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Posted: **Sun Aug 12, 2012 10:38 am**

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Posted: **Sun Aug 12, 2012 11:24 am**

Awesome James. Eating like a king.

No thanks on the summer squash.

Eric

Posted: **Sun Aug 12, 2012 11:33 am**

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OK, Eric, you will have to admit they make nice table decorations?

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Posted: **Sun Aug 12, 2012 12:07 pm**

Very attractive tables

Posted: **Sun Aug 12, 2012 12:29 pm**

That's a nice variety of fresh vegetables you have there James. I envy you for being able to grow summer squash without SVB's taking them out. You can grow a wider range of variety in your season than I can in mine. I can eat beets now, but they are the ones I canned from this past falls garden and I haven't had fresh garden greens in a couple months because of the heat. But I'm gearing up for the fall season and already have my seeds on hand.

Posted: **Sun Aug 12, 2012 1:10 pm**

Yes, Yes they do.

I'll eat them in squash bread and muffins.

Be sure to freeze them before shipping to Washington.

Eric

Posted: **Sun Aug 12, 2012 10:24 pm**

Beautiful as always! The shiny purple and white onions together are like a work of art...

I don't have a picture to show for it, but took the afternoon off yesterday (from the garden), rented a pontoon boat on a local lake with five friends. We had potluck picnic on the boat. My contribution was my day's harvest - a bunch of tomatoes, a green pepper, a bunch of celery, chard, basil, parsley. Since the rest of them don't grow tomatoes (isn't that strange

), they were amazed at how good my home grown heirloom tomatoes are. They were fighting for the privilege of taking the leftovers home! It was fun!

Posted: **Mon Aug 13, 2012 2:39 am**

Nothing like a home grown vine ripened tomato. My mouth is watering. If I am really lucky, I will get some in a month. Starting to be loads of green ones.
Thanks.

Posted: **Mon Aug 13, 2012 2:43 am**

Nice yield! What varieties of onions do you have there, jal?

Posted: **Mon Aug 13, 2012 2:54 am**

jal_ut wrote:Nothing like a home grown vine ripened tomato. My mouth is watering. If I am really lucky, I will get some in a month. Starting to be loads of green ones.
Thanks.

Beuatiful harvest I am impressed. Wish I had that much variety.

I have faith in you James fresh tomatoes are on the way my friend. Soil temps are a big thing though I am not a big fan of plastic some black plastic might help.

Posted: **Mon Aug 13, 2012 3:10 am**

jal_ut wrote:Nothing like a home grown vine ripened tomato. My mouth is watering. If I am really lucky, I will get some in a month. Starting to be loads of green ones.
Thanks.

We have had so many this year already I have canned sauce, tomatoes soup, pizza sauce, I am getting ready to make a big batch of Ketchup to can. I know we have given away 2 bushels already. My favorite time of the garden is when we have put up all we need and I start giving stuff away.

Posted: **Mon Aug 13, 2012 4:06 am**

What varieties of onions do you have there, jal?

The reds I just call "Red". The others are Big Daddy. Some of those larger ones went over 1.5 pounds each. I grow some Yellow Spanish onions too, but none of that variety are in the photo.

Posted: **Fri Aug 31, 2012 7:54 am**

We went up and did some picking last night at my northern garden.
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Posted: **Fri Aug 31, 2012 11:47 am**

Nice harvest. Good variety. Don't you love it when the goodies come in like that?

Posted: **Sun Sep 09, 2012 6:12 am**

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The beans have done really well.

Posted: **Sun Sep 09, 2012 6:16 am**

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Posted: **Sun Sep 09, 2012 6:22 am**

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Posted: **Sun Sep 09, 2012 12:42 pm**

jal_ut wrote:[img]https://donce.lofthouse.com/jamaica/spring_veggies.jpg[/img]

Oh my god those are the fatest carrots I ever saw!! what kind are they!

Posted: **Sun Sep 09, 2012 1:26 pm**

The carrots are Royal Chantenay. They are great in my dense soil. I can't get the long ones out of the ground.

Posted: **Sun Sep 09, 2012 3:28 pm**

WOW how do you store all those veggies?

Posted: **Sun Sep 09, 2012 10:51 pm**

Looks great James!! always a beautiful harvest.

Posted: **Mon Sep 10, 2012 12:52 am**

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Posted: **Mon Sep 10, 2012 12:52 am**

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Posted: **Mon Sep 10, 2012 12:52 am**

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Posted: **Mon Sep 10, 2012 12:52 am**

I messed up and hit the post button twice. So got a dupe. I did an edit to give you a sunrise instead of a dupe post. Have a great day!

Posted: **Mon Sep 10, 2012 1:27 am**

Fantastic work and now ur reaping the rich and yummy rewards!! What do you do with all those veggies? Do you preserve any (and how?) Do you sell?

Very nicely done!

Posted: **Mon Sep 10, 2012 6:14 am**

What do you do with all those veggies? Do you preserve any (and how?) Do you sell?

I grow much more than we need. We do can some in mason jars and freeze some. When my family was living at home we used to can about 800 jars a year and fill two freezers. Also dry some items. Don't need that much now with just two of us. I give lots away to friends and family and the food pantry. Yes, I do sell some too. Then I feed the worms, bugs and critters.

Posted: **Mon Sep 10, 2012 7:41 am**

Lovely harvest, and beautiful colors, too!

Nice sunset photo - you've got a great view from up there!

Posted: **Mon Sep 10, 2012 12:05 pm**

you are an inspiraton!

Posted: **Tue Sep 11, 2012 2:48 am**

Some of those pics look like they belong in a Grocery store Produce ad, nice work.

Posted: **Tue Sep 11, 2012 5:45 am**

greenstubbs wrote:Some of those pics look like they belong in a Grocery store Produce ad, nice work.

My thoughts exactly!

Posted: **Tue Sep 11, 2012 1:31 pm**

Thank you.

Need a carrot?

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Posted: **Wed Sep 12, 2012 8:04 am**

Nice carrots - big ones, too!

Posted: **Wed Sep 12, 2012 9:38 am**

My mouth is watering over those straw berries.

Posted: **Thu Sep 13, 2012 11:55 am**

jal_ut wrote:Thank you.

Need a carrot?

[img]https://donce.lofthouse.com/jamaica/carrots_09.jpg[/img]

No thanks, I got boocoo's to harvest myself.

Posted: **Sun Sep 16, 2012 10:13 am**

I just picked a 15 lb. melon.

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Posted: **Mon Sep 17, 2012 9:20 am**

I cut this melon. It is great. Just right.

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Posted: **Mon Sep 17, 2012 9:33 am**

I'm so jealous of all that space you have, and that melon

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