Gardening 2023

[user 31257]

Things are just getting going up here in the northeast. It’ll be awhile yet before there are any ripe tomatoes.
This long bed has lettuce, broccoli, brussel sprouts and some kale at the end.

 

[user 31257]

Various tomato varieties, Roma, Celebrity, Mortgage Lifter and I don’t remember what else. I think I have 60+ tomatoes scattered around.

 

[user 31257]

Onions and garlic, I cut the garlic scapes a couple weeks ago and pickled them, the garlic should be ready in a couple weeks.

 

[user 31257]

Peppers mostly, bell peppers on the ground and small fruited peppers in the lower row of boxes along the deck. Jalapeño, Cherry and Hungarian Wax. The top row is flowers and herbs.

 

[user 31257]

Zucchini and cucumbers in one bed. Green beans, I had meant to buy a bush variety but apparently got a pole variety so I added some wire for them to climb but it’s a mess. Lastly, the beginning of a strawberry bed for the future.

 

[Eutycus]

I could have sent pictures but who wants to look at a bunch of dead plants. It turned hot down here and that's it for this year's garden. I'll give it try again next year.

 

[user 31257]

We haven’t had a frost yet so lots of stuff still to do. Spent most of today processing tomatoes, cooking them down and then canning them with fresh basil. My wife does the rest when we want sauce. I’ve canned 48 quarts so far.
I’ve still got peppers to pickle and I’ll probably make a big batch of salsa to can next weekend.

 

[snakebit]

We canned a lot of tomatoes and squash. The deer got most of my danged hot peppers. They seem to love the hottest ones. One thing we tried this year for the first time is we canned some zucchini bread. And it turned out pretty good.

 

[Eutycus]

Due to the heat my garden was a disaster this year. Like I said earlier , "maybe next year".

 

[TDM]

Due to the heat my garden was a disaster this year. Like I said earlier , "maybe next year".

Same here.

 

[Notchy Bob]

My spring garden didn’t do very well, either. Tomatoes were a disaster. We’ve had a few complications that prevented preparation for fall planting, so I’m just gonna let the plot lie fallow for a season. I bought a couple of jalapeño plants I’ll put in planter boxes so I can protect them when the weather gets cold. I do hope to get in a garden next spring, though.

Maybe we can start a new thread for 2024.

Notchy Bob

 

[johnraleksa]

We canned a lot of tomatoes and squash. The deer got most of my danged hot peppers. They seem to love the hottest ones. One thing we tried this year for the first time is we canned some zucchini bread. And it turned out pretty good.

Canned? That sounds good. mind telling me how you did that we have made bread and then frozen it .

 

[johnraleksa]

Tried like he__ this year to get things going early. Rabbits and deer kept eating things I planted. Had a bright idea to keep bugs from eating things , put down ceder chips, no bugs like cedar . Well yes they do. Didn't do anything to keep them away. Tryed organic spaying little help there too. Still got more then I could eat and was able to give away a lot to different people and food banks. Still got tomatoes and peppers growing, and planted fall plants so see what happens.

 

[COTNTOP]

Pickled Okra, had one jar break in the bath.

 

[snakebit]

Canned? That sounds good. mind telling me how you did that we have made bread and then frozen it .

We used wide mouthed jars, filled just south of half. Set them on a stout baking pan. Normal temp, the usual recipe. Just have to watch for doneness closer. When you pull the pan out start putting your lids and rings on. I used my hi temp gloves I use when smoking meat. And wait for them to seal. We waited a week before trying one, they are tasty for sure.

 

[johnraleksa]

We used wide mouthed jars, filled just south of half. Set them on a stout baking pan. Normal temp, the usual recipe. Just have to watch for doneness closer. When you pull the pan out start putting your lids and rings on. I used my hi temp gloves I use when smoking meat. And wait for them to seal. We waited a week before trying one, they are tasty for sure.

Thanks sounds like something we can easily try

 

[user 31257]

I pickled some peppers yesterday, hoping to have time to make some pepper relish and a batch of salsa, I still have lots of tomatoes. Another week or two without a frost and I’ll probably manage to get everything done

 

[Mtman725]

All and all it was a good year for us, carrots and parsnips, Tomato's & tomatoes still going we haven't had a frost yet, covering what's left every night. Fall is here.

 

[flconch53]

Waiting for the weather to cool off a little then I am starting some new raised beds. I usually plant my fall / winter garden in October

 

[snakebit]

Thanks sounds like something we can easily try

You bet. It's a good way to use your zucchini. We usually have a surplus of it.