What did you harvest today (other plants)?

[Eric]

Moon & Star Melons & some cantelopes, Yum!!

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=21796&size=1

Btw, total Yum on those blackberries, Richard :) !!

[harveyc]

Kondozi melon, a rare melon from Afghanistan. The leaves had covered it well the pill bugs had started at it before I noticed it today and picked it. Nice light green flesh, firm, great flavor. A friend had given me seeds a couple of years ago and I had a hard time getting them to germinate. This came from a plant grow a long ways away from any other melon so I expect it's offspring to come true to type.
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=24222&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=24222&ppuser=775)

[bencelest]

some clementine mandarin and Fuji apples

[browndrake]

I picked, possibly, my last tomatoes of the season. Cold front moved in yesterday. Last night dipped to 35 and tonight is supposed to get colder.

aaron

[bencelest]

oh yeah, tomatoes!

[sunfish]

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=24974&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=24974&ppuser=2868) MALAYSIAN GUAVAS

[Eric]

Got a Huge crop of Persimmons ready on our Persimmon tree, Yum!!

8-16-09:
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=25101&size=1

To see how big they are, check the ruler. The closest one is more than 2 inches wide!!
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=25102&size=1

Next step, checkin out recipees!?
BYE

[bencelest]

Erik:
What kind of persimmons do you have? I've got Fuyo which is just turning yellow right now. I figure another month and I will start harvesting. The shape is not the same as yours.

[sunfish]

One Holiday Avocado

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=25230&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=25230&ppuser=2868)

[Richard]

10 pounds of 'Lickvers Pride' Pineapple Guavas from one bush. Adjacent to it is a 'Nazemetz' -- equally loaded!

:woohoonaner:

[harveyc]

Hah, we just picked some pineapple guava of various types (most are from older seedling plants) today also. I pointed out to my son that they were dropping and he gathered a bunch up and gave some to his friends from the farm next door.

[sunfish]

Barbados cherry's


http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=25784&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=25784&ppuser=2868)

[browndrake]

With our first cold front/frost almost a month ago, I thought that I had picked the last from my garden. We have had several days below freezing...but not too far below.

I still have a few tomatoes that have not died. I picked about a quart of cherry tomatoes and a half dozen wilfords. Also, just a couple days ago, I picked about a quart of green beans...definitely the last of them this season.

You have to love those micro climates. My brothers tomatoes froze solid Oct 1.

aaron

[harveyc]

Somewhere around 200-250 pounds of pomegranates, consisting of about 20 varieties. Some are split and will be juiced or turned into jelly and some others will be sent to a customer of mine that encouraged me two years ago to plant some pomegranates for commercial production. I only got poked 20 times or so, but no blood! :ha:

[mjdsinsacto]

last of the hybrid teas ... for my sunday morning brunch tray

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=26069&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=26069)

[Richard]

About 5 gallons of Pineapple Guavas!

:woohoonaner:

[Abnshrek]

I'm up to 3 1/2 bushels of pecans...

[Richard]

I'm up to 3 1/2 bushels of pecans...

That's great!

[Dalmatiansoap]

300kg of Olives ;). First liters of delicious&fresh extra virgin olive oil is in safe now :):):).
Yummy!:nanadrink:
:woohoonaner:

[Abnshrek]

I'm @ 5 1/2 bushels of pecans.. probably end up with just over 6 bushels.. My squirrel count is out of this world #115 lmao :^)

[Richard]

My dog is so helpful. I went outside to check on him about mid-day and there on the back door mat was a big fat pineapple guava. So I took a bucket up to the guavas and sure enough, the rain had knocked off about 2 gallons of 'Lickvers Pride' pineapple guavas onto the ground. There's still about 5 gallons on the shrub with a few days of ripening to go.

:woohoonaner:

[harveyc]

My plants still aren't producing many pineapple guava yet, but we got a bag full at my sister's again where we had Thanksgiving dinner. Her "tree" is large, about 12' tall, and has a good crop with any large fruits (larger than Jumbo chicken eggs). I may want to airlayer it or make a graft from it one of these days to see how it does here.

[Abnshrek]

I was wrong.. I have over 6.5 bushels of pecans

[Abnshrek]

Well I can say my estimate was wrong again.. As the winds kick up along with the squirrel count #125 I'm over 7.5 bushels of pecans, and decided to donate 2.5 bushels to the local food bank so those folks can enjoy them like my neighbors :^)

[sunfish]

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=27619&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=27619&ppuser=2868)


One Guava

[harveyc]

Tony, is that guava from Ong Nursery? I know they have a guava that produces large fruit like that.

[sunfish]

Tony, is that guava from Ong Nursery? I know they have a guava that produces large fruit like that.

I got this plant from Lowe's as tropical white. I think it's Bangkok guava .

[Richard]

Interesting. "Tropical White" is a trade name used by La Verne's for one of their guava cultivars.

[sunfish]

Interesting. "Tropical White" is a trade name used by La Verne's for one of their guava cultivars.

Richard this is the one I showed you when you were here. This guava never gets soft until it rots. The other guava from Lowes ,topical pink, has no pink yellow skin white inside.

[harveyc]

La Verne's is a vendor for Lowe's. Some people up in the Bay Area have had some Lowe's and Home Depot stores do special orders from La Verne's for them.

Ong's guava reaches up to 2 pounds and it is the hard type like yours, Tony.

[sunfish]

This one has to be a two pounder

[Abnshrek]

They look like Horse apples :^)

[SoBe Musa]

First three !Are the littles dots in the fruit ok?are they look healthy.?I taste it and the flesh is very sweet and flavorful, yellow-orange fleshed -few seeds-the strong and pungent smell typical of most Papaya.

http://i815.photobucket.com/albums/zz77/SoBe_Musa/PAPAYADEC142009065.jpg

http://i815.photobucket.com/albums/zz77/SoBe_Musa/PAPAYADEC142009038.jpg

[momoese]

Wow, beautiful!

[Abnshrek]

I harvested an oak tree (105 feet tall) for fire wood :^)

[sunfish]

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=28355&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=28355&ppuser=2868)

[Jananas Bananas]

:2220: I know it isn't much, but I am proud, at least it's SOMETHING right??? I watched them all summer long and they finally changed color with the cold.

