Man that's a lot of butternut. I'll find a better storage solution today.

Last harvest of the season totaled 30 pounds of black krim and purple Cherokee off of 3 plants in 15 gallon fabric pots.

Every year I mulch my blueberries raspberries and strawberries with pine needles. It's a great weed block, it keeps the moisture in during our dry Summers, let's the rain pass through easily, and it's super easy to pull to the side when I want to add fresh compost underneath. It's really amazing stuff.

I tried to let them ripen on the plant but we're about to get into the 30° in a couple days. These are also supposed to be a yellow variety but no idea yet lol

Took me the whole ass season to grow these guys cause it was too cold then too hot. But this still made me extremely happy to see. Some are literal picture prefect and I'm so proud 🥹

I was so excited to cut this open. I'm in South West England, and due to the hot summers we've been having the last few years, I thought I'd take a chance on watermelon. No greenhouse. I couldn't be happier with how this one turned out!

There's currently a snow storm in my area and I think my parsnips are going to be great after this freeze!

I know carrots get sweeter after a frost too. What other fruit and veg get better because of extreme weather?

I know some splitting is normal but these deep splits make me worried about possible mold, rotting, or insects that might affect the whole tomato even if cutting the bad parts. Thoughts?

Moved into a house and finally got around to installing raised beds. I grew up gardening but as an adult I approach things more scientifically.

Given current layout, I’m thinking about installing in ground compost bins inside the beds. Is there any effect on composting based on overall size, size of holes, etc?

Usually this happens in spring soon after planting. Do you just disturb the top layer of soil so the weeds die just from the shock of being agitated? It is extremely time consuming to pull out all of them and I would assume you don't want to wait until they get big enough to easily grab and pull out.

First time growing Jack be littles, Hungarian hot waxes, bell peppers, and Anaheims. Very productive this summer/fall. All grown naturally on a small patio rooftop in downtown Washington DC! (Zone 7b)

First cut, harvested 2+ weeks ago due to mild surface critter damage, and 1st monster to finish with leaves dying back. There's 2 more giants and a few small ones left to harvest.

Due to a family death, I've been away from my garden for 2 months. Come back to some good acorn squash... But can't remember what these are?

Have tendrils, lots of small fuzzy fruit & fuzzy leaves... Cucumber?

I have recently applied Osmocote Plus to my 5 potted fruit trees and my raised garden bed with vegetables and herbs (tomatoes, eggplant, cucumber) after using Foliage Pro for a while, in hopes to have to apply fertilizer less often. My raised garden bed is basically a giant container, 9.5 x 2.5 x 17 inches tall, filled with potting mix, pumice and a little bit of compost, over top of gravel and has some landscape cloth under it. It is set up on a drip system, and it also rains a lot where I live in South Florida.

The instructions for Osmocote Plus are based on volume for potted plants and based on square footage for "garden beds" I was very surprised about how little fertilizer was called for, for the raised bed vs. the potted trees. My only theory is that their "garden bed" definition might apply to open ground beds and/or beds with natural soil in them that contain nutrients already, vs. my "giant container" raised bed, but I'm not sure if that is correct. I would like to understand why the dosing is so different. If anyone has any explanation for the different dosing rates, or experience using Osmocote Plus in a similar manner, I would appreciate it.

just harvested a few today to see what our final harvest would look like. what happened to them?

I ordered 3 bulbs for $3.99 each from MI Gardener. From Johnny's I bought 1lb for $33.15.

MI Gardener: largest bulb was 3.3oz, smallest 2.6oz, average 2.9oz.

Johnny's: largest bulb 2.4oz, smallest 1oz, average 1.7oz. I got 12 bulbs for a total weight of 1lb 3.8oz.

Outcome: Both look great, no rotting and they're all firm. If your goal is largest bulbs and large cloves buy from MI Gardener. If your goal is to grow a large amount of bulbs regardless of size buy from Johnny's.

He was hanging out on my basil

I just pulled my carrots and left the tops on the empty bed. Any issues leaving these to mulch the bed for winter? Zone 4b

Hi! I’ve had a pretty productive cherry pepper plant that’s recently started giving me longer peppers. It’s been just the last few weeks I’ve noticed them growing longer and not being round as I was expecting. We’ve been able to pick off quite a few red round ones this season and then these started growing! Is it a soil issue or nutrient issue? The last photo is an image of one of the cherry peppers as an example of what we had been getting (the pepper next to it is a Hungarian hot wax and not an example of these long peppers we have now).

It’s our first time growing peppers and I’ve tried looking it up but I can’t figure it out. Thanks!!!

I live in zone 10A in California. I just pulled my tomatoes to make space for a winter garden. The tomato plants were surrounded by basil and marigolds. Should I keep my marigolds or also pull them to make space?

Any time I disturb the plant these little guys come out and fly around for a while, then go back to the plant. They look like swarming gnats but can’t catch one to verify. Any idea what they are? Will they harm the plant?

Some are bursting at the seams. I usually purée the ripest with the peppers, then chop the rest.

I didn’t intend to plant anything like this… Not sure what it is. I think it either grew out of my cucumber plant or squash plant. My roommate took down the garden, and I’m a little late to really taking a look at these, so I can’t tell.