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[BoardGirl Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close BoardGirl]

I have one of those, it is fast, but the mice are constantly chewing through the screening on the bottom of it. make sure you get someting tougher than regular screening to block the hole in the bottom.
If you leave anything longer than 3 days without moving it, the mice build a nest in it.

Hmmm, interesting. There's no screening on this and no real accessible hole - are you talking about the draining slats? Mice can make themselves very flat, right? In that case I think they could get in there. I've never seen mice here, chipmunks and squirrels are our "small rodent" varieties. Thanks for the tip, I'll watch for signs of critters trying to break in.

Y'all are making me hungry for fresh veggies!!! And motivating me!

It's been chilly and wet here but wasn't raining when I got home so worked another 4x4 ft area in the front planter and got some more bulbs in. I'm hoping for some actual HEAT to get those tomatoes jump started. Best we've had is 2 days in the mid70s and probably 6" rain in the last 2 weeks. My poor lettuce was SWIMMING.

Never fails, right after I get veggies in, the "helicopters" start falling from the trees. Been picking those out.

Forgot to mention that in the past couple weekends I've been able to dig out a few more walnut trees in that back garden. One I eventually had to get the hatchet and chop away at the roots. took me an hour to get that bugger out of the ground and I really wanted to hoist it in the air at my victory, but it was way too heavy, so I just dragged it to the burn pile, cursed it, and threw it in.

The back plot, maybe 20' x 30', had not been worked in maybe 10 years when we bought the place so getting it completely cleared has been a chore and every year I manage to dig out a few more too-hardy walnut trees. They are horrible when trying to grow tomatoes. Asparagus is one of those things I'm waiting to have more clearing before they get their forever home.

Don't you love going by the produce section of the grocery store and laughing at the prices??!?! HA HA HA, my tomatoes cost $1.39 for 4 plants and they want $1.89 a pound?!??

[falmouth3 Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close falmouth3]

I don't have a sunny enough yard to have a veggie garden anymore.

I planted to heirloom tomatoes in pots last weekend, but it's been too darn cold. I lost the basil and coriander that I planted 2 weeks ago. I've been bringing my tomatoes out each morning and bringing them in at night.

The main thing I'm doing is squishing those darn red beetles who love my lilies. Found quite a few pairs mating - hoping that squishing them lets me have that many fewer beetles this year.

Sue

[shaggy Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close shaggy]

Just today I planted petunias and some sort of calediums. I also bought w hanging baskets. I ordered some weird things off of Spring Hill yesterday and that's hopefully all I do other than plant one or two tomato plants. shaggy

[RESORT2ME Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close RESORT2ME]

[quote=vintner;230413]I figured by now I would have seen someone posting ... Maybe I am missing the forum that it goes in, or maybe it is just left for the garden websites.

Nothing. ...
Well, that is it from my garden.[quote=vintner;230413]

It may very well be that everyone is gardening and not posting about it... so it would seem.

We are going light on veggies this year. Lots of shrubs and flower beds have been installed and more to do.
Have redone the outer front yard and built berm type mound on street side of wrap around drive. Will be covered with assortment of plants and flowers with many creeping juniper on lower bank, ending with ornimental grass and rip-rap rocks as curbing effect.

Installed two yard faucets last fall, so water will be available out-front this year.

Overhead electric and phone lines are now underground, so outlawn grass can be put in as soon as new soil dries enough to spread and rake it. Had much welcome rain so far but it could stand to slack off a bit.

The ran-over leg is recouperating faster then expected. I was something to witness, pouring concrete while on crutches. At least I was trying to help. The yard-shed walls are ready for siding as soon as we can get the rafters on.

DD has planted many tomato, pepper and cuke plants. We hope there's plenty for us and the animals. We talk of covering or fencing but no action taken so for.

I'm glad SIL likes mulching and edging.

Will have to take pictures to show when yard grass gets to growing.

[vintner Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close vintner]

Season is wrapping up, started poor for me with the lack of rain.

My eggplant went dormant. Just a couple weeks ago, after much rain, it finally flowered. That is far too late in the season, so it will be pulled up in a couple more weeks and go into the compost pile with the pepper plant that didn’t do anything.

The tomatoes were slow to start, but now they keep coming. We are harvesting every couple days. I have had my share of BLTs this year, love my BLTs. The ‘Romeo’ tomatoes that haven't been eaten have been stripped of seeds and then the flesh frozen. Sometime in the next couple weeks, I will pull all the frozen tomatoes from the freezer and throw into a pot with some other veggies. Have a couple V8 juice style recipes that I will blend into something that I like. Will have several pots going to reduce the juice down to a little thicker blend. I hope to can about 14 pints, maybe more if the cold holds off a little longer.

Next year, potatoes, squash, tomatoes and any thing else that comes to me in the cold dark days of winter. But...next year I start them earlier.

[tonyg Goomba & Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close tonyg]

Getting chilly nights here and expect a damaging frost at the end of the week. The mini crop of corn is past being edible and the stalks are awaiting an October cut for halloween decor. Great year for peppers and I'm still picking a few daily. Both types of summer squash are nearly dead, tho I'm still getting a few patti pan. Still have Kohlrabi and a second crop is nearly ready. Late planting of mex. parsley is ready. Pulled nearly all the onions which are now drying for storage. The Only tomatoes left are grape tomatoes and there still are hundreds left to pick if not thousands. The Roma beans are beyond mature and I'm shelling as many as time permits for soups/stews. Cucumbers are long gone and I'm picking carrots as needed for now. Still have a bit of lettuce out there ready to eat. It was a pretty good year for the garden despite the heat and the excessive rain (up over 18" ytd).

[vintner Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close vintner]

You did well Tony. Nice variety and sounds like a good crop.

[3kids4me Super Moderator and Super Mom Find all posts View Profile Close 3kids4me]

I don't garden so I'm waiting for Tony to send me my white zucchini.

[Elan Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Elan]

My garden this year consisted of tomatoes, cukes and peppers. Everything did pretty well, but I was a little disappointed in the tomatoes. I planted Celebrities like I did last year, but our growing season was weird this year (late to get going, then very hot). Still picking everything at this point, although I am sick of cucumbers. For the amount of area they take up, I'm not sure they're worth it. I plan on taking out some more lawn for a larger more permanent garden spot next year. Unfortunately, I may need to relocate my blackberry plants that I just put in this spring.

[shaggy Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close shaggy]

No veggies but my flowers were beautiful!! shaggy

[tonyg Goomba & Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close tonyg]

Haven't grown white zucchini yet- didn't know there was such a critter. I do sometimes grow white cucumbers and have grown golden beets, purple beans, orange tomatoes, chocolate peppers and lemon cucumbers.

I don't garden so I'm waiting for Tony to send me my white zucchini.

[vintner Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close vintner]

I am now finished with my 2008 garden, and have thoughts of the 2009 garden.

I just finished canning 3 gallons of a V8 juice, my best batch. I did it as 5 quarts and the rest in pints. I love that pop of a lid sealing on a canning jar. Started making the juice yesterday, finished today with the canning.

Now I am going to make cornish game hens to finish the day.

[tonyg Goomba & Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close tonyg]

Clean up time here with carrots still to be harvested along with a few kohlrabi and some stray onions.

[JoAnn Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close JoAnn]

DH & DD are about done planting their garden here. DD had to build an additional box (3' x 12') for the extra she wants to put in. So far they have about 12 tomato plants, some green peppers, carrots, okra, beets, collard greens, egg plant, a couple of different kinds of squash, snap peas, green & wax beans, broccoli & cauliflower and heaven only knows what else. Looks as though we'll be eating this winter.