This was the second year we have not grown our own veggies. We had a nice garden but no one had time to take care of it . I used to grow the veggies for the birds, but now I am down to 3 birds, and both kids work away from the farm, so it became a real chore and we just quit. Our neighbor has a Farmers Market Stand and keeps us in veggies when we need them. We keep them in greens for their Christmas Store, so it works out really well. I miss grabbing a tomato from the garden when I need one, but most of the time we have plenty.
Has anyone tried growing melons? I tried that one year with pretty good success. Same with pumpkins, they are fun to grow...not fun to pick. The watermelons I am getting now are just not good. The weather has been so crazy that it has definitely affected their development and they are tasting like mush. They are just not getting ripe the way they should. Early this Spring they were good but they were not local melons. I have not had a good local melon all year. Corn is fantastic but melons. yuck.
Rita, your tomato gardens look fantastic....you have such well groomed gardens. You amaze me how you do it all yourself. Way to go girl.
