what you gonna grow for this season !!!

Intrinsic · Post by **Intrinsic** » Sun Jul 14, 2013 11:57 am

Bell peppers
Two bell pepper beds with something new this year using concrete wire mesh. The circular ones worked so well with tomatoes. Rather then tie up from a center stake, just slide in and out sticks for support, easy no fuss.
All orange bell, separate from the other peppers for uncontaminant seed production.

Main bell pepper bed, yellow and red bell, with Maricone and Banana sweet chilies in the back.

dill786 · Post by **dill786** » Sun Jul 14, 2013 1:29 pm

wow!! the bell peppers are really coming along...

nature is amazing...

i have noticed the lack of bee activity in my garden in the last two seasons....

my pumpkins are no getting pollinated it seems, the blooms open up early in the mornings and close up during the day,

Intrinsic · Post by **Intrinsic** » Mon Jul 15, 2013 1:29 pm

Yeah nature is Amazing. I love it when I leave for a few days and see the change ya don’t always notice day to day,

Sorry to here the bees are still short there. This year been purty good for bees here, not like 5 years ago, But better. And the oregano flowering has been a major attraction for the bees this year. I think that is why the zuccs are taking off cause of good pollination, a hypothesis.

Ever think of hand pollinating yer pumpkins by hand. After all they are monoecious, separate male and female flowers, ought to be easy to do

dill786 · Post by **dill786** » Wed Jul 24, 2013 11:08 am

these are the carrot seeds i sowed in the pumpkin patch a lot later than the ones in pots, these are ready to pull out.. after my little nephew ate one and told me " carrots are sweet and crunchy i want more"

( i am fasting so not had the chance to taste them just yet)

the ones in the pots i sowed a lot earlier but they are still immature

i think the pumpkins might have been pollinated, coz usually if they have not been pollinated they stay yellow and then wither away and die, but these are bigger and turning green..

Post by **Jesús Malverde** » Wed Jul 24, 2013 2:13 pm

I've never been sure what to do with pumpkins, besides making them into Halowe'en decorations for the front porch, but I discovered whilst in Italy that they can be made into an excellent soup called Zuppa di Zucca. Find your own recipe, or this one sounds good-- http://www.chefbikeski.com/?p=49" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

dill786 · Post by **dill786** » Sat Aug 03, 2013 9:34 am

updates*

pumpkins getting huge!!

red spring onions..

sweetcorn in the pumpkin patch..

Intrinsic · Post by **Intrinsic** » Sun Aug 04, 2013 1:30 pm

Dang dill ! Love the onions .. red spring onions eh? I think I want to try some of those.
Are ya doing more planting of ;em? Grow quick?

Ok I gotta go work on the garden so I’ll bring back some pics …

dill786 · Post by **dill786** » Sun Aug 04, 2013 4:13 pm

thanks bro, they taste really nice too. i grew them in small pot, i really wish i sowed more... i sowed them in mid april indoors and harvested end of july..

hundred-wight pumkins.. still growing

bentech · Post by **bentech** » Sun Aug 04, 2013 4:20 pm

i learned to make a basic soup with butternut squash several years ago
squash onion garlic potatos and finished with cream if you got it

you can make this soup wiht anything squash

so i keep my eye out for all the differents

Intrinsic · Post by **Intrinsic** » Sun Aug 04, 2013 7:46 pm

Today’s pickings,

Sweet peppers, red bell in center, green Maricone on the sides and yellow banana chilies starting to turn color.

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Butternut squash