Organic Garden at full production
Have you ever seen a tomato plant 9 feet across? Take a look at the results of the various experiments and tips I’ve been giving you all season. What do you think? Did I do ok?
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Minnesota has bearable summers. The trick I used to keep the lettuce from bolting was to plant it in with plants that would shade it from harsh heat and sun. Asparagus and corn work wonders for this. I like your idea about olive oil to grill marconis. That’s a fantastic idea!
Praxxus55712
May 6, 2012 at 9:40 pm
Very nice garden and love that tomato plant. Where do you live where you can make a lettuce last till AUG? Love those Marconis of yours, we plant them every year and love them. Have you ever grilled them? Delicious that way. Just wipe them with olive oil and slap them on the grill. They go great with steaks.
robpal555
May 6, 2012 at 9:42 pm
very nice … keep up the good vibe j
TheJosephca
May 6, 2012 at 9:42 pm
Watermelon- Oh hi Mr tomato! want a hug? -hugs-
Tomato- NOOOO! This is MY box! roar!
Watermelon- AHHH!!!
and that was the last we saw of the watermelon
Tomato – *burp*
Ladydelain
May 6, 2012 at 10:08 pm
Rascal is so freaking cute! I want him and I have a girlfriend for him too. : ) lol But no really, he is sssooo adorable though.
JuliaP777
May 6, 2012 at 10:19 pm
Hi Ray! Watched you showing off the Brandiwine tomatoes….have you ever tried fried Green Tomatoes? Really amazing good….alot like fried eggplant.
BTW, that “Brian’s Tomato” looks a LOT like the Polish Linguisa, even if it doesn’t TASTE as good
DamiettadCarnivalle
May 6, 2012 at 11:10 pm
I’ve never had a gopher anywhere near my garden. I’m afraid if I did I would probably end up doing a Caddy Shack episode. 🙂 I am a big huge zero in helping get rid of them. Have you tried bribes? lol
Praxxus55712
May 6, 2012 at 11:48 pm
What do you do about Gophers?
We had a bumper crop of potatoes, but the gophers come in and eat maybe a 3rd or more! Not sure how to get ride of them and really didn’t want to use poison because we have dogs.
LoudBunch
May 7, 2012 at 12:40 am
That’s AWESOME… I did not know you could freeze Cilantro, thank you.
LoudBunch
May 7, 2012 at 1:39 am
Thank you… I love watching your videos you are s funny! keep them coming! : )
Athenaslife
May 7, 2012 at 2:18 am
I don’t plant per square. The bean planting area is about 1 foot wide and 10 feet long. I plant two rows of seed and space them about 6 inches apart as I go down the row.
Praxxus55712
May 7, 2012 at 3:10 am
How many pole beans plants do you do per square and how many did you have in this video?
Athenaslife
May 7, 2012 at 3:49 am
So far I seem to have a really good balance of good VS bad bugs. Good seems to be winning so far. 🙂
Forest birds also visit the garden and snag bugs constantly. I’ve never had a problem with birds attacking the tomatoes. I use a fence to keep my monster birds out. The only problem I’ve had is mice sometimes nibble on the tomatoes. A couple mouse traps clears that up.
Praxxus55712
May 7, 2012 at 4:05 am
How do you keep birds/bugs from eating your tomatoes?
rageagainstthedying
May 7, 2012 at 4:57 am
HI Ray, you know you can eat the radishpods. they are a little peppery but really tasty.
liverocks62
May 7, 2012 at 5:21 am
I’m absolutely loving the Brandywines this season. I’ll try some new ones next season to see what else is good. If I find one that puts me into a tomato coma, I’ll definitely let you and the others know. 🙂
Praxxus55712
May 7, 2012 at 6:14 am
Ohhh well I have yet to get into preserving tomatoes, I eat the suckers like apples straight off the vine, they rarely make it into the house let alone on salads and sandwich’s. lol Iv got a beef steak going crazy in the garden right now but It was a end of season, “ohh you poor baby I’m takin you home” buy so I expect a late harvest. I prefer the super juicy and seedy one’s with tons of flavor. Know of any good variety’s?
PCOStherealdeal
May 7, 2012 at 7:04 am
They are the most amazingly flavorful paste tomato I have ever tasted! Most paste tomatoes have little flavor.
tomatogrowers . com has just about every variety you can imagine, including these.
Praxxus55712
May 7, 2012 at 7:53 am
I have never heard of polish linguisa tomatoes. Have any idea where I could find seeds online?
PCOStherealdeal
May 7, 2012 at 8:05 am
— I had really good luck with the ‘ol heirloom standby, Bantam early. Yeah, those 12′ corn plants in my videos are all “bantams” (that’s supposed to only be 4-5’ tall). They produced quite well too, but of course, it’s not the extra big, extra sweet hybrid stuff. The ears were on average 5-6″ long and not overly thick. I plant 3 seeds together a foot apart too, but I don’t pull any out. I never could get corn to grow well in my raised beds for some reason.
Michigansnowpony
May 7, 2012 at 8:21 am
Oh you have a skid steer . . . drool, drool, drool. I do the same thing with tomatoes — I BINGE on tomatoes when they’re fresh. The beefsteaks and yellow pear are my absolute favorites. Oh wow — my peas died off about a month ago — can’t believe you still have them. My wax beans won’t die. . . I am sick of wax beans. You cut off the corn! What are you going to do for Autumn decorations now?!?! Think man, think! LOL
Michigansnowpony
May 7, 2012 at 8:37 am
I went out today and behold i found potato’s poppin out of the ground. will have to hill them better tomorrow.. but they are growing quite crazy. may have a few green ones since they likely saw the sun… or maybe they may turn brown who knows but glad i noticed it. so i’m going to have fingerlink potato’s Yay!..
niffer58
May 7, 2012 at 9:10 am
That’s a sweet New Holland Superboom. They are the most stable skid steer loaders ever manufactured. They licenced the design to John Deere. That hardly ever happens. That’s how good they are.
AugustusLarch
May 7, 2012 at 9:38 am
How do you get your cilantro to grow so well? I think it’s too hot for it here in NC. It doesn’t bush out. It grows straight up to flower. Do you think shade would help it? It has been tough on all plants here this year though.
pantherfan3763
May 7, 2012 at 10:15 am
Holy crap that’s a big tomato plant!
A fantastic garden as usual Ray. Looks like you were able to stick with it till the end of the season. I was worried you’d put in a ton of work on it and then have to move off and leave it.
Right now my peppers are just a little shorter than yours. I’m pretty sure my tallest plant will wind up getting to about 4 1/2 feet though because my growing season is so much longer than yours. You’re lucky you don’t have late tomato blight in your area!
Blinkazoid
May 7, 2012 at 10:18 am