2022 Garden Thread

[ekuhn]

Def doing jelly.

Could do some sauce. I have so much store purchased tho.

Still would like to give some away!

Please share recipe for hab jelly.

 

[Patrick]

Please share recipe for hab jelly.

Will do - that is the boss's territory.

 

[Kaleidopete]

 

[Mahnken]

Bought a house with a big ol' fig tree out front. Do I need to wrap this guy up for the winter?

 

[Patrick]

Bought a house with a big ol' fig tree out front. Do I need to wrap this guy up for the winter?
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trim back 1/3 and any internal crossed branches. figs grow on new and 1yo wood.
meh, you live in south jersey. the worst that can happen is it dies back the ground and starts over.
if you really want to wrap it, just cinch it up, put a fence+tarp around it, and fill it with leaves.
it needs to breath, but ya want to keep water from going in the top.

did it get figs this year?

 

[Mahnken]

did it get figs this year?

Yeah, there's still a few on there.

 

[SAM]

Picked the butternut squash this morning before a hard freeze gets them (soon). More out there than I thought. Also, a couple of spaghetti squash and some peppers.

 

[qclabrat]

Picked the butternut squash this morning before a hard freeze gets them (soon). More out there than I thought. Also, a couple of spaghetti squash and some peppers.

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Nice haul, my butternuts are only half the your's and yes I feel inadequate

 

[ekuhn]

Will update in 3 weeks.

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I can confirm these taste phenomenal. Kind of forgot about them in the fridge, so it was 7 weeks that they were in there...Crisp, snappy, and quite tasty.

 

[SAM]

Nice haul, my butternuts are only half the your's and yes I feel inadequate

This is the best I've ever gotten by far. Usually get four or five small ones, if that. I'll try to repeat what I did next year and see if it's just a one hit wonder.

 

[stb222]

L8 szn

 

[Mahnken]

Lonely persimmon

 

[w_b]

We still pickin hard, and greens too.

 

[w_b]

More maters— Still producing amazingly into November. Tapering down now for sure. Only picking every 2-3 days now.
Thanks to friends and family for munching away bags; crazy yield this year. Gon’ be done soon doe. Photos only show over the top of the fence, behind is more magic.

 

[stb222]

Not sure how these lasted, they are directly next to the house on the south side and protected from the W/NW.

Hard freezes this week so picked the last of stuff starting to change. Ton of green fruit but I have never had success ripening them inside.

 

[Patrick]

the last of it. Some greens. couple of little tomatoes.
the thing that looks like a beet in the top left is a radish i missed!

 

[SAM]

the last of it. Some greens. couple of little tomatoes.
the thing that looks like a beet in the top left is a radish i missed!

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Nice!

 

[Patrick]

I'm counting it

Persimmon from friend's tree
Key limes from ours

 

[qclabrat]

I'm counting it

Persimmon from friend's tree
Key limes from ours

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Are those the persimmons you eat soft? Personally like the flat ones better

 

[Patrick]

Are those the persimmons you eat soft? Personally like the flat ones better

yes - they have a jelly-like texture when ripe.
Eaten too early, they have a gritty texture.