Gardening 2024 - Whatcha got going on this year?

[TheDudeLebowski]

Despite residing in the heart of midwestern potato country, I never bring my A-game. Looks like I grew as many as I planted this year!
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And I found a not-so-little buddy.
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The only thing I can grow on my property are mushrooms and berries . However, my compost that resides in almost full shade loves sprouting up the potatoes I throw in there every so often. Im shocked that the varmints that visit don't take a snack. For me, it's always the things that I baby that die and the key is to let things go wild to find what likes it's mini climate. That and manure and compost

 

[Agent]

It nearly October, and I'm officially done with beans, even if they aren't.

But check out the sweet rhizobia nodules for that free nitrogen!

 

[Agent]

With a couple kisses of light frost already, the forecast says the KO punch will come Monday night. So it's come time to strip the garden down, ready or not.

Day 1- Peppers, a few tomatoes, and the last of the Nantes-style carrots.

 

[Deadalus]

Picked these a few days back. My peppers were all blown over during Helene so I went through and picked them all. Most everything is dying off now, close to frost time.

 

[day_trippr]

Hard frost is coming so the Spousal Unit cleaned out the garden this afternoon. Ripe tomatoes went straight to the freezer already, peppers will join them once their washing dries, and we'll force-ripen the green toms as needed 'til they run out...

Cheers!

 

[Agent]

Day 2 - Carrots round one.

Got 1/3 of the remaining Imperator types out. I don't like digging out footlong carrots, but they store well, and I still have most of a 1/4lb of seed left.

 

[hottpeper13]

Agent, are those lemon drop peppers? I also had quite a few skinny carrots, so I lacto fermented them whole. Really tangy and a great addition to a pickle platter.

 

[Agent]

They are lemon drops! And the reds are Aji Rico. My first for both of those.

I normally do a vinegar pickling with carrots, but I may have enough to test out a lacto fermented batch.

 

[Agent]

A little busy with everything fall, but got the remaining carrots out. I'm not a fan of the rainbow mix. Rutabagas come out this afternoon, as does whatever squash survived to maturity.

 

[corkybstewart]

The local seed bank gives seeds away at the farmer's market. I got some and planted parsnips, lettuce, and mustard. The lettuce and mustard have already sprouted. I'm looking forward to some fresh winter greens.

 

[Deadalus]

It's been several weeks of garden neglect here. Had Covid, a weekend getaway, then Helene, cleaning up some from Helene, and this past week pneumonia. What I had planted for fall is pretty chewed up on the ground and not much survived in the greenhouse. I'll get some sunchokes for sure and maybe some brassicas. We have frost likely the next few days. I did manage to pull the tomatoes yesterday along with some other stragglers. Amaranth on the back left, haven't tried it yet.

 

[day_trippr]

These were green two weeks ago and represents about half of the stash (the rest are still green or green-ish).
Spent last night blanching skinning and seeding them in quarters before freezing and bagging them. 9 pounds of toms.
Pita but they'll be appreciated in the dead of winter...

Cheers!

 

[Deadalus]

These were green two weeks ago and represents about half of the stash (the rest are still green or green-ish).
Spent last night blanching skinning and seeding them in quarters before freezing and bagging them. 9 pounds of toms.
Pita but they'll be appreciated in the dead of winter...

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Cheers!

Have you ever used or are you familiar with a food mill?

 

[Deadalus]

Processed my first two pepper ferments from this season into sriracha-2 quarts. Using less brine and the immersion blender got the thickness I wanted!

 

[day_trippr]

Have you ever used or are you familiar with a food mill?

Yes, and The Spousal Unit is going to use it this afternoon - she checked the stash and found enough ripe ones to make sauce for dinner tonight.

The hunks I froze will be used for chilis and stews, etc...

Cheers!

 

[passedpawn]

Well, between the late heat this summer, the incredible rains we had, and a hurricane, all my plants are done except a ghost pepper that has full foilage and is still producing crazy hot peppers. So hot, in fact, not sure I'll grow again. I'm processing a ton of them on the stove at the moment.

 

[bailey mountain brewer]

Well, between the late heat this summer, the incredible rains we had, and a hurricane, all my plants are done except a ghost pepper that has full foilage and is still producing crazy hot peppers. So hot, in fact, not sure I'll grow again. I'm processing a ton of them on the stove at the moment.

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Nice piece of hardware you got there.

 

[passedpawn]

Nice piece of hardware you got there.

Thanks, that's a Miyabi knife that I keep pretty sharp. Got a whole set of those. I'm into knives. Got some others that you'd like...

 

[bailey mountain brewer]

Thanks, that's a Miyabi knife that I keep pretty sharp. Got a whole set of those. I'm into knives. Got some others that you'd like...

My kitchen knife is a shun blonde, love it, and my wife got me a handmade Damascus hunting knife that has proven to be my favorite.

 

[Deadalus]

A friend of mine who blacksmiths made me this one in trade for bringing several kegs of homebrew and my jockey box to a party of his.

Of sentimental value is this knife my dad gave me that was his. I use this one out in the garden.

 

[passedpawn]

My kitchen knife is a shun blonde, love it, and my wife got me a handmade Damascus hunting knife that has proven to be my favorite.
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That's too pretty to use for anything!

 

[passedpawn]

Pickle cukes are coming in! I germinated these from seed and put in pots and sorta forgot about them lol.

 

[VApatriot]

Peppers still going strong.

Santa Fe Grande, Pasilla Bajio, and Shishito

 

[Agent]

Let's hearken back to this fall when it was raining black walnuts for weeks straight.

With some effort, many piles were converted into many bags of cleaned nuts to dry for a few months.

Now is finally the time if year when I can kick back in front of the fire with a movie, some beers, and get to cracking these bad boys!

And slowly but surely accumulate the fruits of my labors.