My #4th summer garden, continued: Harvest Season!!

[JB0704]

Last’n got locked down before I could post some pics. But, it was so much fun I’m hoping erybody who participated will jump in here n show pics of the seasons’ harvest. Bonus points if it’s plated up! We went out this evening n got enough to keep us busy tonight puttin it all up…..can’t tell y’all how much I love this stuff!

 

[NCHillbilly]

Lookin' good! And I miss that porch over yonder.

 

[JB0704]

Lookin' good! And I miss that porch over yonder.

U welcome to stop by any time!

 

[RamblinWreck88]

Lookin' good, JB! Good to see those youngin's out there. Ain't many kids nowadays that can say they shelled peas.

 

[Danuwoa]

Hopefully this one don’t get high jacked. Good stuff.

 

[JB0704]

Lookin' good, JB! Good to see those youngin's out there. Ain't many kids nowadays that can say they shelled peas.

I keep tellin em they will be very proud of this work when they are my age. I didnt have a garden when I was young. I very much respect folks who have grown up around a culture of living outdoors and growing their own food.

 

[WOODIE13]

I keep tellin em they will be very proud of this work when they are my age. I didnt have a garden when I was young. I very much respect folks who have grown up around a culture of living outdoors and growing their own food.

Wish I'd paid more attention growing up about the signs and all.

 

[NCHillbilly]

I keep tellin em they will be very proud of this work when they are my age. I didnt have a garden when I was young. I very much respect folks who have grown up around a culture of living outdoors and growing their own food.

When I was growing up, that was the norm. The grocery store was for coffee, flour, and sugar.

 

[JB0704]

When I was growing up, that was the norm. The grocery store was for coffee, flour, and sugar.

I wish I grew up like that. Seems like a great life, and something to be proud of.

Trying to give my kids a bit of that life. Gardening, huntin, fishing, processing all our own deer. Hopefully we can have some canning success this year too.

 

[kmckinnie]

Our peas are about done. We did good with them. Lots of work for a small return. Some corn did ok. Yours JB looks great. About have our ears looked that good. The okra is starting now. It didn’t seem to be a bumper crop either. The squash was plentiful.

 

[JB0704]

Wish I'd paid more attention growing up about the signs and all.

I was raised in the suburbs. I lived on 1/3 acre lots my whole life till I bought this s place 4 years ago. I just want my kids to know this lifestyle…….the idea of taking food from seed to table and working every step of the way. It’s very gratifying.

 

[WaltL1]

Good stuff Brent!
I grew up picking vegetables, corn and tobacco, baling hay.
Unfortunately we didnt own any of it
Did have a small family garden though.

 

[JB0704]

Our peas are about done. We did good with them. Lots of work for a small return. Some corn did ok. Yours JB looks great. About have our ears looked that good. The okra is starting now. It didn’t seem to be a bumper crop either. The squash was plentiful.

Thanks Kmac!

Our okra is just now starting to get going. I was crawling around out there pulling weeds earlier while the kids were picking beans n corn. Really hoping the purple hulls show up in force. That which was picked was the front end. Looks they they ain’t got going good yet.

 

[WOODIE13]

They did everything by the signs, till, weed, plant, etc. and always had a beautiful garden. My Mamaw Weis had 3 at one time, as she got older they started getting smaller and smaller

 

[JB0704]

Good stuff Brent!
I grew up picking vegetables, corn and tobacco, baling hay.
Unfortunately we didnt own any of it
Did have a small family garden though.

Thanks Walt! I’m hoping my kids are as proud of the work they are doing today as all y’all who grew up doing it are. I keep saying it, but I’m a very blessed man. I absolutely love this stuff!

 

[WaltL1]

Thanks Walt! I’m hoping my kids are as proud of the work they are doing today as all y’all who grew up doing it are. I keep saying it, but I’m a very blessed man. I absolutely love this stuff!

They'll remember it.
I can remember like it was yesterday picking tomatoes with my grandfather from his garden and setting under a tree with a salt shaker and eating tomatoes with him.

 

[NCHillbilly]

They did everything by the signs, till, weed, plant, etc. and always had a beautiful garden. My Mamaw Weis had 3 at one time, as she got older they started getting smaller and smaller

My grandma always said, I plant by the signs. My daddy said, I plant in the ground. They gardens always turned out about equal.

 

[WOODIE13]

My grandma always said, I plant by the signs. My daddy said, I plant in the ground. They gardens always turned out about equal.

I will say hers hardly had a weed in it after the first hoeing, here and there.

She also would plant the 3 sisters (corn, runner beans and squash) together in places, usually after the first rows of corn came up, hardly any weeds

 

[WOODIE13]

Cow and chicken manure were king.

Burn a brush pile, till it up and plant lettuce and spinach

 

[JB0704]

Turns out we picked them purple hulls a little too early. Dang it. I was excited.