Garden!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[LBrandt]

Always plant mine in part shade next to carrots and water often. Got a bumper crop this year and sold some of my first picking yesterday. LB

 

[Davey Crockett]

It was beets that gave me determination needed to win the war against deer in the garden. We had a double row and they were an inch or less tall and deer cleaned them out. Gonna eat a lot more venison and a lot less beets this year.

 

[LBrandt]

It was beets that gave me determination needed to win the war against deer in the garden. We had a double row and they were an inch or less tall and deer cleaned them out. Gonna eat a lot more venison and a lot less beets this year.

If you ever get down this way I share some. LB

 

[Twitch]

Lucky I had a bumper crop last year and canned a bunch. Peppers are starting to produce pretty good, although the hot hungarian wax are outpacing the jalapeños big time.

 

[tikkalover]

These are the only bees I have in my yard.
Wife has an 8 foot circular flower bed of moss roses and today I bet there was 30 of them in it.
They won’t go in the garden.

They are about 3/8 of an inch long

 

[Davey Crockett]

That way here too, but it looks like there must be enough in the garden to make babies. I'm changing the layout of the garden this fall and thinking a small plot of pollinator flowers in the middle of the garden might help. Update on the peas that the deer ate, It wasn't the end of the peas like I thought . They grew back and ended up being the nicest row of Peas we've ever grown but they are a late crop , not quite ready yet. makes me want to take the weed whacker to part of a row next year to see if that can be duplicated. I'm excited for next year already , now that I can keep the deer out it's time for more fruit bearing trees/shrubs

 

[BDub]

That way here too, but it looks like there must be enough in the garden to make babies. I'm changing the layout of the garden this fall and thinking a small plot of pollinator flowers in the middle of the garden might help. Update on the peas that the deer ate, It wasn't the end of the peas like I thought . They grew back and ended up being the nicest row of Peas we've ever grown but they are a late crop , not quite ready yet. makes me want to take the weed whacker to part of a row next year to see if that can be duplicated. I'm excited for next year already , now that I can keep the deer out it's time for more fruit bearing trees/shrubs

In the center of my garden there is a raised bed dedicated to growing flowers. It draws in bees and butterflies. The cukes and zucchini are producing heavily this season.

 

[Davey Crockett]

So many green beans we don't know what to do with. froze what we need for winter , going to pickle some but what else can a guy do with them besides eat them raw or grill them ?

 

[CatDaddy]

So many green beans we don't know what to do with. froze what we need for winter , going to pickle some but what else can a guy do with them besides eat them raw or grill them ?

Pickled green beans are my favorite. Dilly beans.....spicy, dill, sweet

 

[Twitch]

So many green beans we don't know what to do with. froze what we need for winter , going to pickle some but what else can a guy do with them besides eat them raw or grill them ?

I like to steam them for 6 or 7 minutes. Then put them in a pat of butter until it melts

 

[LBrandt]

In the center of my garden there is a raised bed dedicated to growing flowers. It draws in bees and butterflies. The cukes and zucchini are producing heavily this season.

I also have the raised flower bed in the middle plus a ring of marigolds around the outside and random 5 gal buckets here and there with marigolds in them. Seems they attract the most bees. LB

 

[Lycanthrope]

If you want bees, consider catmint, its perennial and beez love that stuff... I recently dug up one clump and split it into 33 new plants that I have establishing themselves in containers for now

 

[Retired-Guy]

Ditto on the catmint: bees and butterflies.

 

[LBrandt]

Had our first Acorn Squash last night. Dam it was good. Can eat just about entirely out of the garden now. LB

 

[Davey Crockett]

Had our first Acorn Squash last night. Dam it was good. Can eat just about entirely out of the garden now. LB

Yes, I love this time of the year . Wife made zucchini lasagna for supper , It was so good that we both had 2nds and 3rds .

 

[Davey Crockett]

This is worth a try if you like regular lasagna. I cut the zucchini last night with a banjo 1/8' to 1/4 '' slabs and salted with sea salt it and stirred up a few times in a colander and let it sweat overnight . she threw it to together this morning like a regular recipe calls for and I threw it in the Masterbuilt @ 275 for 4 and a half hours without smoke. Going to see how it survives a freeze and thaw , tempted to try a little smoke . Speaking from past results , don't skip the salt sweat overnight or it will be like soup.

 

[LBrandt]

Got lots of canning size tomatoes for sale. LB

 

[Lycanthrope]

Made some aronia liquor that is surprisingly good...
50% aronia juice + 50% sugar, mix and heat just enough to dissolve the sugar
mix sugar juice 50/50 with vodka for 20% alcohol liquor (also used some 50/50 vodka and everclear for 34% alcohol final product)

 

[Davey Crockett]

Looks good but that's too much sugar for my body . Have you ever made anything out of watermelon ? I have a bumper crop this year and was thinking about making some wine since It's naturally sweet and shouldn't take much sugar but I'm not sure If I could like acquire a taste for it , I haven't had a sip of wine since I was a kid and snuck a gallon of Dad's chokecherry wine on a camping trip.

 

[Jiffy]

Made some aronia liquor that is surprisingly good...
50% aronia juice + 50% sugar, mix and heat just enough to dissolve the sugar
mix sugar juice 50/50 with vodka for 20% alcohol liquor (also used some 50/50 vodka and everclear for 34% alcohol final product)

You should have added some Mexican Vanilla.....