tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-313396449380749054.post7317576121716785782..comments2024-02-19T10:47:29.706-05:00Comments on Eight Gate Farm - New Hampshire: Harvest Monday - 22 September 2014Eight Gate Farm NHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15877942009419912353noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-313396449380749054.post-82438078565357558722014-09-22T20:47:21.643-04:002014-09-22T20:47:21.643-04:00I'm pleased to see that your feline supervisor...I'm pleased to see that your feline supervisor is as thoughtful about your garden as ours are. Growing rice? That's pretty audacious!<br /><br />We grow scarlet runner beans to hide a hideous fence of our neighbor's, and because the hummingbirds love them. They currently have powdery mildew, and I'm delaying ripping them out because I don't want the view of the World's Ugliest Fence.Lisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03932975112078606231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-313396449380749054.post-91711239868752914912014-09-22T20:39:17.976-04:002014-09-22T20:39:17.976-04:00AWESOME! Love the last picture. What a great pump...AWESOME! Love the last picture. What a great pumpkin harvest. I wish I had the space for a proper pumpkin patch, but alas, I don't. Sorry to hear about your apples. What a huge difference. I wonder what caused it. Did you get a late frost that destroyed the blossoms this year? Or maybe the tree are prone to being biennial bearers?Thomas Generaziohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03536611327617373090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-313396449380749054.post-75173959552454141072014-09-22T13:21:59.960-04:002014-09-22T13:21:59.960-04:00That wasn't just a terrible apple harvest, tha...That wasn't just a terrible apple harvest, that was a disaster - how incredibly disappointing after last year's bounty. <br /><br />Pole dry beans are much more productive for me than bush dry beans. My Tarbais beans produced 3 pounds of dry beans from a 3 foot long trellis, whereas my Black Coco and Rosso di Lucca bush beans produced as much from twice the space and at least three times the number of plants. My Petaluma Gold Rush beans look like they will be productive this year too, but those are just starting to dry so time will tell.<br /><br />I had a good laugh at your retirement plan as well. :) What a nice haul. Just imagine what it would be like if the whole garden produced that well!Michellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07812702328134261533noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-313396449380749054.post-68312799379928694962014-09-22T13:09:03.398-04:002014-09-22T13:09:03.398-04:00Those dried beans look wonderful. I have fond memo...Those dried beans look wonderful. I have fond memories of gallo pinto too. Sadly I can't have it anymore since I can't eat beans now. And you had me laughing with your retirement pumpkins. Daphne Gouldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17305049560953735881noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-313396449380749054.post-80401308236530061722014-09-22T09:14:43.967-04:002014-09-22T09:14:43.967-04:00Beautiful harvests - especially love those dried b...Beautiful harvests - especially love those dried beans. Must grow more of those next year. I hear you on the fruit trees. We have a young cherry & plum that gave us a couple of nice bowlfuls of fruit last year - this year? Nada. That is an amazing pumpkin haul...I would have stopped to buy one ;) And that comment about the cat just made me burst out laughing.Margarethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15949946977793864054noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-313396449380749054.post-35129048932376561922014-09-22T08:37:58.492-04:002014-09-22T08:37:58.492-04:00That's a lot of pumpkins! At least they store ...That's a lot of pumpkins! At least they store well with winter squash and can last for months. Too bad about your apples, hope next year will be better. Jenny Rottingerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09559432369642740389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-313396449380749054.post-48678891416240112742014-09-22T08:34:24.911-04:002014-09-22T08:34:24.911-04:00Interesting experiment with the survival garden, i...Interesting experiment with the survival garden, including trying rice!. I always thought the yield from dry beans was too low to be worth using the little garden space I have. Trouble with subsistence farming is some years you go hungry. But at least if we put some food away we won't go starving. Anyway, nice haul of pumpkins and squash.David Veltenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07710293718143454000noreply@blogger.com