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=28507&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=28507)

Mandarin Oranges and Meyers Lemon

~JaNan

[SoBe Musa]

Papaya (Carica) & Cherry Tomatoes(sweet 100)

http://i815.photobucket.com/albums/zz77/SoBe_Musa/tomapapayajan12010005.jpg

[Scuba_Dave]

1st harvest of the season...or the last one from last year

Just pulled the rest of the carrots that I planted last year out of the greenhouse
Not a ton of them but they grew thru the winter without any heat/artificial light

[SoBe Musa]

Here is a first harvest , a little poor we have temperatures on the 30’s40' for more the two weeks in Jan/Feb .Vines were plated Dec/2008 from seed.
:*Kahuna
Very large, medium purple fruit. Sweet, subacid flavor. Good for juicing. Vigorous, productive self-fertile vine. Produces over a long season. Large, attractive foliage.
http://i815.photobucket.com/albums/zz77/SoBe_Musa/PASSIONFEB172010073.jpg
Brazilian Golden
Large to Mediun, golden-yellow fruits, larger than standard forms. Flavor somewhat tart. Extremely vigorous vine, requiring cross-pollination. Extra large, fragrant flowers, white with a dark center.
http://i815.photobucket.com/albums/zz77/SoBe_Musa/PASSIONFEB172010077.jpg

[Scuba_Dave]

Last years cocktail tomato harvest
Didn't get a chance to take a picture of it once fully ripened

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y105/Daveywb/Plants/DSCF5951.jpg

[sunfish]

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=31055&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=31055&ppuser=2868)

banana passion fruit

[sbl]

Snow peas, cabbage and lettuce. Gotta make room for my peppers!

[Caloosamusa]

:2200: A few Jaboticabas!

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=31150&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=31150)

The inside tastes wonderful, the skin is not so good. God has blessed us! :2239:

[sunfish]

One Holiday Avocado


http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=31159&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=31159&ppuser=2868)

[jnstropic]

:2200: A few Jaboticabas!

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=31150&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=31150)

They inside tastes wonderful, the skin is not so good. God has blessed us! :2239:


I have 2 jaboticabas that I bought 55 years ago. They were 20 years young at that time. It took 10 years to get a good crop. When my parents planed to sell there home I brought the trees to our yard. This one fell over once in hurricane Andrew and and 3 times 5 years ago when we were hit with 3 big storms. In the last years I have trimmed off half of the growth, it's just to big.
<a href="http://s337.photobucket.com/albums/n399/jnstropic/?action=view&current=xJaboticaba.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i337.photobucket.com/albums/n399/jnstropic/xJaboticaba.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a>

I moved this one a second time to get it in to a lighter area. This one also fell over in Andrew. It's only in the last few years that it started to have real good crops. They produce fruit off and on all year around. The best crops are from Jan.-June.
<a href="http://s337.photobucket.com/albums/n399/jnstropic/?action=view&current=xJaboticaba2.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i337.photobucket.com/albums/n399/jnstropic/xJaboticaba2.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a>

[conejov]

for Some reason, those Trees always remind me of Tumors, But that's just me.

[sbl]

Nice orchids! What does the fruit taste like?

[Caloosamusa]

Thanks jnstropic!

I had just purchased property the month Andrew hit, and had not planted anything yet. But Charlie got us with the eye wall. It laid down one mango tree and damage several others.

I remember driving through Homestead after Andrew, and the place we stayed on our Honeymoon was a slab of concrete. The bulldozers had not yet gone to work on it.

Nice orchids.

Thank you for the information! Good weather, good growing, and a quiet hurricane season to you. :2239:

SBL, the Jaboticaba tastes sweet inside not like any other fruit, even though it looks like a grape.

[Caloosamusa]

This harvest includes Mulberries and Gandules!

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=31271&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=31271)

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=31272&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=31272)

On the menu today will be Mulberry Cobbler and Arroz con Gandules. :2239:

[sunfish]

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=31397&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=31397&ppuser=2868)

[Caloosamusa]

After working out in the Hot sun these are very refreshing!!

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=31561&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=31561)

Acerola, Barbatos Cherries. :2239:

[sunfish]

More Blueberries

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=31619&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=31619&ppuser=2868)

[Abnshrek]

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=32008&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=32008)
One red raspberry to inspire my squirrel hunt :^)

[sunfish]

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=32131&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=32131&ppuser=2868)

[Abnshrek]

I picked 2 fat juicy Nectarines today. I ate them before I could get a Pic.. Yum yum :^)

[Richard]

Two gallons of ripe youngberries.

[Abnshrek]

Today I harvested about a dozen & a half of my figs
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=32244&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=32244)
about 4 more Nectarines.. Tomorrow some more Raspberries :^)

[Caloosamusa]

Congratulations on the figs Miguel, I miss not having a tree. I think I may look around for a cultivar that produces well here. Good growing!! :2239:

[sunfish]

Nectarine and White Peach

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=32378&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=32378&ppuser=2868)

[SoBe Musa]

Orange Habanero Pepper Capsicum annuum
Scoville: 100,000-300,000 ~ A blistering hot pepper !
http://i815.photobucket.com/albums/zz77/SoBe_Musa/IMG_1365.jpg

[sbl]

Buckets full of zucchini, some yellow squash, cucumbers, green beans, tomatoes, and a few blueberries.

[sunfish]

Babaco

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=32507&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=32507&ppuser=2868)

394 BLUEBERRIES

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=32514&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=32514&ppuser=2868)

Anna apples
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=32531&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=32531&ppuser=2868)

[sunfish]

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=32719&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=32719&ppuser=2868)

[Worm_Farmer]

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=33351&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=33351)

[Scuba_Dave]

I was weeding in the garden today & was hungry
So I grabbed some peas & ate them :ha:

[sunfish]

One peach from a graft this spring.

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=33405&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=33405&ppuser=2868)

[PennyG]

Looks great everyone!!

[Henry]

Sunfish, can you post pic of your babaco tree? How big is it? How does the fruit taste? Can you post a pic of the fruit cut open? Thanks.

Henry.

[sbl]

I picked 15 pounds of blueberries off my bushes--34# so far this yr.

