tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7113123529932691813.post5716130646424664425..comments2024-03-19T07:05:39.186-05:00Comments on In the Garden: Veggie Garden Update-August 2010-Cantaloupes Anyone?tinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17415302577518111227noreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7113123529932691813.post-37307464844839879862010-08-24T15:23:47.543-05:002010-08-24T15:23:47.543-05:00Those are definitely tasty! I would love to use th...Those are definitely tasty! I would love to use that for my recipes! Especially for my special holiday stew! LOL. Thanks for sharing this post and making me crave for a harvest! LOL. Great blog! More posts please!Isabella Diaperhttp://www.diapercakegift.com/Baby_Shower_Diaper_Cake.phpnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7113123529932691813.post-3394851585622811422010-08-20T13:29:55.337-05:002010-08-20T13:29:55.337-05:00I'm not a big cantaloupe fan, but I do love gr...I'm not a big cantaloupe fan, but I do love growing squash up, not on the ground and have had a lot of luck with things in containers. :)Monica the Garden Faeriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06369882350990949968noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7113123529932691813.post-6964516602675778642010-08-20T10:21:47.756-05:002010-08-20T10:21:47.756-05:00That cantaloupe sure did look good but am sorry it...That cantaloupe sure did look good but am sorry it was not quite ripe as that is the pits. I bought 2 cantaloupes before Sarah and Josh came as he loves cantaloupe. He ate all but a quater of one in one sitting. He loves almost all fruit, including grapefruit. He also loves corn on the cob. Wednesday night we had all his favs. Corn from the garden and potatoes from the garden. Ham steak Jean Merrimanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10135474696468199060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7113123529932691813.post-20397446394444326372010-08-19T15:03:29.109-05:002010-08-19T15:03:29.109-05:00I love seeing your veggie garden. It sure is proli...I love seeing your veggie garden. It sure is prolific! <br />Your cantaloupe looks tasty.Chloe mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02265196480664185330noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7113123529932691813.post-16048687947167934642010-08-19T10:09:34.768-05:002010-08-19T10:09:34.768-05:00Wow! imagine growing cantaloupes. As always your g...Wow! imagine growing cantaloupes. As always your garden looks fabulous Tina. The french intensive or sqf is what I'm practising in my garden without knowing anything about either of them. I use a lot of compost and manure, although I've had too water a lot more than twice this summer.Melanie J Wattshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03265452434129642917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7113123529932691813.post-15224423368740473072010-08-19T09:06:38.343-05:002010-08-19T09:06:38.343-05:00I'd love to be one of those gardeners who are ...I'd love to be one of those gardeners who are coming over and get to taste test your cantaloupes. Yum. I wish I could grow them here ~ maybe I can ~ but I've always thought our growing season was too short? <br />You have quite a garden Tina and it's wonderful you can harvest daily from it. I've gotten a few tomatoes and some straight neck yellow squash this summer from mine Kathleenhttp://kaseyskorner.typepad.com/kaseys_kornernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7113123529932691813.post-91808541635480728712010-08-19T08:50:19.452-05:002010-08-19T08:50:19.452-05:00Anonymous, Congrats to Boy #1 and a Happy Birthday...Anonymous, Congrats to Boy #1 and a Happy Birthday to him too!-and to you! What a big help that will be. I loved it when Brian got his license and therefore I could be in two places at one time:)<br /><br />Racquel, It must be that those bananas are no longer shading everything-veggies are happy now I guess. <br /><br />Sarah, Too funny! <br /><br />Rose, Thanks for the tip from your father. tinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17415302577518111227noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7113123529932691813.post-19965442140663941252010-08-18T19:42:45.801-05:002010-08-18T19:42:45.801-05:00I sure wish my cantaloupe looked like that! Unfort...I sure wish my cantaloupe looked like that! Unfortunately today I found a bite taken out of the rind of the cantaloupe and ants streaming inside. I think that French intensive method and trellises might be the way to go!Dave@TheHomeGardenhttp://www.GrowingTheHomeGarden.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7113123529932691813.post-82034739469898574772010-08-18T18:08:32.527-05:002010-08-18T18:08:32.527-05:00My compost bin is getting taller and wider each da...My compost bin is getting taller and wider each day with the over-sized cukes and squash I've picked. I still like your idea of a neon orange cucumber, Tina:)<br /><br />I don't grow melons, but my Dad does and has had a bumper crop of both canteloupe and watermelons this year. For him, the watermelons are the trickiest to determine ripeness. He gave me two that turned out too pink; Rosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01384059342847120951noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7113123529932691813.post-25226588671198883592010-08-18T11:02:11.923-05:002010-08-18T11:02:11.923-05:00What a difference a month makes in your garden! I ...What a difference a month makes in your garden! I love how your waste becomes compost for next year. I imagine it would be hard waiting for the melons to ripen. <br /><br />My husband went out for a drink with a friend and came home with 4 oversized cucumbers, sigh. Governor Baldacci made a joke that it is dangerous to leave your car unlocked in Maine because someone might stick a bag of Sarah Laurencehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00423008641739156182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7113123529932691813.post-74360432522974401342010-08-18T10:32:41.574-05:002010-08-18T10:32:41.574-05:00Haven't tried growing melons of any sort for y...Haven't tried growing melons of any sort for years now. Maybe next spring I will put in a crop of Cantelope. Yours looks great, but then everything seems to be doing well in your veggie garden this year. :)Racquelhttp://perennialgardener.