tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1423277215518311625.post75151142802895482..comments2023-06-05T06:27:21.825-04:00Comments on Walk Down the Garden Path: Veggie Garden Update ~ October 2008Cindyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02388267373707402090noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1423277215518311625.post-68911925254769930892008-10-26T22:10:00.000-04:002008-10-26T22:10:00.000-04:00Liisa ~ Oh, I hope the deer stay out of your garde...Liisa ~ Oh, I hope the deer stay out of your garden. Our deer would bed down right next to the garden. I guess it was easy access for breakfast.Cindyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02388267373707402090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1423277215518311625.post-7603670174988874382008-10-25T07:13:00.000-04:002008-10-25T07:13:00.000-04:00Your eggplant looks delicious!! You have quite th...Your eggplant looks delicious!! You have quite the harvest, despite troubles with deer. For some strange reason, the deer haven't bothered our garden (keeping fingers crossed), despite the deer bedding area in the woods behind our house.<BR/>-LiisaLiisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14507409824253074873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1423277215518311625.post-92011515292234431462008-10-24T08:21:00.000-04:002008-10-24T08:21:00.000-04:00Hi TC - I think with carrots it depends on the var...Hi TC - I think with carrots it depends on the variety as well. I don't necessarily like the big shouldered ones but prefer the more uniform ones. There is nothing like the taste of a fresh carrot. <BR/><BR/>Joey - It is that time of year isn't it. Never enough daylight or warm days to do everything.Cindyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02388267373707402090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1423277215518311625.post-21885090518047845092008-10-23T22:43:00.000-04:002008-10-23T22:43:00.000-04:00Sounds like we are all scurrying around like squir...Sounds like we are all scurrying around like squirrels gathering nuts ... such a busy time ... appreciate your timely post. (I love your eggplant!)joeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09569378877717221045noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1423277215518311625.post-13265806752367091082008-10-22T16:23:00.000-04:002008-10-22T16:23:00.000-04:00I'm glad you were able to get your last harvest in...I'm glad you were able to get your last harvest in Cindy. We're done here too. We've not had much luck with carrots, I think they need lots of organic compost to have nice big shoulders. Fresh garden carrots are so good, one of my favorite root crops.<BR/><BR/>We usually don't have any problems with deer, but it could happen. I hope the Liquid Fence works. If you build a real fence, I heard they have to be at least nine feet tall, otherwise deer jump right over them.TChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04005938156720914381noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1423277215518311625.post-57637189367843995822008-10-22T07:34:00.000-04:002008-10-22T07:34:00.000-04:00Hi Gail - yes the citrus and all the tropical thin...Hi Gail - yes the citrus and all the tropical things suffer so much in the winter inside. Ours drop leaves like crazy and they are so prone to spider mites and scale, it's so disheartening, but they always perk up again once summer comes and they can go back outside!<BR/><BR/>Hi Fern - I replied about the beets on your site. I have so few this year I will probably just boil them to eat in salad or perhaps see if Lillian will eat them. She likes pickled beets. I will probably give her the Chiogga beets though, they don't bleed like the other ones do.Cindyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02388267373707402090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1423277215518311625.post-90507855334391926782008-10-21T23:18:00.000-04:002008-10-21T23:18:00.000-04:00What do you like to do with the beets? I'm growing...What do you like to do with the beets? I'm growing beets for the first time and really don't know how to grow them.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1423277215518311625.post-54936666779128032302008-10-21T19:12:00.000-04:002008-10-21T19:12:00.000-04:00Cindy, A fantastic harvest~~ the eggplant is beaut...Cindy, <BR/><BR/>A fantastic harvest~~ the eggplant is beautiful. It will make a very nice eggplant parmesan! I have had volunteer orange but getting it to survive inside all winter was impossible! It needed a cooler spot then a dry den! That is so cool that your kumquat fruited.<BR/><BR/>GailGailhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16194325535496408116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1423277215518311625.post-22662249941763884032008-10-21T10:33:00.000-04:002008-10-21T10:33:00.000-04:00Frances - You are very welcome! Yes to actually ga...Frances - You are very welcome! Yes to actually garden must take precedence over just writing about it :)<BR/><BR/>PGL - Yes, it was long in coming but better than no harvest at all.<BR/><BR/>Rose - yes frost already. But I guess I'm ready for this year's outside work to be over so I can plan for next year.<BR/><BR/>Tina - There are lots of plans for next year :) And as gardeners we're always looking for ways to improve! As for the kumquat, you eat it skin and all and it's a unique kind of taste, kind of sour, but not like a lemon. Lillian's so cautious, it would probably take two weeks of giving it to her before she would put it in her mouth. Sticks, leaves, those she puts in her mouth right away, food takes a while, until she is used to it. Funny little girl.Cindyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02388267373707402090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1423277215518311625.post-27369983165554501602008-10-21T09:22:00.000-04:002008-10-21T09:22:00.000-04:00Ditto everyone else! What a harvest! A TON of eggp...Ditto everyone else! What a harvest! A TON of eggplant. I agree with Rose, eggplant parmesan sounds yummy! So sad the first frost came and took it but now we can dream of next year's garden harvest and how we can 'improve' upon everything. It looks super. Thanks for posting your veggies. I love seeing them all. That kumquat is most interesting-even with the pepper. I don't think I have ever eaten a kumquat and now want to rush out and buy some to eat. What do they taste like? I am betting Lillian loves to eat them too. ttyltinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17415302577518111227noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1423277215518311625.post-49046397198867464602008-10-21T08:58:00.000-04:002008-10-21T08:58:00.000-04:00Eggplant parmesan sounds yummy! Your pepper plant...Eggplant parmesan sounds yummy! Your pepper plant with the kumquat is pretty funny; it reminds me of several volunteer tomato plants I have in strange places, no doubt from the compost I spread.<BR/>Wow, a frost already! I'd better get busy before it hits here.Rosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01384059342847120951noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1423277215518311625.post-20002005062363632482008-10-21T08:11:00.000-04:002008-10-21T08:11:00.000-04:00Nice harvest Cindy! It's better late than never.....Nice harvest Cindy! It's better late than never....:)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1423277215518311625.post-81161623624724799332008-10-21T07:31:00.000-04:002008-10-21T07:31:00.000-04:00Wow you have quite a harvest there! Thanks for th...Wow you have quite a harvest there! Thanks for the link love too. ;-> We fully understand that you must actually GARDEN instead of just writing about gardening! Or else there would be nothing to write about. I love the pepper in the kumquat, the sign of a true gardener.<BR/><BR/>Frances<BR/>http://fairegarden.wordpress.com/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com