Garden 2024

[Thaleia]

Any hot sauce basic tips?

Never made any before but I have a smallish crop of peppers that I don't really know what to do with.

Bunch of tiny thai chilis and some Hungarian hot wax (plus some sweet big daddy, but those will be used for other things assuming they manage to ripen in time).

Also a bunch of tomatillos.

Haven't tried any of this guys hot sauce recipes that I didn't like. https://www.chilipeppermadness.com/c...es/hot-sauces/

[gravitylover]

What did you accomplish while having your morning coffee? Good morning in the tomato thicket Raspberries too but I probably tossed 4X more than I kept. These things go from underripe to rotting SO quickly. There's that perfect moment when they're ready-to-eat before the ants get them but it's there and gone in what seems like minutes. I've taken to pulling them just before they're ready, rinsing them and letting them counter ripen.

[gravitylover]

These things are super tasty, like little candies when they're fully ripe. The skin is a little thick for such a small fruit but that's alright.

[Norseman]

First melon of the season made a perfect little dessert.

[gravitylover]

Perfect snacking size.

My basil, oregano and tomato with cheese made a few blocks away

[skaredshtles]

Perfect snacking size.

My basil, oregano and tomato with cheese made a few blocks away

The perfect summer salad. Absolutely perfect...

[shera]

Food porn, even cleaned the seeds off the tomato. I sure do want to eat that, maybe throw on some big sea salt flakes.

[S_jenks]

This summer has brought the bounty out here in the south sound. Never has this Montana boy grown so many things and harvested so much:

Haul from last week:



Yesterday:



Made some solid tomato sauce:



And zucchini-squash lasagna:



Couple other shots from the garden:

[Boissal]

Damn those artichokes are proud! I gave up trying after multiple seasons of enormous plants and zero fruits...

[S_jenks]

Damn those artichokes are proud! I gave up trying after multiple seasons of enormous plants and zero fruits...

I swear this area gives off garden of Eden vibes at times. A lot of green thumbs around here that has created an all-around solid local farming community.

[shera]

Harvesting potatoes gives me the same happy feeling as opening a wrapped present

[Thaleia]

Nice! Haven't done potatoes for a few years. For me harvesting them had a lottery feeling, not knowing what to expect.

[shera]

Yes, lottery!

No matter how many I grow, it's not enough. I'm planning a large area next year, right on top of my compost pile. I've been growing them in bags on the patio but I just tossed some onto the compost and they grew waaaay better. Maybe it's the heat coming up?

[gravitylover]

First rain in about 3 weeks made the strawberries very happy

[John_B]

We've got a frost warning coming up so I pulled the last of the green tomatoes. Probably 50 lbs of the damn things. If they could all ripen at the same time my pasta sauce making would be so much more convenient!

[skaredshtles]

We've got a frost warning coming up so I pulled the last of the green tomatoes. Probably 50 lbs of the damn things. If they could all ripen at the same time my pasta sauce making would be so much more convenient!

Consider planting some determinate varieties next season.

[BCMtnHound]

Season is winding down.

Probably the last of the Zuks


Beans were late but not a bad crop considering. A couple more dinners, probably done next weekend.


Celery, chard and parsley are happy with the cooler weather


Greenhouse has been awesome. Jalapeños still ripening

English cukes have been steady since June

Bells still going

Jungle of toms have been pruned right back. Keeping an eye on the overnight lows but still warm enough during the day to keep ‘em going.
Chilies are done, but still enjoying the stash in the fridge. Pulled the last of the muskmelons, first try with the cantaloupes were a success even if they were overshadowed by the toms.

Italian prunes got picked 2wks ago as the deer were leaving piles of pits on the lawn. Still a few left for fresh eating; most now dried or fruit leather.
Just waiting for first real frost for the apples, only one tree produced this year.

A bit cooler than previous years as far as growing degree days, and some items came late, but overall it’s been a very good season.

[gravitylover]

Tomatoes have nipples

[riser4]

I think that's a pecker.

[Cruiser]

^^^ Rorschach test

[gravitylover]

82° yesterday and 85° today It hasn't rained in over 7 weeks now, well two days that added up to .25", so after ~100" in 15 months we've gone desert dry. I've been watering so the garden just keeps producing although the raspberries are just dying off. I'm still pulling a couple of strawberries a day, tomatoes are still ripening and flowering putting on new ones! The Sungold and jewel tomatoes are going crazy but aren't as sweet, I don't think my well water is playing well with them.

[Thaleia]

Strawberries in late October? Wild stuff.

I grew a (tiny) watermelon. Hope it's edible.

French press for scale

[Boissal]

The average size of this year's canteloupes is about the same as an average tomato. Small fist, if that. Tasty but damn is it disappointing to see such tiny fruit. I can eat a giant canteloupe in one go, and I grumble if I have to share it. I have to go through 4 or 5 of the little guys before I feel content.

[gravitylover]

This is crazy at the end of October I got 2 beautiful Beefsteaks yesterday and had a dozen or so super sweet, naturally refrigerated strawberries this morning

[BCMtnHound]

Impressive. While the hard frosts haven’t yet hit, we are solidly stuck in single digit temps (C). With the cloud and rain, even the greenhouse is largely done. Just some greens, carrots, and beets still in the ground.

That said, the mushroom harvest this past couple weeks has been all-time! Lobsters and matsutake all over, in places I’ve never found them before.