While we were on vacation lots of things popped up in the garden. Mostly weeds, which I spent the day pulling. But we also got a lot of tomatoes and peppers suddenly ripe. We missed a fair number of them while we were gone, but more keep coming so that's okay. I also decided to dig up our potatoes since the tops had died off a while ago. I got a whole bowlful of potatoes from just a handful of seed potatoes so I think I did okay. Some of them were small so perhaps I should have left them longer. Next year I may do a larger hill and see what happens.
No. Cucumbers aren't supposed to get that big. These were hiding amongst the tomatoes and didn't get picked when they should have. I may make some refrigerator pickles out of these. I fed one that was REALLY huge to the chickens and they devoured the seeds and pulp -- leaving nothing but the outer shell.
Claire was also very proud of her watermelon which we grew from a sad little plant that she brought home from preschool in a paper cup. I put it in the ground not expecting it to survive, but we now have a little watermelon. I was going to wait a bit longer to see if it got bigger, but while weeding today I noticed it had a slight crack on the bottom. I decided it was ready to pick. It's chilling in the fridge right now, so perhaps the tasting will occur tomorrow.
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For some reason, I just can't grow peppers. Every year I try and every year I fail. This year, I thought I'd try one more time. In a moment of frustration, I pulled the bell pepper plans out a few weeks ago. The chili peppers went two weeks ago. The jalapenos have actually produced a few little peppers, so they're still more or less in my good graces. For now.
Our tomatoes, however, are going gangbusters. And we have loads of edamame. Enough, in fact, that I'll be freezing some of our bounty.
I was at Southern States yesterday and they said they'd have fall veggie plants soon. I can't believe it's time to think about lettuce and broccoli and whatnot.
It all looks good, Dave. Especially Claire's watermelon--I hope all of you enjoyed it.
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