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Thread #112882   Message #2416115
Posted By: Stilly River Sage
17-Aug-08 - 01:02 PM
Thread Name: BS: Veggie Gardenin'...
Subject: RE: BS: Veggie Gardenin'...
Thanks, maeve! Your corn sounds wonderful!

My garden is still going strong, though it has a bit of a "wounded warrior" look. Everything is big and hulking now, tomatoes leaning over, eggplant leaning on tomatoes, carrots and oregano way down under stuff, long forgotten. Cantaloupe crawling everywhere, a few fruits coming along. Peppers and tomatoes ripening so fast I'm picking two and three times a day.

Tomatoes are getting a second wind with cooler weather and rain, new green branches coming up from the ground where they have come to rest. I am to the point of having to poke around under cantaloupe and eggplant leaves to find hidden ripe tomatoes. Lots of eggplants--I have given them away by the pound to a friend who is trying new recipes that he is canning. One is for a Mediterranean spread (tomatoes, peppers, garlic, herbs all combined and the recipe says not to open it for a month until it has time to really blend).

My next door neighbor came over yesterday for some jalapenos and I convinced her to take several extra so she can slice and freeze them. She was thrilled to see what eggplant look like on the plant--this really is one of the reasons I put the garden where I did--so few people these days actually get to experience the pleasure of seeing where food comes from!

SRS