Foxy Lady: we just had our first frost so had to pull up my tomatos and peppers.

It's 32 and snowing here,guess Winter is in Central NY.

Dolittle: Those temps are good sleeping weather.

Foxy Lady: Our highs have been the 70's, gets down in the 50's at night....ideal weather for me.

Dolittle: I envy you,our garden is done this year.Were in our fall our high today was 52 and raining.

Bernice: I still have tomatoes producing...
even lots more blooms. Won't have our first frost for a while.

Foxy Lady: yep LOL....spent $50 the other day on shade cloth to put over the grape vines so the birds dont get them....the bunches are really coming along great. Pulled the capsicum out because they had finished. Made 1/2 dozen jars of rosella jam the other day, but they appear to fruit continuously, this is only the 2nd season I have had them but they are great. Bananas are coming along great, and New Guinea paw paw are really good...they are a BIG long paw paw with red flesh....so much sweeter than the golden ones.
Tomatoes are really going well, and have just planted another dozen or so plants but dont know what they are as they are seedlings that just grew from where I have tossed garden waste :) I dont care what they are....love tomatoes of any kind.

Depending where you live the season has ended.Anybody still in the growing of veggies?

Eriisa: Been there and done that,weed really are hard to pull on.

Gardening Rule: When weeding, the best way to make sure you are removing a weed and not a valuable plant is to pull on it. If it comes out of the ground easily, it is a valuable plant.

rod03801: I'm in Utica,but we went to Blue Mountain Lake and the trees are turning already.Were 83F right now and tonite it's dropping to around 50.Taz isn't far from me about half hour drive he's most likely getting the same.

Foxy Lady: It's almost 90 today in New Hampshire!!!! Tomorrow too, but more humid. I can't wait until the Autumn weather comes back! I LOVE it! No leaves are changing around here yet. I thought you were south of me.. I'm surprised that you already have colors.. In my part of the state our peak foliage time is mid to late October.

You can tell it's Fall here the leaves are turning,getting dark by 6 or 7PM.Have temps 80 during the day and 40 and 50F at nite.Geese don;t know for sure which way to go,North or South.

skipinnz: it is a Meyer Lemon...it is only about 8-9 months old

Bernice: I don't think as many as that but usually the tree will shed a lot, what variety of lemon is it?

skipinnz: yes i think so as well..........but have you ever seen anything like it before.......I know I havent LOL

Bernice: I'd still thin them out to half a dozen per branch at the most to allow them to grow into reasonable sized lemons.

Bernice: The picture looks great of the Lemons,and i love your name on the folder.Didn't take long to load at all.

A while ago I mentioned the fact that my lemon tree had literally hundred of lemons on it and the tree would have been barely 6 foot tall...here is a pic I took today...it takes a wee while to load.

This is only one of about a dozen bunches exactly the same...They all appear to have set fairly well....what is the general consensus of opinion as to how many will survive.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/13843860@N05/1411408852/

Our high today 58,and 38 tonite.So long Summer we may get Fall.We've had Snow as early as HalloweenOct.31

Rose: We hit 100 one day last week,and that was it.Now were about 65F to 70F and our nites are cool.Now were into fall and soon Winter sneaks up.

Foxy Lady: As is ours.. shorter than yours usually ( east coast of Canada) Just an odd year this year.. started late and is nice and warm so going late

Rose:and Bernice our growing is very short.So is our Summer for that matter.

Foxy Lady: very much so in the growing season here LOL....everything is going beserk...unusual seasons we are having...it has been showering/raining which it never does in the late winter (it is starting to heat up again) and all is beautifully green and growing rapidly...most unusual weather, but good for the garden :)

We have about another 6-8 weeks of growing time and then it will be far too hot again up until about late Feb or early March.

Foxy Lady: Our season started late this year and is still going. Im in the climate zone above or close to yours.. I think Im one higher than you near the arctic.. anyway.. I still have cukes coming up an beans. my pumpkins are no where near ready yet either.. heck we even had strawberries up last week.. weird weather this year

Hard to adjust with Fall on it's way already in CNY.We got our garden cleaned out for next year. Anybody still in the growing season?

☼ajtgirl☼: yes i think you could be right, :(..a pity as the fruit is all starting to set..apart from the ones (about a dozen) that are well and truly growing.

Anybody want tomato plants ROFL...I buried dozens of tomatoes that had gone soft about 6-8 weeks ago....3 different kinds of them and now I have more tomato plants than I need ROFL.......I already have plenty of fruit ripening, and dont really need any more plants LOLOL

Bernice:

You might want to cut off some of the flowers in order for the tree to stay symettrical and allow the fruit which remains to grow to fruition

Bernice: Oh lucky you were getting the garden cleaned up for next year.

all mine is planted :) being in the tropics you have to plant early or it will all get burned :(

I have Zucchini, Rosellas, Grapes, Cucumbers, PawPaws (2 types), Bananas, Tomatoes (4 types), capsicums, and sweet potatoes, silverbeet, and heaps and heaps of herbs.

The grapes are going to be terrific this year if I can keep the birds away from them...best crop yet for me.

***edit*** I forgot about the Meyer Lemon tree...it isnt 8 months old and Ive already had 1 ripe lemon off it....There are about a dozen small ones coming on and the flowers are there by the hundred....no kidding....some of them have set and if they all stay on Im going to have to support the branches...the tree itself is only about 6 foot tall.

skipinnz: We'll do that later in the fall.

Foxy Lady: Same here except I'm getting ready to plant for this coming spring

How's everybody's garden doing? We been doing alot of clean up on most of ours.

Already were dropping in the 40's and 50's at nite.We been a cool 70 most of the week.Got our garlic ready to dry i still haven't learned how to braid it.

Eriisa: Yes,we could have a off to see who can grow the most ginormous

Jim Dandy: I'm so glad he's not greedy!~



As much as I love potatoes, I should try growing some next year.

skipinnz: Canada is no slouch in the potato industry.PEI taters are amongst the best,but it always tastes better when you grow it yourself.I'll do some asking around,thanks.

Jim Dandy:I have no idea as you'll have different varities to us. Only 1 I've ever heard of over there is Idaho spuds. LOL

skipinnz: I'm in Eastern Canada,Toronto.April is probably my time.Drainage is a wise tip.What seeds should I investigate? I want the best tasting and the biggest.Frankentatoes

Jim Dandy: Well I'm getting ready to plant my seed potatoes but I'm in the southern hemisphere. Which will be the start of spring (Sept) thats as I want some by xmas, not sure where you are.

Jim Dandy: Nahhhhhhhhhhhh i named one Miller Lite.

skipinnz: Thanks for the tip.I wonder when the best time to plant would be?

Jim Dandy:Certainly can get a big enough container , I've used a plastic rubbish bin put some compost in the bottom , put a couple of seed spuds in and as the tops grow keep filling up with compost, just leave a bit of green showing all the time and make sure you put in enough holes for excess water to drain off.

I love my spuds.I know corn is out of the question.

Jim Dandy: hahahaha silly thing....but then I might have to keep an eye on it ROFLMBO :)

Foxy Lady: Lemme guess,you named one Bud

well if it isnt raisins Im thinking of is it sultanas? I know it is one of them......

Jim Dandy: My slugs burp from the beer

Dolittle: I would hope so i love raisins in cereal and rice pudding.

ScarletRose: Wow thats alot of toms.You can also fry them green.I dip them in egg and than flour thats been seasoned with salt,pepper and garlic powder.Yummy.Ours get ate too fast around here or juiced.My garden isn't that big for that many plants.Good Luck