For the women who garden
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Red Robin
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I live in a wet area but the topsoil is thin and has heavy clay beneath it. It makes a hard pan but when you subsoil it they say it holds water deeper. I couldn't really say for sure . Any time you work nr it makes you feel like you are doing some good. :lol: I might have just ruined the whole deal. I don't have a very green thumb when it comes to gardens. When hot weather gets here, I let the ground go back to the indians as they say. :wink:
the_jersey_lilly_2000
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I have a question. Why do all of you order your seeds from a catalog? Our local feed stores all have a section that has seeds. Most of them have bins of all the different things that folks want. Numerous varieties of beans, peas, corn, etc....all the things a person could want to grow in a garden. If they don't have it in seed form, they have it in plant form that is already started. They don't carry "everything" but the stuff they do carry is proven to do well in our area. I was just wondering, do your feed stores not carry seeds? Or is it because you all up north hafta start things indoors before planting them outdoors and it's just more convenient to order thru a catalog???
the_jersey_lilly_2000 said:
To start them early you need them early. But since I save seed from the previous years I don't have a really good excuse except for the hybrids. My main reason is to try new things- the pesky seed companies are always coming out with something enticing like a new herb frrom Mongolia that HAS to be the new summer experiment. Or a gourd that is 21 inches LOL The hardware stores just don't have the variety. This is my only main hobby and like the L'Oreal ad says, "I'm worth it."
I agree Lily,we used to order our from catalog but then started getting from our UFA feed store and they're really good seeds and for our area weather. I start some things because our seasons shorter but still get seeds from feed store.the_jersey_lilly_2000 said:
Those were beautiful pics nr.When greg and I first married{Iwas city girl} I was shocked at how much land was used and wasted on gardening,we had tiny plots and used a hoe to weed with...gregs dad used a tiller to weed with,man the rows he could have planted and used way less land. Now I plant and weed like Dad in law did
I finally figured out the more garden the less grass to cut :!:when our kids were in the 3-5 age range, every one of them got a taste for green tomatoes, they would be in the garden eating up the maters, never got a chance at letting them turn red!
but we always plant a row of peas and each of us are guilty of walking by and getting a handful for a snack. wife never puts up any peas, we go after them like coons on sweetcorn!
but we always plant a row of peas and each of us are guilty of walking by and getting a handful for a snack. wife never puts up any peas, we go after them like coons on sweetcorn!
Mike
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When I was in high school I planted 20 acres of cucumbers one spring.
Picked them day and night for 2-3 months.
Never do that again..........................
Picked them day and night for 2-3 months.
Never do that again..........................
I'm with you on the hot weather but am trying to mulch the whole garden to keep the weeds down. I do everything with hand tools :roll: and it keeps me on the run just to keep weeds from setting seed.Red Robin said:
On the clay soil, I've always read not to work it when it is wet or it makes rock-like clumps but perhaps subsoiling works differently. I've never tried it.
the_jersey_lilly_2000
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I love fried green tuhmaters, never tried em right out of the garden tho. Love black eyed peas, have eaten them many times while pickin, or while shellin em.
My grandmother always grew cantalopes......she'd pick one or two green and cut them up...they taste just like cucumbers!!!
My grandmother always grew cantalopes......she'd pick one or two green and cut them up...they taste just like cucumbers!!!
the_jersey_lilly_2000 said:
We had a fried green tomatoes FOR THE FIRST TIME last month in Georgia. Wow! what we've been missing all these years. It was served on top of a variety of lettuces with carmelized bacon, some kind of dressing and if I remember some nuts. Certainly not a dieters' salad. Now I know what to do with our green tomatoes.
the_jersey_lilly_2000
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Never had em in a salad.
We just salt n pepper em, roll em in flour and put em in a skillet in hot grease. Take em out when they are done and eat em.
We just salt n pepper em, roll em in flour and put em in a skillet in hot grease. Take em out when they are done and eat em.
Hanta Yo
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Lilly,
We order seeds from the catalog because most places around here don't sell seeds early enough. They also don't normally sell the short growing season type, either. I also like the catalog because we plant something different every year.
nr, we planted different types of gourds throughout the years, we've made swans out of them:
Before
After
We've made snow people out of another kind of gourd:
We've made bird houses and bird feeders out of them:
Last year we planted luffas, I always thought luffa sponges were something entirely different, but they are gourds:
When you plant luffas, once you get them started and going they will take over your garden, they are vine-like and the gourds you can actually eat while they are immature, or wait til they are mature, dry them, peel them and you get the sponge. They are pretty cool so we are going to plant them along the perimeter of the garden where they can climb up the fence.
We order seeds from the catalog because most places around here don't sell seeds early enough. They also don't normally sell the short growing season type, either. I also like the catalog because we plant something different every year.
nr, we planted different types of gourds throughout the years, we've made swans out of them:
Before
After
We've made snow people out of another kind of gourd:
We've made bird houses and bird feeders out of them:
Last year we planted luffas, I always thought luffa sponges were something entirely different, but they are gourds:
When you plant luffas, once you get them started and going they will take over your garden, they are vine-like and the gourds you can actually eat while they are immature, or wait til they are mature, dry them, peel them and you get the sponge. They are pretty cool so we are going to plant them along the perimeter of the garden where they can climb up the fence.
Those are clever gourds, Hanta, really cute! Thank you for the painting ideas. I've only grown the tiny gourds and they engulfed completely a large evergreen bush.
What short-season tomato variety works best for you out there?
What short-season tomato variety works best for you out there?
Hanta Yo
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We use "Beefsteaks", they aren't short season, however. We start them early (seeds are germinating now) then put in the greenhouse, then in April plant them outside with wall 'o waters over them. The short season we've planted before get blossom rot really bad, are small and just don't seem to produce as well as the Beefsteak. We also plant the plants in the red plastic, it seems to help the tomatoes ripen faster. We've rarely had to bring in a bunch of green tomatoes. (except last year - it froze hard, early)
I can also send you the directions on how to paint the snowpeople, (very simple) I'm not artistic enough to do it otherwise.
I can also send you the directions on how to paint the snowpeople, (very simple) I'm not artistic enough to do it otherwise.
Hanta Yo said:We use "Beefsteaks", they aren't short season, however. We start them early (seeds are germinating now) then put in the greenhouse, then in April plant them outside with wall 'o waters over them. The short season we've planted before get blossom rot really bad, are small and just don't seem to produce as well as the Beefsteak. We also plant the plants in the red plastic, it seems to help the tomatoes ripen faster. We've rarely had to bring in a bunch of green tomatoes. (except last year - it froze hard, early)
I can also send you the directions on how to paint the snowpeople, (very simple) I'm not artistic enough to do it otherwise.
I've had the same experience with tomatoes- really like the beefsteak flavor but they take a long time. The early ones never produced well. I've read blossom end rot sometimes is due to calcium deficiency (I think it was calcium-rats my memory is kaput!) so I keep hunting for the perfect type.
Hold off on sending gourd painting directions- I have to grow them first!!
Red Robin
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JS2000 used to be a good hybrid variety but they weren't a short season tomatoe either if I remember correctly.nr said:Hanta Yo said:We use "Beefsteaks", they aren't short season, however. We start them early (seeds are germinating now) then put in the greenhouse, then in April plant them outside with wall 'o waters over them. The short season we've planted before get blossom rot really bad, are small and just don't seem to produce as well as the Beefsteak. We also plant the plants in the red plastic, it seems to help the tomatoes ripen faster. We've rarely had to bring in a bunch of green tomatoes. (except last year - it froze hard, early)
I can also send you the directions on how to paint the snowpeople, (very simple) I'm not artistic enough to do it otherwise.
I've had the same experience with tomatoes- really like the beefsteak flavor but they take a long time. The early ones never produced well. I've read blossom end rot sometimes is due to calcium deficiency (I think it was calcium-rats my memory is kaput!) so I keep hunting for the perfect type.
Hold off on sending gourd painting directions- I have to grow them first!!
NOW WOULDN'T YOU THINK THEY'D GIVE THE POOR TOMATO A PROPER NAME?Red Robin said:JS2000 used to be a good hybrid variety but they weren't a short season tomatoe either if I remember correctly.nr said:Hanta Yo said:We use "Beefsteaks", they aren't short season, however. We start them early (seeds are germinating now) then put in the greenhouse, then in April plant them outside with wall 'o waters over them. The short season we've planted before get blossom rot really bad, are small and just don't seem to produce as well as the Beefsteak. We also plant the plants in the red plastic, it seems to help the tomatoes ripen faster. We've rarely had to bring in a bunch of green tomatoes. (except last year - it froze hard, early)
I can also send you the directions on how to paint the snowpeople, (very simple) I'm not artistic enough to do it otherwise.
I've had the same experience with tomatoes- really like the beefsteak flavor but they take a long time. The early ones never produced well. I've read blossom end rot sometimes is due to calcium deficiency (I think it was calcium-rats my memory is kaput!) so I keep hunting for the perfect type.
Hold off on sending gourd painting directions- I have to grow them first!!
Red Robin
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Jet Star maybe??? I've been looking on the internet trying to find it . All I find close is Jet Star. Hmmmm. What ones are the highest acid content? I like them best.nr said:
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tomatoe ??????????
Red Robin
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Idiote!!!!!!!!
