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Post by gardencrazy on Jun 21, 2012 18:40:06 GMT -5
So what are you picking out of your garden?
Today the DH and I had out first kohlrabi out of the garden. I also picked the first of the snap peas. This weekend, I'll be picking greens (collards and kale) and blackberries.
What's ripe in your garden?
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Post by blujen on Jun 21, 2012 20:35:08 GMT -5
Well we just ate the first vorlon and the first orange strawberry in chunks as an appetizer, now we're eating a stirfry with dragon tongue and rattlesnake beans and granex onion out of the garden, mmmmmm. So far about 12 pounds of beans out of the garden, plus the tomatoes are starting to turn on =)
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Post by w8n4dave on Jun 21, 2012 20:56:10 GMT -5
nuttin yet :(Well I did get blackraspberries last week , but thats from the woods ..  ifin we didn't live in 5b we'd have supin betta huggs , glad u got stuff to eat already |
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Post by marielouise on Jun 22, 2012 4:44:02 GMT -5
green beans tomatoes squash okra Bell peppers chili peppers limas onions garlic
black berries & strawberrys done for the season
watermelons coming on
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Post by bluelacedredhead on Jun 22, 2012 6:33:14 GMT -5
Lettuce just starting to get big enough to cut
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Post by gardentoad on Jun 22, 2012 22:24:24 GMT -5
Only strawberries so far. May have some lettuce in a few days.
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Post by dirtdobber on Jun 24, 2012 8:13:16 GMT -5
Tomatoes, onions, bell peppers, Jalepeno peppers, cucumbers, strawberries, and squash.
Watermelon and cantaloupe are getting close to being ready.
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Post by w8n4dave on Jun 24, 2012 8:35:21 GMT -5
jealousy will get me nowhere We picked some of queen ann yellow raspberries yesterday this is how it went ... Papa: Colton (3years old) come over here Papa wants to show you something. Colton : Ok papa They go out and pick a few berries, Stella 1 1/2 runs out there Stella: Papa papa papa Papa: Stella nono baby, no not there nono, Papa brings them back up lol but then he got a lil basket so Dreama takes them out to pick Colton: This one dreama? Dreama: the yellow ones hunny, the ones that come off easy Stella : pickin and eatin ...Stella looks in basket Stella reaches in basket Colton: Sister noooooo these are mine!! Dreama: (me) Here stella here are some Stella: picks and shoves them in her mug. then reaches in basket Colton: Sister I said noooooo these are mine!!! Dreama: here Stella, baby eat these ones.... she pics and eats Dreama sends colton on the other side Stella goes on other side , reaches in basket Dreama: no no baby those are brothers, here is some pic these Stella pics some takes off across garden Dreama 3ft. behind here saying Stella no no don't run in there... Stella Papa papa papa she gets to papa and eats the berries she had for him , soo off she goes to pic more ...finally colton got about a 1/2 of basket and Stella got to give papa 3 smashed in her hot lil hand berries lol Dreama got to sit down and say... Let me hold Lillie who is 3 months old |
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Post by marielouise on Jun 24, 2012 10:01:01 GMT -5
No sense being jealous your turn will come. Hahahha ---- I learned early to give each kid their own little bucket. Now they didn't put many berries in there, and sometimes looked over in the others lil bucket to see or swipe any berrys that had made it into the bucket by accident. |
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Post by gardencrazy on Jun 25, 2012 9:54:02 GMT -5
Loved your tale of berry picking, w8n! I have two shih tzus that like to raid my strawberry patch. It's the first place they go when I bring them up to the garden. I think they've eaten more strawberries than the DH & I!
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Post by gulfcoastguy on Jun 25, 2012 12:32:39 GMT -5
Nada, the tree rats are beating me to it.
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Post by w8n4dave on Jun 25, 2012 15:56:51 GMT -5
Loved your tale of berry picking, w8n! I have two shih tzus that like to raid my strawberry patch. It's the first place they go when I bring them up to the garden. I think they've eaten more strawberries than the DH & I! OMG thats cute I have a shihtzu that wouldn't touch a fruit or veggie if it depended on his life!! Too funny, but give him some meat and he is alllll over it! No matter what kind, I think he thinks he is wolf lololololol |
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Post by annclaire on Jun 25, 2012 22:25:01 GMT -5
Pulled about half of my white Navy bean plants and got them hung to dry ... will try to do the other half tomorrow AM.
Thinking I might pick a Clemson Spineless okra pod tomorrow ... it was about as long as my thumb tonight, so don't want it getting much bigger.
