Buff Gardeners

Kind of an ugly thought, isn't it? I've become a little obsessed, I guess, but we have really fought weeds and stickers since Ike, then major drought last spring. I've spent a lot of time on hands and knees pulling the stickers out of my...

After our hard freeze of last week. It took out some plants that don't normally freeze back down here. I can't decide when to prune to dead, so I'll probably wait until about Valentine's day. Gator1

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...and losing! You wouldn't believe the scratches on my arms and legs. That's ok, though, I win in the end. Cut those bastards all the way back! Gator1

two messes of green beans, several tasty bell peppers, and just about to cut the first head of broccoli from the fall garden.

Things are growing again. I have onions up, bell pepper and jalapenos making fruit again, brocoli making heads, and green beens producing. I'd love for it to stay like this for a while!

I put in Early Girl tomatos, broccoli, brussels sprouts, beans, and some yellow squash. I still have about 7 healthy bell pepper plants from the spring garden that survived the heat, and they're just about to start making fruit again, I think....

The heat and drought have wreaked havoc on my veggie garden. The only thing that has survived are my various pepper plants, and they won't start producing again until it cools off some.

Went out very early this morning and found a pepper plant missing most of it's leaves, and the pretty, good-zed pepper looking like it had been shave with a paring knife. I was mystified, and had to look for a long while to find this solid light...

but only got one mess of sweet peas before the plants just up and died. Must be too hot for them here in SE Texas.