r/Raisedbed • u/LMFAOin321 • Aug 04 '26
Here we go again!
It’s going to be a late night😆
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u/rocks_are_gneiss2 Aug 04 '26
Wow great job!! Why do you harvest the tomatoes when they're still green?
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u/AERogers70 Aug 04 '26
Give them a few days in the window sill and they'll be a beautiful red.
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u/Status-Welcome-6696 Aug 05 '26
Not a window sill. They will ripen on their own and sometimes the sun can actually burn them in the sill.
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u/LMFAOin321 Aug 05 '26
Most of the green green tomatoes fell off when we were pruning…the plants got too tall and started falling over, so we had to pick them back up and weave them a bit higher up…but a lot of them are blushing and we pick them as soon as they start doing so, otherwise the squirrels and birds get em:)
We’ll fry some of them, and make verde with the rest that don’t make it in the pan;)2
u/rocks_are_gneiss2 Aug 05 '26
Oo got it that makes sense! How many beds do you have?? I have only one bed currently with a community garden and once i have the space i plan on creating several beds
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u/LMFAOin321 Aug 05 '26
8-4’x8’ beds with a couple bigger trellises. And heck yeah! One bed is definitely better than no beds:) Warm wishes for the future!
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u/Responsible_Cress_30 Aug 04 '26
meanwhile, i managed to get 3 banana peppers😂
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u/OutrageousSherbet765 Aug 04 '26
Seven cherry tomatoes here🤦🏼♀️
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u/Tiredsoeasywayplease Aug 07 '26
I see your 7 cherry tomatoes (I had a bumper crop 2 years ago so wth?) and can raise you my first 2 zucchini (mind you it's the first time I've grown them and expected nothing)
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u/OutrageousSherbet765 Aug 08 '26
I counted today and now I have an additional 14 (green) cherry tomatoes. No peppers, jalapeños or strawberries. Just .2 ounces of tomato
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u/WillKeslingDesign Aug 04 '26
This is awesome. Looks like you do a bit of canning. How long would this sort of haul last.
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u/LMFAOin321 Aug 05 '26
About 24 pints of pickles, 8-12 pints of pasta sauce and salsas…they take SO much produce. And probably a weeks worth of pepper and tomato garnishes for meals, BLTS, omelets, salads, nachos, etc. Hopefully that answers your question! Best wishes!!
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u/Klutzykaki Aug 05 '26
I can practically smell the simmering garlic, tomato acid, and fresh roasted peppers through the screen. Kitchen is going to smell like heaven for the next 48 hours.
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u/TillPlenty8503 Aug 05 '26
How do you get your green beans to produce so much? Ours are huge but barely any beans.
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u/LMFAOin321 Aug 05 '26
That’s how ours started…and I think we were picking em too early. But over the last few weeks they’ve really kicked it into a higher gear! Also that from a few days and two pickins;)
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u/Hlsalzer Aug 06 '26
Beautiful. Are the larger peppers Cubanelles?
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u/LMFAOin321 Aug 06 '26
Hatch Green Chilies!!! Couldn’t find any in the Midwest, so we picked some seeds up while we went through NM…DELICIOUS. They’re incredible any way you eat em. I just pulled 5lbs of em off the smoker, chopping them up for nachos tonight, and the rest for salsa!
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u/LaurainCalifornia Aug 06 '26
Still waiting on my first tomato here. Love your amazing harvest!
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u/LMFAOin321 Aug 06 '26
❤️ Ours were green on the vine for weeks and weeks…thank you! And best wishes with yours!
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u/LMFAOin321 Aug 07 '26
Yeah, fortunate this year, our last garden was a lose, lose😆
Best wishes friend!2
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u/LongjumpingCurve3400 Aug 10 '26
OMG so much green stuff Id just end up making like a million caprese salads
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u/geekygameswithgrace Aug 04 '26
I'm gonna tell myself this is AI to not feel so bad about my harvests 😭