The Endzone Garden Thread

[VolNExile]

I’m sorry, I think I’ve already posted these. But I’ll update in the morning. I may not be thrilled about the weather, but now that we’re back down in the 80’s, the garden sure is!

 

[joevol33]

I’m sorry, I think I’ve already posted these. But I’ll update in the morning. I may not be thrilled about the weather, but now that we’re back down in the 80’s, the garden sure is!

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Where's the marijuana?

 

[VolNExile]

Where's the marijuana?

That is not an outdoor crop, you silly man.

(Plus I don’t grow* cannabis, so there’s that)

*or use, since erebody gets so nit-picky around here

 

[82_VOL_83]

That is not an outdoor crop, you silly man.

(Plus I don’t grow* cannabis, so there’s that)

*or use, since erebody gets so nit-picky around here

No criticism here.

 

[VolNExile]

No criticism here.

I content myself with obsessing over heirloom tomatoes, which are exhausting enough, tho legal.

 

[Orangeredblooded]

I’m sorry, I think I’ve already posted these. But I’ll update in the morning. I may not be thrilled about the weather, but now that we’re back down in the 80’s, the garden sure is!

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It looks great. I miss my gardening days, I’ve forgotten more than I can pull up in the memory bank. I keep saying I’m going to do a container garden, but.... At least I can look at y’all’s pictures and tell myself I can do that and dammit, I’ll have more produce . Next year that started 4 years ago, but don’t judge.

 

[VolNExile]

It looks great. I miss my gardening days, I’ve forgotten more than I can pull up in the memory bank. I keep saying I’m going to do a container garden, but.... At least I can look at y’all’s pictures and tell myself I can do that and dammit, I’ll have more produce . Next year that started 4 years ago, but don’t judge.

I’ve got two vegs in containers: Tiny Tim patio cherry tomatoes (tops out around 3’) and okra, of all things: Baby Bubba okra, 3’-4’. I’m not very enthusiastic about okra, but Hubs is going to pickle it, so it might wind up on a fancy cocktail toothpick with a Tiny Tim in a Bloody Mary!

 

[GVF]

It looks great. I miss my gardening days, I’ve forgotten more than I can pull up in the memory bank. I keep saying I’m going to do a container garden, but.... At least I can look at y’all’s pictures and tell myself I can do that and dammit, I’ll have more produce . Next year that started 4 years ago, but don’t judge.

Container gardening can be easy. An abundance of dwarf tomatoe plants to choose from. I have 3. There's qwarf okra. Probably others.

 

[GVF]

I’ve got two vegs in containers: Tiny Tim patio cherry tomatoes (tops out around 3’) and okra, of all things: Baby Bubba okra, 3’-4’. I’m not very enthusiastic about okra, but Hubs is going to pickle it, so it might wind up on a fancy cocktail toothpick with a Tiny Tim in a Bloody Mary!

Speaking of pickled okra. My first harvest of the seaon went up. 6 pints green beans. 1 pint jalapenos. 1 pint pickled okra. I discovered I can steam can in my Instant Pot with out having to break out hte big pot for water bathing.


I hope my pickled okra is good. I printed out a recipe, but I just winged the first jar. Half white vinegar, half cider vinegar heated with about 2-1 salt/sugar. In the jar- garlic clove, small jalapeno, mustard seed, dash tumeric, prob one other spive i can't think of right now. Next round I'm swapping out the white vinegar for Rice vinegar. I just like hte flavor of it. I can my pint green beans with 1/2 tsp salt and half of that black pepper. when heating for dinner, just add a cap of vinegar. Makes green beans a grand slam. These are the Calima french style bush green bean. THey are not our family bean. though those seem to be blooming for a bumper crop. Fingers crossed.

 

[Souce]

Good lawd, I love me some pickled okra.

 

[GVF]

Good lawd, I love me some pickled okra.

True Dat.

