The Endzone Garden Thread

[malinoisvol]

Has anyone here had experience growing Lemon Boy tomatoes? They may be what people just call “yellow tomatoes”. Their color is more lemon yellow than gold. I bought a few at a tailgate market and really like them. Lemon Boy Tomato: Tomato of the Month
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Use to grow them. Love them on a sammich.

 

[VolNExile]

Use to grow them. Love them on a sammich.

Are they mostly sweet, or is there some acid? Sometimes yellow tomatoes are a little on the bland side for me.
@Tin Man

 

[malinoisvol]

Are they mostly sweet, or is there some acid? Sometimes yellow tomatoes are a little on the bland side for me.
@Tin Man

To me, subtle differences in the taste and texture from the reds. I love them on a cheese and mayo sammich. I could be a heathen, tho.

 

[Tin Man]

To me, subtle differences in the taste and texture from the reds. I love them on a cheese and mayo sammich. I could be a heathen, tho.

@VolNExile What our heathen said.

 

[VolNExile]

To me, subtle differences in the taste and texture from the reds. I love them on a cheese and mayo sammich. I could be a heathen, tho.

@VolNExile What our heathen said.

Thanks, guys. I was thinking about Mr. Stripey, but (1) giant and (2) another heirloom.

 

[Tin Man]

Grew Mr. Stripeys in the early 2000s. They were a hit with coworkers.

 

[malinoisvol]

All this mater talk... Just had a mater sammich.

 

[Tin Man]

The second round of my Cherokee purples are small and green. The cherry tomatoes ripen one or two every other day.

 

[GordonC]

I took some pics earlier today. Next year, I hope the tomatoes do a better job of resisting disease, but it is the time when things begin to die back. I have a lot of tomatoes still on the vine, and the bell peppers are still doing great.






Here are the two best plants I started from suckers. I hope they stay green and disease-free until frost.

I also have some sugar snap peas that are about three inches tall. I am just curious if they can be grown this late if they only get about two hours of sunlight a day. We like those on salads a lot.


I still have a little lettuce coming. It has survived the heat, but the black-seeded Simpson is not doing as well as whatever is in this blend.


This one is the "top" of a Better Boy that outgrew the cage. I cut it and buried it all the way to the bottom of the bucket. That was about a week ago. It has taken root. This was an experiment also.

 

[VolNExile]

Looks like it’s time to officially take down the remaining sunflowers and corn, as they started taking themselves down ~2 weeks ago!

 

[Tin Man]

Looks like it’s time to officially take down the remaining sunflowers and corn, as they started taking themselves down ~2 weeks ago!
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Bottom right corner of your pic.

 

[VolNExile]

Bottom right corner of your pic.

Oh right, forgot to tell you: son-in-law tasted one, and they’re officially nada! Looking for a recipe that has lots of flavor but non-crazy heat.

 

[SlipKidVol]

Not really gardening, but these baby's are hugh

 

[joevol33]

Not really gardening, but these baby's are hugh
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Dang!

 

[malinoisvol]

Not really gardening, but these baby's are hugh
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Nanners!

 

[SlipKidVol]

Got them from father in law in 2020. His were only 5ft at best. Not sure why these have done so good, but 10 hours of sun don't hurt

 

[Tin Man]

Not really gardening, but these baby's are hugh
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Is that you in the picture?

 

[82_VOL_83]

So I have determined that if I am going to dry peppers they need to be cayenne or some other thin flesh variety. Took 24 hours to dry the jopalenos sufficient to grind.

 

[SlipKidVol]

Is that you in the picture?

Yes

 

[Tin Man]

Yes

Nice beard

 

[VOLSONLY]

I planted my turnip greens today, put 2 40lb bags of pellet lime down along with some fertilizer. Hopefully we’ll have some greens and turnips in a little while . The wife is wanting to try to freeze some greens for the winter, I’m not exactly sure the best way to do this. She says freeze them and then wash them to cook? I say wash them before freezing? Any ideas would be appreciated

 

[Tin Man]

I planted my turnip greens today, put 2 40lb bags of pellet lime down along with some fertilizer. Hopefully we’ll have some greens and turnips in a little while . The wife is wanting to try to freeze some greens for the winter, I’m not exactly sure the best way to do this. She says freeze them and then wash them to cook? I say wash them before freezing? Any ideas would be appreciated

I’ve never frozen greens (childhood trauma over creamed spinach made with frozen spinach and a can of cream of mushroom soup). I’ve read that blanching them before freezing will work.

 

[bigorangewildcat]

My wife just puts them in a freezer bag after picking them. When she gets them out to cook she washes and then cooks

 

[VOLSONLY]

My wife just puts them in a freezer bag after picking them. When she gets them out to cook she washes and then cooks

Thanks I’ll have to let the wife know we’re going to do it her way

 

[VolNExile]

Thanks I’ll have to let the wife know we’re going to do it her way

This is not your dumbest idea ever.