tvguy Wrote:I guess everyone is up to their eyeballs in these but I took a couple pics anyway. The wife and I are REALLY loving eating fresh tomatoes.

Quote:Looks like you've been taking pictures in my garden, was able to share with several famiies this year and hopefully most of those still on the vine will come close to rippening. Did get some odd tops on some but sliced that off, they are fine and real tasty. Can't complain how the garden did considering the later growing season.

A. T. Wrote:Now the garden has nothing in it. Well...it does have a lot of the foilage turned into it so the earth will be mega rich come spring.
The mold that hit here was incredible. Coldest, cloudiest and wettest summer on record.Affected everything from the pumpkins and squash right down to the lowly black eyed peas and okra.
The medical garden fared okay despite me losing half of the plants to mold. A local compassionate co-op that has 44 acres lost about 20 acres of them. They got less sun than the others. I got enough to donate some to the co-op that lost so much.
Giving weed away somehow does my very soul good.

PonderThis Wrote:

A. T. Wrote:Now the garden has nothing in it. Well...it does have a lot of the foilage turned into it so the earth will be mega rich come spring.
The mold that hit here was incredible. Coldest, cloudiest and wettest summer on record.Affected everything from the pumpkins and squash right down to the lowly black eyed peas and okra.
The medical garden fared okay despite me losing half of the plants to mold. A local compassionate co-op that has 44 acres lost about 20 acres of them. They got less sun than the others. I got enough to donate some to the co-op that lost so much.
Giving weed away somehow does my very soul good.

I was wondering how your honey cure (2 tablespoons per gallon) was working on bud rot. Sounds like not too well. I heard about a systemic fungicide called something-20, do you have any word on that? I wouldn't ordinarily be in favor of a systemic, but mold seems to be such a universal problem.

A. T. Wrote:

PonderThis Wrote:

A. T. Wrote:Now the garden has nothing in it. Well...it does have a lot of the foilage turned into it so the earth will be mega rich come spring.
The mold that hit here was incredible. Coldest, cloudiest and wettest summer on record.Affected everything from the pumpkins and squash right down to the lowly black eyed peas and okra.
The medical garden fared okay despite me losing half of the plants to mold. A local compassionate co-op that has 44 acres lost about 20 acres of them. They got less sun than the others. I got enough to donate some to the co-op that lost so much.
Giving weed away somehow does my very soul good.

I was wondering how your honey cure (2 tablespoons per gallon) was working on bud rot. Sounds like not too well. I heard about a systemic fungicide called something-20, do you have any word on that? I wouldn't ordinarily be in favor of a systemic, but mold seems to be such a universal problem.

the bud rot was stopped with the honey. problem was there was no sun this summer to dry the soil. many root rot/mold stories along the bay area to the central coast this year. mine included.

imaham Wrote:

A. T. Wrote:

PonderThis Wrote:I was wondering how your honey cure (2 tablespoons per gallon) was working on bud rot. Sounds like not too well. I heard about a systemic fungicide called something-20, do you have any word on that? I wouldn't ordinarily be in favor of a systemic, but mold seems to be such a universal problem.

the bud rot was stopped with the honey. problem was there was no sun this summer to dry the soil. many root rot/mold stories along the bay area to the central coast this year. mine included.

Yep. Same thing here. The gophers are thriving but even the 'maters I planted in the grow boxes failed. I planted some standards, some cherries and some pear types but they all got that damn disease we have been dealing with here along with not getting any sun through the fog. I think I was able to eat maybe a dozen before they all went belly up. BTW, it wasn't so much mold. I heard someone on KSCO saying what it was but I can't remember the name. Some kind of fungus. Come to think about it....maybe mold is a fungus! What do I know!

Let us hope for a better year next year A.T. Maybe we can do a community garden.......I am building up an area that I have been composting for the past couple of years and am trying to find a way to keep the gophers, squirrels and cute little bunnies out. The horses I can deal with. Now the dog, she is a whole different thing!

charlie Wrote:Plan to try this, but in a smaller size.

Spiced green tomato cake, a great way to use green tomatoes before the frost gets them.
Ingredients:
2 1/4 cups sugar
1 cup vegetable oil or melted shortening
3 eggs
2 teaspoons vanilla
3 cups flour
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
1 cup pecans or walnuts
1 cup raisins
2 1/2 cups diced green tomatoes
coconut (optional)
Preparation:
Preheat oven to 350°. In mixing bowl, beat sugar, vegetable oil or shortening, eggs and vanilla until smooth and creamy. Sift together the flour, salt, baking powder, cinnamon and nutmeg; slowly beat into egg mixture. Blend well. Stir in pecans, raisins and tomatoes.
Pour into greased 9x13-inch pan. Top with coconut if desired. Bake for one hour, or until a wooden pick or cake tester inserted in center comes out clean. .