So, how is your vegetable garden doing this year?

[mrsclem]

I've found 2 tomato horn worms so far! I hate those bugs. Unbelievable how much damage they can do.

 

[sissy]

Rain has caused problems for my garden also roots can't survive in the wet ground and then the heat holds back tomato's .It is raining now and been raining since last night .When it rains it pours .Grass is growing so fast I can't keep up with it .Weeds grow even faster

 

[Nanner]

Veggies look real good @Nanner . How do you like to fix your beets and do you eat the tops?

Beets -We eat them raw in salads and the other way we love them is sliced thick rubbed in evoo and spices and then grilled...O man delicious.

Beet greens - young we eat stems and all in salad. Larger ones we eat cooked like spinach. Boil with some stock and spices...then add the hot sauce.

 

[MoonShadows]

Beets -We eat them raw in salads and the other way we love them is sliced thick rubbed in evoo and spices and then grilled...O man delicious.

Beet greens - young we eat stems and all in salad. Larger ones we eat cooked like spinach. Boil with some stock and spices...then add the hot sauce.

Those grilled beets sound good. What other spices do you put on them...or, is it just whatever moves you? We also like to roast them and pickle them, but I'm not too wild about all the sugar most reciepes call for when pickling them.

 

[Nanner]

Those grilled beets sound good. What other spices do you put on them...or, is it just whatever moves you? We also like to roast them and pickle them, but I'm not too wild about all the sugar most reciepes call for when pickling them.

We keep it simple usually... Salt, black pepper a little onion powder and crushed red pepper flakes. We like things spicy. You dont want the grill real hot but a medium heat..about 6 to 8 minutes a side...cook them long enough to get a little tender but still has a little crunch.

 

[MoonShadows]

Thanks, @Nanner. My mouth is watering already...and, although we don't have our own beets just yet, we bought some great ones just this past weekend from one of the country stores that sells our products. Going to try grilling them! Thanks a bunch!

 

[Mike in Vermont]

We have a 8' by 32' raised bed out front by the pond, and a couple of squash beds out back. Swiss chard, Beets, Green Beans, Potatoes, Broccoli, B. Sprouts, Roma and Big Boy Tomatoes, Buttercup Squash, Spaghetti Squash, Summer Squash, Acorn Squash and Butternut Squash.

 

[qclabrat]

We have a 8' by 32' raised bed out front by the pond, and a couple of squash beds out back. Swiss chard, Beets, Green Beans, Potatoes, Broccoli, B. Sprouts, Roma and Big Boy Tomatoes, Buttercup Squash, Spaghetti Squash, Summer Squash, Acorn Squash and Butternut Squash.

is that your deer fence in the fore ground? we have lots of deer and need a tall pen to grow vegetables

 

[Mike in Vermont]

It is. It must have shorted out while we were in Florida for 2 months. They ate most all of the buds off the apple trees. We still have all we will eat but still... grrrr

 

[MoonShadows]

We have a 8' by 32' raised bed out front by the pond, and a couple of squash beds out back. Swiss chard, Beets, Green Beans, Potatoes, Broccoli, B. Sprouts, Roma and Big Boy Tomatoes, Buttercup Squash, Spaghetti Squash, Summer Squash, Acorn Squash and Butternut Squash.

Nice gardens, Mike. Your plants look very healthy.

 

[MoonShadows]

is that your deer fence in the fore ground? we have lots of deer and need a tall pen to grow vegetables

One thing we have learned is you don't need a very high deer fence if you make your garden area longer and narrower. Deer will not jump a fence if they don't have enough "landing room" on the other side. So, instead of a 20 x 20 garden, you can use a shorter fence if you make it 10 x 40...or break the 20 x 20 up into sections. Our fence is only 4 feet high; the deer don't come into our garden. (The front yard is a different story where they eat everything but our daisies.)

 

[MitchM]

All your gardens look great!
I'm wishing I had the extended growing season and heat that you folks do.

 

[MoonShadows]

I feel the growing season is so short here in the Poconos compared to other places I have lived, but I guess yours is very short Mitch.

 

[tbendl]

All your gardens look great!
I'm wishing I had the extended growing season and heat that you folks do.

What do you mean @MitchM? You mean your 3 days of sun isn't long enough??

 

[MitchM]

What do you mean @MitchM? You mean your 3 days of sun isn't long enough??

Pfft...my squash and tomato plants are about 6 inches high...