Edibles '10 - Part 2

One last one....Since this is the edibles thread, this just makes me want to eat her little cake-face up!! LOL
Isabella with the remenants of Uncle Justin's Birthday cake :)

Lordy, she's a cutie pie! Give her an extra hug! I usually see mine only once a week, but not this week, as I'm leaving for NY on Fri. I'm picking 2 varieties of toms.....Purple Smudge Orange Flesh, & Giant Syrian...

now i am jealous! the watermelon and catalope did not do much for me celeste - the wm vine is still there though

I think I have tomato envy.

Bill, next year try starting them in the house, or buy starters and plant black plastic, or black weed cloth under them. I really think it makes a difference...keeps the heat and moisture in, which both melons love.

Adorable little Pixie-ette, Celeste! Cake looks like it was good! LOL

A picture's worth a thousand weedy words re: my veggies.

i did not water the garden much at all this year - this week i have started to it every other day

The veggies look terrific, Louise! Bill, I'm still hoping for rain!

I gotta be doing something wrong with my cukes.

Thanks, Marilyn! Gosh ...I just caught sight of the impatiens window boxes on my railings and even though Hank watered them while I was making supper, they are looking horrid. Gasp Gasp!! Water, please!! Rain, Rain, please come here tonight!

too cute Celeste!!

Went out to pick something for my lunch box this morning and one of the Roma tomato plants had split down the center from the load of fruit. I only had time to stack bricks up to support the broken stem. I hope that works.

Infested - 5 horn worms today. Tomatoes have taken a toll.

but at least I have some! 2 years ago we were pick over a gallon of cherries a day.

Hope it works, Memory...Sherrie, those toms look great.....I planted Black Cherry this year, & they're still green.

I have done nothing in the veggie garden or any garden this year. I keep saying I threw in the towel from last year. This year gives me "some hope". So maybe I wont be thrown under the weeds. Oh I mean bus. Oh I really mean weeds!

no you mean under the blight!

The couple of romas that got ripe were half gone with blossom end rot. :( The three cherry tomatoes I got today were OK.

:(
I got a couple grape and cherry toms today

Made some chard - was great. Made it with oil, garlic and turkey bacon.

Now I am totally confused.

27. Q. Is a tomato a fruit or a vegetable.

A. The tomato is legally-declared a vegetable by the Supreme Court of the United States. A vegetable is a herbaceous (non-woody) plant or plant part which can be eaten without processing and is usually consumed with the main meal.

http://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/archives/parsons/vegetables/tomato.html



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OMG! The US SUPREME COURT is legislating food now?

Back in 1893 - this is the best I can find. I even went to the US Supreme Court to find the docket.

http://www.cookinglouisiana.com/Articles/Tomatoes-Veg-or-Fruit.htm

It's both. Botanically, it's a fruit. Veggies are defined by us, usually based on how we eat them.

Still confusing. Its a veggie only a fruit on the vine.

Getting ready to make some more zuck relish.

Yesterday I picked 11 summer squash, 5 zuccini, 25 cukes, 3 green peppers, 2 purprle peppers and 6 ears of corn.

These are no longer with us.........LOL

I think Sherrie or someone was talking about Hornworms in their tomatoes....

These next photo's are a bit creepy, don't look if you don't like creepy-crawlers!

Here he is having lunch....

We pulled over a 100 of them out of our tomatoes yesterday.

Hanging on for dear life....didn't do him any good :)

Last one.

I pulled off 8 in 5 days. That was it, and Sevins went on. This is the 7th year Ive had them (except last - BLIGHT).

Dont know why but Jim thinks its because we are do close to wetlands?

I think they live in the soil until next year......

"The moths lay eggs that hatch in only one week, turning into the large 4 1/2- to 5-inch green caterpillar, then pupate in the soil to hatch again next year."

I thought they turned into a moth. I know someone here said dont kill them. Take them some place and dump them.

ahhhhhh, love that sunny corner of the garden.....finally, some sizable tomatoes!!

still green, but our wild Concord grapes made a comeback this year. Last year they froze early on and we had no jelly for the winter!

one of the few apples on our Golden Delicious this year......

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