Your 2025 Garden

[R2elk]

King Arthur

 

[Sally PB]

5 quarts of tomatoes canned. 1 FTS, but a seed siphoned up under the lid, so I won't fault the lid. Those things happen. That jar was the basis for tonight's spaghetti sauce.

Canning season is underway!

 

[tripletfeb]

Picked lots of beans and some tomatoes today

 

[jxp]

Anyone grow yellow "wax" beans anymore? Way back when I was a wee lass, Mom grew more of these than the green ones. I don't really see them being grown nowadays.

 

[R2elk]

Anyone grow yellow "wax" beans anymore? Way back when I was a wee lass, Mom grew more of these than the green ones. I don't really see them being grown nowadays.

Mine are a few days from being ready to pick.

 

[jxp]

First melon is coming along nicely. I believe from the size and shape, it's probably a Tommy Apple. Tuscan has more defined ribs and is supposedly smaller. Golden Jenny is more round.
When it's ready, I'll carefully wade into the patch and trace the vine back to its marker to find out for sure. They're all in the same bed. The vines are all healthy and I don't want to go in there now and risk breaking anything and create an opening for any nasties or lose any melons with my unnecessary clumsiness.

 

[fuzzi]

Anyone grow yellow "wax" beans anymore? Way back when I was a wee lass, Mom grew more of these than the green ones. I don't really see them being grown nowadays.

I grow them every year.

 

[fuzzi]

First melon is coming along nicely. I believe from the size and shape, it's probably a Tommy Apple. Tuscan has more defined ribs and is supposedly smaller. Golden Jenny is more round.
When it's ready, I'll carefully wade into the patch and trace the vine back to its marker to find out for sure. They're all in the same bed. The vines are all healthy and I don't want to go in there now and risk breaking anything and create an opening for any nasties or lose any melons with my unnecessary clumsiness.View attachment 4185601

All my little melons disappeared, totally. I suspect a raccoon.

 

[R2elk]

All my little melons disappeared, totally. I suspect a raccoon.

When I had a vole problem, they ate all of the melons, most of them while they were still female blossoms.

 

[jxp]

When I had a vole problem, they ate all of the melons, most of them while they were still female blossoms.

There's voles in my neighborhood - as well as skunks, coons, rabbits, snakes, and the occasional opossum (and plenty of squirrels). The very few voles that make it into my back yard give the GPs a good chase before becoming a snack (the small young ones) or a trophy for whichever one makes the kill.