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Bob Green

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Are there any backyard gardeners on DBR? I'm currently growing tomatoes, peppers, green beans, eggplant, squash, cucumbers and okra. I have plants growing in the ground and in pots. Here is a Husky Red cherry tomato plant I have growing in a large pot:

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BLTs on rye bread featuring Cherokee Purple tomatoes are a wonderful summertime meal. Blue Cheese salad dressing is my condiment of choice:

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Great idea for a thread.

Pictures later, but all of mine are in pots.

Veggies/fruits I have are blueberries, three kinds of peppers, four kinds of tomatoes, two zucchini, squash, and ocra.

Herbs are sage, parsley, rosemary, oregano, dill, thyme, basil, chives, and mint.

Yes, I like to cook.
 
Four different blueberries, two plum trees, two apple trees, a bunch of roma tomatoes, some jalopeno, a few squash (which the rabbits are enjoying) and some potatoes.

It's fun and makes me thankful for modern supermarkets ;)
 
PackMan97 said:
Four different blueberries, two plum trees, two apple trees, a bunch of roma tomatoes, some jalopeno, a few squash (which the rabbits are enjoying) and some potatoes.

It's fun and makes me thankful for modern supermarkets ;)
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And a Partridge in a pear tree. 🎶🕺🏼🎵
 
Bob Green said:
Are there any backyard gardeners on DBR? I'm currently growing tomatoes, peppers, green beans, eggplant, squash, cucumbers and okra. I have plants growing in the ground and in pots. Here is a Husky Red cherry tomato plant I have growing in a large pot:

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BLTs on rye bread featuring Cherokee Purple tomatoes are a wonderful summertime meal. Blue Cheese salad dressing is my condiment of choice:

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Will any of those tomatoes sill be available for our first tailgate on 9/7/19? :eek:
 
Downsized this year because of time commitments to other things. But we have onions, tomatoes, squash, garden peas, and and various herbs. Our basil is doing the best it's ever done this year.
 
left_hook_lacey said:
Downsized this year because of time commitments to other things. But we have onions, tomatoes, squash, garden peas, and and various herbs. Our basil is doing the best it's ever done this year.
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Same here with the basil. I literally cannot eat it quickly enough, and I use it on everything.

First squash came out overnight, first pepper about a week ago. I've got green tomatoes coming out of the woodwork, it's gonna be a saucy summer.
 
One of the benefits of my Open Lawn policy (anything that grows is welcome, not gonna fertilize or poison stuff) is that I have about a 50 yard strip of thyme which grows on part of my lawn....if you ever need a few pounds of thyme and happen to be in my neighborhood, do stop by....nice flowers, doesn't grow high, thyme is a very nice yard citizen...
 
OldPhiKap said:
Same here with the basil. I literally cannot eat it quickly enough, and I use it on everything.

First squash came out overnight, first pepper about a week ago. I've got green tomatoes coming out of the woodwork, it's gonna be a saucy summer.
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Same here. Mrs. Lefthook chops it up and adds oil and other herbs and spices and freezes it into cubes in ice trays. Then, when we cook, just pop a cube out and throw it in the pot, or when I smoke something like salmon, I'll lay a few cubes on top and let it melt.
 
Purchase of a fishing boat has slowed down my gardening for this year, but I did get my tomatoes in the ground on schedule in a bid to recreate something similar to last year's crop. Other than that, I have basil and parsley planted and being defended from the snails with rosemary, fennel, thyme being perennials in this climate. Also have rhubarb which is evergreen here.
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BigWayne said:
Purchase of a fishing boat has slowed down my gardening for this year, but I did get my tomatoes in the ground on schedule in a bid to recreate something similar to last year's crop. Other than that, I have basil and parsley planted and being defended from the snails with rosemary, fennel, thyme being perennials in this climate. Also have rhubarb which is evergreen here.
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Nice. You must have planted in March to have the tomatoes turning red already?

Something is eating my sage, not sure what. Squirrels?
 
OldPhiKap said:
Nice. You must have planted in March to have the tomatoes turning red already?

Something is eating my sage, not sure what. Squirrels?
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That's last year's pic. Plants are only 1-3 feet now and no fruit yet. They grow about 8 feet high by August. Our summer season is shifted here by 6-8 weeks from the southeast. Average high this week is 70 and low is 52. If I get a ripe tomato by July 1st, that is early. However, I usually still have ripe ones on Thanksgiving day.
 
BigWayne said:
That's last year's pic. Plants are only 1-3 feet now and no fruit yet. They grow about 8 feet high by August. Our summer season is shifted here by 6-8 weeks from the southeast. Average high this week is 70 and low is 52. If I get a ripe tomato by July 1st, that is early. However, I usually still have ripe ones on Thanksgiving day.
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Ok, sorry if it missed that. Will try to take a few photos tomorrow. Tomatoes coming in like gangbusters. Changes all the soil in all pots this year, improved drainage, etc. Didn’t plant until mid-April but everything is just banging right now.
 
BigWayne said:
Purchase of a fishing boat has slowed down my gardening for this year, but I did get my tomatoes in the ground on schedule in a bid to recreate something similar to last year's crop. Other than that, I have basil and parsley planted and being defended from the snails with rosemary, fennel, thyme being perennials in this climate. Also have rhubarb which is evergreen here.
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that's like the Berlin Wall of Tomatoes...Tear Down That Wall Mr Big Wayne!
 
So here's my garden, since I am finally starting to harvest a few things. I do everything in containers, which is great for weeding, not so great for maintenance free watering. And, when you are in a literal drought with back to back to back 90+ degree days, it is very high maintenance.
I know our city water is pretty acidic, so I use rain water as much as often. To make that work, I have three rain barrels. Two are fed by gutters, and the third is simply emptied into by one barrel when it is full. I can fill a watering can very easily, and my garden is small enough that it is not too time consuming to soak everything.
When it all runs dry, I have to rely on our hose. Bleah.
Anyway, long story short, I am going to be doing some canning this weekend. I've got lots of cucumbers to pickle, and banana peppers ready to go. There are over 50 green tomatoes staring at me, and I'm looking forward to putting them all in jars. By summer's end, I should have about 3x that yield.
I do have one "patio" cherry tomato plant going, simply because I love to snack on them as I water and feed everything.

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