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neebee

Social climber

calif/texas

Jul 10, 2013 - 01:30am PT

hey there all... say, i love this thread... thanks for sharing...

my garden is growing michigan wild-stuff really great, :)

and--a few other things, as well!

got green beans to eat from the plants now, :)
and some green tomatoes... :)

will take a picture and hope to share tomorrow night, :)

thanks for sharing... :)

*off and on-again, sun, all season now, :)
wow--brandon, i heard of that eastcoast rain, from a friend of mine, :O

crusher

climber

Santa Monica, CA

Jul 10, 2013 - 01:37am PT

Chaz that goat is the cutest thing ever! Your garden's pretty rad too!

TGT

Social climber

So Cal

Jul 10, 2013 - 08:19pm PT

Bumper crop of tomatoes due to the unseasonaly cool and stable spring.

Made 16 pints of salsa Sunday and am chopping up about 30 lb of Romas and canning them tonight.

We won't be buying store bought tomato products for a couple of years.

BooDawg

Social climber

Butterfly Town

Jul 14, 2013 - 07:34pm PT

I posted the construction of my raised-bed garden on the "Show Me What You're Building thread.

http://www.supertopo.com/climbing/thread.php?topic_id=1197468&msg=2101200#msg2101200

Here are the results of the efforts. I'm basically harvesting about 5 lbs of tomatoes, peppers, basil, and other goodies each day. Zucchinis, squash, melons and more are coming on.

Lower left: Squash, zucchini, and cantaloupes growing in “Earth Boxes.”

Above: basil, peppers, and tomatoes growing in raised beds protected from turkey and deer with the wire cat cage. Protected from gophers below with galvanized hardware cloth.

Below & upper right: Harvest of peppers, tomatoes, and cherry tomatoes.

Upper left: home-made salsa using the peppers and tomatoes.

For more pictures and background on this garden, please go here:

http://www.yosemitecloseup.com/stories/sierra-sustainability/

TGT

Social climber

So Cal

Jul 14, 2013 - 07:38pm PT

Have about 30 lb of tomatoes boiling down into sauce right now .

Should end up with 10-12 qts.

Ghost

climber

A long way from where I started

Jul 26, 2013 - 12:21am PT

We're a month or so behind you SoCal types up here, but...

Reeotch

Trad climber

4 Corners Area

Jul 28, 2013 - 09:52am PT

After a couple of crop failures, I finally have some success! Things were just so hot and dry around here in June that hardly anything was able to get established. The humidity was running in the single digits and the temperatures were running in the triple digits.

All of the stuff below was planted between the solstice and the 4th of July. It was still slow going for some plants to get established. Sometimes I needed to water 3x a day.

Now that the monsoon has kicked in, the plants have gone crazy, especially the squash. When it rains the plants are visibly larger the next morning. So cool!

Ghost

climber

A long way from where I started

Jul 28, 2013 - 12:09pm PT

it looks like it's about time to harvest that big white thing!

It's a potaTOE

Chaz

Trad climber

greater Boss Angeles area

Jul 29, 2013 - 01:22pm PT

Great stuff put up here so far. I'm getting a ton of ideas for next year.

Like corn. I have to make room for a cornfield next year. Of all the things that taste better fresh, corn is definitely at the top of the list. Last time I grew corn, I'd get the water boiling, then go pick the corn. Stalk-to-stomach in minutes!

The goat knows where the action is. Like a dog hanging around the dinner table.

The cucs are slowing down - even though the plants are bigger than ever - but I'm still getting one of these every four or five days:

Which was turned into this:

( batch #11 and #12, dill relish and bread-and-butter slices )

Bird spooker:

When I started seeing ripe tomatoes, so did the birds. I put up bamboo posts with reflectorized streamers atop them. And that will spook most birds most of the time. But something was still getting my cherry tomatoes, about a day before they ripened. One by-product of the owl infestation here in the yard - one nest, three babies - is owl feathers. I attached a few of them to the tomato cages so they flapped in the wind, and I haven't had a problem since.

Yesterday:

I was hoping to get the goat in some of the aerial shots, but she's scared of kites, food or no food. And the dogs aren't stupid enough to stand outside in the heat.

I have to start winding things down. I'm headed to The PNW in a couple weeks, and I might not be back until the end of Sept. The peppers and tomatoes will stay, but the cucs and zucs are more of a job than I want to leave for the guy who watches my place while I'm gone.

Seamstress

Trad climber

Yacolt, WA

Jul 29, 2013 - 02:44pm PT

It's time to load up on anti-oxidants

Dr. Christ

Mountain climber

State of Mine

Aug 11, 2013 - 11:20am PT

Not so well actually. Record heat was scorching the ground, nothing would come up. Had to put up shade cloth. Then it froze in early August, severely damaging the squish, cucs, and pot(atoes).

But we have nice kale, peas, lettuce, peppers, and onions.

Charlie D.

Trad climber

Western Slope, Tahoe Sierra

Aug 31, 2013 - 03:04pm PT

She's always late at 3,000 ft. but never fails to deliver:

Chaz

Trad climber

greater Boss Angeles area

Aug 31, 2013 - 08:17pm PT

That's a fine looking batch of tomatoes!

Darwin

Trad climber

Seattle, WA

Sep 6, 2013 - 10:58pm PT

It was a warm summer in Seattle, but it's drawing to a close, i.e it was a v. good year for: blueberries, always collards and ok for kale. We haven't had a good garlic crop in >3 years due to white rot (f*#king yuck!).

Here's the end of year harvest of ripe tomatoes before they burst from recent rain wetness(below):

I love cucumbers, but I know all others don't (below):

OK, my Dad's family had a Walnut/plum-prune ranch near Vacaville,CA. So when this ONE plum grew on our two year old tree, and I led a couple pitches at Index, I was STOKED!(below):

And, finally