[cjr]

Two weeks ago we ate our first garden produce, a spaghetti squash...it was delish. Last night we had green and yellow beans, yum. I picked some young leeks to make a vegie broth for beet soup. My inlaws gave us a bunch of beats and potatoes from their garden, and a zuccinni which will be made into chocolate bread today. We picked apples from their trees and I made apple cider and today that cider will be made into apple cinnamon jelly.

This is my first garden and I am so proud of the production I am getting.

 

[Wolfmeis]

new potatoes, onions, tomatoes (just starting to come ripe), green beans, zucchini and maybe a brocolli or a squash.

 

[Jenn_M]

green beans, cucumbers, tomatoes, and green peppers

I didn't get as much in as I had planned, but I just planted again for fall so in a month or two I should have kale, spinach, various lettuces, more beans, and peas!

 

[MidwifeErika]

I have been getting green beans, snap peas, and zucchini. Everything else still has a long ways to go before it will be ready as I planted so late. Today I made zucchini bread, it is cooling right now and I am just waiting to be able to cut into it!!! Yum!

 

[Throkmorton]

Corn, all 7 acres are coming ripe and we have had some for dinner every night for 2 weeks.
But other than that (I am really sick of corn) we have butternut, hubbard, patty pan and spaghetti squash, beets, swiss chard, okra, zucchini, potatoes, not-quite-ready peppers (I eat them anyways) and I spotted my first ripe tomato yesterday.
Oh, and my neighbor brought me 100lbs of plums. Can I count hers too?
I think it's just about time for me to break out the canning equipment! What am I going to do with all this stuff?

 

[Owen'nZoe]

Oh my heavens, Throkmorton, I can't even imagine! My whole garden this year was 4'x8'!!! LOL! And my son would be in toddler heaven if we had 7 acres of corn!

Our beans are just about done, but we did have really nice green beans for the past month. I'm also still harvesting kale - I have no idea what is going on with it, but it just doesn't ever seem to bolt, so we've had an unending supply the whole spring and summer (I use it once or twice a week, which is all my family will tolerate). My husband asked me not to plant so much next year, but I really only planted 4 seeds.

Right now, I have tomatoes, tons of basil, the aforementioned kale, carrots, and the cucumbers are just about to start.

 

[jenn5388]

Oh boy! I get to talk about my garden! lol

I have strawberries and Greenbeans that I pick daily.. for the longterm things I have Cucumbers, Carrots, Corn, tomatos and Pumpkins.

Pictures!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...0/PDR_0038.jpg

Close up of my big pumpkin!

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As you can tell, i'm most proud of my pumpkins. lol

next year i'll know better than to put our pumpkins in the same area as the rest of the things.

 

[EFmom]

Next to nothing. Our garden has been nearly a wash out this year. Even my zukes died before producing.

I've gotten a couple of white eggplants, a handful of green beans and tons of basil. My tomatoes aren't nearly ripe yet.

 

[reen]

this site is so awesome. im totally new here, and more than willing to share.

my strawberries and radishes, red onions and potatoes are done. right now i have zuchinni, tomatoes, bell and jalapeno peppers, wax and green beans, and the aforementioned cukes, which i need to pick sooner, because w/the lack of water, theyre getting old on the vine fast. broccolis about done, red cabbage too, and im waiting on my limas. i dont think my melons made it, because i havent seen any and the cukes choked everyone else out (give them lots of room!)

i did wonder if its too late to plant more peas? im in southern PA, and would love to get another crop of them and some more greens. any ideas?

thanks, reen

 

[mesecina]

I haven't visited here before, but saw this in New Posts. We're still getting a few beans, and there's probably one more salad's worth of lettuce. The tomatoes are starting to ripen ( I picked two big ones, and half a dozen cherry tomatoes today). Most of my greens just didn't grow this year. But the most exciting is that we have a cantaloupe that's probably 6 inches in diameter! I don't know how long it will be until it's ripe - I've never grown melons before.

This is in two 4-foot square SFGs, by the way.

 

[serenetabbie]

Welcome to MDC reen

I am in PA too, but in the NE. I would say, plant more peas! I plan to put in some more lettuce and spinach this week. Depending where you are you could be a whole zone & 1/2 warmer than me

I pulled out the long jammie pants here this week, the nights are getting chilly!

We just finished eating the green beans. For some reason I don't like frozen/canned green beans, so I this year I only planted enough for us to eat while they came ripe. Turns out a 6 foot row of bush beans is just perfect. We had green beans every few days for the past month. I also discovered that at this point in our lives, three cucumber plants is perfect. Perhaps if we ate a lot of pickles I would grow more, but we don't. Last year I canned a bunch and while they were good, I ended up giving them away.

