What did you do in the garden today?

[WthrLady]

TSC has the middle sized ones for around $2800 sometimes. Of course, that doesn't include the add ons that you really want to have with it. And they aren't cheap to run. Or quiet, I think.

They aren't bad. I've got mine down on the lower level right below me. I don't hear it. Cost to run depends on your power rates. Average batch runs for two days. I don't really notice a huge jump in my bill. I don't have a handy grocery store, so I used to can a LOT, and throw a LOT of that away, as it doesn't last nutrition-wise, and took up a lot of room.
I can get 2 quarts of freeze dried, tomato puree powder into a half pint jar. Vacuum seal that and it's good for 20 years at full nutritional value.

The amount of onions, garlic, celery and potatoes I have done is INSANE. With just two of us here, I can just pull out what I need for one meal, or one person, and nothing is wasted.

So to each their own.

 

[OnlySympathy]

Also, the other one is a West India Burr cucumber. It is super stickery. How on earth do I eat that?

I ordered a similar one to that, I’m pretty sure you can rub off the spines with your hand or a towel

 

[WthrLady]

The Julia child tomatoes I got from tomatofest, aren't.
They're large, glowing yellow orb tomatoes.

ARGH.

 

[OnlySympathy]

The first time I ordered from Baker Creek it was upwards of $200. I am still planting those seeds four years later.

@OnlySympathy go to rareseeds.com. They are amazing. My dream trip is to Missouri to visit their place. Every year we try and plant something strange and weird. White bitter melons have become a staple. Loofa and Tahiti butternut is growing on the trellis. We grew those huge Chinese snake gourds one year. They stink to high heaven but are cool. Kinda a cloying overly buttered popcorn smell but not in a good way.

I’ll have looked at them in the past but I will have to check to check them out again I love weird stuff!

 

[OnlySympathy]

I planted a couple spacemaster 80 cucumbers in a 5 gallon grow bag. Assuming both germinate I will replant one into a raised bed or another grow bag. It is a prettier fast maturing variety so I am hoping to get at least a few pounds of cucumbers

 

[TJAnonymous]

I spent 2 hours in the garden this morning before the heat ran me off... The heat index was 99 degrees on the Acu-rite when I came in the house for a shower. I did get 2 beds completely tilled and composted inside the hoop house. I planted 4 cowpots with broccoli seeds in in a bed on one side. I'll go out and seed some cauliflower and lettuce later this evening when it cools down a bit. I also have more tomatoes to collect.

Speaking of vermin, something at my entire cantaloupe that was just getting ripe!

 

[OnlySympathy]

My F2 supersweet 100 is having conjoined twins

 

[OnlySympathy]

I just checked and my miyashige white radishes are sprouting

 

[OnlySympathy]

Speaking of vermin, something at my entire cantaloupe that was just getting ripe!

Deer?

 

[OnlySympathy]

This squirrel loves watching me while it gets a snack meant for birds. It is super cute though so I don’t mind