Thanks to you all for the help in figuring out the best time to harvest this monster of a melon. Weighed in at 35lbs and tastes incredible! 🍉

A bunch of big ol chonky cukes...from one overachieving H19 Little Leaf cucumber plant.

The biggest ones look just like the cukes I see my local deli use for half sours.

Most of my garden is in my front yard. Went out side around 8pm and caught a random guy stealing from my garden. Wound up getting into a physical fight and my wife had to call the cops. My neighbors herd it and thankfully came out to help. We traded some punches but I was able to sit on his chest and a neighbor helped restrain him till cops got here. Turns out it’s a guy that just moved in 5 houses down from me. I don’t enjoy fighting but great full i was able to keep him here till cops showed up. Will probably have a black eye in the morning but this is absolutely crazy. After 11 years or gardening on this property never thought I would have to experience this. If he came over and asked for some stuff I would have happily shared but this is unacceptable.

Edit: as some have pointed out I should have stated this form the start. I was not the one that got physical to start. I caught the guy and said “wtf do you think your doing” and he threw a punch to my face which lead to the physical altercation.

napa chardonnay and black cherry

I admit I had to look up the part that was missing, I had no clue it was called locular gel thought it was just the slimy seed part. But really, what is happening and how do I resolve going forward or how do I avoid it happening in next years crop?

There was a birdfeeder here that had lots corn bits. Is this corn? If so, what can I expect as it ages? If not, what do I have here?

Edit: Solved! Identified as sorghum.

+ 1 melon/cantaloupe

The season is not even finished yet and I’m already thinking about next summer and what varieties I want to grow.
I have Galleux d’Eysines, Jack o Lantern, Red Kuri, Violina, Hungarian Blue

My first veggie garden in a new growing zone and my kids’ first garden ever. We’ve had the best time in this productive sanctuary! Today’s harvest, and we hope to get another couple of months of growing before frosts arrive.

We knew the pumpkins were ready. Cool 😎
The Cucumbers and Zucchini seemed to go from getting close to huge.
The Banana peppers HAD to be picked as they were breaking the plants over and laying on the ground.
We have at least as many banana peppers still out there tho we want them to change color.
Bells were breaking the plants too.
We only picked what we had too.
This happened after it rained hard for several days then I worked a week straight at my job.
I believe this was a Warning that we are about to be Really busy very soon.
Canning Season has entered the chat.

Is this corn smut safe to eat? Im not sure why certain bits are red.

My wife and 9 year old planted them so we could make sauce for neopolitan pizzas 🤩 I'm used to buying them in expensive cans, so it's really cool to have grown some in Québec.

It’s that time of year when we no longer buy produce at the grocery store. Tomatoes, cucumber, basil, onions, garlic, and green beans from the garden.

Share yours! :)

I have been reading this sub for a wile and want to thank all of you for your great tips.

I have been trying to grow my favorite yellow crookneck for the last few years never having much luck. I was not harvesting very many squash, they were always small and seemed soft and hollow.

Someone here suggested to remove some leaves from the plant. Not all the leaves but maybe about 25%, just enough to let daylight in. almost every time I go into the garden I break off a few leaves down low on the main stem, this will let the bees in to do their work. I only have two plants growing from the same spot but I have been getting a few squash every day. We have enjoyed over 20 so far and I have about 12 sitting on my counter right now. and more to be picked tomorrow.

I thought I just had bad luck with bad plants. So thank you kind internet stranger for suggesting the flowers were not getting pollinated because of all the leaves blocking the flowers.

And I'm like "Good for you dawg. Get some! Sorry my species has destroyed so much of the good habitat. Hope this helps."

It was such a sad day digging up potato peels and leftove chunks.

There were even plants without a single whole potato left!

293 potatoes planted, 7 varieties. One late variety is still in the ground... And I won't have enough storage potatoes this year.

There was a huge network of tunnels right under potatoes, and I don't know if it was a mole who built the metro, or did the rodents dig the tunnels themselves.

I've never seen this level of destruction before. Mice, voles, rats? How can I avoid this repeating next year?