Maggie you realize you're putting a lot of folks to shame on that awesome garden. His and hers tractors is a nice touch. I'm guessing the green one is yours?

LOL 300gr!! Not hardly but yes, the JD is mine and I love it! Gardening this year has been a challenge actually. The weather has truly been another challenge...I keep trying though.

!shiloh!, I have several!! In all honesty, I have given away about half if not a bit more than that, of those on the table.

Been busy around this joint!! Gardening ain't for sissies!! LOL

now yer just showing off LOL

You're fast becoming my gardening hero. That's a good haul there.

Nice!

No lie; started picking/gathering before six that morning and I finished putting up about six that night. I cannot lie, some of that I picked in my neighbors garden. Most from mine but green beans and peas from the neighbor.

Truly, I have about all I want in the freezer and am canning tomatoes now! Have to say, the last eight plants I put in the ground are looking good and already getting blooms!!!

Never have I been so disappointed in an order from Burpee! Those tomato plants did not do worth a shucks...excuse my bad language! I babied those plants for several weeks before planting and expected wayyyyyyy more from them. Lesson learned; no more tomato plants on line!!!

...getting clean for canning!!



...wound up with 24 quarts and with what I had already put up, have 34 quarts in the pantry. May put a few more up but is I don't that works too.

Garden update.....well, I have pulled all of the early tomato plants I put in this year. Have pulled all the zucchini plants, some of the confetti pepper and another couple of bell peppers and the early green beans. Have put in 11 tomato plants for some late tomatoes. Two different plantings, to stagger the yield. They all look GREAT! Carrots that I planted early are looking mighty fine even though something ate the top off one block I planted; they are coming back and the actual carrot kept growing just fine. I have more jalapeno, cayenne and bell pepper than I know what to do with. Still harvesting cucumbers but not over run with them. Have a new block of green beans coming in great and all bloomed up right now!! Hope to get another harvest of those. Those purple pole beans have been an amazing producer for me this year. I have not pulled them yet simply because they are entertwined with my cucumbers but I have quit picking them.

Have my grandson visiting for a few days so took advantage of his 16 year old strength, young legs, back and energy yesterday to get two crab apple trees I grew from twigs planted. I have been growing those in large pots for three years and they were in great shape. so I was glad to get them planted. Now, I just need to get two Hawthorn, two red bud and two dogwoods planted!! Literally received twigs [they called them trees] for making a donation to the Arbor Day Foundation three years ago and amazingly, they have all grown into great young trees in large pots. Gotta get some rain before I can plant any of the others!! That ground was hard as a brick yesterday...I wound up pouring water into the holes as he dug to soften the ground.

Also took advantageof the help to get my chicken coop cleaned out, raked, nest boxes cleaned and refilled and water cans changed. Woohoo!!!

Have one of the largest basil plantings I have ever grown!! Two plants are as big as two squarae hay bales!! Need to harvest it and the parsley, which also did well. Went to harvest my dill a couple of days ago, and something ate every stinking stalk of it over night. Had it planted in three different areas and it was all GONE!!

Don't know about you guys and gals but I am about gardened out this year. The harvest has been bountiful and I have filled up the freezers and done a lot of canning. So, it is thankful I am for the generous bounty Mother Earth and the good Lord provided. Happy gardening gang!!

God is good ! you sure ain't afraid of work mrs Maggie. I need a young back to use around here myself. lord gave me 3 beautiful lil girls I hope at least one will take a likein' to gardening. we just planted some giant pumpkin seeds the other day that they can see growing from their bedrooms. I'm I'm trying to plant that seed in them.

my in ground garden is about done except for some more okra picking. I'll open the fence for the deer in another week er so.

raised beds are still putting out and coming on.

Second crop tomato plants, with carrots on the left.


More second crop tomato plants, with peppers to the right and some marigolds tucked in for good measure.


Late green beans with carrots on the back side...tops were eaten off a few days ago but they are coming back now.


Third crop tomato plants.


Zinnias galore...they are waining now but have been gorgeous!


Over all view of the raised beds...back right you can see the pole beans that are done with cucumbers on the back side and over the top.

My late gardens did very well and my tomatoes were far better than the early garden. I am still picking tomatoes daily.


This batch was picked about a week and a half ago. One of the tomatoe plants went down and I picked all the green ones to ripen inside. All but a handful have now ripened. My second crop of green beans made like none I have ever planted before!!!! They just kept making as did those pole peans. Cucumbers, once they started blooming, have made like crazy. Still getting two or three a day but the vines are tired and about to play out.


These are what I picked yesterday and today...amazing to get that many tomatoes the first of September, at least for me it is. My pepper plants don't even appear to be playing out...just way too many peppers.


These were picked about four days ago...justs keeps on giving this garden does!


My breakfast yesterday...homemade cathead biscuit, big ole slice of vine ripened tomato and homemade tomato juice made by me...doesn't get much better.


Pear perserves from our pear tree. This was the first year our tree made enough to do anything with other than let them fall for the deer. We planted this pear tree about three years ago.

Cleaned out most of my raised beds a few days back. Still have three Better Bush tomato plants in one bed but by this time next week, they will be pulled too. Also have three more late tomato plants in the ground that are doing fine but have born zero fruit yet.

Planted green and red cabbage, lettuce, seven top turnip greens, broad leaf mustards and collards. Everything is up and going gang busters but we shall see how the drops do with bugs...a bit earlier than I normally plant but I had the urge and went for it. If need be, I can always replant.

Have to say, I have been blessed with a bountiful garden this past summer.

Last in ground tomatoe plants and there are a couple of pepper plants left in that garden too..


Last three Better Bush in the bed.



Green Cabbage and carrots in the back..


Red cabbage with a couple of lone zinniz plants left.


Mustard and collards...with some zinniz that reseeded all alone..


Turnip greens.

Looking good Maggie.

I still have maters I planted late and some bell peppers producing. My blueberry plants have put on a lot of growth last month er two.

looking good. I just picked up my turnip and collard seed yesterday. Hope to plant after work today.

Nice.

I just sowed some mixed greens in one plot and planted 12 collard plants and 6 Cabbage Collard plants in another. It's been dry up here so I've been watering them. I'm looking forward to some fresh greens and cornbread!! The bugs got into them last year. My dad to told me to sow some radishes in with the greens and it would keep the bugs out. He always had a good patch so I gave it a try.

Do tell? I have never heard of that & rec'con I too may just give that a try!! That big ole octagon bed where I planted mustard and collards was where my zinnias were planted and I have a ton of volunteer zinnia plants coming back too. Oh well, this too shall pass.

Thanks for the tip!

Harvested some beautiful lettuce this morning. Looking forward to having some with dinner tonight. Also planted 6 broccoli plants. Fall garden looking great and thanks again for the radish tip..planted and up in all my beds.