2025 Garden!

[Jwill]

My tomatoes are an embarrassment, but the tomatillos and peppers are rolling in. Made a great batch of salsa verde yesterday.

 

[brymoore]

Pulled the peppers. They were just loaded with aphids. Nothing was producing. Now get to go nuked the whole house and ground.
Made choke cherry jelly and raspberry jam this morning. Have some huckleberries thawing out some good friends brought us last year. A good year to clean out the freezers.
Canning green beans on Sunday morning and making jam.

I’ve never had aphids on peppers. Aphids attack my brassicas especially Brussels sprouts. I gave up on sprouts because the aphids always won.

We’re still trying to get enough red raspberries for jam. I thought we had enough yesterday after picking until my daughter said she ate a bunch of reds for breakfast. We’re still a few ounces short. It’s hard to be upset that’s she eating fresh berries but I asked her to skip two days so we can get a batch of jam.

Wife has enough cucumbers saved for pickles this weekend.

I need to look at the broad beans. They may be ready.

Otherwise, garden is in a slow stage until canning tomatoes and corn start to ripen.

 

[MTelkHuntress]

And so it begins. Time for some zucchini bread.


Neighbors accidentally nuked some of my tomatoes after they sprayed their lawn for weeds. That took me a bit to get over but I did finally get my first cherry tomato yesterday.

It's mostly been a flower year so far. I used to think flowers were a waste of time and now I plant them all over in the garden.

 

[Nick87]

And so it begins. Time for some zucchini bread.
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Neighbors accidentally nuked some of my tomatoes after they sprayed their lawn for weeds. That took me a bit to get over but I did finally get my first cherry tomato yesterday.

It's mostly been a flower year so far. I used to think flowers were a waste of time and now I plant them all over in the garden.
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Those zucchini are a different color than I've ever grown or seen here. Maybe just a different variety?

 

[Sask hunter]

Picked about the same amount two days ago. This isn’t out of half a row

 

[MTelkHuntress]

Those zucchini are a different color than I've ever grown or seen here. Maybe just a different variety?

They are grey zucchini. I think they are a little sweeter and milder than the other varieties.

 

[IDFireLass]

MTelkHuntress, I use to think the same way about flowers. I'm now growing wildflowers and really enjoying them. Mostly because it puts some color into my life and area.​

Get tired of brown grass and green trees this time of the year.

 

[Pucky Freak]

Batches 2 and 3 of fridge pickles + scotch bonnets. Tomatoes and Kohlrabi coming up next.

 

[brymoore]

Pickles and jam soon.

 

[WesternWyoming]

Today was Nanking cherry day all day!

 

[brymoore]

Red raspberry freezer jam finally occurred. Wife measured the berries and has enough for a second batch. She was missing some ingredients for the pickles. Pickles will happen in the next few days.



We have been picking onions as we need them.

Broad beans need picked. We’ll do them later this week.

 

[IDFireLass]

Looks like everyone was busy canning today. Got 14 pints of green beans done. Made elderberry jelly but it didn't set up so have elderberry syrup or ice cream topping. Sometimes I get it right and some time I don't.

 

[MTGomer]

My zucchini is the biggest dud zucchini ever grown.

But I’m drowning in radishes.

 

[beagle001]

Helping spray fertilizer on the pumpkins, squash and gourds. Slow start but most are starting to look pretty good

 

[Sask hunter]

More beans. This is from my half row of yellow beans. When my 1.5 rows of green beans kick in I’ll have to hire a Mexican picker lol.

 

[buckbull]

I love tomato juice. Finally got enough romas to make some. I have a johnny apple sauce juicer with motor and made quick work of 2 gallons of tomatoes.

 

[Keep on]

I love BLT season. Biggest tomato I've ever grown, it was delicious.

 

[Nick87]

I love BLT season. Biggest tomato I've ever grown, it was delicious.


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Blt's at least once a week around here from mid July til late september. If you like heat try a couple things slices of jalapeños thrown in.

 

[Wild Bill]

Our tomatoes are really starting to go crazy. Grabbing a few handfuls a day at this point.
A few different varieties of cherry tomatoes for grab and go snacks. My Purple Cherokees and Old German's are taking their sweet time. Doesn't look like I'll get more than a few of each, which I'm a little disappointed with.

 

[IDFireLass]

Feed the tomatoes Wild Bill!
I really like tomato boom from Zamzows made in Boise, Idaho. You can go to Dr.JimZ.com
Also "Chicken Soup for the soil" is a game changer.