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duh · « **Reply #50 on:** Jun 26, 2010, 01:32:52 PM »

Are the squirrels going to eat my plum?

Tina · « **Reply #51 on:** Jun 26, 2010, 02:51:45 PM »

If the squirrels don't the birds might.

barleychown · « **Reply #52 on:** Jun 26, 2010, 02:55:12 PM »

My squirrels wait for the plums...and take them the day they are ripe...which is usually the day before I thought.

duh · « **Reply #53 on:** Jun 27, 2010, 08:10:36 AM »

should i deploy the bird netting?

bestofour · « **Reply #54 on:** Jun 27, 2010, 09:11:39 PM »

Tammy, our plums are in too. We've gotten a few of them but what the Mexicans next door don't steal the deer eat.

sunsoaker · « **Reply #55 on:** Jun 27, 2010, 09:17:42 PM »

You think netting would help with the mexicans?

Dianna · « **Reply #56 on:** Jun 27, 2010, 09:26:12 PM »

If I lived next door, your plums might be in jeopardy.

I love green plums, though. I wouldn't wait until they turned red. The net wouldn't help keep me out of them...

bestofour · « **Reply #57 on:** Jun 27, 2010, 09:32:53 PM »

I'd think green plums would give you a stomach ache. Not sure why I think that since green tomatoes don't.

Dianna · « **Reply #58 on:** Jun 27, 2010, 09:36:53 PM »

Green tomatoes aren't ready to pick. With green plums, all I would need is a salt shaker...

I cannot picture how anyone would eat fried green tomatoes...

bayou girl · « **Reply #59 on:** Jun 27, 2010, 10:19:38 PM »

dianna, my husband thought fried green tomatoes were a joke until he ate one. now he is hooked.

Dianna · « **Reply #60 on:** Jun 27, 2010, 10:27:53 PM »

Jennifer, you and Scott and Aunt Bonnie can eat my share of the green tomatoes. I will stick with green plums...

Penny · « **Reply #61 on:** Jun 28, 2010, 06:39:37 AM »

How awsome Tammy.

duh · « **Reply #62 on:** Jun 28, 2010, 07:32:24 AM »

So if it is red is it ready to harvest?

Tina · « **Reply #63 on:** Jun 28, 2010, 08:38:25 AM »

It more depends on the type of plum, Tammy. If it is a red skinned plum then it may be. But if it is a purple or black plum then not.

barleychown · « **Reply #64 on:** Jun 28, 2010, 10:51:06 AM »

I go by feel, Tammy...when it's firm but has a bit of give...nnot rock hard. It should also come off the tree easily.

I love green tomatoes.

duh · « **Reply #65 on:** Jun 28, 2010, 09:31:55 PM »

I haven't tried green tomatoes but it's on my "list".

I'll have to fight through the spiders and get out the ladder. The plum is pretty close to the top of the tree. Which didn't get pruned since I was on crutches last fall.

bestofour · « **Reply #66 on:** Jul 04, 2010, 09:26:44 AM »

We got a few plums but the Mexicans next door got most of them again. I think next year we're going to put traps around the trees - not really because we'd probably snare a skunk or something worse.. Some of the plums were moldy.

My garden is doing well. I'm getting squash but the squash bugs are back. There's got to be a way to get the jump on those creatures next year. The borage is going to flower. Is that a good thing? The cukes are the sweetest ever. I'm getting red potatoes and green beans. I never got more than a handful of green peas though. I planted 2 rows and the tallest plant was only about 12 inches tall. Too hot? too cold? too dry? too wet? No idea.

bestofour · « **Reply #67 on:** Jul 04, 2010, 09:27:02 AM »

PS I like green tomatoes.

Wrennie · « **Reply #68 on:** Jul 04, 2010, 10:50:38 AM »

My blue borage is flowering. The bees love it! And that only means.... seeds!

Sweet (veggie) peas like very cool weather. Up here in Z5 we plant as soon as the soil can be worked in spring. Sometimes that means march.

PS welcome back Sheri!

duh · « **Reply #69 on:** Jul 04, 2010, 11:01:56 AM »

Something got the plum but not before I got a picture lol.

bestofour · « **Reply #70 on:** Jul 04, 2010, 10:15:53 PM »

I think deer like the plums Tam.

landofoz · « **Reply #71 on:** Jul 07, 2010, 03:36:19 PM »

I have picked 3 cukes and have a golden jubilee tomato on the very of ripe! I'm so excited.

bestofour · « **Reply #72 on:** Jul 07, 2010, 08:57:15 PM »

Things are starting to come in Sarah. Goody.

bayou girl · « **Reply #73 on:** Jul 07, 2010, 09:11:55 PM »

nice. eat some for me

Penny · « **Reply #74 on:** Jul 08, 2010, 07:25:56 AM »

My tomatoes are a couple weeks off from being ready, my cukes are a little longer then that date, peppers are slow and steady, but the beans and peas are doing well, the girls go out and pick some each day.

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