Our Veggie Garden So Far

[dEHmom]

In all my rush to get the plants in the ground this year I forgot to put up the trellis for the cucumbers, so now the plants have taken over! I have so many on the vines that are super long, but aren't filling out. I did cut one off to see if it was ready and it wasn't. Yesterday's harvest was much better.

Next year I'll plan the plant placement better.

I was hoping the heat we've been having for the last few days would turn these tomatoes already but it's done nothing. Oh well.

yeah i made the same mistake. But this year I planted my cukes instead of at the back of the garden, along the one side of it so they've got lots more room. In the last 2 or 3 days they've gotten so much bigger (heat + a little rain here and there) and so dh nailed a lattuce to the side of his shed, and I tied the cukes up to it. I was having difficulty harvesting the other veggies because the cukes were in the way.


Does anyone like rattlesnake beans? I was trying to find out how to eat them, or cook them, and everything sounds like a lot of work. So I don't know if I want to keep them in there. My son planted them and they grew the best and have the greatest harvest but I dont' think I like them, or how much work they are to eat.

[Kaddidle Care]

Just Google Rattlesnake beans recipes - quite a few come up.

[MG&Lsmom]

One thing I love to do with cukes is either slice them or chop them and mix some miracle whip and a few splashes of vinegar, salt pepper yum!

I used this last night. I grated the cukes and added finely chopped red onion. OMG! SO GOOD! My mom also has run away cuke plants this year so I called her with the recipe too. She says she loves you

[PitterPatter]

One of our huge cucumbers - I harvested a 6" by 4" around fat cuc the other day and today cut 2 12" ones. I'm not sure what to do with all these cucumbers! about 20 more on the vines. !

I love your garden! Thanks for sharing pics.
I use a lot of cucumbers. Lots of salads almost daily, sliced and dip in ranch at snack time along with baby carrots, our big fav w/ cuc's is sour cream and sliced cucumbers with a lil vinegar.

I have a tomatoe plant that was hanging in a topsy turvey. A storm knocked it down and busted it. It layed on the concrete for 2 days as I thought it was destroyed. When I finally got the time to go in the back and clean it up I noticed it had some lil yello flowers on it so it's been replanted in a container. Now it's growing everywhich way but it has dozens of yellow blooms. I have 18 little green tomatoes starting on that 1 plant. Downfall is they are the tiny cherry tomatoes! They were supposed to be "big boys"

[MG&Lsmom]

I love your garden! Thanks for sharing pics.
I use a lot of cucumbers. Lots of salads almost daily, sliced and dip in ranch at snack time along with baby carrots, our big fav w/ cuc's is sour cream and sliced cucumbers with a lil vinegar.

I have a tomatoe plant that was hanging in a topsy turvey. A storm knocked it down and busted it. It layed on the concrete for 2 days as I thought it was destroyed. When I finally got the time to go in the back and clean it up I noticed it had some lil yello flowers on it so it's been replanted in a container. Now it's growing everywhich way but it has dozens of yellow blooms. I have 18 little green tomatoes starting on that 1 plant. Downfall is they are the tiny cherry tomatoes! They were supposed to be "big boys"

I threw a broken tomato branch in my compost pile. Went to bring this week's weeds over yesterday. I have a humongous tomato plant growing in my compost pile! Gotta dig it up and transplant it to the garden.

[PeanutsGalore]

We just dug up the yard to lay sod. While the guys were working back there, they found a surprise strawberry plant under the deck, with berries! I'm going to pull it out and pot it with my other berries--blueberries and raspberries. Now I don't have to buy one for next year--yay!

I hope I can garden outside of pots next year. I hate dirt, but I love some fresh veggies and fruits.

[dEHmom]

We just dug up the yard to lay sod. While the guys were working back there, they found a surprise strawberry plant under the deck, with berries! I'm going to pull it out and pot it with my other berries--blueberries and raspberries. Now I don't have to buy one for next year--yay!

I hope I can garden outside of pots next year. I hate dirt, but I love some fresh veggies and fruits.

what I like about the strawberries is 1 plant will send lots of runners out and i just bury the runner in a little plant pot that they use to sell flowers/fruits/veggies in at the store, and then i have a new plant!