2025 Garden Thread

[SAM]

Sometimes I lose motivation in August. Weeding and cleaning out dead plants is depressing. Have to keep up on harvest too and things go to shite quickly if I don't spend time on it nearly every day. Trying not to let that happen. Cleaned up the dead snap pea vines and weeded all the mulch area between the beds. The break in the weather helps a lot.


The Limelight Hydrangeas are nearing peak magnificence. Reflection too.

 

[SAM]

Today, I weeded all the raised beds except one. Almost weed free. We'll see how long that lasts. Photo of the remaining sickly zucchini plants. They are not flowering or producing any fruit for a while now, so I pulled them to make weeding the bed easier.


Picked some more cherrymatoes, Brussels sprouts, and beets.

 

[SAM]

Black Krim! The one plant has a bunch coming on.





I thought they'd weigh more than a pound but not quite.

 

[Patrick]

Peaches are just starting.
Tomatoes, hell yeah

These chillies are cool

 

[SAM]

Bell peppers starting to turn.


Shikou eggplant


Sweet Millions cherrymatoes. Numbers may be overstated.


Six more Black Krims. They are very tasty.

 

[Robin]

Just when you thought your garden was dead…

 

[Patrick]

you are going down today.....

 

[JDurk]

you are going down today.....

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Gallon bottle of straight ammonia right down the hole. He'll leave and not come back.

 

[Patrick]

Gallon bottle of straight ammonia right down the hole. He'll leave and not come back.

Lives under my deck!

It will live out its life in luxury at the duke estate!

 

[shrpshtr325]

you are going down today.....

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the only permanent solution is lead poisoning; with the caveat that another one will be there shortly to fill the vacancy

 

[Patrick]

the only permanent solution is lead poisoning

22 or 38 ?

 

[shrpshtr325]

22 or 38 ?

which one do you have handy?

 

[Patrick]

which one do you have handy?

yes.

 

[shrpshtr325]

yes.

case closed.

 

[Patrick]

case closed.

terminated.

(the case, not the rodent)

 

[shrpshtr325]

terminated.

(the case, not the rodent)

damn, wish i had thought of that one.

 

[SAM]

you are going down today.....

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Nooooo!

 

[SAM]

Here's some stuff from Tuesday. Haven't been out there since. I need to check it.

Cherrymatoes. I have three plants, Chocolate, Sweet Million, and Sweet 100 (the smaller ones). The Sweet Millions are the best tasting, followed by the Chocolate IMO.



Tomatoes, including six more Black Krims, bringing the total to 15, so far, from the one plant.




Red bell pepper and some Trident (poblano) peppers.





The blooms on the Limelight Hydrangea are huge.

 

[SAM]

Went out today. Picked lots of stuff.

Spanish White Onions


Beets


Brussels Sprouts, Shikou eggplant, Trident peppers, Red bell peppers, Three varieties of cherrymatoes and four varieties of tomatoes. Krim total = 19.


Bell pepper plants

 

[SAM]

It's been a good year for peppers.
Poblano peppers:


Red bell peppers turning red:


Love these "Medium Rare" pink variety maotes.


Picked on Wednesday:


Still getting a few strawberries.


Picked today:



Picked a few more poblanos. My wife made stuffed peppers with some of the red bell and poblano peppers. Very tasty.