The wild blackberries are great this year, as big as my thumb and juicy as can be. I made a batch of jam out of the ones we picked Wednesday and froze the rest. It is looking like I will not have to buy store jam at all this winter

We have a lot of beautiful bell peppers waiting to be picked, as well as hot cherry peppers. The eggplants are not looking so hot (they were the sale ones at the end of the spring at the nursery), so I am not expecting anything from them. The potatoes are doing fantastically, as are the carrots and tomatoes. We have only had one or two ripe 'maters a day thus far, but the vines are loaded and soon I will be very busy

The sunflowers are starting to look like they are turning to seed, but they are so tall it is hard for me to really see what is going on up there. Next year I will grow a shorter sunflower. These are impressive though! The herbs are doing great, I had to go pinch the flowers off the other day

I left one broccoli to go to seed just to see if I can grow them next year... I never tried to save seeds before, so this is all new territory to me. Last year I "planted" whole over ripe tomatoes in the garden (read; left them to rot under mulch) and this year I had a lot of volunteers, enough to give away to three friends and still keep a few, so that gives me hope

 

[OakBerry]

My garden isn't doing as good as previous years, I wonder if it was all the rain in early summer... It's been a bad year for garden pests too here.

Our green beans were ready in early July an are done now. We are enjoying cucumbers and basil right now. The tomatoes are just starting to get red, I can't wait! My bell peppers look stunted and if they ever ripen I'll be surprised.

 

[Red]

Man, I can't wait for those tomatoes to ripen!

We have cukes, a giant zuke, loads of basil, green beans, jalapenos.

My sweet pepper plants are still tiny.

I never seem to have enough tomatoes!

 

[richella]

We mostly only have tomatoes. I was excited for corn, but wave upon wave of bugs got it. I opened one ear and it had about a dozen nice juicy plump kernels in a whole 5-inch ear. The rest were eaten. Green beans are done. I should have done a second batch, maybe I will yet. Got a couple peppers, the plants are still looking good but not much activity. The broccolis make a bite or 2 per plant every 2 or 3 weeks. It's tasty, just a lot of work for a couple bites!

But the tomatoes are doing well. We've eaten a couple dozen and got a lot more on the vine. Will plant more of those next year.

 

[m0mto3]

so I planted far too many tomatoes which are still green (we've had 2 reddish ones... dh couldn't wait to eat them

) but we've had zuchinni for weeks now (we LOVE it.... so do the neighbors) and one cucumber. The eggplants are still tiny as are the rest of the cukes and the mystery plant from DD's school trip has flowers but no veg yet....

I buckled down and bought the SFG book so next year I'll plan our postage stamp yard better

 

[nancyw]

our first year, too!! we are SOOOOOOOO excited!

we are OVERRUN by zuccini and green beans and green leaf lettuce, and loving it all,

romain lettuce is doing GREAT, lots and lots of pumpkins, tomatoes--regular and cherry,

and just today, am finding lots of cute little baby butternut squashes coming up!

we are having SO much fun with this.....already thinking about next year's garden!

 

[littlehalo]

Tomatoes, cucumbers, apples and blackberries.

I also planted grapes but they died. And my blueberry bushes did not produce anything this year. I think they are still too young.

 

[Village Mama]

mmm. weve eaten lots of lettuce, the spicy green I forget what its called, beets , carrots, tons of peas and beans,I opened a fennel bulb tonight, bunching onions,tons of herbs,lots of chard and kale. Cant wait until the frost comes for the kale to get sweeter.We ate some nice zuchinni squash this week. I have some sort of fuzzy melon thing that a neighbour gave me. It has a couple of nice looking fruits on it now, but I dont know when to pick it. My tomatoes are just starting to go a little yellow before they ripen. I should have some nice suash by the fall too. Will plant a ton of garlic this year I think in the fall!

 

[HydeParkB]

Banana peppers, yellow bell peppers and a butternut squash. More chard is also ready.

I also gathered our sad harvest of coriander seeds.

DH planted fall crops this week - beets, beans, radishes, and something else I can't remember. Spinach, maybe?

We just got back from vacation and thankfully our garden survived!

 

[babygrant]

Jalapenos, yellow wax hot peppers, spaghetti squash, melbar spinach, carrots, lettuce, swiss chard, spaghetti squash, zucchini, strawberries and raspberries.

Tomatoes are almost ready. They are HUGE but not turning red yet but any day I hope!

Still waiting on the rest of my garden yummies!