Yesterday my helper bee (my boyfriend) noticed one of the morning glory plants had a flower! It is a huge blue one! I couldn't find my camera though (hopefully just buried in my room), so I didn't get a picture, but it was exciting! After months of growing, FINALLY have a flower.
I picked 6 more cucumbers, a few leaves of lettuce & another 1/2 lbs of beans.
I picked most of my tomatoes (all the big ones) off their vines and put them in paper bags to ripen. I'm afraid frost will get them; but I did leave a bunch of the smaller ones on the vine in hopes that they will turn red if I give them another week.
I have a few more jalapenos left and some bell peppers are growing! I think it may frost before they are full grown though; but at least I know for next year that they will do well when planted at the proper time.
I also rotated my pumpkins so they won't rot on the bottoms.
And I have to get out our old sheets from the basement to cover the plants at night, just in case it does frost. This way I can get a few more weeks out of them.
Cheers!
Sunday, September 19, 2010
Tuesday, September 14, 2010
A Wee Bit Chille'
I've got Jalapeno peppers!!!!! YAY!!! Success.
After much hard work and trial and error, I have peppers. I actually picked one jalapeno this weekend! and I can pick the others soon! I think the pollinating I did actually worked because only those plants that I experimented on have peppers. The pepper plants in the containers definitely failed. They haven't grown for months. I'm going to make salsa with them!
I also got 3 more cucumbers! Hard to believe, I know. Growing them vertically really was a success!
They are in the background above-all the water has spread a bacteria on them. I still have to look it up, so I can prevent it next year, but the cukes are still coming!
The pumpkins are fantastic! I'm so excited! I thought there would be more, but 2 will do. I'm going to have to see if I can use a pinch off method next year, because they've taken over. I tried a little this year, but it didn't seem to stop the growing! Hardy buggers!
Lettuce in a container works awesome! It didn't work in doors at all, but outdoors, it grows like crazy.
My beans grew a LOT taller than I thought.... I've never grown pole beans, usually the bush variety. So I thought they would be a few feet-didn't end up that way. They are about 6 feet. Maybe I should have read the bag. But they have been a success; I got 1.5 lbs this weekend off the plants. And they were huge!
My tomatoes are doing excellent considering I started about a month and a half late. I have tons of green tomatoes. I don't know if any of them will turn red, but I have a good recipe for grilled green tomatoes if they don't. So I'm just happy they were so successful.
I grew a fall bunch of peas! And this is how they are doing:
I also planted 4 new blueberry plants for my parents. I love blueberries!
Mom has been working quite a bit lately and hasn't had time to go get her mums. So I bought mums for my mom! I tried to match the colors so it would look as cheerful as possible for her when she came home!
I still don't have a spot for my garlic-I just have to talk to dad about a good-out-of-the-way spot. They should be mailed out soon, so I should probably get that ready....
Cheers! :)
After much hard work and trial and error, I have peppers. I actually picked one jalapeno this weekend! and I can pick the others soon! I think the pollinating I did actually worked because only those plants that I experimented on have peppers. The pepper plants in the containers definitely failed. They haven't grown for months. I'm going to make salsa with them!
I also got 3 more cucumbers! Hard to believe, I know. Growing them vertically really was a success!
The pumpkins are fantastic! I'm so excited! I thought there would be more, but 2 will do. I'm going to have to see if I can use a pinch off method next year, because they've taken over. I tried a little this year, but it didn't seem to stop the growing! Hardy buggers!
Lettuce in a container works awesome! It didn't work in doors at all, but outdoors, it grows like crazy.
My beans grew a LOT taller than I thought.... I've never grown pole beans, usually the bush variety. So I thought they would be a few feet-didn't end up that way. They are about 6 feet. Maybe I should have read the bag. But they have been a success; I got 1.5 lbs this weekend off the plants. And they were huge!
My tomatoes are doing excellent considering I started about a month and a half late. I have tons of green tomatoes. I don't know if any of them will turn red, but I have a good recipe for grilled green tomatoes if they don't. So I'm just happy they were so successful.
I grew a fall bunch of peas! And this is how they are doing:
I also planted 4 new blueberry plants for my parents. I love blueberries!
Mom has been working quite a bit lately and hasn't had time to go get her mums. So I bought mums for my mom! I tried to match the colors so it would look as cheerful as possible for her when she came home!
I still don't have a spot for my garlic-I just have to talk to dad about a good-out-of-the-way spot. They should be mailed out soon, so I should probably get that ready....
Cheers! :)
Wednesday, September 8, 2010
Cuke Mania
Well, the pumpkin is slowly turning orange. I rotated it yesterday to make sure the bottom doesn't rot. I have to find some cardboard to put under it.
I got 8 more cucumbers last week off the vine! Craziness! I also have 3 little peppers growing! Last week I tried an experiment (since it's rained so much, it's hard for the plants to get pollinated) where I took my finger and tried to rub the pollen from the male flowers to the females. It's hard to tell which is which, so I just took the powder from one and rubbed it with my finger tip on the ones without.
And now all of a sudden I have peppers! I think they are both jalapenos!
I also bought the Ball Blue Book-guide to preserving. It is excellent! It has loads of recipes for making jams/jellies/pies/pickle/salsas/jerky/rubs...and the list goes on! I'm going to can apple sauce within a few weeks; I need to go to Adam's Orchard to pick first though and I don't know when I'll have the time.
Today ended beautifully with the sun shining; perfect for a walk with my friends!
cheers!
I got 8 more cucumbers last week off the vine! Craziness! I also have 3 little peppers growing! Last week I tried an experiment (since it's rained so much, it's hard for the plants to get pollinated) where I took my finger and tried to rub the pollen from the male flowers to the females. It's hard to tell which is which, so I just took the powder from one and rubbed it with my finger tip on the ones without.
And now all of a sudden I have peppers! I think they are both jalapenos!
I also bought the Ball Blue Book-guide to preserving. It is excellent! It has loads of recipes for making jams/jellies/pies/pickle/salsas/jerky/rubs...and the list goes on! I'm going to can apple sauce within a few weeks; I need to go to Adam's Orchard to pick first though and I don't know when I'll have the time.
Today ended beautifully with the sun shining; perfect for a walk with my friends!
cheers!
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