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=33554&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=33554&ppuser=5736)

[sunfish]

Sunfish, can you post pic of your babaco tree? How big is it? How does the fruit taste? Can you post a pic of the fruit cut open? Thanks.

Henry.

5' to top of trunk
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=33558&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=33558&ppuser=2868)

Taste like a watery Pineapple
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=33557&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=33557&ppuser=2868)

[Jananas Bananas]

Tomatoes and Onions

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=33559&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=33559)

~JaNan

[sunfish]

One pepper
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=33563&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=33563&ppuser=2868)

[sunfish]

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=33696&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=33696&ppuser=2868)

[Henry]

5' to top of trunk
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=33558&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=33558&ppuser=2868)

Taste like a watery Pineapple
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=33557&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=33557&ppuser=2868)

Thank you, that look very interesting; The fruit looks seedless.

[sunfish]

Thank you, that look very interesting; The fruit looks seedless.

It is seedless,grown from cuttings

[Abnshrek]

Today's bounty :^)
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=33742&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=33742)

[Caloosamusa]

Today I harvested four Seminole Squash, it is an Heirloom cultivar and a Native plant to South Florida. :2239:

[PennyG]

Yummy looking peppers, and i have heard that squash is pretty good, didnt realize it was an heirloom though.:03:

[Abnshrek]

A whole bunch of Figs from one of two trees, banana peppers, crook necked squash, and more Tomatoes. :^)
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=33808&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=33808)

[sbl]

That is exactly what I picked today! I have them covered with sugar now--will start making preserves tomorrow.

I picked about 20# of BBs yesterday and about 15 nice butternut squash and some peas and okra.

[Abnshrek]

Peaches, Tomatoes :^) the rest is put up (peppers) or given to neighbors (Tomatoes & Figs)..
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=34208&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=34208)

[Scuba_Dave]

Pulled in 5 summer squash & 2 cukes Sunday
Then we went to Maine
Arrived home today...7 more cukes & 2 summer squash
2 different types of summer squash growing

Soooo....cukes (I like) & squash (I do not eat them) going good
Lots of tomatoes....none ripe yet
1st 2 peppers are almost ready to pick

[PennyG]

Fianlly, i was able to pick some hot banana peppers, the tomatoes are just about ready, some anyway :woohoonaner:

[Henry]

Peaches, Tomatoes :^) the rest is put up (peppers) or given to neighbors (Tomatoes & Figs)..
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=34208&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=34208)

You can't find tomatoes that look that good in supermartkets :nanadrink:

[sunfish]

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=34510&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=34510&ppuser=2868)

[PennyG]

Those all look amazing Tony :woohoonaner:

[sunfish]

One Giant Green Tomato
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=34634&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=34634&ppuser=2868)

[PennyG]

What kind is that one Tony?:03:

[sunfish]

What kind is that one Tony?:03:

I am pretty sure it's call Green Giant

[Caloosamusa]

I have gotten more fruit this year from this mango tree than ever before! This cultivar was developed locally. I've seen the mother tree and origional seedling. They taste great, and are very aeromatic.

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=34800&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=34800)

I also harvested some wild muscadine grapes while I was clearing some space for new plantings. They are not as sweet as they will be in a week or so.

:2239:

[Dean W.]

These few peppers.
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=35014&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=35014)

[sunfish]

White Genoa,Brown Turkey and Celestial

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=35164&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=35164&ppuser=2868)

[PennyG]

I finally got some peppers and tomatoes, 2 hot banana, and a handful of cherry tomatoes:woohoonaner:

[Scuba_Dave]

Picked my 1st tomato last nite
Not another one turning red as far as I can see

[guerich]

Some pears, apples, and peaches. The animals can have the rest.:02:

[sandy0225]

Pepperoncini, picked and pickled today.
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=35194&size=1

[Caloosamusa]

Those pickles look very good Sandy!!

Today I harvested the last two mangos off one tree and two mangos off another tree that has now bloomed and produced for a third year in a row! :2239:

[jnstropic]

We eat very well in the summe, Longans, Mameys, Avocados and Mangoes. The squirrels would eat every thing if I didn't harvest quickly and early.

<a href="http://s337.photobucket.com/albums/n399/jnstropic/?action=view&current=xsummerfood.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i337.photobucket.com/albums/n399/jnstropic/xsummerfood.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a>

[sunfish]

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=35223&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=35223&ppuser=2868)

[soundofthemusic1]

Hi, Tony,

Both Abnshrek and you grow the best looking tomatoes; they look so delicious. I believe there are more reasons to it than the reason that the weather is accomodating.

And Hello, Jnstropic,

Congrats on your harvest. Your Longans, Avocados, and Mangoes are so tempting. I don't know what Mameys are, but I hope your longans are as sweet as I remember.

Here is a photo of my very first Loofah (Muop) sqush, 17.5 inches long, harvested this morning, August 10, 2010. After trying and failing two years in a row, I was so thrilled about getting it.

<a href=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=35462&limit=recent><img src=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=35462&size=1 border=0></a>

[sunfish]

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=35748&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=35748&ppuser=2868)

[sbl]

Jalapenos, habaneros, giant marconi, Thia dragon and a white eggplant.

[sunfish]

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=36105&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=36105&ppuser=2868)

[Henry]

Pepperoncini, picked and pickled today.
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=35194&size=1
Sandy,
Can you share how you pickle your pepper? I would love to pickle some pepper but without the seeds, seeds are too hot for me. Thanks.
Henry.

[frankthetank]

A 74 lb Carolina Cross.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v519/franktank232/august31.jpg

I bet we could have got it bigger, but we left 2 going to being with, before getting rid of the smaller of the two... Next year i have my eye on at least a 200 lb melon.

[Dalmatiansoap]

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=36942&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=36942&ppuser=4565)
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=36941&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=36941&ppuser=4565)
:woohoonaner:

[Caloosamusa]

Today I harvested a single miracle fruit! I eat it before I have a cup of black coffee! I have three more nearly ripe on the bush! :jalapenonaner:

[The Hollyberry Lady]

Today I harvested some of these...


http://i375.photobucket.com/albums/oo193/hollyberrylady08/2nd%20album/DSCI3649.jpg


They look like blackberries but they are actually "blackberry lily' seeds!


