank you, very much ♡

 

[TJAnonymous]

I would like a update on efforts to stop SVB. Someone wrapped the stems. How is that working?

I wrapped mine with strips of tshirt. It DID prevent SVB from infesting my plants. However I discovered that squash bugs REALLY like tshirt material. Their eggs stick to it really well. I ended up losing my plants to squash bugs instead of SVB. But to be fair, I was gone for several weeks so....

 

[TJAnonymous]

Last night we got a half inch of what I call "miracle rain." It was a pop up storm that wasn't in the forecast or on any radar. It just showed up out of nowhere and soaked everything. I'm very grateful because our grass was starting to die off... So THANK YOU GOD for sending this blessed rain!

 

[ShrekDawg]

My tomatoes still haven’t ripened yet.

 

[Grandmas Coop]

 

[fuzzi]

I would like a update on efforts to stop SVB. Someone wrapped the stems. How is that working?

I have six squash I wrapped and staked so they grew vertically. So far I have only lost one plant, and just recently. It's been nice to have squash!!!

Squash on left

 

[Sammster]

My tomatoes still haven’t ripened yet.

We are having the same problem. My yellow tomatoes and a few cherries have ripened. But none of our standard, reds. Our summer has been wetter and cooler than average. I hope we get a long enough season to harvest some. Same with my squash plants. I had one, thumb-sized sugar pumpkin that I lost to blossom end rot. I've gotten 2 zucchini. NO acorn squash, whatsoever. The plants are thriving - but no fruit