The BT Garden Thread (Page 7)

Hmm....tricky situation.  Re-plant the cukes obviously.  In my experience they are weanies with any cold but soak up the heat like champs.  I had some cold nights, down in the 30s, but never another frost.  My Eggplant, peppers, and tomatoes looked like they took a lick, but they came back.  I fed them and picked any fruit that showed up for about a week so the plant could focus on getting some good foilage back.

Any nurseries around you still have tomato and pepper starts?  Might hold off for  a few days to see how they respond and go buy some starts if you need to.

We have had an incredible few weeks with or veggies this year.

Those look great!!  A green that Kermit would be jealous of!

I am sooooo close to picking my first hot peppers.  A few cayenne are about 4 inches long now, so just a little bigger and then let them ripen to red.  Got some deer sausage in the freezer waiting on it so I can make some hangover curing biscuits and gravy.  I really need to snap some more pictures now that the rest of my yard is in order.  

Speaking of which...

I spent the holiday weekend on the non-vege section of my flora.  Re-did my front beds, moved some azaleas, and all sorts of back breaking stuff in the heat.  Trying to give that house some curb appeal before we put it on the market.  I crashed in bed at 6:30 on Monday night and didn't wake up until 6:30 on Tuesday morning.  12 hours of glorious sleep!

Funny, I said that to a dude last night at the gym and he just looked depressed.

Picture updates...

My patio boxes and tomatoes. 

You can really see how big the Cherokee Purple has gotten in this one.  I had to stake down the cage for extra support.

A closer view of the patio boxes... The eggplant is taking off!

Poblanos!!!

View from the beer and cheese seat...

The yard boxes.... More eggplant and peppers (from habanero to sweet bell)

Looking good!

So jealous of the Broccoli... grew some last year.  Store bought broc tastes like mud to me now.  

Off of page 2 with my first pickings of the season!  We've got some 90 degree temps coming, so I decided to pull off some of the larger bell pepper fruits thinking the plants might do better off without them.  The smallest one there is about baseball size for reference.  Not huge, but certainly good enough for cooking.  

What's growing in the pots?  With enough food and a big enough pot, you can grow just about anything.

Next year, in a new house and backyard, I'm going to put some time, effort, and money into some permanent tomato boxes with a nice looking wood cage.  Then use them to grow some greens during the "cold" season.