On 6/19/2018 9:27 AM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> On Tuesday, June 19, 2018 at 8:19:27 AM UTC-4, Terry Coombs wrote:
>> On 6/19/2018 5:19 AM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
>>> On Monday, June 18, 2018 at 8:27:43 PM UTC-4, Terry Coombs wrote:
>>>> On 6/18/2018 6:45 PM, wrote:
>>>>> On Mon, 18 Jun 2018Terry Coombs > wrote:
>>>>>> It's green ! But I picked it anyway , and for dinner tonight I'm
>>>>>> going to slice it and batter it and FRY it ! It will be joined on our
>>>>>> plates with some fried okra (from last year's , frozen) , mashed
>>>>>> potatoes , and the ham that's currently in the small slow cooker . Now
>>>>>> izzat country or what ?
>>>>> My garden went in a month late, too cold and very wet, some of my
>>>>> tomatoes have just gotten a few blosssoms. Strange weather here,
>>>>> today 97ºF and sporadic rain, lightening,and thunder. Right now the
>>>>> TV is announcing a severe thunder storm beginning at 8 PM, with hail
>>>>> and wind up to 70 MPH.
>>>> Â* That truly sucks , Sheldon . Mine went in right on time , about a
>>>> week after last frost here .
>>> Obviously, I can't speak for Sheldon. Our average last frost date here
>>> is sometime between May 11 and 20. Memorial Day is when we usually expect
>>> to put tomatoes in the ground.
>>>
>>> Cindy Hamilton
>> Â* We are indeed blessed to have such a long growing season - most of my
>> stuff had been in the ground for over a month on Memorial Day . I expect
>> to still be harvesting stuff into October . That late it'll probably be
>> beans , okra , and squashes , though it's not unheard of to still have
>> tomatoes on as long as the temps stay up .
> It's rare, but we've been known to get a killing frost in September.
> Looks like the average first frost is October 4 here.
>
> I can't say I feel damned (heh) to have a shorter growing season. Then
> again, I don't grow much food--just garlic. I prefer stuff that thrives
> on benign neglect. My red-twig dogwood is mugging my shrub roses. I'd
> intended to coppice the dogwood this spring, but I didn't get around
> to it. Maybe next year, or maybe I'll cut back the dogwood enough to
> give the roses some sunshine.
>
> Cindy Hamilton
>
Â* I'm pretty much a tinkerer ... I go thru the garden at least 2-3
times a day , just looking at stuff , pulling a handful of weeds/grasses
, checking for parasites . I've currently got a skirmish going on with
the squash bugs , I check daily for eggs and destroy as needed . If left
unchecked I'm thinkin' that I wouldn't have any squash plants left by now .
--
Snag
Yes , I'm old
and crochety .
Get off my lawn !