Random Picture Thread

[day_trippr]

The incessant rain definitely slowed things down in the garden and led to mano a mano battles with slugs (I picked the wrong year to switch from fabric to straw!) but other than a bit of sunburn the toms have done well. Given everything I can't complain...

Cheers!

[late edit] Our veggie garden is raised to about 18" above grade which surely helps keep the beds from staying soaked for long...

 

[Rodent]

Market sized cantaloupes are getting close to being ready for picking. Excited to finally be able to grow melons after multiple attempts at previous homes (that all failed due to weather) The one in the upper right should be ready any day now, as it's turned a golden hue in the last 2-3 days

 

[gromitdj]

Man, I think I started my 'loupes too late. Mine are nowhere near that size. My biggest is about 4" in diameter.
Of course I did have to start hand pollinating to get anything...

And my toms? A rat got 3/4 of what did ripen.

 

[Rodent]

looking back it appears I planted a 4" plant from Lowes around July 20th (likely the weekend prior to this, so say I planted a 4" seedling pot on July 16/17)

we had several weeks in Aug where multiple days were 100F or above for the highs, and the soil is volcanic ash (silt) that's loaded with an abundance of everything except nitrogen, so the cantaloupes and maters really took off without overgrowing.

sweet corn I sowed in a new bad on 29 July is now 48"-54" tall and starting to have the beginning of what will be ears. water and warmth without humidity really get some plants growing vigorously.

that cantaloupe in the upper right corner dropped off the vine at lunchtime today when I gently lifted it, so it's inside and awaiting breakfast later this week. just under 2-1/2 pounds. exciting to finally have a homegrown melon after decades of discouragement from sporadic attempts

 

[Rish]

The heirloom toms have been coming in like crazy this week!

My crop is all done. Hoping for a fall crop but may have started too late. Hopefully the frost will hold off.

 

[DBhomebrew]

I've got a dozen or more green Romas. We'll see if they finish. It was a free volunteer from a colleague's compost pile that got planted in mid-August.

 

[bailey mountain brewer]

No pics of my tomatoes but we've been eating tomato sammies for a while now, not complaining, they're excellent. Here's my first attempt at pumpkin growing, still got a month to go.

 

[BongoYodeler]

 

[bailey mountain brewer]

There is a piece of bread under that slice of tomato.

 

[Rodent]

There is a piece of bread under that slice of tomato.

Mortgage Lifter or Bloody Butcher? could be one of several other beefsteaks, and always curious what others are having success with

 

[bailey mountain brewer]

It was a beefsteak hybrid from burpee, cant recall exact name. My wife might know... and we are in central PA if that helps.

Edit- wife says Big Boy Beefsteaks

 

[InspectorJon]

 

[Erik the Anglophile]

First hop harvest done, gonna dry em up for a few days then put them in the freezer.

 

[GrogNerd]

Quiet ho's hours are posted by the elevators

 

[balrog]

 

[day_trippr]

I have so many questions...

 

[ncbrewer]

 

[balrog]

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as a banjo picker, I approve this meme

 

[BongoYodeler]

 

[Ki-ri-n]

Those two items don't even belong in the same aisle!

You should gave to walk past one, to get to the other. Otherwise, it's too late.

 

[Erik the Anglophile]

Numbah wan safety!

 

[GrogNerd]

Souvenir requirements list

name of place visited
fridge magnet
bottle opener
tacky AF

we have a winner!

 

[day_trippr]

Another 17+ pounds of toms brought in, mostly heirlooms. Half of them are destined for the freezer...

Cheers!

 

[balrog]

There's always a gamer somewhere

 

[bailey mountain brewer]

Had a skid loader for the weekend to get some parts of the yard graded, got the important stuff done then I remembered a huge cherry tree that fell in my woods a few months ago and thought while I had the machine i should fetch it. A buddy of mine has a saw mill I'm gonna take it to and get boards made, also I've been wanting to make a new live edge bar to replace the one in my kitchen... this should do.
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Well here we are several weeks later and got the call from the saw mill that my boards are out of the kiln.. this pic doesn't do it justice, this tree is gonna make some beautiful stuff.

 

[Sailingeric]

Saw this card today.

 

[balrog]

 

[GrogNerd]

motherEFFER ran up over the curb & RAN OVER our lamp post

 

[balrog]

Yeah, I hate when that happens. Then there's the inevitable lawsuit because your lamp post scratched their paint and your yard got the tire treads all "icky".

 

[ncbrewer]

 

[BongoYodeler]

 

[balrog]

"Love that ..... chicken?"

 

[Broken Crow]

My power blinked out yesterday. Just thought I'd share the pic from the local news site of someone about 6 blocks north of me, parked in the wrong place that caused it, (They're still working to restore traffic lights in the downtown core ):

 

[balrog]

Great shocking googly moogly!

 

[Sailingeric]

 

[day_trippr]

Beauty of a day to go fishing...

 

[Sailingeric]

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Good luck, I went fishing with my neighbor and a sailing buddy from Nashville a couple weekends ago, we all caught 17 to 20 pound Chinook.

 

[day_trippr]

Nice! When I lived on the Olympic Peninsula we'd smoke those Chinook. Yummers!

Today (as almost always these days) was catch and release, this trip smallies and northern pike, all on the fly using froggy poppers. Hella fun!

Gonna do it again tomorrow!

Cheers!

 

[BongoYodeler]

Nice! When I lived on the Olympic Peninsula we'd smoke those Chinook. Yummers!

Today (as almost always these days) was catch and release, this trip smallies and northern pike, all on the fly using froggy poppers. Hella fun!

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Gonna do it again tomorrow!

Cheers!

Very nice. I've caught too many bass to count and a hundred or more pike over the years, but never on a fly rod. That must be a thrill.

 

[day_trippr]

Today was almost cathartic, with the weather a solid 10 and plenty of fish to be caught. I found silently slipping into tiny bays (tennis court size) packed with driftwood at the back and at least 15 feet of depth and shooting a froggy popper right to the edge of the floating rafts would 5 in 10 tries result in a fish imitating an SLBM rocketing out of the water with the popper.

And thanks to the "weedless" popper design keeping the lure "up front" (ie: not swallowed) all fish were released undamaged.

These were mostly 15 to 18 inches and a couple/few pounds. Only caught a pair of pike today, both "axe handles"...

One of my sons noted the genetic diversity reflected in the differing color schemes of these small mouth bass...

My sons and their families will all be coming up next week to close out Summer along with celebrating my youngest grandson's birthday. It's gonna be a riot! This was partly a scouting trip to figure out where the fish are and what's working, for the days the wives will let the boys go fishing

Cheers!