Harvest Time Knives!!

[313 Mike]

Some freshly picked carrots today, used the 8 dot 1972 Case 62055 to trim the stems..
Also some Sweet 100 Cherry tomatoes...and one giant ripe Beefmaster! That one is a real bruiser...

Come on now folks, we are in prime harvest season now, don't be shy, post 'em up!!

[knife7knut]

Don't have any harvest to show but I have a few,"harvesters".
From top to bottom:
Frederick Hartkopf
New York Knife Co
Ulster
KA-BAR
John Copley Cast Steel
Klein K-1
Atco Japan
Ulster Dwight Devine & Son
Queen
Camillus
John Russell
Queen City
John Russell

Left lower:
Hoffritz Made in Italy
S.Coop
unmarked
Valor(1st one I've ever seen w/ a thumb stud)
Ontario

[Dinadan]

Don't have any harvest to show but I have a few,"harvesters".

Interesting collection there. I have never encountered one of those full sickle shaped pocket knives.

[TripleF]

Awesome thread!!!

Wish I had me a garden....oh well maybe when I get.....oooops, too late.

[jerryd6818]

~Buy a big jar of Hellmans, and scrape it all out into a garbage can.
~ Step 1a) Go back to the store and buy a large jar of Miracle Whip and proceed as directed.
~Pull on some gloves, and carefully mince up the Habaneros as fine as possible with a chef's knife
~Scrape up the pulpy minced Habaneros with the edge of the blade, and add them to the Miracle Whip.
~Take a wire whisk and whip it all together really well so the Habaneros distribute evenly.
~Use a spatula to scoop it all back into the jar, and stow it back in the fridge and it's ready to go.

It actually gets hotter as it sits in the fridge and the habbies release their fire into the Miracle Whip....real good stuff.

I've picked almost a dozen of the Big Pinks so far (pic one weighs over 20 oz) and I'm about ready to make a batch of fresh salsa. Mmmm!!

[313 Mike]

Great harvest Jerry!

Those are some fine lookin' tomatoes there..they have an "heirloom" look to them, bet they are super tasty...

[jerryd6818]

That they are laddie. I've had several tomato & Miracle Whip sandwiches off them.

[PigSticker]

You boy's be careful messin with that Miracle Whip dangerous dangerous stuff to be selling on the open market-
Jerry I grew some weird colored tomatoes this year too they got like pink look to em but are dang good eatin--think mine were Georgia airlooms--

[jerryd6818]

My old neighbor, Cousin Roy, has always had a nice little tomato patch and he said his were a total bust this year. I've heard a lot of that going around up here. Looks like we may have been lucky Gary.

[PigSticker]

You got that right Jerry I ate my first tomatoe with my breakfast on Thurs. been eating them every day since it's been a cool season here and everything was slow--can't imagine how much a bushel will cost this year but can see it being well over $20.00 around this area---still have around 20 quarts from last year but that won't get us through till next year--

[jerryd6818]

I only have the one plant and I just noticed some damned critter has gnawed on a couple of low hangers, one pretty ripe and the other green. Will squirrels eat tomatoes?

[Dinadan]

I do not know for sure if squirrels will eat tomatoes, but it seems that just about every living organism in my area makes a bee line for any tomatoes that I try to grow.

Do you have raccoons? A few weeks ago I was awakened about 1:00 A.M. by a thumping on my roof. It was repeated a couple of times so I went out to see what was going on. One of my pear trees has a branch that hangs over our bedroom, and a raccoon was on that branch eating pears and dislodging a few in the process. He was so cute that I did not even have the heart to shoot him!

[jerryd6818]

Do you have raccoons?

Yes. I have coons and didn't even think about the bastards until you mentioned 'em. Shoot the begger Dan. Blow his miserable brains out. They're a nasty pest and clever at that. Besides they carry fleas by the truck load.

[philco]

I always loose a few low hanging tomatoes to some mysterious gnawing creature. My chief suspect is a rabbit. I have had coons visit my corn but I don't think they are who gnaw my tomatoes.

[313 Mike]

I hear ya guys....I too have fallen prey to the mysterious "Low Hanging Tomato Muncher". Some of mine are actually hollowed out! Odd thing is I have a cherry tomato plant that sprawls all over the ground and nothing bothers those. I guess the LHTM only likes the plumpers....

[Miller Bro's]

Sounds like you guys have the dreaded tomato horn worm

http://www.organicgardening.com/learn-a ... -hornworms


These things are disgusting and can ruin your tomato plants and will eat the tomato as well.

They are hard to spot as they blend in so well but when you find them you will never forget what they look like they are so ugly!

[Joe Dirt]

I used catch these things as a boy and play with them.

My dad used a lid off a container and poured a little beer
in it and placed it under the tobacco plants. The "caterpillers"
prefered the beer to the tobacco plants! Guess they like the beer
as much as I do!

Joe

[Miller Bro's]

Joe,

we use to catch them when I was a kid and put them in a can of lighter fluid and set them on fire they actually make a "screaming" sound when set on fire

[Joe Dirt]

So do I, D!

Joe

[Miller Bro's]

[313 Mike]

Used the Old Timer today to help harvest some onions and tomatoes....

[junebug]

[dma1965]

I enjoyed harvesting a nice crop of almonds from my almond tree. Here is a basket with my Winchester large congress knife.

[313 Mike]

Great pic, the knife even matches the almonds! Don't think I've ever seen a serrated sheepsfoot blade before either, very cool!

[philco]

I enjoyed harvesting a nice crop of almonds from my almond tree. Here is a basket with my Winchester large congress knife.

I'm guessing you're not from Kentucky.

Good looking knife!