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What Can You Do with a Giant Pumpkin-BOOM!

Nov1

What can you do with a giant pumpkin? oh-oh!

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Gem Marigold, Zinnias and Calendula 2022 garden

Beautiful sunset at property

Sondria Select dry beans from 2022 garden

Chard/kale raised bed 2022

Bumper crop of apricots here in Santa Fe last summer. Lots of jam this year!

Polana raspberries kicked ass this year

Nimrod grapes rocked this past season

Esplette pepper harvest

Fall Tomatoes #ranchodecabo

Beneficial bug-Common Thread Waisted wasp on the blackberry flower. Eats caterpillars.

Yukon Gold potatoes growing well

The junebearing strawberries kicked ass this year-almost done

Emerite green beans-they will grow up the ‘Teepee’

Tangerine ‘GEM’ marigold. As season goes on it will get huge bouquets of small flowers. Quite showy!

Purple Kohlrabi interplanted with Golden Chard. I love the colors!

Purple Kohlrabi. Beautiful plant. Don’t know how to eat it yet. First time growing.

Harvest on June 24. Beets on left-Badger Flame. Beets on right-Cylindra. SJune bearing strawberries in front. Good year for both!

Santoro butter lettuce. Excellent 15” head. I normally grow in late winter but did well until it got super hot

Jimmy Nardello pepper-sweet Italian pepper

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“There are no gardening mistakes, only experiments.
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Take care of the soil, and the plants will take care of themselves
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2011 State Record-448 lbs-MAD MAX

2011-Me and King Zuc II-NEW State Record-62 lbs

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