Here is what keeps me busy in the summer. Green beans right now and corn soon. When the tomatoes come on they will keep me busy canning tomatoes and juice, and some salsa. Post up some pics of your gardens, maybe we could share some ideas.
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Here is what keeps me busy in the summer. Green beans right now and corn soon. When the tomatoes come on they will keep me busy canning tomatoes and juice, and some salsa. Post up some pics of your gardens, maybe we could share some ideas.
I would but my garden is about 45 mins away where my uncle works on it, nice garden!
Nice garden your taking care of.......and veggies lookin' healthy.
See 7 quarts of green beans with 6 sealed properly. The front
right one needs to be consumed first or it will spoil. It doesn't
look sealed from where I'm sitting. (Hey, I could be wrong....)
Last garden I tended was a raised bed garden with okra, tomatoes,
squash, onions, watermellons and pinto beans. Quit canning many
years ago and sold both canners. When you don't bend like a young
man, build some raised beds with bench seats on the sides for sittin'.
Enjoy while you can. Best eatin' on earth comes from your own garden,
especially them 'maters & okra.
:highfive
nice garden
They all sealed. but thats a good eyeQuote:
Originally Posted by RetiredRR
good looking garden, looks like you spend some time in it, no weeds
i spend about 2 hours a day out there. the wife never steps foot in the garden so i dont mind spending time there pullin weeds.Quote:
Originally Posted by ready2fish
I enjoy having a garden, but it's been a couple of years since we put one out. All of our neighbors garden and one of them was quick to point out what he thought we were doing wrong. He didn't like our raised rows (I did mine just the same way my parents and grandparents did their gardens) Next thing you know, we got a LOT of rain that spring/early summer. Our plants made it and he had to replant. I was hoping to do something mid season this year, but I'm thinking it's not gonna happen, so I'll just start working on the site this fall. Here's some pics from the last one. We put up 57 quarts of green beans and a ton of pickles, plus we ate yummy fresh veggies and had some really good zucchini bread, too! The huge zucchini plant happens to be in the spot where we burn brush. Definitely confirmation that wood ash is good for your garden.
They look good too. And, I know what you mean 'bout being in the garden alone.Quote:
Originally Posted by barrelslime
Sometimes it can be like a therapy for the soul. A place to contemplate. Solitude.
At one with the earth. You know what I mean..........
Now we know the secret to the big Bucks from IL.Its gardens like that.In ark we have to build a fence around it to keep the critters out!!!!!!