ᐅ Garden Photos Chat Corner

You always make us all so jealous, and I can’t imagine anyone who wouldn’t want to have your garden (with you as the gardener, of course 😉)

Thank you very much… that’s a nice compliment.

I just went mushroom picking... our meadows are full of parasol mushrooms, which are among my favorite varieties. I’m going to make a delicious mushroom sauté with them now.

@Steffi33 Are you already harvesting the green tomatoes because they won’t ripen, or is there another reason?

I will harvest my intact green tomatoes this weekend. The weather forecast isn’t good. They continue to ripen quite well in a box wrapped in newspaper. Many have heat damage (green shoulders) or are now splitting due to moisture, so I will leave those on the plant. Either they will improve on the plant, or it’s just bad luck. In the box, they would only rot.

Chili plants in pots are being brought indoors, and I will mostly remove leaves from those in the garden and provide winter protection at night. They are still very green.

Tamstar schrieb:

@Steffi33 Do you already pick the green tomatoes because they won’t ripen anyway, or is there another reason?

In this case, some tomato plants had spread on their own next to the compost. I cut them back because they were in the way by then, and I “rescued” the green tomatoes. Otherwise, I usually leave green tomatoes on the plant. However, frost must not come; then they’re ruined.

I’ve tried ripening them off the vine before, but I felt that the flavor really declined.