@chuckwood. have you ever grown the burgandy okra?
@chuckwood. have you ever grown the burgandy okra?
lookin good Charlie. what variety? been pickin some here too. gonna have to put row cover on them tonite as they are calling for frost. fall beans are the best.Late snaps anyone. Here's some we planted after the potatoes were dug, turning out pretty good so far. We picked 2 buckets yesterday, and the helper picked 4 more today and there should be about 6 more to pick.
i thought they were turnips but i couldn't enlarge the pic to tell for sure. mine are growing so fast that i can hardly keep after picking them before they get to big.Steve, did you notice the turnip patch? Not as big as yours but it looks good so far, What you think?
here's a pic of some of the things i took to produce auction yesterday and a pic of my market basket i entered in the local fair last weekend.
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Picked a half bushel of 'Big Mama' lima beans today. Seed from Burpee Seed. The coin in the photo is a quarter. Been saving Dr. Martin for seed only and should have a few to spare for next year.
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The Big Mamas are huge. We had a hard freeze last night that caught me by surprise, and I was up till 4 am picking limas. I figure I've got 6 bushels. I'm getting ready to go out and get the rest of the tomatoes, assuming they're not ruined by the freeze last night, but the vines are already dead. I've got friends that use green tomatoes for frying and making salsa. View attachment 538391 View attachment 538392 View attachment 538393 View attachment 538394 What is left now that's still going strong is broccoli, some cabbage, and a lot of brussels sprouts. The sprouts seem to be the most freeze resistant of all the plants in the cabbage family. I usually wait until January to pick them. Here's a few pics of what's left of garden '16. We had a hot summer with no rain, and are currently experiencing a lot of forest fires here in the Smokies area. Worst drought since '54 they say. But I had the best okra crop ever and gave over half of it away. It seems that okra loves heat, and doesn't need much in the way of water. I mulched my okra patch very heavy with last year's leaves, up to around a foot deep, and that kept the moisture in the soil despite the drought. I've also included a pic of what's left of my okra patch.
Nice, A lot of bean shelling there. We got that frost also. Do I see a golden in the pictures?
Yeah, she's my garden helper - she kills groundhogs! Got six hogs this year.
Picked a half bushel of 'Big Mama' lima beans today. Seed from Burpee Seed. The coin in the photo is a quarter. Been saving Dr. Martin for seed only and should have a few to spare for next year.
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PM. me if you have about 18 left to spare.
Thanks, Charlie
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