Your veggies are looking good Shauna. I already posted my veggies in this weeks flower thread.

Sierra

Nice veggie pics Shauna. What do you do with Cape gooseberries? They look just like my Tomatillos, I know they are related. Nice pea crop too. I'll post some pics tomorrow.

Interesting veggies there Shauna!

The only thing I can eat in my garden right now are the Daylilies, Nasturiums and I guess if I add lots of butter and salt to the Ornamental Kale, I can eat those too ;)

Next year I'll have my vegetable garden back, I sure miss it this year.

Sharon

There is a bit of a story behind my cape gooseberries. My aunt in New Zealand used to send me the seeds when I was 7 or 8 and my Dad would start them on the counter. Unfortunately, we didn't know about damping off and they always died. After my Dad started his greenhouse, we never thought about trying them or asking for more seed. Last year, I asked my aunt (now in her 90's) to send me some seed. I HAVE SUCCEEDED after 40 years! They are very much like a tomatillo or a ground cherry. Apparently, a very good fresh eating berry and also great in preserves and pies. I may be able to try all of it and still have seeds to share. I have 18 plants.

Tried a feed of my asparagus peas at lunch, steamed with butter and pepper. An acquired taste, I think. They do taste a bit like asparagus, a bit like peas, but I also think they should have green bean somewhere in their name. I hereby rename them in my garden 'Green Asparagus Bean Pea'. And I can't seem to get any of my family to even try them for a feed. They all tried 1 and turned their noses up. I'll have to find a recipe to hide, oops, I mean, include them in. LOL!

My apologies for my spelling in my first post. My mind must have been going faster than my fingers.

Shauna

Love your pics Shauna! If nothing else those asparagus peas have beautiful colored flowers....how pretty! I WAS tempted to try them this year as well, so it is interesting to hear your comments about them....thinking about planting them next year just to have red flowers on peas:)

There is nothing like the good old Homesteader peas. They are the best. You have a wonderful crop. My first are done, but I planted another batch 3 weeks ago to have some for the fall.

The other night we had white, red and yellow beets for supper....mmmmm and they looked very nice on the plate too.I planted chiogga and forgot!!?..dah, to pick them to try at the same time....I will in the next couple of days.

I grew yellow carrots this year...very tasty and looked nice with the orange ones. Also grew butter scallop squash and man I can't believe how they grow.. and early....way ahead of the cucs and zucchini if you can imagine that. We aren't big squash eaters but these are rather good...picking them about 2" across...stir-fry and serve with butter...pretty tasty!

Keep the pics coming...(I must get a dig cam, I must get a dig cam) lol

Betty

I think I'm going to try some squash next year. None of us are big squash eaters, either, but I'm finding some really neat recipes for it. And I do seem to like butternut squash soup.

Glad to hear that you like the yellow carrots. That was another one that I wanted to put in next year. White beets this year, yellow carrots next year. My family is going to think there's something weird about my gardening! LOL

Yep, I could go on and on about the differences in the 3 types of peas. Not worth the effort. Suffice it to say, Homesteader for me from now on. No other.

Shauna

If you want to try squash but are leary about the taste, I think the mildest is spaghetti squash, and it is the only one I like. Others, and especially Acorn, are too squashy for me. Butternut would be my next choice.

I am growing Hi-beta spaghetti squash this year, and am very pleased. Good fruit set and a very compact plant for a squash. My little Queen Anne's Pocket Melons take up almost as much room!

Rick

Of course, the spaghetti squash does have a different texture, but not like spaghetti, although it does resemble it. The texture is more like sauerkraut, I think, and not at all stringy.

Wide pic of garden

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Corn, I am standing in the corn, barely visible, DH took this shot

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Corn is very close to being ready, I hope we don't lose it to frost

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My volunteer wheat crop as a result of straw mulch, I let it grow for snow catch

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Wow, I know where to raid for corn this year ;) Where are you tab, I can't see you! LOL

Watch out for the children of the corn ;)

Sharon