Will pick the french green beans again tomorrow and check the pickling cukes to see if any are gherkin size yet or not ;D
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Post by marielouise on Jun 27, 2012 23:20:17 GMT -5
egg plants a whole bucket fulll more tomatoes
okra --half a bucket
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Post by gardencrazy on Jun 29, 2012 14:14:03 GMT -5
I wish I knew how easy it was to grow collards years ago! I picked some more collards and kale last night, along with snap peas and a few blackberries.
My pole beans are just starting to climb.
I'm a little jealous about the eggplant and tomatoes, Marielouise!
Big bummer about the tree rats, Gulfcoastguy.
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Post by gardencrazy on Jul 3, 2012 9:43:53 GMT -5
Blueberries!!! I have one tiny bush. I have three others I've been trying to get going. My husband has hit that bush with the lawn mower. Deer have sat on it. Bunnies have munched on it. I think I've had it for 8 years now. Last year and the three years prior it put out one berry (it had a mate but it died last year.) I would proudly eat that berry in the garden! This year its putting out berries! I actually shared a few with the DH (even though he is undeserving since he hit it with the lawn mower long ago when it was barely more than a twig.)
I'm so happy! I love blueberries!
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Post by gulfcoastguy on Jul 3, 2012 13:14:45 GMT -5
Watermelon
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Post by bluelacedredhead on Jul 3, 2012 13:50:35 GMT -5
Chard, Lettuces, Raspberries, Garlic
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Post by annclaire on Jul 3, 2012 19:55:24 GMT -5
Cukes, french green beans, 2-3 okra pods per day still, carrots, and soon to pull the pinto beans.
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Post by gardentoad on Jul 5, 2012 13:32:40 GMT -5
A few raspberries. Going to pick some lettuce tonight when it cools off. Better enjoy it while we can, this heat will be making it bolt soon.
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Post by gardencrazy on Jul 8, 2012 12:08:01 GMT -5
I'll be picking some green beans today. They are early!
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Post by bluelacedredhead on Jul 8, 2012 16:39:30 GMT -5
Cucumber beetles off the melons, squash and pumpkins. Not any on the Bitter Melon plant which is supposed to be a Trap plant for Cucumber beetles? Whoever told me that apparently was never in my garden.
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Post by directsunlight on Jul 8, 2012 23:59:40 GMT -5
A trickle of strawberries, and some peaches this past week. I've got 10 good looking pears on the tree, but they are still very firm so it'll be awhile before they're ready to eat.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 9, 2012 10:47:27 GMT -5
Last of this years garlic came out today in the cool . Tieing up tomatoes to trellis. Maybe radish seed soon (but not today). |
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Post by garrett on Jul 12, 2012 9:20:00 GMT -5
might be picking corn this weekend.lol
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Post by gardencrazy on Jul 14, 2012 20:32:53 GMT -5
Corn won't be ready around here for a few weeks yet.
Today I picked my first of the season broccoli as well as Chinese cabbage. I'm still getting greens, beans and kohlrabi too.
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Post by camochef on Jul 15, 2012 16:57:46 GMT -5
Just picked my first 3 vine-ripened Liz Birt tomatoes. Also have a couple Barlow Japs, that can use another day on the vine. Might not seem like much to you southerners, but this is about the latest my tomatoes have taken to begin ripening.
I expect to see many turning color this coming week... I guess I should do a happy dance or something similar.
Enjoy!
Camo
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Post by annclaire on Jul 15, 2012 22:38:40 GMT -5
This past week I have picked Silver Queen sweet corn and we have had 18 ears for supper meals, I canned 11 pints, and blanched and froze a dozen perfect ears for the winter, and gave away another dozen ears to friends.
I am still getting french green beans, but those poor bush beans are really struggling in the hot sun even though I cool the foliage at noon with cold water. I am surprised at how steady they have produced, and if I can find them in a pole bean, I would definitely make them part of my regular planting.
Cucumbers for pickling and slicing ... mmmmmm, sunshine dill pickles, bread and butters, sweets, relish ... mmmm.
And OKRA!!!!! I am picking enough of the Milsap White every other day for me and the ex to have fried okra for supper. The Clemson Spineless is still ramping production up, so I will probably be pickling some of it later this month.
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Post by camochef on Jul 17, 2012 10:26:12 GMT -5
The past couple days seeing everything turning ripe. I've picked a half dozen more Liz Birt's, a few Barlow Japs, a Tarasenko6, and a Cowlick BW. I'm sure I'll have most of the others by the end of this week. It took long enough this year but finally I'm getting ripe tomatoes!
Enjoy!
Camo
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Post by desertrat on Jul 30, 2012 15:13:21 GMT -5
I envy you that are still getting tomatoes, mine are done for but have seeds started for fall planting. All I'm getting now are bush marrow squash, red noodle beans and yellow doll watermelons. Looking forward to armenian cukes, dragon tongue and yellow wax beans soon.
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ifin we didn't live in 5b we'd have supin betta 
