Are your tomatoes ready to be picked? A garden picture thread

bedpanartist

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Mon Jul-16-07 05:03 PM
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Are your tomatoes ready to be picked? A garden picture thread

Edited on Mon Jul-16-07 05:06 PM by bedpanartist

sorry, I can't help it. My garden is wonderful this year, and I want to share:

Pole beans climbing the string:

fresh mint for tea

we got lots a' basil

and fennel, and cilantro

anyone want some spare oregeno?

my sunflowers are grand this year

this makes you fart

my eldest checks out the broccoli and tomatoes

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GOPisEvil

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Mon Jul-16-07 05:09 PM
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1. I'm going to run out to the Italian Market for some bread and fresh mozzarella.

You grab some tomatoes and some of that basil. Caprese sandwiched for everyone! :9

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Inchworm

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Mon Jul-16-07 05:22 PM
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2. Wonderful garden!

I like the herbs :)

:hi:

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bedpanartist

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Mon Jul-16-07 06:18 PM
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3. I eat handfuls right off of the stalk

like an ancient dinosaur or something, but it's wonderful. I love big mouthfuls of fennel and cilantro, of which I have tons.

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Inchworm

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Mon Jul-16-07 06:29 PM
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5. Are herbs for cooking high maintenance to grow?

Edited on Mon Jul-16-07 06:37 PM by Inchworm

I do NOT have a green thumb. I just had a potted flower die.

Someone suggested I do an herb garden; since, I have some experience with herbs.

:shrug:

Edit: cause a Polish Hillbilly am I

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bedpanartist

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Tue Jul-17-07 09:14 AM
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11. not at all

I always throw a handful of seeds into a big bucket of dirt to get them started, and then transfer them to regular ground when they are big enough. I think herbs are pretty easy to grow.

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LaurenG

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Mon Jul-16-07 06:23 PM
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4. My tomatoes are not ready yet. I have the same herbs

the cilantro is going to seed right now as well as the basil and the mint. I love your garden choices. :hi:

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bedpanartist

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Mon Jul-16-07 08:59 PM
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9. replant your cilantro seeds

and you can get two crops.

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begin_within

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Mon Jul-16-07 06:39 PM
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6. Took this picture right now for this thread...

Homegrown tomatoes ripening in the sun

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China_cat

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Mon Jul-16-07 07:47 PM
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7. Got my last tomato today.

Six plants in containers gave me about a bushel full. They were wonderful.

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LaraMN

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Mon Jul-16-07 07:49 PM
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8. Beautiful! I've got loads of green tomatoes, but no ripe ones, yet!

No pics, either! I'll have to take some this week!

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Broken_Hero

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Mon Jul-16-07 11:13 PM
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10. Yep, been picking tomatoes for the past two weeks,

we've picked at least 100lbs plus so far....

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stuntcat

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Tue Jul-17-07 09:39 AM
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12. niiice broccoli!

I'm still a garden noob, but maybe someday I too can grow the broccoli!
I'm about to have way more tomatoes than I can use but not many are ripe yet.

I'm proud of the spinach and radishes I grew from seeds this time :7

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bedpanartist

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Tue Jul-17-07 12:41 PM
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13. pick them green

and let them ripen inside. Make sure you don't cut them from the vine though. Leave the little co-joining vine intact and let them ripen off the vine. You'll have a longer shelf life on them being fresh that way.

I have so many I have to can them, freeze them as tomato sauce, etc...

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stuntcat

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Tue Jul-17-07 01:01 PM
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14. will do.

There's a LOT I can go ahead and bring in then, ty

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Le Taz Hot

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Tue Jul-17-07 02:36 PM
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15. They were actually ready at

the beginning of June (Early Girls). As a matter of fact, most of the first harvest is played out already (grapes, tomatoes, potatoes, collard greens, yellow squash and zucchini). However, being as how we are in the great San Joaquin Valley, I'm getting ready to plant my SECOND summer crop (tomatoes, squash, okra, onions, cantaloupe and honeydew). Luckily, we're able to harvest something pretty much all year around.

I just canned Asian beans and fresh blackberries and am getting ready to can the last of my aunt's tomatoes.

Bon appetite, y'all.

LTH

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