tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599539190932167212.post4206801184937865696..comments2023-10-24T08:32:55.430-04:00Comments on C&G Design: Veggie garden update, SeptemberDawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00234495965199888943noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599539190932167212.post-41934657623816552372009-09-23T10:11:51.174-04:002009-09-23T10:11:51.174-04:00I would say you had a successful Garden there Dawn...I would say you had a successful Garden there Dawn! I am wondering if the raccoon were the culprit or the “Children of the Corn” as your strange mater and zuke freak me out a bit. Yikes....<br /><br />Happy eating this winter!Skeeterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08222522533934405029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599539190932167212.post-25776990782347859692009-09-21T11:21:18.730-04:002009-09-21T11:21:18.730-04:00I am green with envy over the tomatoes. 16 of my ...I am green with envy over the tomatoes. 16 of my plants were killed by blight and I had to pull and dispose of the other 4. Terri-Lynn came in one night after walking her dogs and said something has eaten 3 of the corn. She also said it was so cute as they left the empty cob. So I went out the next day to harvest it...ALL GONE!! I should have known enough to go out right then and there when she told me about the 3. Stupid me but I wanted to wait so Josh could go with me since he loves the corn so much and I really only grew it for him.Jean Merrimanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10135474696468199060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599539190932167212.post-2281895157351806102009-09-21T11:05:50.721-04:002009-09-21T11:05:50.721-04:00I enjoyed your update. I need to find the time an...I enjoyed your update. I need to find the time and energy to do some preserving of my harvest. I have lots of tomatoes, and need to get them chopped and frozen.<br /><br />I can understand your frustration over the corn. I had a crop eaten by squirrels one year, and don't even try to grow it anymore. I have the room now, though, but there are lots of squirrels in the neighborhood, and they help themselves to the sunflower heads.Corner Gardener Suehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10631500918579405664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599539190932167212.post-39548734975383252082009-09-21T08:42:47.293-04:002009-09-21T08:42:47.293-04:00Wow, Dawn! What a bounty of vegetables! Your tom...Wow, Dawn! What a bounty of vegetables! Your tomatoes look much like mine--even though they were hit by a late blight, too, I have been picking more than enough to preserve for the winter as well as eat fresh. Sorry about your sweet corn, though; I remember my father-in-law used to grow quite a bit of sweet corn, and he would put a radio in the field to scare off the raccoons. I'm not sure what kind of music they disliked, though:)<br /><br />Don't give up on the potatoes and squash for next year; one thing I've learned from vegetable gardening is that you never know from year to year what will do well. This year's failure may be next year's success.Rosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01384059342847120951noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599539190932167212.post-70470796529450487152009-09-21T08:26:11.214-04:002009-09-21T08:26:11.214-04:00OMG Dawn!! What a harvest!! I am so proud of your ...OMG Dawn!! What a harvest!! I am so proud of your end of the garden feast! You are like a pioneer woman with all that canning...GREAT WORK! I am so jealous...we got the tomato blight and had none and I miss my tomatoes. We had a harvest dinner yesterday with all of the family that could make it. My kids helped me harvest the entire garden (mostly because we had a frost that killed all the plants the night before) and we got a lot of great things from the garden. The gourds this year were bumpy and warty...very halloweenish...a ton of carrots and beans and squash and pumpkins and sunflowers. I have pictures if I ever get back! The livingroom is finally done Dawn and boy do I have some stories to tell about that. Another week or week and a half. What we thought would take one month has taken two and heading towards 2 1/2!!! What a great thing gardening is and you are so great at creating storage for the winter. As far as potatoes go, I have never tried them but they grew for years next to me in the fields. The soil needs to be sandy I believe....also great for carrots. What you got for potatoes were beautiful though. I have made homemade minestrone, roasted veggies, marinara sauces, carrot cake and more with my veggies from the garden. I absolutely love this time of year! Great work my friend, and the lessons you are teaching your kids regarding gardening are priceless.Debbiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08324773183766269250noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599539190932167212.post-58823927860368026422009-09-20T15:58:26.809-04:002009-09-20T15:58:26.809-04:00Wow.!!!! You did wonderfully well with our garden....Wow.!!!! You did wonderfully well with our garden. You've made me want some good home grown tomatoes so bad..there is nothing so good as these straight from the garden. Yummmmmnn.CChttp://lacenribbonroses.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599539190932167212.post-21392341689165684192009-09-20T15:09:34.286-04:002009-09-20T15:09:34.286-04:00What a great harvest!! The only vegetables I plant...What a great harvest!! The only vegetables I planted this year were tomatoes and they are just starting to ripen. Too bad about the corn!!!!Protector of Vintagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05214569133131550585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599539190932167212.post-73824437856469435572009-09-20T08:43:10.890-04:002009-09-20T08:43:10.890-04:00You did do very well with the tomatoes...most folk...You did do very well with the tomatoes...most folks had "blight" and lost them all. I am especially fond of the devil tomatoes. Those racoons...I call them "masked bandits" and with good reason. Hungry little theifs aren't they? I can't believe they did so much damage. It was 37 degrees here at 6:30 AM. Still no snow on Mt Katachdin. Hugs, KathleenKathleenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08805905403535867038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599539190932167212.post-28405871712833526702009-09-20T06:36:15.439-04:002009-09-20T06:36:15.439-04:00WOWSER! Send some of those veggies to me-all of th...WOWSER! Send some of those veggies to me-all of them. Not the corn though-darned raccoons! It looks so good!!tinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17415302577518111227noreply@blogger.com