I've always loved fried okra, but never ever boiled. OK with it in stews, soups, and gumbos tho. Because of boiled okra, I've never in my 56 years tried pickled okra until this past year. OMG even for store bought. Not slimy, and oh so good. So, I'm making my own jars this year.

 

[MWR]

Where's the marijuana?

Maybe Joevol33 needs to take a closer look..........................

(here's a hint, it's pot.)

 

[Souce]

Maybe Joevol33 needs to take a closer look..........................

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OH CHIT!!!

 

[MWR]

We got our tomatoes out late. And it got dry. So I ran a pipe to the pond and siphoned some water for them. About the time I got it going good, it started raining.

Should have started the watering process a week or so ago.

 

[malinoisvol]

Speaking of pickled okra. My first harvest of the seaon went up. 6 pints green beans. 1 pint jalapenos. 1 pint pickled okra. I discovered I can steam can in my Instant Pot with out having to break out hte big pot for water bathing.
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I hope my pickled okra is good. I printed out a recipe, but I just winged the first jar. Half white vinegar, half cider vinegar heated with about 2-1 salt/sugar. In the jar- garlic clove, small jalapeno, mustard seed, dash tumeric, prob one other spive i can't think of right now. Next round I'm swapping out the white vinegar for Rice vinegar. I just like hte flavor of it. I can my pint green beans with 1/2 tsp salt and half of that black pepper. when heating for dinner, just add a cap of vinegar. Makes green beans a grand slam. These are the Calima french style bush green bean. THey are not our family bean. though those seem to be blooming for a bumper crop. Fingers crossed.

Uncle used to add a few of the little Red Hot candy in with the pickled okra. Lawd is was GOOOOD!

 

[MWR]

 

[VolNExile]

Maybe Joevol33 needs to take a closer look..........................

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What on earth are you talking about? Unless you’re just punning on potted plants.

Edit: oh, lol, I see it now. So you use Grow Bags, huh?

 

[GordonC]

tl;dr
ngaf/wtf/stfu/gtfo
All of it needs moppin', and the carpet in the screened porch needs replacin'.

Well, I got a late start this year (and nothing last year because of that immune reaction after my allergy shots). The buckets/planters were a major mess after being left outside since the fall of 2020. It took forever to get everything ready. Everything is going to be later than usual, but that is okay. My wife's having another good summer, and we are enjoying the time outside. I have six "project" tomatoes, and one "project" Italian oregano. Lettuce is late as hail, but I have a little lettuce and spinach coming. Also, the dam rose campion/lychnis reseeded everywhere behind my garage the past two years, including in a ten gallon bucket and a flowerpot. I'm gonna plant that stuff on the hill where nothing will grow haha. I only planted "bush" cucumber seeds (2 different types, never done that before but ordered both from Burpee 100% germination), and squash has be thinned tomorrow (if I don't postpone it another day). Here are some pics of where things stand right now:

 

[GordonC]

 

[VolNExile]

Stay on top of their watering needs, and they’ll catch up in no time. I’m glad you’re able to get back in the garden this year!

 

[VolNExile]

My summer fragrance.

 

[GordonC]

My summer fragrance.

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better if used in combination? haha

 

[Orangeredblooded]

Container gardening can be easy. An abundance of dwarf tomatoe plants to choose from. I have 3. There's qwarf okra. Probably others.

It’s more of a laziness problem than,......I started to go with this somewhere, but it’s laziness.

 

[VolNExile]

Sorry, @Orangeredblooded, I spaced on getting pics this morning. It’s dusk now, although it looks brighter in the pics

SunGold cherry tomatoes starting to ripen:


Black Krim heirloom tomatoes stepping up to the plate:


So far, the Costoluto Genovese heirloom is sort of all hat, no cattle, tall with few fruits, but it’s flowering again after the temps got back down in the 80’s:

 

[VolNExile]

Romas, San Marzanos, and Principe Borghese (all cooking/roasting bush-type tomatoes) are doing their thing:



Glass Gem corn and sunflowers to give my Indiana son-in-law a taste of home: