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how did your garden do this year?

AbbeyD said:
Mine didn't go so well this year. I had lots of lettuce earlier in the summer -- then it got too hot and it got bitter so I pulled it out. I had beautiful tomato plants, but the a$$hole deer came and ATE the tomato plants and young tomatoes/blossoms and knocked the rest of the plants down. I don't know what's going on with the cucumber plants but I don't have a single cucumber growing .. lots of blossoms but no cucumbers. I also planted butternut squash and zucchini, but they didn't make it.

Not so good this year and I had such high hopes : (
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Aw, that's no way to talk about Bambi. :giggles:


(easy for me to say since I have no garden for them to destroy)
 
My basil did extremely well in 1 pot.

So, um. What do you guys do with basil?


BTW, there is a bug out there that is eating little holes in EVERY plant in my front yard and now I see signs of it in my pot garden (no, not that pot). WTF is it?
 
Tazznum1 said:
My basil did extremely well in 1 pot.

So, um. What do you guys do with basil?


BTW, there is a bug out there that is eating little holes in EVERY plant in my front yard and now I see signs of it in my pot garden (no, not that pot). WTF is it?
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Pesto silly. Cookie has a recipe she loves. I'll tell her to post it.
 
Tazznum1 said:
My basil did extremely well in 1 pot.

So, um. What do you guys do with basil?


BTW, there is a bug out there that is eating little holes in EVERY plant in my front yard and now I see signs of it in my pot garden (no, not that pot). WTF is it?
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Basil - grind up in your food processor with olive oil and garlic. Freezes well. Add ground pine nuts or walnuts after thawing, couple hours before you plan to use. Pesto!

Holes in leaves is probably snails or slugs. If you sneak up on your plants at night with a flashlight you will be able to see them if they are present. Mist with beer. If that doesn't solve it, put a can of chewing tobacco in a gallon of water and mist the plants with that. A weak dish-soap mix (think play bubble mix) sprayed on the leaves can help.

If you see black beetles try matchsticks placed head-down in the soil. Or diatomaceeous (sp?) earth. If you take a leaf into a garden center they can probably tell you the best remedy to use.
 
SLUGS!!!! I seen them about 2 weeks ago for the first time. It was on my screen door after a heavy rain. Those little ****s.

I'll try the chewing tobacco thingy and spray everything down this weekend.
 
I ♥♥♥ basil! I've used this recipe for yearsssssssssss.... my sister and I would bring home bags... boxes..... of basil from my dad's garden..... 35 plants he grew for us last summer ..... I'd get the boys to snipping the leaves and get a production line set up in the kitchen.... it was pesto for EVERYBODY :hiphip:

- 3 cloves garlic
- 2 cups fresh basil leaves
- 1/4 cup pine nuts or walnuts
- 1 tsp salt
- 1/4 tsp pepper
- 3/4 olive oil
- 3 oz fresh grated Parmesan

In blender or food processor, combine garlic, basil leaves, nuts, salt, pepper and oil. Puree. Add grated cheese and mixing thoroughly. Use immediately or cover with plastic wrap, since pesto burns brown if exposed to air. Serve as a sauce for pasta. Use it to flavor soups, meats or stews. Freeze it in an ice cube tray for an easy pasta sauce later.

My notes:

Pine nuts cost about $25/lb. :faint: Often found at Costo or Sams for a little cheaper. I used half pine nuts/half walnuts and was happy with the results.

While best fresh, pesto lasts monthssssssssss in the fridge in a jar.

If you're not going to use it right away, don't add the Parmesan until later. Actually, I've gotten used to it with no Parmesan at all, since DH is VIOLENTLY opposed to it.

Bon Appetit!
 
Probably goes without saying, but basil is :drool: clipped onto green salads..... or use the leaves whole on a fresh mozzarella and tomato sammich..... or on ANY sammich :bliss:
 
This is our first year and our pumpkins did great the vines are overtaking our yard and we will have 8-10 pumpkins. Beans did good in the beginning but not so much anymore. We had 6 ears of awesome looking corn. Tomatoes are still green (well one red but it is rotten because it sat on the ground) Carrots are doing OK and the peppers don't seem to want to take off. Oh we have two watermelons, they look small and I have no faith in them. DH says just give them time.
 
melo597 said:
This is our first year and our pumpkins did great the vines are overtaking our yard and we will have 8-10 pumpkins.
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Pumpkins must be really, really easy cause a couple years ago I grew some and didn't know it. A pumpkin got squished and left in my front flower bed (behind bushes) after Halloween. Then the next year vines started growing. I didn't know what they were and almost ripped them out until my Mom saw them and told me what they are. I think we got 3 pumpkins. :lol: The kids loved watching them grow. :cartwheel:
 
MommyBeth04 said:
Broccoli question....at what point to they start to grow the flower bunches? I planted a little broccoli for the first time this year. I have only 2 good sized plants, so I won't get much, but one of them is about 2 feet tall with huge leaves and no sign what-so-ever of the flowers starting. Any thoughts or suggestions?
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First time growing broccoli myself. I thought the plants were getting big with no bunches- then when it hit a certain size-boom- there they were. Don't wait too long to harvest they don't get too big before they start to flower. I don't think I'll grow them again. They take up too much room for what you get from them.
 
skincarekathy said:
Cecropia wait to harvest your spagetti squash until the rind is hard, then season at room temp for 2 weeks, then store in your cool basement or root cellar (50 degrees or so). Store with them not touching each other and as long as they don't freeze they should last all winter.
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I picked one because it was starting to turn yellowish compared to the others. We haven't eaten it yet. I guess I'd say the rind is hard but I'm just a newbie to winter squash (that is, winter squash that didn't die mid-summer from squash bugs/borers). Does color not matter? Is it too early to harvest them?
 
Just got done picking my onions and getting them ready for storage over winter. Total was 57, a little low but still not to bad.
 
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