Posted by vigor on August 8, 2009, 5:48 am
Nice to hear about your success this year, but free squirrels? HAHA
I find that melons are fine when on grass/soil as their harder outer
shell
protects them unlike say tomatoes.
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vigor
Posted by Cheryl Isaak on August 9, 2009, 9:43 pm
Sounds like you're having a great one. Tomatoes have been doing great,
something ate the cuke leaves and I'm wondering if I'll see any pumpkins
from the volunteer plants.
But the tomatoes make up for the rest of it...
Cheryl
Posted by Higgs Boson on August 10, 2009, 3:35 am
> Sounds like you're having a great one. Tomatoes have been doing great,
> something ate the cuke leaves and I'm wondering if I'll see any pumpkins
> from the volunteer plants.
> But the tomatoes make up for the rest of it...
> Cheryl
Speaking of melons.... I had wrapped most of them in mesh, anti-
squirrel-wise,
but @#$$%^&*%@ if I didn't find that the &^%%$#s had been at one of
the "naked" melons. Chawed out a chunk. At risk of death, I took it
inside,
cut off the bad parts, and ate the rest - HEAVEN!!!
(even though the gardener had warned me not to eat anything
the squirrels have been at).
I'm still more or less alive, even after eating tomatoes that had been
"molested".
Incidentally he was wrong about waiting until melons turn yellow.
The one
I ate had not turned yellow, but was perfectly ripe.
I have now wrapped the remaining melons in plastic grocery bags tied
at the top.
Sigh! My son took his .22 when he moved out...Sure could use it now
<g>
Few years ago, another bumper tomato crop, I bought a little Italian
food mill on-line. It separates out the "meat", leaving seeds and
skin
behind. Will probably break it out next week, as the T's are piling
up,
even with what I give the neighbors. Been ages since I canned,
so may just freeze the pulp.
Posted by Cheryl Isaak on August 10, 2009, 7:38 am
On 8/10/09 3:35 AM, in article
d169a72f-b00f-4045-aa89-1f213a09f1dc@v15g2000prn.googlegroups.com, "Higgs
>> Sounds like you're having a great one. Tomatoes have been doing great,
>> something ate the cuke leaves and I'm wondering if I'll see any pumpkins
>> from the volunteer plants.
>>
>> But the tomatoes make up for the rest of it...
>>
>> Cheryl
>
> Speaking of melons.... I had wrapped most of them in mesh, anti-
> squirrel-wise,
> but @#$$%^&*%@ if I didn't find that the &^%%$#s had been at one of
> the "naked" melons. Chawed out a chunk. At risk of death, I took it
> inside,
> cut off the bad parts, and ate the rest - HEAVEN!!!
> (even though the gardener had warned me not to eat anything
> the squirrels have been at).
>
> I'm still more or less alive, even after eating tomatoes that had been
> "molested".
>
> Incidentally he was wrong about waiting until melons turn yellow.
> The one
> I ate had not turned yellow, but was perfectly ripe.
>
> I have now wrapped the remaining melons in plastic grocery bags tied
> at the top.
>
> Sigh! My son took his .22 when he moved out...Sure could use it now
> <g>
>
> Few years ago, another bumper tomato crop, I bought a little Italian
> food mill on-line. It separates out the "meat", leaving seeds and
> skin
> behind. Will probably break it out next week, as the T's are piling
> up,
> even with what I give the neighbors. Been ages since I canned,
> so may just freeze the pulp.
I've made salsa - the uncooked type - frozen it and it's really good when
you thaw it out. I drained the liquid off and used it to marinate chicken
and beef. Talk about tasty and tender. And it feels like summer in the
middle of winter.
Cheryl
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> something ate the cuke leaves and I'm wondering if I'll see any pumpkins
> from the volunteer plants.
> But the tomatoes make up for the rest of it...
> Cheryl