: )

[sunfish]

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=37041&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=37041&ppuser=2868)

[The Hollyberry Lady]

http://i375.photobucket.com/albums/oo193/hollyberrylady08/2nd%20album/DSCI3670.jpg



Time for Natchos again!



: )

[Dalmatiansoap]

About a dozen of these:
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=37163&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=37163&ppuser=4565)
:woohoonaner:

[PennyG]

Very nice everyone :08:

[SoBe Musa]

ORANGE HABANERO
The last ones in the vegetables bed.
http://i815.photobucket.com/albums/zz77/SoBe_Musa/IMG_1024.jpg
http://i815.photobucket.com/albums/zz77/SoBe_Musa/IMG_1020.jpg

[SoBe Musa]

Also potted citrus ,3 Meyer and 2 Key Lime..!!!
http://i815.photobucket.com/albums/zz77/SoBe_Musa/IMG_1144.jpg
http://i815.photobucket.com/albums/zz77/SoBe_Musa/IMG_1131.jpg

[sunfish]

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=37207&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=37207&ppuser=2868)

[sunfish]

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=37226&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=37226&ppuser=2868)

[Dalmatiansoap]

Raštika
lat. Brassica oleracea var. acephala
http://i730.photobucket.com/albums/ww305/dalmatiansoap/IMAG0285.jpg
http://i730.photobucket.com/albums/ww305/dalmatiansoap/IMAG0286.jpg
do I have to ad how deliciuos it was:ha:
:nanadrink:

[sunfish]

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=37433&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=37433&ppuser=2868)

[sunfish]

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=37550&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=37550&ppuser=2868)


http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=37551&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=37551&ppuser=2868)

[sunfish]

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=37755&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=37755&ppuser=2868)

[Dalmatiansoap]

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=37758&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=37758&ppuser=4565)
:woohoonaner:

[sunfish]

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=37761&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=37761&ppuser=2868)
One Anna apple

[sunfish]

Passiflora Maliformis seed

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=37760&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=37760&ppuser=2868)

[Dalmatiansoap]

And more Raštika
http://i730.photobucket.com/albums/ww305/dalmatiansoap/IMAG0494.jpg
:nanadrink:
http://i730.photobucket.com/albums/ww305/dalmatiansoap/IMAG0493.jpg
:woohoonaner:

[Dalmatiansoap]

Pomeganate/Šipak
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=38041&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=38041&ppuser=4565)
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=38040&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=38040&ppuser=4565)
:nanadrink:

[Dalmatiansoap]

http://i730.photobucket.com/albums/ww305/dalmatiansoap/IMAG0527.jpg
:woohoonaner:

[bananimal]

Harvested all the Lula avocados, a dozen, before the cold snap set in. First crop from an 8 ft tree planted early this year. It was in a 30 gal pot. Getting it out was fun. Had to cut it off.

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=38215&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=38215&ppuser=820)

Now the wait till they soften up a bit.

[Dalmatiansoap]

http://i730.photobucket.com/albums/ww305/dalmatiansoap/IMAG0600.jpg
:woohoonaner:

[Dalmatiansoap]

Beta vulgaris var. vulgaris (dont know english term:ha:)
http://i730.photobucket.com/albums/ww305/dalmatiansoap/IMAG0587.jpg
http://i730.photobucket.com/albums/ww305/dalmatiansoap/IMAG0584.jpg
:woohoonaner:

[sunfish]

Beta vulgaris var. vulgaris (dont know english term:ha:)
http://i730.photobucket.com/albums/ww305/dalmatiansoap/IMAG0587.jpg
http://i730.photobucket.com/albums/ww305/dalmatiansoap/IMAG0584.jpg
:woohoonaner:

Wish I had a piece of land like that. BEETS

[Dalmatiansoap]

Wish I had a piece of land like that. BEETS

Its never to late.
We can share some:ha:
:woohoonaner:

[sunfish]

Beta vulgaris var. vulgaris Swiss Chard ?

[Dalmatiansoap]

maybe, ours is totaly green
http://i730.photobucket.com/albums/ww305/dalmatiansoap/swisschard1.jpg
:woohoonaner:

[The Hollyberry Lady]

Looks like beautiful healthy white Chard, to me. :08:


Gorgeous Ante! What I wouldn't give to be having that for my dinner tonight!


Enjoy!


Love the shots of Mrs. Dalmatiansoap too! :waving:


: )

[Jananas Bananas]

Clipped my rose hips off - these are all off one bush.
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=38302&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=38302)

This is a rose hip cut open showing the rose seeds.
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=38303&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=38303)

~JaNan

[sunfish]

Malaysian Guava

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=38906&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=38906&ppuser=2868)

[bananimal]

Picked a few of these big Avocados at my cousins house in Homestead, Fla on Saturday. Variety unknown.

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=39175&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=39175&ppuser=820)

[jnstropic]

The last Lula avocados for the season. Next week we start eating the Manroe avocados.
<a href="http://s337.photobucket.com/albums/n399/jnstropic/?action=view&amp;current=b03.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i337.photobucket.com/albums/n399/jnstropic/b03.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a>

[Caloosamusa]

I'm providing some input to the big family Christmas Eve feast.

Gandules and Seminole Squash. The Seminole Squash are like Calabasa only smaller.

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=39185&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=39185)
:jalapenonaner:

[SoBe Musa]

Calamondin or Kalamansi (scientific name: Citrus ×microcarpa)
http://i815.photobucket.com/albums/zz77/SoBe_Musa/IMG_1327.jpg
http://i815.photobucket.com/albums/zz77/SoBe_Musa/IMG_1319.jpg
http://i815.photobucket.com/albums/zz77/SoBe_Musa/IMG_1329.jpg

[sunfish]

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=39392&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=39392&ppuser=2868)
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=39393&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=39393&ppuser=2868)

[Caloosamusa]

Two more Seminole Squash, they were growing among the Saw Palmettos so I just found them. :jalapenonaner:

[PennyG]

Nice pictures, Emily and Tony!:woohoonaner:

[tbaleno]

