majors 2018 garden..

[thistlebloom]

I'd druther have @thistlebloom's child labor than have rats-even ones that mow.

Yeah. My help is cuter and says funny things.

 

[majorcatfish]

the rats got out there this afternoon and mowed...

 

[majorcatfish]

7/7/18 update just a quickie....
what a wonderful day 78* and muddy...

dw harvest first.... theres another 5 gallon bucket of mators ready in a few days...

honorable mention... the phoenix mator... our experiment thats now going to be in the yearly line up..

a nice firm tomato very sweet, slice it and add a little salt ......yum no mayo needed
the cantaloupe..
they are ready everytime you walk by you get a whiff of ripeness

even made hammocks for the odd ones in the cucumbers, theres 4 so far growing up the cuke trellis that have them..

our 1st wet my pants and call me major..thats just sweet as the wife..yum the dw asked how to pick them .explained to her the yellewiss skin ones are the target get on your knees and if they smell sweet pick them...
theres about 5 more that i will pick before leaving in the morning... the rest asked her to slice them up and put in the dehydrator for melon chews...

the bell peppers are going to town finally

really like the birdhouse gourds...35' now and loaded

 

[majorcatfish]

dw care package for my extended stay in tennessee...
melon,refrigerator dill pickles,pineapple, river rat cheese, not shown phoenix mators and eastern peaches..

dw did start a new batch of pickles, they should be ready when i get home in 2 weeks. used both salt and pepper and marketmore cukes..
so easy to make and so tasty

 

[Nyboy]

Major are you going to craft with your birdhouse gourds ?

 

[baymule]

Looks like to me that you need to go away more often. Your wife is doing a GREAT job!

 

[seedcorn]

River rat cheese?

 

[thistlebloom]

River rat cheese?

Yes, when they aren't mowing for him they're making cheese.

 

[baymule]

 

[majorcatfish]

our first orca beans..