Your 2025 Garden

[R2elk]

Naked Bear pumpkin

 

[fuzzi]

Zapallito squash, still producing after the squash vine borers killed all my other varieties!

It left the raised bed, and is now traversing the backyard.

Sweet potato vines

Today's pickings:

Most of these were from 2 plants.

Melon!

(the larger pumpkin was already rotting)

 

[OnlySympathy]

I need to get a better picture tomorrow but here are my 2 biggest tomato plants with some luffa, beans, bolted cilantro, and a smaller tomato plant making guest appearances

 

[jxp]

Zapallito squash, still producing after the squash vine borers killed all my other varieties!
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It left the raised bed, and is now traversing the backyard.

Sweet potato vines
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Today's pickings:
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Most of these were from 2 plants.

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Melon!

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(the larger pumpkin was already rotting)

Why didn't you let the tomatoes open on the vine?

Are you giving the overripe pumpkin to your chickens?

 

[OnlySympathy]

Why didn't you let the tomatoes open on the vine?

Obviously I’m not fuzzi but the main reason people do it is to prevent animals from getting to it. Once they are around half ripe they will continue to ripen and end up basically the same as if you left it on the vine

 

[jxp]

Obviously I’m not fuzzi but the main reason people do it is to prevent animals from getting to it. Once they are around half ripe they will continue to ripen and end up basically the same as if you left it on the vine

Speaking only for myself, I prefer the flavor of tomatoes that are ripened on the vine in the sun.

 

[OnlySympathy]

Speaking only for myself, I prefer the flavor of tomatoes that are ripened on the vine in the sun.

I do the same because we haven’t had much of an issue but a counter tomato is better than no tomato

 

[fuzzi]

Why didn't you let the tomatoes open on the vine?

Are you giving the overripe pumpkin to your chickens?

The stink bugs are bad this year. They chew into the tomatoes once they get close to ripe, so I harvest once there's a blush on the fruits, so I don't lose them altogether. They'll continue to ripen off the vine.

The pumpkin was beyond overripe, unfortunately. I rinsed it off and offered it to the Sussex, who will appreciate the seeds, at least.

 

[R2elk]

Big Dora pumpkin

 

[R2elk]

A melon