Roma tomatoes

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5290/5307586125_7bd8b8ed42_t.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/34712576@N08/5307586125/)
CIMG_2010-12-30-190602 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/34712576@N08/5307586125/) by mysimplehomegarden (http://www.flickr.com/people/34712576@N08/), on Flickrc.flickr.com/5290/5307586125_7bd8b8ed42_t.jpg[/img]

[sunfish]

A few Strawberries

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=39739&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=39739&ppuser=2868)

[PennyG]

Yummm, fresh strawberries and tomatoes :woohoonaner:

[sunfish]

Valencia and Navel Orange,Oro Blanco and Ruby Grapefruit,Eureka Lemon,Tangerines and Limes

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=39769&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=39769&ppuser=2868)

[Dalmatiansoap]

Young onions
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=39772&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=39772&ppuser=4565)
:nanadrink:

[momoese]

Ok so this is interesting, I planted what I thought was Babaco but I was told it might be a Mountain Papaya due to a mix up. Well it turned out to be a male Mountain Papaya that almost exclusively grows thousands of little flowers. Then one day it grew a fruit that ended up falling off and rotting way before reaching maturity. Then another fruit grew and this is the result. It smelled delicious, was very ripe after sitting a few days on the counter so I cut it open tonight and found this! I did taste it and it was horrible, similar to vomit. It's a pretty plant but I need the space so I'm calling this experiment officially over! :) I'll plant greens in it's place and be more happy. :)

http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m161/momoese/2011-01-07175422.jpg

http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m161/momoese/2011-01-11181729.jpg

[SoBe Musa]

Yellow Passionfruit, Yellow Passion Fruit Maracuja, Passion Vine, Passionvine 'Flavicarpa'Passiflora edulis
http://i815.photobucket.com/albums/zz77/SoBe_Musa/IMG_1657.jpg
http://i815.photobucket.com/albums/zz77/SoBe_Musa/IMG_1648.jpg

[harveyc]

Thanks, Emily! My Passiflora edulis 'Frederick' fruits are still hanging on. We've had 12 or 13 days of frost (starting the day after Thanksgiving). Last Sunday night was the worst with frost by 9pm and some leaves dropped from the plant, but it still looks pretty good. Most of my fruits set in September but one was last July. Wish I could try Flavicarpa here!

[Dalmatiansoap]

First asparagus :)
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=40525&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=40525&ppuser=4565)
:nanadrink:

[jnstropic]

I picked these today and my wife made 20 jars of jelly. If anyone would like to make some jelly,
come over and get the fruit. We have more then we can use.

<a href="http://s337.photobucket.com/albums/n399/jnstropic/?action=view&amp;current=0081.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i337.photobucket.com/albums/n399/jnstropic/0081.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a>
I
Jaboticaba (Myrciaria cauliflora)

[PennyG]

Nice everyone :08:

[sunfish]

Champagne Loquat

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=40826&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=40826&ppuser=2868)

[Dalmatiansoap]

handfull of asparagus, onions, salads,...
http://i730.photobucket.com/albums/ww305/dalmatiansoap/IMAG1965.jpg
:nanadrink:

[Dalmatiansoap]

My favourite ;)
http://i730.photobucket.com/albums/ww305/dalmatiansoap/IMAG1984.jpg
:nanadrink:

[sunfish]

Passion fruit Mollissima

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=41022&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=41022&ppuser=2868)

[Caloosamusa]

Late yesterday I harvested one gallon of mulberries. While harvesting I ate about one liter of the fruit while quickly and easily filling the gallon container to overflowing. The fruit is delicious fresh and stains your hands purple.
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=41032&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=41032)

This year the fruit has come early! :jalapenonaner:

[Richard]

Yum! Our mulberries ripen typically in May.

[venturabananas]

Caloosamusa,

What variety of mulberry? A couple of months ago I bought a couple of Morus nigra mulberry plants (dwarf Persian, Black Beauty), for which I've heard rave reviews about the fruit, but won't have fruit for some time. They are just in the bud-break stage right now. It's been a long, very wet, cold winter here in So Cal.

[Richard]

Check out this blurb: Morus the Mulberry (http://www.plantsthatproduce.com/column/PTP_2009_11_Morus.htm).

[Caloosamusa]

The tree the fruit came from is a "Tice" cultivar, locally developed in Ft.Myers and has a low chill requirement. The fruit normally ripens late April to early May, but not this year. I have a small "Kampong Sweet" from the Fairchild Tropical Gardens, that is also a good producer here. I think the species of both of these Morus is rubra, but I could be wrong. They taste wonderful as last night my wife made a Mulberry Cobbler! Yum!!

I have tasted a Morus nigra that grows on Campus at UF, the fruit is large and darker but is not as sweet. Thanks Ventura and Richard.
:jalapenonaner:

[Richard]

Morus rubra (red mulberry) becomes a large tree and some cultivars have dark and/or black fruit. It is a North American native.

Morus nigra is the true Pakistan native that grows to a large shrub.

The tree the fruit came from is a "Tice" cultivar, locally developed in Ft.Myers and has a low chill requirement. The fruit normally ripens late April to early May, but not this year. I have a small "Kampong Sweet" from the Fairchild Tropical Gardens, that is also a good producer here. I think the species of both of these Morus is rubra, but I could be wrong. They taste wonderful as last night my wife made a Mulberry Cobbler! Yum!!

I have tasted a Morus nigra that grows on Campus at UF, the fruit is large and darker but is not as sweet. Thanks Ventura and Richard.
:jalapenonaner:

[Dalmatiansoap]

http://i730.photobucket.com/albums/ww305/dalmatiansoap/IMAG2040.jpg
:nanadrink:

[Dalmatiansoap]

http://i730.photobucket.com/albums/ww305/dalmatiansoap/IMAG2106.jpg

http://i730.photobucket.com/albums/ww305/dalmatiansoap/IMAG2105.jpg
:nanadrink:

[Dalmatiansoap]

U must love that roots
http://i730.photobucket.com/albums/ww305/dalmatiansoap/IMAG2137.jpg
:nanadrink:

[Dalmatiansoap]

Some lettuce
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=41951&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=41951&ppuser=4565)
:woohoonaner:

[sunfish]

:bananarow::bananarow::bananarow::woohoonaner::woohoonaner::wooh oonaner::woohoonaner:

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=42433&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=42433&ppuser=2868)

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=42434&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=42434&ppuser=2868)

Delicious

[sunfish]

Yummy

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=42527&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=42527&ppuser=2868)

[bananimal]

Tony ---- This year I plant my first blueberries. Got 6 nice plants from TruBlue here in Fla. Three low chill varieties -- Emerald, Windsor and Primadonna. Repotted and ferted, to get some size, and I picked off all the fruit -- they came loaded. Can't wait!

Dan

[sunfish]

Tony ---- This year I plant my first blueberries. Got 6 nice plants from TruBlue here in Fla. Three low chill varieties -- Emerald, Windsor and Primadonna. Repotted and ferted, to get some size, and I picked off all the fruit -- they came loaded. Can't wait!

Dan

Good deal

[Dalmatiansoap]

Chard
http://i730.photobucket.com/albums/ww305/dalmatiansoap/aaa021.jpg
spinach
http://i730.photobucket.com/albums/ww305/dalmatiansoap/aaa022.jpg
arugula
http://i730.photobucket.com/albums/ww305/dalmatiansoap/aaa023.jpg
lettuce
http://i730.photobucket.com/albums/ww305/dalmatiansoap/aaa025.jpg
:nanadrink:

[Richard]

Tony ---- This year I plant my first blueberries. Got 6 nice plants from TruBlue here in Fla. Three low chill varieties -- Emerald, Windsor and Primadonna. Repotted and ferted, to get some size, and I picked off all the fruit -- they came loaded. Can't wait!
Dan

The fruiting breeding program at U. Florida is outstanding, and they are most known for their Blueberries. At the top of the list is Sharp's Blue, bred by Ralph Sharp. You would be remiss not to plant one!

[Jananas Bananas]

The mulberries are starting to ripen, so we picked a few yesterday:

http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n580/JaNan16/20110514155.jpg

They were very sweet and delicious! Hard to beat the birds from the ripe ones though,

~JaNan

[venturabananas]

A babaco. The first one I have ever harvested or tasted. I thought it was delicious. To me, it tasted nothing like a papaya, not even remotely, despite being a close relative. Quite tart, aromatic, and refreshing, with essentially white flesh. I thought the flavor was vaguely reminiscent of starfruit. If you are really into sweet fruit with no acidity, this is not the fruit for you!

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=43751&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=43751&ppuser=7760)

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=43750&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=43750&ppuser=7760)

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=43749&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=43749&ppuser=7760)

[Dean W.]

A few chili peppers.
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=42822&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=42822)

[sunfish]

A few chili peppers.
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=42822&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=42822)

:woohoonaner:

[Darkman]

A grocery bag of collards, two cups of blueberries and 1/2 bushel of green beans. I have jalapeno ready but haven't picked yet. Also some green bell peppers.

[Jananas Bananas]

http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n580/JaNan16/20110517167.jpg

~JaNan

[sunfish]

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=42870&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=42870&ppuser=2868)

[Darkman]

Green beans are going nuts! We have picked at least a bushel and we should get at least two more pickings. My pink-eyed purple hull peas are almost ready and the butter beans won't be far behind. My tomatos are looking good and some are starting to blush. I need some ideas on what to do with all the jalapenos I have. If this keeps up I'll never be able to pick it all!

[bananimal]

My bluelake pole beans are going nuts also. Ran three 7 ft pole trellises this year and the arms have had a workout by the time pickings finished. Have to drape the spillover mass of vines on top of my hat to see to pick.

Big yields of eggplant as well. Can't wait for the artichokes to pop.

Bean pickin' in the shade--
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=42975&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=42975&ppuser=820)

[Darkman]

Well the green beans continue to amaze me. We picked another 1/2 bushel today and only picked two of the four rows.

[ShearMe]

Champagne Loquat

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=40826&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=40826&ppuser=2868)

:woohoonaner: Wish I was there stealing some from your tree.... :ha:

[Yug]

Red Cassava root
<a href=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=43110><img src=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=43110&size=1 border=0></a>

Chayote - these grow like weeds
<a href=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=43112><img src=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=43112&size=1 border=0></a>

[sunfish]

Yellow Peach off Santa Rosa Plum tree

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=43124&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=43124&ppuser=2868)

[orinoko]

Wow, so much fruit...amazing!!

Good condition too.

Has anyone seen Dan???? :ha::ha::ha::ha::ha:

[sunfish]

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=43188&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=43188&ppuser=2868)

[venturabananas]

Tony, I'm jealous. I planted 3 apricot trees this year, but no fruit yet. I hope next year they'll produce.

[sunfish]

Tony, I'm jealous. I planted 3 apricot trees this year, but no fruit yet. I hope next year they'll produce.

Mine took two years to fruit.This is the third year for this one

[venturabananas]

I was afraid you might say something like that! At least the nectaplum and the plum I planted are already producing. I have a grand total of 1 plum and 1 nectaplum hanging! Not sure if I can eat two whole pieces of fruit.

[sunfish]

I was afraid you might say something like that! At least the nectaplum and the plum I planted are already producing. I have a grand total of 1 plum and 1 nectaplum hanging! Not sure if I can eat two whole pieces of fruit.

I have Santa Rosa plum and I might get 5 fruit this year. The nectarine has hundreds of fruit all small should of thinned them

[sunfish]

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=43263&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=43263&ppuser=2868)

[The Hollyberry Lady]

http://i375.photobucket.com/albums/oo193/hollyberrylady08/3rd%20album/100_0489.jpg


Freshly removed from my potted window "Table" tomato plant today for salad. They were yummy. :D


: )

[cherokee_greg]

http://i375.photobucket.com/albums/oo193/hollyberrylady08/3rd%20album/100_0489.jpg


Freshly removed from my potted window "Table" tomato plant today for salad. They were yummy. :D


: )

looks good yum

[Darkman]

Well I finally have finished the first planting of green beans and pulled up the four 90 foot rows. I'll probably plant some eggplant, okra, and pink eye purple hull peas. Meanwhile the tomatos have gone nuts. I have about 200 sitting on the counter waiting to be canned. At least another 200 in the garden.

PS I need a good quick sauce recipe for canning.

[Dean W.]

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=43500&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=43500)

[sunfish]

<a href="http://s950.photobucket.com/albums/ad348/musanamwah/?action=view&amp;current=Picture004.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i950.photobucket.com/albums/ad348/musanamwah/Picture004.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a>

[Jananas Bananas]

http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n580/JaNan16/20110615008-1.jpg

~JaNan

[laserlight]

We took some purple new potatos out of the garden and cooked them and they were really good! theres a ton more but were waiting for those to get bigger first so they can be baked potatos. =D

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=43655&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=43655)

[sunfish]

Red onions

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=43685&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=43685&ppuser=2868)

[Caloosamusa]

Nine Mangos. I have to get to them early as Rabbits actually eat them when they hit the ground. I thought it was Wood Rats, but the culprits turned out to be rabbits. They like them as much as I do!

I did not have my picking pole with me so I climbed the tree and did some limb shaking to get six more of them. :jalapenonaner:

[NANAMAN]

This is the first pineapple of the season to ripen, can't wait to try it!

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=43693&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=43693)

[sunfish]

Passion fruit Aurantia

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=44263&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=44263&ppuser=2868)

[sunfish]

Cherry tomatoes and basil

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=44308&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=44308&ppuser=2868)

[sunfish]

Jelly Bean Tomatoes

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=44614&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=44614&ppuser=2868)

[sunfish]

Brown Turkey and Black Jack

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=44837&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=44837&ppuser=2868)

[bananimal]

Nice figs Tony. I miss 'em. Had 2 big Brown Turkey when I lived in N Carolina and had to fight the birds for them. One of the world's best fruit ever.

[sandy0225]

picked 15 10# size boxes of tomatoes for market tomorrow along with 2 bushels bell peppers and 1/2 bushel summer squash. we have garlic and onions and okra and cauliflower to sell tomorrow too. A friend is bringing me 18 dz ears of corn to sell tomorrow so we'll have a busy day. And loaded up the other truck with 12 starfighter oriental lilies in good bloom, 2 large basjoo, 4 minis, butterfly bushes, hardy hibiscus, blackeyed susans, 2 flats of herbs and 6 hard to kill sun-loving hanging baskets. Should be a good day.

[Dalmatiansoap]

These are pics of peppers and tomatoes I harvestad yesterday

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=44950&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=44950&limit=last1)

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=44951&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=44951&limit=last1)

Peppers are grown under heavy shade cloth and thats the reason they are so big, others grown in full sun are hardly quater of this size. Next season I ll have to make same protection for tomatoes, most of this year crop has sun burns.
:nanadrink:

makes sence
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=44965&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=44965&ppuser=4565)
right? ;)

[Dalmatiansoap]

http://i730.photobucket.com/albums/ww305/dalmatiansoap/IMAG2690.jpg

http://i730.photobucket.com/albums/ww305/dalmatiansoap/IMAG2688.jpg

http://i730.photobucket.com/albums/ww305/dalmatiansoap/IMAG2689.jpg
:nanadrink:

[sandy0225]

today I picked 200 lbs of slicing tomatoes, 20 boxes, not counting the canning tomatoes that weren't pretty enough to put in boxes.
down from last week though, when I picked 32 boxes full--The funny thing is though, keep in mind that this storage area is our living room! lol...
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=45153&size=1
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=45152&size=1

[lkailburn]

sandy are you a commercial grower for farmers markets or something?

-Luke

[sandy0225]

Yes, I grow plants all year long, but in the summer we plant every little bit of ground we have in market gardens for the farmers market and our farm stand. I take veggies and plants May-October on Weds. and Saturday to our local farmers market. I also do mail order, we have a veggie stand set up here at the house, and then in the fall I do pumpkins and mums, gather in all the perennials for winter storage, and start on Christmas wreaths. After Christmas, I order in all my seeds and starter plants, relax and clean the house just a bit, and start over planting seeds in January.
This is one garden of three, the rows are about 100 feet long. Guess who grows all the plants for my market garden? I raised all these since they were seeds...the peppers in the immediate foreground are bhut jolokia
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=45167&size=1

[sunfish]

Some of today's harvest. Got seed ?

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=45291&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=45291&ppuser=2868)

[venturabananas]

Holy Passiflora fruit Tony!

[sunfish]

Holy Passiflora fruit Tony!

I need ten less years and two more hands,around here

[Dalmatiansoap]

http://i730.photobucket.com/albums/ww305/dalmatiansoap/IMAG2877.jpg

http://i730.photobucket.com/albums/ww305/dalmatiansoap/IMAG2883.jpg
:nanadrink:

[sunfish]

http://i730.photobucket.com/albums/ww305/dalmatiansoap/IMAG2877.jpg

http://i730.photobucket.com/albums/ww305/dalmatiansoap/IMAG2883.jpg
:nanadrink:

Nice one.Harvey will be interested in that one.i think:08:

[Dalmatiansoap]

Might be for sure. I saw him in latest CRFG magazine, they also have sendt me an invitation to Festival of fruit 2011
2011 Festival Of Fruit - Year of the Pomegranate (http://www.azrfg.org/festivalOfFruit/fof.html#)
Seems like an event where man can learn a lot of great stuff but to me its just a bit to fare away :)
I ll have to skipp this one:ha:
:woohoonaner:

[orinoko]

Great Images from all of you,

A very successful market gardening business there Sandy, keep up the good work.

[Jananas Bananas]

My AeroGarden banana peppers (and a couple of really, really hot hybrids):

http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n580/JaNan16/20110912023.jpg

~JaNan

[SoBe Musa]

Yuca,Cassava my first ever harvest... waiting for a while..
http://i815.photobucket.com/albums/zz77/SoBe_Musa/IMG_2526.jpg

http://i815.photobucket.com/albums/zz77/SoBe_Musa/IMG_2529.jpg

[sunfish]

<a href=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=45775&ppuser=2868><img src=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=45775&size=1 border=0></a>

[bananimal]

Started some $1.00 apiece seeds of Bih Jolokia in Feb and one made it. Just harvested the first 3 red ones for seed and I got gassed good. The fumes in the kitchen started to build up and I ran outside to finish. I of course used latex gloves but did not expect this kind of potency.:2169::2169::2169:

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=45780&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=45780&ppuser=820)

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=45781&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=45781&ppuser=820)

My sinus passages tingled for the rest of the day and I did not need any Nasonex before bed.:2703::2703::2703:

Man these guys are tough!! One day I hope to get my hands on the world's newest hottest pepper - the Naga Viper. I did a post on this one earlier.

