Thanks for the insight...I need to go pull some cats out of a pond at my uncle's property and figured I'd rather use the guts to fertilize my garden, rather than feed them to the hogs...

I now have around 5 dozen green tomatoes, far and away more than at any time in the past two years. Sucks to think my plants are over 6 months old and aside from a few tomatoes I got in May, these are all I have, but I'll take what I can get. I have to learn to time it better for a good spring harvest with them.

You may also need to try different varieties...I will do some research by then and see what would probably work best for you...

You can ripen those tomatoes by placing them in a box lined with newspaper, or by placing them on the windowsill (if a freeze comes before the ripened harvest)...

The spanking has begun, hopefully tomato's will follow...

Would like some of y'alls advice...

I completely missed the boat on planting blackberries & strawberries - I was thinking you planted in the spring, but apparently you're supposed to plant in late September/early October. Wouldn't be a problem but, I've already put down about 6" of manure and 6" of hay to compost over the winter on my garden. If I tried to plant them, would the manure kill the plants?

I might just be outta luck as far as next year's berries

I've never purposefully grown berries, but I would think you could plant them in a large container (say 1 foot tall and 1 foot, or 1.5 feet in diameter) and then transplant them later...That should give them enough room for good root development...

I need y'alls help. I am looking for a peach tree. Where is a good place to buy one in the metroplex? I found Bob Wells in Lindale but I haven't called them yet. I am picky so just any tree won't due. Looking at Harvester or Loring right now. Thanks y'all

We're having family over tonight for a big fall harvest dinner. Our daughter gathered these up.

Finally got my Fall garden in last week right before the rain. Turnips, turnip greens, rutabagas, mustard greens and some more radishes. I really like cold weather radishes.

Could I plant some cabbage now? Never have tried it in the Fall.

You have the makings of some good chow-chow (green tomato relish) there. Chop up some of everything you have with green tomatoes, and onions. Cover with vinegar, add salt and pepper, and bring to a boil. Dip it into pint jars with a slotted spoon, and place in the frig. It'll keep a year.

I went out to my garden yesterday afternoon for the first time in a while and couldn't believe how many peppers I had to pick. My habenero's made a great comeback and I picked about 25 of them along with about 40 from my other plants. Gonna do some good pickling and sauce making this weekend while rooting on the Rangers. Had a so so year but did good on our first corn plants and had some great okra and cucumbers. Melons did fairly well for the first time but didn't have a good year with the tomatoes.

Today's pepper harvest...I have about 200 (or more) Tabasco Peppers...

Nice LSS.

What are those on the bottom row? I have a plant of Santa Fe Chile pepper that went the entire summer with nary a bloom, but now it's covered up. I'm up to about 100 tomatoes on the vine, but most of them a cherry or some kind of red delicious I got from Chickenman.