Ha – nice! A reader writes:
“It may not look like much but this is the most valuable item in our Brookland garden, saffron (crocus sativus). Nine flowers have bloomed so far (each flower provides three saffron threads) and approximately one hundred to go. Paella is in our future!”
Awesome. Thanks to a reader for sending:
“We had some giant pumpkins in upper Petworth. Just harvested a couple weeks ago and took some glamour shots before taking down the flag.”
From Dupont – props to:
“Donald Trumpkin” by Leigh Rawls
“Finding Nemo” by Joanne Fujito
“Piet Mondrian’s Composition C” by Dan Goldberg
“Hipster Dracula” by Eric Guegan
Send your great jack o lanterns to [email protected]
Holy moly. Thanks to a reader for sending:
“Tubers – washed and drying in the sun on my porch near 14th Street NW.”
A reader submits this late entry from Chevy Chase, DC:
“After the tomatoes stopped producing I sort of forgot about my squash plants. Some of these are the size of baseball bats. I am open to suggestions about what to do with them.”
And it’s a good one – “hops from my garden in Petworth.”
Now this is really the last one (unless of course a few more entries come in tomorrow…)
“Variety of tomatoes, peppers and potatoes both blue and yellow, from Mt Pleasant”
“FarmHaul
Solanaceae (nightshade family) haul with tomatoes and potatoes, plus others, from the far suburbs”
“A result of my experimentation in tomato grafting – a pink Brandywine, from Mt Pleasant”
Above: “Late heirloom tomato and pepper harvest from our Brookland garden on Newton Street.”
Below: “It’s pepper time! Habanero and Thai bird peppers from a Brookland garden. It’s gonna be hot around here.”
Photo by PoPville flickr user Clif Burns
From one of the garden haul posts:
“Following the entries, could you post on open thread on gardening advice for DC? I attempted to grow tomatoes and some herbs in my front garden this year, and got about 2 weeks of good growth before they withered and died (despite frequent watering). Would love to hear some tips from those with green thumbs!”