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7113123529932691813.post-56160326895057400172010-08-18T09:42:27.251-05:002010-08-18T09:42:27.251-05:00Looks good Tina -we want to wish the Jimster a hap...Looks good Tina -we want to wish the Jimster a happy birthday too!!! Boy 1 got his license yesterday after school -a long wait and a late birthday dinner but he didn't seem to mind.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7113123529932691813.post-56963186481693316232010-08-18T09:35:54.126-05:002010-08-18T09:35:54.126-05:00Catmint, Thanks so much. That is a very kind thing...Catmint, Thanks so much. That is a very kind thing to say. Congrats on the film crew in your very own garden!<br /><br />Linda, Wish you lived closer so you could come make a leaf casting and enjoy some cantaloupe! <br /><br />Dawn, Sounds like your garden did very well to get beans and tomatoes-and a pumpkin too! Awesome!<br /><br />Grace, To have such a beautiful garden as you have-that is a tinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17415302577518111227noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7113123529932691813.post-22275327460273044022010-08-18T09:08:22.131-05:002010-08-18T09:08:22.131-05:00I wish this nasty GA humidity would go elsewhere! ...I wish this nasty GA humidity would go elsewhere! I am so tired of it...<br /><br />You always seem to have luck with your veggie garden Tina! That cantaloupe looks yummy even if not so tasty. After this hot nasty summer and my lack of tomatoes, cukes, peppers, I am giving up on anything but flowers. I do have a few gourds popping out of the vines though. And one surprise that I will talk about Skeeterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08222522533934405029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7113123529932691813.post-5392592938530770992010-08-18T09:01:18.680-05:002010-08-18T09:01:18.680-05:00Hi Tina, I applaud you for your beautiful veggie g...Hi Tina, I applaud you for your beautiful veggie garden. Yours is an elusive accomplishment for me, preferring the less temperamental ornamentals eschewing the humiliation that has been mine on the numerous occasions I've attempted a garden of the eating kind. <br /><br />Love your yellow trellis too!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7113123529932691813.post-15883338990983853972010-08-18T08:48:03.010-05:002010-08-18T08:48:03.010-05:00My garden did not do so well this year, we have so...My garden did not do so well this year, we have some tomatoes and alot of beans but we are just now getting squash. We do have one pumpkin though!Dawnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00234495965199888943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7113123529932691813.post-51929362452269657542010-08-18T08:34:32.555-05:002010-08-18T08:34:32.555-05:00Tina, I promise--just looking at that cantaloupe m...Tina, I promise--just looking at that cantaloupe made my mouth water!! Oh my goodness, what great looking veggies you have. YUM!!!Meadowview Thymeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16867494627331444375noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7113123529932691813.post-44825422907418865622010-08-18T07:52:26.450-05:002010-08-18T07:52:26.450-05:00Hi Tina, Even more than your photos and words of w...Hi Tina, Even more than your photos and words of wisdom and experience, I love the enthusiasm in this post. The fruit and veg must be so sweet, this post makes me feel hungry! cheers, catmintSue Catminthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14242341696447975933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7113123529932691813.post-24614119957456602722010-08-18T06:37:57.734-05:002010-08-18T06:37:57.734-05:00Good morning Les and Randy, Cantaloupes are the wo...Good morning Les and Randy, Cantaloupes are the word-a great one too. This is one vining crop I'll continue to grow.<br /><br />Les, Not sure what I'll do with the gourds but I will probably not make birdhouses. I like them polished and lightly stained and display them in the garden. Maybe that. I never know what I'll do with produce I grow-I just grow it-silly huh?<br /><br />Randy, tinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17415302577518111227noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7113123529932691813.post-82495257133499619912010-08-18T06:35:01.926-05:002010-08-18T06:35:01.926-05:00I guess I'm practicing French Intensive Method...I guess I'm practicing French Intensive Method Gardening without knowing it. Although, I must water more than you. Our drying wind just does a plant in but with regular watering using my aqua cones, my vegetables didn't even threaten to die through the 100 plus degree days.<br />We've been eating cantaloupe like crazy. My harvesting advice: pick the fruit up from the ground so it Gardener on Sherlock Streethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11367115529793643362noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7113123529932691813.post-56420097011598579682010-08-18T06:30:49.998-05:002010-08-18T06:30:49.998-05:00Tina,
cantaloupes this year have been awesome from...Tina,<br />cantaloupes this year have been awesome from the farmers market. We have a tripod with cantaloupes growing and hanging everywhere, picked one not so good. Ours were volunteers from the compost.Randy Emmitthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10292186655869617897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7113123529932691813.post-45120527118081365662010-08-18T05:30:55.087-05:002010-08-18T05:30:55.087-05:00I don't know about yours, but around here the ...I don't know about yours, but around here the local cantalopes have been the best in years. Perhaps the lack of rain has concentrated the flavor. For whatever reason they have been great. Will you be using your gourds for bird houses?Leshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18281256160705697856noreply@blogger.com