Harvesting Time - What are you growing?

[David Jayne]

Thanks for the link!

 

[Blueszilla]

Nice bounty Charlie! I have been lax in reporting but we had an above average year at the garden. Our tomatoes and squash were busts this year, something killed a lot of the plants early, so we didn't have much. Green chile was plentiful, and the chile we grow for ristras was overflowing so we made extra cash with those. It made the best red I've had in years, hot but very tasty! Here are some pics.

 

[Passinwind]

Way cool! I have a few ristras hanging in my kitchen that go back at least ten years, and they still taste fine whenever I get to using them.

We did really well on pears this year, after none at all last year. Got a few good apples, but there are zillions of killer OG orchards here and letting those guys store 'em until we need them works out pretty well anyway.

 

[Blueszilla]

Nice to know folks in the northwest are eating red chile. Ten years? They don't last that long in my house, I'm a big red fan. I sure wish we would grow some fruit although there are quite a few orchards in the north valley of the city. Green chile is our main crop and I'm not complaining, it's on my table most nights.

 

[Passinwind]

None of the bigger varietals last long at all in my house (love 'em!), we just string little ristras of Pequinos, Thais, Cayenne, Japones, etc. I did one with Ghosts a couple of years back too.

Working on kiwis, paw-paws, and buffing out our fig tree for next year.

 

[Blueszilla]

Here are a couple more pics from the garden from yesterday. It has been a glorious fall so far in the Land of Enchantment, with mild days, little wind and cool nights, sublime. It hasn't frozen yet so we continue to have stuff to pick. It appears that will change soon. Cheers!

 

[MJ5150]

Wow, awesome weather.

-Mike

 

[Passinwind]

Bump for some 2015 love. Just whipped up the first fresh pesto batch of the year, and am nicely into tomato season right now. Lots of artichokes nearing maturity, scrambling to water everything adequately during the insane heat wave we've had going on for a few weeks now. Ghost chilies and habaneros are lovin' it though.

 

[buldog5151bass]

We've been having deer munch on our plants - they've even been eating the chili peppers we usually grow around the outside to keep them out. We use 4'x8' raised beds - been fencing them in with netting, and sprinkling stuff from out vacuum around the outside in an attempt to keep them away.

 

[Passinwind]

We've been having deer munch on our plants - they've even been eating the chili peppers we usually grow around the outside to keep them out. We use 4'x8' raised beds - been fencing them in with netting, and sprinkling stuff from out vacuum around the outside in an attempt to keep them away.

Bummer, my mom always had big problems with deer where she lived in CT. Just saw two on the street in front of our house, but so far they're never gotten into our yard AFAIK. Plenty of other pesky critters to contend with here though. The Scrub Jays let me know about many of them, especially raccoons. Not much help at night, of course.

 

[jthisdell]

Lots of cucumbers, yellow squash and zucchini coming in. No tomatoes yet, but they should come soon. Peaches should be ready in about a week, very small because although we have had a lot of rain lately, back in May it got quite dry.

My wife put in a lemongrass and loving a tall gin & tonic with muddled lemongrass, quality tonic and a couple dashes of citrus bitters!

 

[Ben B]

Lots of tomatoes this season. Ripe and delicious. We also have orange and red bell peppers and strawberries. The weather in SoCal has been cool this month, so, no extra watering needed.

 

[buldog5151bass]

Zuchinis are starting to grow everywhere - either you get none or too many.

And yes, basil for pesto - those are both planted too close to the house for the deer.

 

[Passinwind]

And yes, basil for pesto

Besides Genovese, we are doing Thai, Cinnamon, Purple Ruffled, regular Purple, Lemon, and a bunch of Lime Basil that I started about two weeks ago on a whim. Took all of three days to germinate, where in other years it's been very tough to grow from seed. Last year I threw a bunch in the ground and forgot about it and a few plants finally popped up in September and were ready for harvest right at first frost time. Lime Basil is the bomb in egg dishes or with seafood.

 

[buldog5151bass]

We do pots for basil, so we can catch what sun we have. Big pot of pasta with pesto tonight.

 

[Passinwind]

We do pots for basil, so we can catch what sun we have. Big pot of pasta with pesto tonight.

Sweet. CT knows Italian, for sure.

 

[buldog5151bass]

New Haven. Pepes.

Nuff said.

They actually franchised it in the area, but none as good as the original.

 

[Passinwind]

New Haven. Pepes.

Nuff said.

They actually franchised it in the area, but none as good as the original.

So I hear. Almost tried the one in far eastern CT on my last New England tour, but I'm allergic to casinos. I used to hit The Spot most of the time when I lived back there.

 

[buldog5151bass]

Hit the Spot. The one at that casino is meh.

 

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