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gldnbear93 · 08-18-2008, 12:42 PM

My yard is super shady so there is only a small space right up front at the edge of the sidewalk that get enough sun, so I turned it over early spring and planted beans (got two crops out of them kids had a ball picking them-sugar snaps were excellent), some regular green cucumbers that are excellent (crisp and full, a little light on the flavor though), lemon cucumbers (size, shape and color of a lemon-tast just like a regular cucumber), radishes that I might as well not have planted), and a variety of heriloom tomatoes (black cherry, yellow pear, orange sprite, patio princess, whitequeen, black zebra, purple calabash and several others). The smaller tomatoes have really done well in the ripening-very colorful and tasty. The larger tomatoes have not yet ripened-maybe this week with the wamer weather.
There has been so much rain that some tomatoes have split and I think it also may be why the cukes are a little on the bland side.
I had a ball this year with the garden and have some plans for a bit of an expansion and some different crops.
I'll post some pics of the cukes and tomatoes later tonight. There are some nifty heirlooms out there (check out tomatoegrowers dot com and burpee for heirloom seeds.)

Strike king.....which heirlooms did you plant?

08-18-2008, 12:42 PM	#16
gldnbear93 Registered User Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: on a rock Posts: 367	1st year with a garden My yard is super shady so there is only a small space right up front at the edge of the sidewalk that get enough sun, so I turned it over early spring and planted beans (got two crops out of them kids had a ball picking them-sugar snaps were excellent), some regular green cucumbers that are excellent (crisp and full, a little light on the flavor though), lemon cucumbers (size, shape and color of a lemon-tast just like a regular cucumber), radishes that I might as well not have planted), and a variety of heriloom tomatoes (black cherry, yellow pear, orange sprite, patio princess, whitequeen, black zebra, purple calabash and several others). The smaller tomatoes have really done well in the ripening-very colorful and tasty. The larger tomatoes have not yet ripened-maybe this week with the wamer weather. There has been so much rain that some tomatoes have split and I think it also may be why the cukes are a little on the bland side. I had a ball this year with the garden and have some plans for a bit of an expansion and some different crops. I'll post some pics of the cukes and tomatoes later tonight. There are some nifty heirlooms out there (check out tomatoegrowers dot com and burpee for heirloom seeds.) Strike king.....which heirlooms did you plant?
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