What a gorgeous month it’s been in September! Pumpkin number three is on it’s way to joining it’s siblings – who we picked a couple weeks ago! It’s probably about 8 inches across right now and it’s growing fast! We have a couple other smaller ones following behind.
The zucchini plant continues to surprise me with three more HUGE zucchinis this week. All three of these weighed in at a collective six pounds!
My zucchini plant has developed white spots on all the leaves. What it is? Is it just in the process of dying or is it some kind of mold?
The peppers are doing fabulous. I have an orange/greenish one. There are lots of green and some purple.
The tomatoes continue to turn red, but we still have a lot of orange and green tomatoes. I had a whole bunch from last week that threw into the crockpot to make a homemade marinara – which ended up tasting horribly. I think I’ll try again later but with a roasted technique.
Next year I’m definitely going to plant more cherry tomatoes – the kids LOVE them and eat them constantly when they are out playing in the yard.
The chickens seem to like them, too – even though we try to keep them away from the garden beds.
Between the kids, the chickens and the garden our backyard is a busy, but blessed, place.
If you’re just now joining my gardening journey, I’m learning as I go grow and sharing along the way:
- First I built the raised beds
- Then I added dirt
- Then I added plants
- and for fun, we created a DIY Worm Compost Bin
- Our first harvest, lettuce rejoice and be glad
The garden is part of our quest to be more self-sufficient this year. We also got chickens! See our chicken journey here.
How’s your garden doing?
I really love those tomatoes. They are so tasty looking. Tomatoes are my favorites.
Shyra @ Cheap Sheds NZ Limited
Heather, I sent you an email response to today’s daily email you sent. It’s regarding the white spots on the leaves. I’ve encountered this problem for a few years and had a difference experience than what’s been posted by other readers. You can read the email for more information.
Zuccini have mildew, due to cold/ wet mornings and nights. The first frost is not far away, so that will probably kill the plants before the mildew, so I would not worry about it iat this point. If it was early in the summer you would want to call your local university extension office and get their suggestion for treatment of plants.
At the end of the year, before the frosts, my grantaunt used to pull the entire tomato plant out of the ground and hang them upside down in her garage to allow the remaining tomatos to ripen.
Is that miss broodie hen out there?
Powdery mildew to be precise. And Debbie is right… at this point it’s not hurting anything. It’s usually caused by late day watering that leaves moisture on the leaf overnight.
Fyi… If you haven’t yet pinched back your tomato plants this is a good time to do it. You don’t want any branches that don’t have fruit on them already. No extra leaves either. You want all the plants energy going into ripening the tomatoes that are already set and growing.
I don’t know what the deal is with the peppers. Mine look just like yours.
It’s been such a great summer that for the first time in years I actually have full size tomatoes that are ripening ON THE VINE! Woot. Woot. Never had that before because our season is so short.
Pole beans are easy to grow too… My grandkids have been eating them all summer right off the plant. With only four or five plants I still had enough to go with several dinners.
Good going Heather. You’re garden looks great.
Hi Heather,
The white on the plant leaves is mildew. You can mix a solution of baking soda & dish soap to spray, but at this point, it isn’t really hurting anything….mine look like that too.