Vegetable Gardening

[papaver]

What Tulip, no brussels sprouts???

Hey I planted Butternut Squash this summer (they are very rare overhere). When are they ready to 'harvest'?

[OakLeaf]

Hey I planted Butternut Squash this summer (they are very rare overhere). When are they ready to 'harvest'?

When the stem looks dry.

Any that you plan to keep over the winter (longer than a couple of weeks after harvest), after you pick them, wash them and let them cure in the sun for a couple of days.

You may want to use a lopper or even a little saw to harvest any squash you won't be using right away, so as not to risk damaging the shell of the fruit. Those stems are very hard when the squash is ripe!

I have a couple that are probably ready right now... eat some next week probably. Yummmmmm.

[papaver]

Thanks Oakleaf!

[tulip]

Next year I'll build a new bed for Brussels sprouts, that's a great idea! They are so funny-looking in the garden. But now I don't have enough room, sadly.

[papaver]

Next year I'll build a new bed for Brussels sprouts, that's a great idea! They are so funny-looking in the garden. But now I don't have enough room, sadly.

Brussels sprouts are at their best after a couple of nights of frost. Yum!

[deeaimond]

When the stem looks dry.

Any that you plan to keep over the winter (longer than a couple of weeks after harvest), after you pick them, wash them and let them cure in the sun for a couple of days.

You may want to use a lopper or even a little saw to harvest any squash you won't be using right away, so as not to risk damaging the shell of the fruit. Those stems are very hard when the squash is ripe!

I have a couple that are probably ready right now... eat some next week probably. Yummmmmm.

oooh... there are three yellow flowers on my plant now. Well, in general tomatoes do not survive our wet humid tropical climate so I'm really stumped for advice around here. However, its in a pot and so i can control the water etc.

which reminds me, Lisa, it gets plenty of light, the pictures were taken at night in the dark... is that why you thought they needed more sunshine?

It's right in the middle of my corridor and mine is the block nearest the grocery store, so.... the entire neighbourhood walks past. so i think it won't survive the two legged pest...people are just not very nice.

I'll google for a picture of a tomato cage and i think i need to build one soon...
then maybe get my dad to add on a full size cage temporarily. They at least need to fight a wire cage if they wanna damage my poor tomatoes...

thanks for the helpful advice!!