tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8865330614535830838.post2429823704718165980..comments2024-02-19T23:29:30.862-08:00Comments on Linda Benson: Summer of the Green TomatoesLinda Bensonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17948970237555890150noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8865330614535830838.post-91466746288467164772010-09-12T11:22:42.749-07:002010-09-12T11:22:42.749-07:00It was a strange summer...we have loads of green t...It was a strange summer...we have loads of green tomatoes, lots of raspberries, our normally prolific peach tree...nothing has ripened. Lots of blooms on my squash plants...sigh.Gone2theDawgshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07138393137324890048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8865330614535830838.post-49155153263738763962010-09-10T18:30:56.298-07:002010-09-10T18:30:56.298-07:00Cinette - Hooray for your apricots (my very favori...Cinette - Hooray for your apricots (my very favorite fruit) I'll try to find red plastic mulch. Sounds like a pretty easy fix to keep the ground warm. Our drastic pruning measure have helped a tad. I did see a little color on some of the tomatoes. If I can just get them to a yellow color, I can pull up the whole plant and let them ripen in the garage. *Sigh* I want me some of them red-ripe tomatoes!Linda Bensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17948970237555890150noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8865330614535830838.post-6023307088208852922010-09-10T10:53:09.147-07:002010-09-10T10:53:09.147-07:00I couldn't even get my garden in this year! It...I couldn't even get my garden in this year! It was under water for most of May, June, and the first part of July, so I didn't even bother after that. No raspberries either, strawberries were sparse, but for the first time EVER my 10 year old apricot trees produced fruit! Not a common site is Southern Alberta, I must say.<br /><br />Have you ever tried red plastic mulch? I used it last year and all my tomatoes ripened on the vine, which is also not common for this neck of the woods.<br /><br />Cinette<br />http://cinettesmusings.blogspot.com/Cinettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11453731550912619157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8865330614535830838.post-28975294148411585462010-09-09T10:00:00.628-07:002010-09-09T10:00:00.628-07:00Farmgirl - that's crazy! We had almost no rasp...Farmgirl - that's crazy! We had almost no raspberries this year, and usually they are coming out our ears! Our peach tree gave us bushels, though. Now I'm afraid, like you, that barefoot season is over for good this year, and gloomy soup weather has set in for the long haul. Rats!Linda Bensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17948970237555890150noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8865330614535830838.post-41202282976608038442010-09-09T09:45:22.180-07:002010-09-09T09:45:22.180-07:00Now isn't that funny? I'm getting a ton o...Now isn't that funny? I'm getting a ton of tomatoes right now and absolutely zero squash. They're literally refusing to grow. I've got a crookneck out that set all sorts of baby squash about a month ago and - literally - they've stopped growing. They've been about 3-4" in length for the last month. Sigh.<br />Great raspberry year, very sad blueberry year (a fungus wiped all but a handful of my entire crop out), pretty good shelling pea year, so-so garlic year.... (shall I continue?) - lol. Bottom line: not as great a growing season as last year. And now it's rainy and cold again. We didn't even get 2 full months of summer and this makes me a grumpy girl.Dannihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12623233206043947281noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8865330614535830838.post-88556654557772779582010-09-08T12:40:59.940-07:002010-09-08T12:40:59.940-07:00Thanks for stopping by to comment!
Sharon, rotten...Thanks for stopping by to comment!<br /><br />Sharon, rotten potatoes, uck. Good luck with everything else.<br /><br />Laura - thanks! Think sun!<br /><br />Dreaming - don't know much about diseased tomatoes and potatoes. Good luck finding out what it is.Linda Bensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17948970237555890150noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8865330614535830838.post-90971716842017948962010-09-08T07:10:26.619-07:002010-09-08T07:10:26.619-07:00Your plants look glorious!
We have a garden and it...Your plants look glorious!<br />We have a garden and it's been tons of fun. We've had lots of squash, beans, peas, carrots and turnips. Our peppers are beginning to ripen. <br />Sadly, our tomatoes and potatoes are diseased. We think it may be from compost that came from horses who ate grass that had been sprayed with herbicide. Scary.Dreaminghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02113432418609414054noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8865330614535830838.post-29493129118017057972010-09-08T06:53:20.538-07:002010-09-08T06:53:20.538-07:00What a bummer! I hope those tomatoes turn red for ...What a bummer! I hope those tomatoes turn red for you soon!Laura S.https://www.blogger.com/profile/13934230198562773803noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8865330614535830838.post-82265253492998869652010-09-07T23:39:31.427-07:002010-09-07T23:39:31.427-07:00You've got a lot of green tomatoes! We had so...You've got a lot of green tomatoes! We had so much rain that our stems died...I planted potatoes too. OMGoodness the potato plants looked awesome, but then I went to dig them up and they were rotten. Have you ever smelled rotten potatoes? It was awful...Maybe next summer...Sharon K. Mayhewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07799235347319851345noreply@blogger.com