I have long beans, Rita. I love them too. Does it taste like spinach, Arlene?

One of these days the rain will stop and I'll be able to work in the garden. I'm getting ready to start building an ark!

Send some up our way, Tom. I am hoping that it won't totally stop raining here now like it does every year about this time. Then we have drought for the rest of the season

Yes, it does sort of taste like spinach but it is thicker and flashier then spinach leaves

Sort of chased texture? Do you dislike chard taste or texture?

update on my veggie garden...there are many green tomato's on the plants (some are the size of baseballs) and baby zuch's, marketmore cucumbers, and a few peppers. The flea beetles have destroyed my eggplants this year so I think they are a bust.



here is cantaloupe's, watermelons, corn and rattlesnake green beans. Have some sunflowers growing along the left side.

It's all looking good, GoatDriver!

Looks Great!

GoatDriver said:update on my veggie garden...there are many green tomato's on the plants (some are the size of baseballs) and baby zuch's, marketmore cucumbers, and a few peppers. The flea beetles have destroyed my eggplants this year so I think they are a bust.



here is cantaloupe's, watermelons, corn and rattlesnake green beans. Have some sunflowers growing along the left side.

I just love your garden. It looks so well tended. And large.

Beautiful, and much cleaner than mine!

Pots on my sunny driveway. I planted them all in tomatoes this year. Lots of fruit setting as these are made to be grown in pots.

I took a few pics in the kitchen garden today - it is mostly still at the "sticks & string" stage - but its promising. I spotted the first tomato blooms on the Goose Creek and the Santa Maria. And planning on harvesting some Pak Choy this evening (that I didn't take a picture of for some reason)

Sticks & String


Tarragon & Purple Ruffled Basil


Yukon Golds


Sugar Snaps with Romaine Lettuce


Long Beans, Napa Cabbage, Arugula and Salpaglossis

All of that and no fencing or cages in sight! Great looking gardens!

mandolls said:I took a few pics in the kitchen garden today - it is mostly still at the "sticks & string" stage - but its promising. I spotted the first tomato blooms on the Goose Creek and the Santa Maria. And planning on harvesting some Pak Choy this evening (that I didn't take a picture of for some reason)

Sticks & String


Tarragon & Purple Ruffled Basil


Yukon Golds


Sugar Snaps with Romaine Lettuce


Long Beans, Napa Cabbage, Arugula and Salpaglossis

Wow, what an organized and impressive garden you have!

Newyorkrita said:

Wow, what an organized and impressive garden you have!

If I didn't have that kind of structure in my garden it would be total chaos. I seem to have both the need to be very controlling and the tendencies to let everything go to hell. I also don't have an enormous harvest since I only get about 6 hours of sun at the best, so I want it to at least look good

I still have a lot of work left to do - the paths all need more wood chips, and there is a section (not pictured), that I haven't weeded or planted at all yet - its a jungle of mostly wild phlox right now - and they are done blooming so its not pretty.

I was going to ask where the weeds are, and then you told us.

Looks great, Geof! (There always seems to be a "lot of work left to do," at least in my world!)

Your garden is doing very well Geof!

Thanks - it is always looking good this time of year - to early for insect and fungus problems. It looks like its going to be a beautiful day here today, and I should be able to get some work done.

We've had rain pretty much every few hours ever since I sowed the last batch of seeds. That coupled with high humidity and very warm temps have made for perfect seed sprouting weather. Direct-sown cukes, long beans , spaghetti squash and zucchini are all up and growing.

All of them are netted or caged for destructive critter prevention, so my gardens look pretty strange (again) this year.

I missed bringing in the grocery bag with the new jug of milk last evening, so today I'll be spraying it on plants that are susceptible to problems in sustained wet conditions. We're not supposed to have a dry day until perhaps Monday, (but less rain today) so it seems like a good idea to be proactive.