Grow Baby Grow!
@BettyB (4117)
Summerville, South Carolina
June 21, 2017 7:31am CST
I have enjoyed making special meals from the produce from my garden this spring and summer. We have had stuffed peppers, grilled summer squash, lasagna with sauce made from fresh tomatoes, green beans, and salads filled with cherry tomatoes and cucumbers. If I can make a big pan of eggplant parmesan I can call my 2017 garden a success.
We have dinner with my mother-in-law every week or two. We plan the menu, cook the meal, and spend the afternoon with her. We try to select meals that she really loves that she no longer has the desire or energy to cook for herself.
Jean loves eggplant parmesan. There’s only one eggplant on the plant so far, but with hope and a prayer it should be big enough to pick by Saturday. I want to use this eggplant for the dinner. Not only will it taste great, I’ll have bragging rights.
I know that’s silly, but I still want to do it.
What have you harvested from your garden so far?
I took this picture a few days ago. It’s a lot bigger now. It should be plenty big enough by the weekend.
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@BettyB (4117)
• Summerville, South Carolina
24 Jun 17
@LadyDuck According to my husband the eggplant is big enough. There is a second little one starting as well. We should be able to pick one every week to week and a half for the next couple of months.
It's horribly hot here as well. We've had rain, but all that did was up the humidity.
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@silvermist (19702)
• India
22 Jun 17
That eggplant looks nice.I do hope it gets bigger so that you can prepare your mother-in-law's favorite eggplant parmesan.No garden here.
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@silvermist (19702)
• India
24 Jun 17
@BettyB I know it will be delicious.Can we expect a photo of the dish?
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@BettyB (4117)
• Summerville, South Carolina
24 Jun 17
@silvermist I will make a point of it.
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@BelleStarr (61047)
• United States
21 Jun 17
I haven't got a garden, however, farm stands are located very close by and I can have fresh produce whenever I want. I just don't want to be tied down with caring for plants. I think it is wonderful that you are growing things and using them in meals, I hope the eggplant cooperates.
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@BelleStarr (61047)
• United States
23 Jun 17
@BettyB My father always ha a big garden and we kids were the rock and weed pickers. New Englan soil has a never ending supply of rocks lol Turned me off of gardening I think.
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@BettyB (4117)
• Summerville, South Carolina
24 Jun 17
@BelleStarr I hated working in the garden as a child. Picking the green beans was the worst. There were so many of them. It might have helped if I liked green beans. I like them now but as a child I loathed them.
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@crazyhorseladycx (39515)
• United States
21 Jun 17
i miss my gardens back'n the day. 's fer what's been harvested thus far? sadly jest a few strawberries. we're off to a late start gardenin' here's the hubs don't listen much'n the weather's been most uncooperative. please 've a bite 'r 2 'f that yummy dish fer me. i adore eggplants, but fear the aint too fond 'f me these days.
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@crazyhorseladycx (39515)
• United States
26 Jun 17
@BettyB i can't partake'n those either 'n feel yer pain, hon. big hugs!
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@Jeanniemaries (8237)
• United States
22 Jun 17
I haven't put in a garden in years. I buy produce from local people. I love summer produce!
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@Jeanniemaries (8237)
• United States
30 Jun 17
@BettyB My mom always enjoyed the work of a garden, but I just enjoy the fruits of the labor of others!
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@BettyB (4117)
• Summerville, South Carolina
11 Jul 17
@Jeanniemaries My mother was an avid gardener. I like it, but I'm content with a little one. Next year I think I'll just stick to what I can put in pots.
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@jaiho2009 (39142)
• Philippines
21 Jun 17
Eggplant parmesan sounds yummy.
I have tried eggplant with pasta with parmesan cheese and it's a heavenly taste for pasta lovers.
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@jaiho2009 (39142)
• Philippines
24 Jun 17
@BettyB would love to try the eggplant with parmesan 
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@BettyB (4117)
• Summerville, South Carolina
11 Jul 17
@jaiho2009 It was good and now we have eggplant in the freezer for this winter.
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@prashu228 (37526)
• India
21 Jun 17
I have brinjal, ridge gourd, and cluster beans in my terrace garden as if now
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@TiarasOceanView (70035)
• United States
21 Jun 17
Eggplant Parmesan is divine as I know yours will be too.
No garden here for me Betty.
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@BettyB (4117)
• Summerville, South Carolina
24 Jun 17
I probably brag about my garden more than I should. Its just fun to pick something from the garden and make a special meal. Things like the peppers and eggplant are not in our food budget. They cost too much in the grocery store.
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@Tampa_girl7 (48958)
• United States
24 Jun 17
We are enjoying green beans from a neighbors garden.
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@Marilynda1225 (79731)
• United States
21 Jun 17
I didn't realized you could grow eggplant in a bucket. I always thought they had to be in the ground and needed room to spread out. Now you've given me food for thought. Your eggplant looks cute and I'm sure will be not only tasty but a wonderful meal for your MIL
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@Marilynda1225 (79731)
• United States
23 Jun 17
@BettyB that's good to know. I'd really like to give it a shot next year
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@BettyB (4117)
• Summerville, South Carolina
24 Jun 17
@Marilynda1225 I'm excited about the eggplant but what I really like is picking a handful of cherry tomatoes for my salad every day.
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@BettyB (4117)
• Summerville, South Carolina
24 Jun 17
Last year my plants were beautiful but they never produced. I was afraid that would happen again this year, but blossomed. We have the big one and a second smaller one coming along. Hopefully we'll be able to eat eggplant every couple of weeks.
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@JohnRoberts (109857)
• Los Angeles, California
21 Jun 17
I live in a complex so no garden. But when I was a kid my father grew corn, tomato, squash, carrots and radish.
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