OT Gardening

[PDXFonz]

Peppers haven't grown fantastic this year, but we made our first batch of hot sauce. It turned out sweeter than last year also, but it still packs a punch!

Mine were slow to take off as well, but I finally have a few habs which fruited and are growing.

 

[crandc]

Grapes!

 

[JfizzleBlazer]

First year trying my hand at gardening and it has been a blast. Get to harvest this much every three to four days. Lemon cucumbers and cherry tomatoes.

 

[crandc]

Lemon cukes? You're going to have a million!

 

[JfizzleBlazer]

Harvest today

 

[Phatguysrule]

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First year trying my hand at gardening and it has been a blast. Get to harvest this much every three to four days. Lemon cucumbers and cherry tomatoes.

Lemon cukes? You're going to have a million!

I absolutely love lemon cukes.

 

[riverman]

Harvested a dozen heads of cabbage...we'll make kimchi out of them all for the winter. Have one fresh batch going now that is awesome...eating kimchi everyday...my idea of a good time. It's going to be 100+ today so deep water all my raised beds and containers.

 

[PDXFonz]

This probably falls more in line with yard work than gardening, so maybe I should ask our resident expert @THE HCP

How are you guys at shaping bushes/hedges. I feel like I’m okay, but maybe could get better.

 

[PDXFonz]

I absolutely love lemon cukes.

Read that as “Lemon Cakes” at first and thought, heck yeah my guy! I love me some lemon cake.

 

[PDXFonz]

Harvested a dozen heads of cabbage...we'll make kimchi out of them all for the winter. Have one fresh batch going now that is awesome...eating kimchi everyday...my idea of a good time. It's going to be 100+ today so deep water all my raised beds and containers.

If you hook them up to electrodes like in those YouTube videos they could make music and you could start a band. You could call it “The Talking Heads”

 

[PDXFonz]

Lemon cukes? You're going to have a million!

Bros about to be the Lemon Cuke Oprah Winfrey.

 

[PDXFonz]

Peppers haven't grown fantastic this year, but we made our first batch of hot sauce. It turned out sweeter than last year also, but it still packs a punch!

Do you pick them young or let them ripen on the plant? Or does it depend? Any idea if it impacts heat/flavor to harvest them young?

 

[PDXFonz]

Just want to say that I enjoy seeing all of your posts of your gardening adventures. Glad to hear y’all are enjoying yourselves as well.

 

[crandc]

Pumpkin before and after

 

[Shaboid]

Do you pick them young or let them ripen on the plant? Or does it depend? Any idea if it impacts heat/flavor to harvest them young?

We picked most of our less spicy peppers this time for a milder batch of sauce. Haven't had any good habs or reapers this year so it was mostly the jalapenos, Anaheims, and serranos. If you ripen and harvest later they should have more seeds, which in turn makes them spicier in theory, but there are other factors too. I don't think it matters too much though especially if you are growing a variety of pepper like we do. You can pick your spice level by the type of pepper.

 

[crandc]

Turned a pumpkin into pumpkin ginger soup. Harvested two more. Three pumpkins are turning orange. There are several green ones. The vine is putting out new growth, which means more flowers and fruit in the fall.

I will be filling big freezer with pumpkin bread, pumpkin mushroom risotto, pumpkin waffles, pumpkin date muffins, roasted pumpkin with caramelized onions, beef and pumpkin stew, pumpkin black bean soup, pumpkin butter, and pumpkin puree for Thanksgiving pies. And probably more.

At midnight my Corolla will turn into a pumpkin.

 

[twobullz]

Earwigs are destroying my garden this year.

 

[crandc]

Put a drop of mineral oil at each corn tassel to kill earwigs.

 

[twobullz]

Put a drop of mineral oil at each corn tassel to kill earwigs.

I don't have any corn. They are devouring the leaves on my zucchini, peppers and have killed my cucumber plants.

 

[crandc]

Berries, on homemade yogurt.

 

[crandc]

I don't have any corn. They are devouring the leaves on my zucchini, peppers and have killed my cucumber plants.

I was clearing out files and discovered article in garden folder suggesting sprinkling cornmeal to get rid of earwigs. Worth a try, costs very little and nontoxic.

 

[JfizzleBlazer]

 

[crandc]

Carrots

 

[crandc]

Three cup chicken, made with garlic and Thai basil from garden.

 

[Shaboid]

Really expanded our production this year. This was about 50%

 

[SlyPokerDog]

Really expanded our production this year. This was about 50%

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Shaboid's ShaBAM Sauce!

 

[crandc]

I have tons of jam. Would @Shaboid do a swap?

 

[Shaboid]

I have tons of jam. Would @Shaboid do a swap?

DM'd

 

[JfizzleBlazer]

Really expanded our production this year. This was about 50%

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I'll say a prayer for your butthole.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

I have tons of jam. Would @Shaboid do a swap?

Yes, I will trade @Shaboid for jam.