hi all! i've missed you, but have been soooo buzy! haven't had much time to take pics this year, but here's a few of one of our gardens i took yesterday...remember, we're up north and behind most of you in progress... peppers... http://www.imageuploads.net/ims/pic.php ... o&i=172175 eggplants... http://www.imageuploads.net/ims/pic.php ... o&i=172174 hollyhocks...these come up every year... http://www.imageuploads.net/ims/pic.php ... o&i=172171 http://www.imageuploads.net/ims/pic.php ... o&i=172172 really tall one...over 8 feet... http://www.imageuploads.net/ims/pic.php ... o&i=172173 red swan beans... http://www.imageuploads.net/ims/pic.php ... o&i=172177 Ezeer Perennial Wheat (second year and weird looking)... http://www.imageuploads.net/ims/pic.php ... o&i=172185 http://www.imageuploads.net/ims/pic.php ... o&i=172186 our perennial Mountaineer Rye ready to harvest... http://www.imageuploads.net/ims/pic.php ... o&i=172168 http://www.imageuploads.net/ims/pic.php ... o&i=172167 Multistar peas & Tuscan Kale ..... http://www.imageuploads.net/ims/pic.php ... o&i=172194 yellow stuffer tomato... http://www.imageuploads.net/ims/pic.php ... o&i=172193 potatoes and dry beans... http://www.imageuploads.net/ims/pic.php ... o&i=172195 rye, cukes, and toms... http://www.imageuploads.net/ims/pic.php ... o&i=172196 Belgium Farmer's Beefsteak... http://www.imageuploads.net/ims/pic.php ... o&i=172198" red miracle corn... http://www.imageuploads.net/ims/pic.php ... o&i=172190 red miracle corn gorgeous tassels... http://www.imageuploads.net/ims/pic.php ... o&i=172191 and, saving the best for last, hubby having fun on his mower/ scooter/thingy...:O) http://www.imageuploads.net/ims/pic.php ... o&i=172213
You certainly have been busy! What a huge gardening area you have. Looks like soon you will be up to your ears in produce.
Your going to have veggies out your ears before long.Your garden is looking great and shows the hard work you have put into it.
You definitely aren't behind my gardens progress bunkie! In fact, you look a little ahead. Love the tassels on your red miracle corn
Thanks for all the pics, Bunkie. Sorry you've been so busy, but these fotos make up for it. hahaha Everything looks good there.
WOW I can see what's been keeping you busy!! Your garden is lovely Bunkie and it looks as though your going to get some bumper crops from it soon. Love the flower photographs too. :-D
Bunkie, your garden is amazing. Hope you have lots of help putting them all up. Enjoy the fruits of your labor.
thanks every one! reading your lovely comments put a smile on my face....i think i can go out in the heat now and work some more! btw, with the Red Miracle Corn, i tried something new this year. i planted it in 6-7 inch homemade paper pots very early, then transplanted when the ground was warm enough....which was very late this year. it gave the plants a good head start!
Fantastic! We grew purple beans again this year, I think they are called "Royal Burgundy". They out performed both my green and yellow beans in previous years so that's all I plant now. They turn green when they are cooked.
Your Ezeer Perennial Wheat is quite intriquing. Has it met your expectations? It is definitely something I would like to grow. Where did you find the seed?
Looking good, Bunkie. I hope that they will go ahead and form lots of beans for you before the frost comes. Mine are almost finished now, so I ccan enjoy seeing yours. Way t'go!
thanks sjoerd! i've been canning for a couple weeks now, the purple and some green beans. those in the pic above are giant beans (dried beans). a friend in Canada gave me 5 seeds and they're producing giant pods! they're called 'GROS JACQUOT DE SOISSON' OR ''HARICOT DE SOISSON'. i'm so excited! here's a pics of them my friend posted... http://i307.photobucket.com/albums/nn31 ... _id161.jpg jewell, i bought the seed from Peters Seed and Research here: http://www.psrseed.com/ they were out of it last year, but are supposed to have some next year, this next season. i restarted a thread on 'grain' where i updated my progress (the old thread was locked). netty, the purple pole beans are fast becoming our favorite too! we grew 'TRIOFO VIOLETO POLE' this year for the first time from a friend in Canada, and it beat all the purple pod varieties we've grown and some others we've tried. the plants produced and are still producing over 9 inch purple beans that are a 1/2 inch wide, and so tender and tasty. i've been canning them for a couple of weeks now too. got lots of large 'bumpy' beans i'm saving for seed for trade and next year. took a few more pics the other day... my BIG beans... http://www.imageuploads.net/ims/pic.php ... o&i=173334 trellis beans... http://www.imageuploads.net/ims/pic.php ... o&i=174142 dried beans... http://www.imageuploads.net/ims/pic.php ... o&i=174144 Mr. Bruno Tomato... http://www.imageuploads.net/ims/pic.php ... o&i=174200 Nineveh, the tomato seed from Iraq... http://www.imageuploads.net/ims/pic.php ... o&i=174201 striped tom....have to look up name... http://www.imageuploads.net/ims/pic.php ... o&i=174202 tom and peppers... http://www.imageuploads.net/ims/pic.php ... o&i=174203
More great fotos, Bunkie. It is so nice to see what you are growing. Congrats on your successes. Very nice. That's an interesting bean, JACQUOT DE SOISSON. Is it the idea to grown them for the beans inside the pod, or does one cut the pods in pieces and cook bean, pod and all--like regular beans? I saw iun the bpic that you canned the bean"seeds" only, but I was just wondering if that was the only way to to it.
