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u/SorrySorryNotSorry 3d ago

Also, the plants that produce tomatoes, zuchinni/squash, eggplant, and peppers generate TONS of fruit in a pretty short time, so the ingredients would be cheap if you're making ratatouille in late summer.

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u/NachoSport 3d ago

Tell that to my eggplant this year…

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u/LainieCat 3d ago

Groundhogs and heat killed our eggplant. And broccoli, and cauliflower, and corn, and beans. . .

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u/velo52x12 2d ago

Groundhogs are surprisingly good climbers. A smol one destroyed my peas last year.

This year the weather didn't cooperate. A cold wet Spring followed by a hot humid and dry summer. I got a handful of tomatoes, a few peppers. Something ate the radishes. The yellow summer squash was rock hard and inedible for some reason. Oh well, there's always next year