Plan to use these guys to keep critters at bay in the back yard. Also will cook up some channa masala using a small amt of Jolokia. Channa Bhatura - one of the worlds best meals without meat.

Has anyone tried cooking with the Jolokia?

[Darkman]

Still harvesting Bell peppers, Ancho peppers , Jalepeno peppers, Okra, three bananas off an Orinoco and watermelons. Oh and one Sunburst tangerine.

[tbaleno]

Harvested some hot peppers today as well. Not sure what kind they are but they are very short and very very hot with lots of seeds. I can only take very small nibbles. Nice flavor and super good heat.

[Dalmatiansoap]

http://i730.photobucket.com/albums/ww305/dalmatiansoap/IMAG3326.jpg
:nanadrink:

[sunfish]

http://i730.photobucket.com/albums/ww305/dalmatiansoap/IMAG3326.jpg
:nanadrink:

Nice :nanadrink:

[bananimal]

Ante ---------- What do your pomegranates taste like? Good sour/sweet or mild. I just found out that varieties for south Florida have been developed but they have a very mild taste. Not for me. I like one that bites back!

And your olive trees look very healthy. I'm still using the olive oil you sent me and it has a very good taste. Very different from what we normally get here.

Dan

[Dalmatiansoap]

Hey Dan,
most of local pomegrantes are sour-sweet with biting intention:ha:
The once that arent in cultivation are smaller and totaly sour, full with C vitamin, very healthy but U need ho have a good stomac :).
Im glad U like our Oil, we will have First Press oil again this Saturday, unfortunelly there are still some stupid shipping restriction for US packages so I still cant shipp any to all my friends there.
:nanadrink:

[laserlight]

I harvested 14 big green bell peppers and theres still more that are almost ready to pick. =D i will be harvesting big horseradish roots after the tops freeze.

[Dalmatiansoap]

...and again...
http://i730.photobucket.com/albums/ww305/dalmatiansoap/Snapbucket/c1fe368d-51fd-4a38-9634-83c11fe56165.jpg
:woohoonaner:

[sunfish]

...and again...
http://i730.photobucket.com/albums/ww305/dalmatiansoap/Snapbucket/c1fe368d-51fd-4a38-9634-83c11fe56165.jpg
:woohoonaner:

As many or more than last year ?

[Dalmatiansoap]

Will be at least a double than last year

[sunfish]

Will be at least a double than last year

So does the price of Olive Oil go down :woohoonaner::0519:

[Dalmatiansoap]

Not much. Many areas were hit with fires and drought.

[Darkman]

My winter garden is in full swing but harvesting is low. We still are getting Jalepenos, Bell Peppers, Watermelons, a few bananas and some citrus.

What's coming?

Turnips, spinach, collards, mustard, yellow onions, purple onions, broccolli, cauliflower, cabbage, snow peas, sugar snaps and english peas.

[bananimal]

Charles -------- Do you like hot peppers?

Let me send you one (only one is ready right now) along with some Black Jungle Butter Bean seeds. I would like to know what you think of the Bih Jolokia. And believe me --- one is enough for any meal!!!:2709::2709::2709::2709::2709::2709:

Take note of the flaming smilies. Eat ice cream for dessert.

PM me.

Dan

[Dalmatiansoap]

http://i730.photobucket.com/albums/ww305/dalmatiansoap/IMAG3350.jpg
:woohoonaner:

[sunfish]

http://i730.photobucket.com/albums/ww305/dalmatiansoap/IMAG3350.jpg
:woohoonaner:

Nice.One of those bags makes how much oil ?

[Dalmatiansoap]

I ll know better in 2-3 hrs when I collect the Oil from the Mill but its about 14-18%, so a full bag can get a gallon of Oil in good season

[sunfish]

I ll know better in 2-3 hrs when I collect the Oil from the Mill but its about 14-18%, so a full bag can get a gallon of Oil in good season

Thanks. Now does the oil need to be processed in any way other than milling ?Can I just go squeeze:lurk: an olive and have olive oil ?

[Dalmatiansoap]

No. U ll get a sort of pomace, than U have to separate Oil from water and waste. Usualy with centifugal forces in modern Mills.

[sunfish]

No. U ll get a sort of pomace, than U have to separate Oil from water and waste. Usualy with centifugal forces in modern Mills.

Thanks

[Jananas Bananas]

Pomegranates

http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n580/JaNan16/IMAG0071.jpg

http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n580/JaNan16/20111026027.jpg

The little pom is off a dwarf "Nana"

http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n580/JaNan16/20111029025.jpg

JigSaw Peppers

http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n580/JaNan16/20111029008.jpg

Figs

http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n580/JaNan16/20111026025.jpg

http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n580/JaNan16/IMAG0068.jpg

http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n580/JaNan16/IMAG0067.jpg

Can anyone tell me what kind the pomegranates and figs are?

~JaNan

[Darkman]

Charles -------- Do you like hot peppers?

Let me send you one (only one is ready right now) along with some Black Jungle Butter Bean seeds. I would like to know what you think of the Bih Jolokia. And believe me --- one is enough for any meal!!!:2709::2709::2709::2709::2709::2709:

Take note of the flaming smilies. Eat ice cream for dessert.

PM me.

Dan

That is fine by me. Do you still have my address if not I'll PM. Make sure you send me your preferred method of consumption. The way you described it I don't think you just bite a big chunk out of it. LOL I love Thai food. Sounds like it may fit in. Unfortunately I've never tried cooking that cuisine.

THE BJBB sounds like a winner too. I was planning on getting up with you about that one. I'll have to give you a call one day and talk about seed saving. I know you can't do it with some but I'd like to do some that I can. The BJBB is one.

Many thanks,

[Dalmatiansoap]

Salvia officinalis from the Mt Biokovo
http://i730.photobucket.com/albums/ww305/dalmatiansoap/Snapbucket/0e2b3e76-16cd-4b3b-87f8-230b66e3ddbb.jpg
tea anybody?:ha:
:nanadrink: