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Stinkin' Rose (-:
There's a restaurant in San Francisco by that name - the entire menu is dedicated to the preparation of marvelous garlic dishes. For the first time ever, I have garlic. Yes, it's only two heads, but it's two cloves from two very green-and-sprouting toes i planted last fall. And it's two heads of garlic more than I had…
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Swiss Chard
So apparently I planted my Swiss Chard in tow separate places in my garden this year. I have so much of it. So far I've eaten it raw, used it in salads, sautéed it with onions and balsamic vinegar, froze the greens and fermented the stalks. Help! I need some more suggestions or recipes for my abundant crop!
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Vegetable garden
I thought I would share today my vegetable garden. I am growing tomatoes, cucumbers, squash, cantaloupe, radish,collard and mustard greens, Brussels sprout, bell peppers, carrots, peas, and watermelon. This area is approximately 15 feet by 20 feet. My husband took pallets and we stood them up to create a structure for the…
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Preparing for this summer's production
Every year I spend winter taking a look at what I grew the previous summer. Some foods are meant to be eaten the day they are harvested, while others are grown with the intention of eating year 'round. But today, as I was digging through the pantry area of the kitchen, I realized it had been a while since the cupboards…
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I get to pick carrots today!
Other than peas and greens this is the first significant crop of the year for me. I'm super stokes to start filling my pantry again. Wooh! What are you picking today?
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Growing New Varieties
I couldn’t find a thread on growing new varieties, although I’m sure I’ve seen one before. I thought it might be fun to see what people are trying . I grow Japanese cucumbers every year, but I also tried mini white pickling cucumbers from Baker Creek for the first time. I love them! They’re very sweet and there is no…
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Finding unusual onions
I have tried different approaches to growing bulbing onions, but none really satisfy me. Planting sets can work, but not many varieties are readily available. Planting from transplants works, but the resulting bulbs are pretty small and the plants are fragile. Saving seeds isn't practical for me because I don't have enough…
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Collard greens
Yestetday I harvested collard greens from my garden! It was the first time planting and harvesting them! It felt wonderful to grow them from seed to harvest! Collards are a favorite of my husbands. One thing I noticed was while my husband cooked them there was very little smell emitted from them. Usually when cooking…
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Now That I'm Getting Settled, What Can I Start in Pots This Late?
It turns out that my new apartment has a patio space of roughly 6 foot by 12 foot that I can use! I have a couple of cast iron chairs out there, the smoker/grill, and a small table, and a shelf unit that was a cheap plastic green house. I can grow a few pots of...something. It's not a bad little outside area. There's a…
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Potatoes!
One of my favorite things to grow is potatoes. I've grown them in the regular garden, in old whiskey barrels, in garbage cans with areas cut out to allow the leaves to grow through and get sun, and even in small pots. I've grown several different varieties over the years and have had pretty good luck with them all. I…
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Cascading Cucumbers
I'm a real sucker for cucumbers. The pickling type, with the little bumps that, after you brush off the spiky things, can just be eaten as is, no need to take off a bitter outer peal. I'm also a real sucker for pickles, but prefer them to be savory, with lots of garlic and dill and salt and no sugar. I've never been able…
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Tomato cage alternatives
In my area, we have shortages of many common garden supplies. I wanted to get a couple of additional tomato cages and can't find them anywhere. Does anyone have any ideas for DIY cages or something I could use as a substitute?
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Prioritizing what you grow
I thought Majory wildcraft’s video about growing half your calories was an interesting way to prioritize What to grow. Made me think. And I realized what was more important to our family was growing half of our food budget, not necessarily calories. We grow a ton of greens, very few calories, but a expensive, especially…
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Mustard!
I finally got a little bit of mustard out of my garden tonight. OOOOEEY! Cleared my sinuses right out. Good stuff! 🔥 I've had a terrible time growing greens here because it's cold right up until it's too hot. I have hope this year! I'm thinking of planting another round in pots and trying to keep them in a cooler spot…
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Options To Row Cover For Brassicas
This is my fifth year gardening. Every year up to now I've always used row covers to cover my brassica beds because I get tons of cabbage worms/flies in my area on all the plants, not just the cabbage. So brussels sprouts, broccoli, kale and all those other guys have to be protected. But due to the height of broccoli and…
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Sweetie Pie Pumpkins
First time growing pumpkins. Decided to try the Sweetie Pie since we both love pumpkin pie. Would anyone happen to know if you have to grow them in a green house in zone 3b? I know the folks up here that grow the giant ones and are trying for the records grow in green houses, but not sure if that is because they need the…
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What are new plants are you trying in 2020 Part 2
I had started a post about new plants we are trying in 2020 but in early May my profile was wiped out and with it the original post, so I decided to start a 2nd one. Many of the new seeds I am trying are now doing great, some of them are Stinging Nettles; Comfrey (I have grown the plant before but this is the first time…
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Corn, beans and squash planted together
Planting a section of garden the way native Americans in our area used to plant their crops. The corn, with pole beans and winter squash. The corn grows tall, the beans grow up the corn and the squash covers the ground. Doing this with the squash is to help keep the soil moister and keeps the weeds down. This will be field…
