2013 Garden

[Sawyer Rob]

More garden picts...

Today i dug the remainder of my garlic...here's the before,

And here's the after!

Most of the "heads" are huge, as are the heads of brocholi i've been cutting,

I also wanted a few potatoes to eat, so i pulled one of my Yukon Gold plants,

Many years ago i trans planted some brown cedar tree's along the road in front of my house. I see i have some "guards" out there too!

I don't think you'd want to mess around with these guys!!

That's it for this time...

SR

 

[Mike Cantolina]

Still getting loads of cucumbers & green beans. I got the corn and potatoes in late but they're coming along.

 

[farmer steve]

fall cole crops

heres the patch of cole crops for this fall. cabbage,broccoli, cauliflower white and orange,brussel sprouts and cauliflower romanesco.


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[tbow388]

Row

heres the patch of cole crops for this fall. cabbage,broccoli, cauliflower white and orange,brussel sprouts and cauliflower romanesco.


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Hey, On the second row to the left, 3/4 of the way down I see a plant out of line.
You need to start over.

 

[farmer steve]

Hey, On the second row to the left, 3/4 of the way down I see a plant out of line.
You need to start over.

just an optical illusion. plus the field isn't square.:hmm3grin2orange:

 

[Mike Cantolina]

Everyone I talk to around here is having trouble with tomatoes not ripening or at least taking much longer than usual.

Any thoughts on why this would be? It has been a wet year and other than one really hot week, colder than usual.

 

[Dalmatian90]

Any thoughts on why this would be?

Sure...

It has been a wet year and other than one really hot week, colder than usual.

There's your answer.

Wet isn't necessarily the problem other than potentially leaching nutrients and encouraging bad fungi. But if its raining, the sun ain't shining, which usually means its a cool day.

Most Toms need about 1300 growing degree-days to ripen from the time the fruit forms. Early varieties will get down in the 1000-1100 range.

GDD: (Daily High Fº + Daily Low Fº)/2 - 50

With an additional caveat for tomatoes -- highest high you use is 85 since above 85 they just hang out in the hammock sipping pina coladas instead of working to ripen.

My record worst, at least recorded in my notes, is getting my first ripe tomato on September 9th

I'd say this year is about average, to maybe a week behind schedule for me.

Edited:
1) It's the time from fruiting you need 1300 GDDs (said the wrong thing originally)
2) Looks like Harrisburg, PA currently you have to go back to June 20th to add up to 1300GDDs. So that's like 7 weeks on the vine the tomatoes are taking to ripen.

 

[Mike Cantolina]

Good post, thanks.

It's taking longer than seven weeks here but we are higher in elevation than Harrisburg.

 

[Mike Cantolina]

Finally got my first ripe tomatoes. They tasted better than ever.

 

[Sawyer Rob]

That's a good looking tomato...

I've been running mine through my Victoria strainer,

and canning them,

I've also been canning grn beans and dry beans,

And today i canned more sweetcorn,

We've been eating it for a while now,

I also dug a few more Yukon Golds too,

SR

 

[Dalmatian90]

That's a good looking tomato...

I've been running mine through my Victoria strainer,

Cheater

I have to core 'em and run them through the blender...I peeled the last batch, but I'm thinking with the garden tomatoes (well washed) as long as I cut off bad looking spots it should be fine.

Have figured out leaving the puree in mason jars for a bit separates out most of the water -- I then took a tygon tube and siphoned that out. Since I don't have toms coming in fast enough this week to make another batch of sauce, I'm freezing the puree till I have enough to cook up and can.

My "peak" for the big tomatoes was about a week and a half ago, but I should be getting a steady supply for at least another 3-4 weeks, probably till frost even.

 

[Sawyer Rob]

I thought i'd add another pict. here, as i can't edit my last post to add it in there.

I have some really nice tomatoes again this year, I picked two pails of them yesterday and canned some last night,

Actually, i mix two varieties when i can them, Big Boys and Roma's... The "meaty" Roma's have less juice, but still have a lot of flavour.

SR

 

[farmer steve]

fall stuff

heres what we're working on now.some indian corn and broom corn.
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[luckydozenfarm]

heres what we're working on now.some indian corn and broom corn.
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That's some good lookin indian corn!

 

[farmer steve]

That's some good lookin indian corn!

thanks LDF. Took those bunches to produce auction thurs. $3.00 bunch. a little more work than sweet corn but $12.00 doz. i won't b*&^h. birds hammered a lot of it but still plenty to pick.