What did you do in the garden today?

[CatInTheHenHouse]

Haven’t grown tomatoes, but my peppers have been doing poorly since I moved them outside. I should have left them under the grow lights!

 

[chicken opey]

Oh this has definitely been an OFF tomato year. We were too hot for a while, but the biggie was too much rain TOO often. Tomatoes like warm, but not scalding, and they like to dry out before the next wet. I should be FINISHING canning season this week, and I've only done a partial load, and have one to go today. So one load total so far. NUTS.

Yes!!!

 

[akroberts1085]

My peppers, squash and tomatoes have been mostly a loss

 

[OnlySympathy]

 

[akroberts1085]

I need to get out to the garden and start weeding out the dry corn . Then try to get my tomatoes tied up and harvest any squash and pumpkins that are ready.

 

[OnlySympathy]

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This has been a nightmare to try to fix

 

[OnlySympathy]

This has been a nightmare to try to fix

It snapped the bamboo in the ground for a lot of them

 

[jxp]

I squished a lot of Squash bugs like I do every day
Picked some tomatoes
Watered everything in pots
And I took a picture of a dipping gourd View attachment 4196151

Aww... Feeling nostalgic. I haven't grown gourds for about 20 years.

That's a nice specimen. Do you make dippers? Keep, gift, or sell?

 

[dirkandlorie]

My peppers, squash and tomatoes have been mostly a loss

I am so sorry this is the case for you too! I rely on my garden for most of my food, so a bad year really hurts. I don't can much besides marinara, pickles and jam. The rest is made into meals, divided into portions and into the deep freezer. My best year ever I had all 365 meals with only $279.00 spent at the market for the meat to add to what I grow. Will I ever do that again? Not as high as meat costs now, lol. This year I only have 22 pork with plum sauce and another 40 servings of chili in that freezer. Enough marinara from last year to make a few lasagnas. Enough poblanos growing to make stuffed peppers. Thank goodness for those new chickens, looks like I'll be making a lot of quiche!

 

[Wee Farmer Sarah]

Watered all the gardens except for what’s on the hill. I picked another 3/4 pound of green beans and some kale. I also picked more black raspberries. The SM tomato plants are looking like they're getting a second wind and growing much better. Total donation for food pantry was 3 dozen eggs, 1 1/2 pounds of green beans and 4 shallots I found after I finished braiding them together. Made a double batch of black raspberry jam. Ended up with 7 1/2 pint jars. Very tasty. Not quite as hot today but the humidity is very high so it feels hot anyway at 87F. I concur, a very bad year for tomatoes.

This is the first ripening I’ve seen in the tomato patch. Yay!

I couldn’t resist jar number 8. I didn’t process the half jar. I taste tested it on a slice of orange olive oil cake I made the day before yesterday. Quite a tasty combo.