Saturday, August 6, 2011

Dad's Garden, Part 8

Dad's garden is about the only thing that is enjoying all of this heat 
we have been experiencing lately.

Everything is looking good.  The cooler weather veggies are now long gone.  
The heat-loving veggies are in their prime.

The muscadines are starting to blush.

The tomatoes are peaking now - they are loving all of the heat.

I mean, look at this plant.  It is loaded with fruit!
Dad has a knack with growing tomatoes.
From seed to harvesting seed for next year he has this whole routine down to a 
proven process that just doesn't fail.  
I know that one year he kept up with the poundage of tomatoes that he was taking to church - 
that year what he took exceeded 1500 pounds!  
That's a whole lot of spaghetti sauce!

Dad has staggered his lima bean plantings so that they don't all come in at once.
Red lima or green limas - they are all delicious!

Dad's fig bush is loaded up!  
When these figs actually start to ripen they are going to have a bumper crop.

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