Re: The August garden report (loooong)

Never have had luck with sweet peppers. Peppers freeze well, and they  
can be dry packed - don't even need blanching. When I do jalepenos, I  
cut off the stems and pop them in the freezer bags whole, but sweet  
peppers would need to be chopped. My cucumbers did not do quite as  
well as some years, but I got 5 quarts of dill pickles and 4 pints of  
bread and butters, plus some for salads and gazpacho before the heat  
and wilt got them. Tomatos were also less than optimal this year.  
Harvest was plentiful, but the Brandywine variety was prone to  
cracking - so badly, that much ended up in the compost. Will try some  
other variety next year. Any favorites out there? Weeds have been the  
worst I remember. Particularly the grassy weeds. Some areas have  
literally gotten away from me. Not to be deterred, I'm in the midst  
of ordering more plants for fall.... do I need therapy???

Cathy, west central IL, z5b

On Aug 25, 2005, at 5:42 AM, Donna wrote:

> Cathy I am surprised, this year mine did great and I
> really haven't had a lot of success other years. Most
> years there is enough for the family to eat, none
> extra to store. My thought was the heat helped....
> maybe the all the darn bees here too....My thought was
> to cut up and bag this years crop and just add to the
> freezer.... yes no? anything special I need to do to
> them before freezing?
>
> Now my cucumbers never did produce anything before
> they died this year... they just couldn't take the
> heat I guess.
>
> Tomatoes started coming in a couple weeks ago...
> didn't think they would ever get ripe!
>
> Donna
>
> --- Pam Evans <gardenqueen@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>> Cathy - have you tried the heirloom peppers from
>> SSE?   Mine are still
>> doing pretty well despite this abominable drought.
>> I like the Italian
>> varieties for good heat resistance, but the Polish
>> heirloom Buran
>> performs well here also.
>>
>> On 8/24/05, Cathy Carpenter <cathy.c@insightbb.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> I, too, have never had much success with sweet
>>>
>> peppers, while having
>>
>>> abundant hot peppers. Any theories out there?
>>>
>>> Cathy, west central IL, z5b
>>>
>>> On Aug 24, 2005, at 3:52 PM, Cersgarden@aol.com
>>>
>> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> My sweet peppers are slow
>>>> to produce but the hot ones(Garden Salsa
>>>>
>> variety) are producing
>>
>>>> bushels.
>>>> Everyplace I go I take hot peppers to give away.
>>>>
>>   I don't like my
>>
>>>> salsa hot so
>>>> it takes very little to please me.
>>>>      I am going to have my soil from my home
>>>>
>> veggie garden
>>
>>>> tested.   I think
>>>> I may have an imbalance.   Most of my veggies
>>>>
>> are grown in my off
>>
>>>> site garden.
>>>>      Ceres
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>
>>
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>> -- 
>> Pam Evans
>> Kemp TX
>> zone 8A
>>
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