Minnesota Outdoorsman
General Category => Lawn & Garden => Topic started by: glenn57 on December 12/20/18, 10:34:05 PM
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Spring must be right around the corner!!! :happy1: :happy1: :rotflmao: got my first seen catalog in the mail today. :happy1: Jung's!!! :shocked:
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We got our 1st one not long after we came home. :scratch: Must've been pretty close to Thanksgiving. Cann't remember who sent it as it didn't hang around very long.
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I already ordered, and received my seeds for spring.
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Been getting catalogs from different companies since about Thanksgiving including the wholesale outfit where I order 50,000 tomato plants for glenn! The Jung's catalog just arrived today so will have something to read during Gunsmoke. :happy1:
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Been getting catalogs from different companies since about Thanksgiving including the wholesale outfit where I order 50,000 tomato plants for glenn! The Jung's catalog just arrived today so will have something to read during Gunsmoke. :happy1:
:bonk: :bonk: :doah: kits about 10,000 shhort!!!!!!!!! :confused: :confused:
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so last sat i was at menards, noticed they had there garden seed racks out. probably gonna hit up fleet farm with my list soon!!!!!!!!
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so last sat i was at menards, noticed they had there garden seed racks out. probably gonna hit up fleet farm with my list soon!!!!!!!!
No, they don't sell KATCHUP plants. :rotflmao:
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:pouty: :crazy: :confused: sure they do wadda think God's sauce is made of??? Mater's ya dingledorf!
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Well I'm almost ready!! :happy1:
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Atta boy Glenn!! I was eyeing up the seeds at FF myself. The wif hates the spring as I fill the bay window with starter pods. :happy1:
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Well I'm almost ready!! :happy1:
Ayup. Just gotta get the new hat and green jeans.... ;)
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:happy1: :happy1: :rotflmao:
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Atta boy Glenn!! I was eyeing up the seeds at FF myself. The wif hates the spring as I fill the bay window with starter pods. :happy1:
:rotflmao: best part,bi wasn't the only goofy idjoit buying seeds !!; :happy1: :happy1:
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Might as well do some plantin on a cold crappy day. Serrano, bell, cayenne, thai, jalapeno and 2 beefsteak. Last year I bought 4 pepper plants from a fund raiser, which came from gertens, they were 2 plants in one container so that's how I'll do these.. :happy1:
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:happy1: No California bells? :scratch:
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funny you posted that...……...I was thinkin the same thing. maybe this week. I gotta get my starter soil in da house to warm up first.
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:happy1: No California bells? :scratch:
Sure are, gotta have stuffed peppers..funny you posted that...……...I was thinkin the same thing. maybe this week. I gotta get my starter soil in da house to warm up first.
I figured it was time, most a my stuff are in raised beds or containers so by tge beginning of may the soil should be warm enough..
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Oh, missed that... :bonk: It's the snow fever. :doofus:
Hey Glenn, I can warm up that soil for ya......might thin it out a bit, though... :rotflmao:
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Dang, that was quick!!! You gots to get some of dis dirt glenn!!
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Dang, that was quick!!! You gots to get some of dis dirt glenn!!
:rotflmao: :rotflmao: :rotflmao: what kind ya got!!!!!!!!! :rotflmao: fertilized by reb no doubt!!!!!!!!
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Oh, missed that... :bonk: It's the snow fever. :doofus:
Hey Glenn, I can warm up that soil for ya......might thin it out a bit, though... :rotflmao:
yea no thanks...…….I've heard how your crops turn out. :rotflmao: :rotflmao:
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Great! No crop failures here; 'cept for wimpy scrawny onyums. I think they were genetically stunted to begin with. :whistling:
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The harvest is doing quite well.
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:rotflmao: :rotflmao: :rotflmao: looks like rebs driveway!!!!!!!! :rotflmao: :rotflmao:
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The harvest is doing quite well.
That load is goona have to spend some time in the dryer. Just sayin' :doah:
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:rotflmao: :rotflmao: :rotflmao: looks like rebs driveway!!!!!!!! :rotflmao: :rotflmao:
Ya got THAT right, buddy! :doah:
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I gots a question. So lots of my plants go in pots n buckets, they usually do real well except last year the maters got all fungust up. Do you bucket growers start with fresh buckets every year or scrub em up? I've been using the same ones for quite a while, seems the peppers could care less cuz they've been fine..
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I always scrubbed mine out with bleach and water, let dry in the sun. I also have about 7 or 8 1/8" holes drilled in a circle in the bottom, with a round piece of screen inside, and about 1'' sand on top of that for drainage.
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I'll have to try that, I cant see replacing all the time. We have a bunch of pebble rock around that's on the bottom. Thank ya sir!!
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He can't even grow winter onions, something that grows like a weed, and your taking his advice!!! :rotflmao: :rotflmao: :rotflmao: :rotflmao:
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Oh, go stick yer winter onions in yer ears. Careful though; they might go all the way thru.
It's all collusion and fake news, anyway. :tut:
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what about the dirt??? just wondering..........
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Ya, ya need dirt, Mikey. :rotflmao: I did a new bag of veggie soil every year. Never had an issue.
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what about the dirt??? just wondering..........
It gets changed out, I spose even the pebble rock needs to go..
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Ya, ya need dirt, Mikey. :rotflmao: I did a new bag of veggie soil every year. Never had an issue.
well ya could go hydroponic I suppose.... or what ever it's called where they grow them in water only..................
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I have thought it would be fun to raise lettuce indoors so we had it all year round without getting E coli.
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I have thought it would be fun to raise lettuce indoors so we had it all year round without getting E coli.
:scratch: I thought all that ended up in Rochester? :rolleyes: ;) :laugh:
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Ya, it's the sh*** down here. :puke: :rotflmao: :rotflmao: :rotflmao:
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anyone else throw some seeds In starter soil yet? I did 2 weeks ago when we had the snowmaggen. I don't have any visiable results yet though!!!!!!!! :scratch: :scratch: :doah:
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anyone else throw some seeds In starter soil yet? I did 2 weeks ago when we had the snowmaggen. I don't have any visiable results yet though!!!!!!!! :scratch: :scratch: :doah:
Nope, not yet
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anyone else throw some seeds In starter soil yet? I did 2 weeks ago when we had the snowmaggen. I don't have any visiable results yet though!!!!!!!! :scratch: :scratch: :doah:
Aren't ya rushing it just a bit? :scratch:
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don't know?????????? I was bored and it was a crappy day out so...……………………
I have decided that depending on the final results this may be my last time doing this. for the trouble and less then a 50% success rate...……..i'll go to the greenhouse.
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gonna be a while yet. I remember some gardens out there some place...
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gonna be a while yet. I remember some gardens out there some place...
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yea think mine looks worse then that, but I agree its gonna be a bit!!!!
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well my starting from seeds project was a failure. its getting trashed this morning. time to file a crop failure claim!!!!!!!! :pouty: :pouty: :surrender: :surrender:
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Too early and the seeds know it. ;)
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All my tomatoes and peppers are up and 2 inches tall. Started them 2 weeks ago. Now it's time to start the cole crops.....cabbage, broccoli, cauliflower, pak choi, and kohlrabi.
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Too early and the seeds know it. ;)
Actually 8 weeks indoors puts mine at the end of April, just about right for pots. Gotta spread em out so they're not all ready fer picking at the same time.. :happy1:
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I'm still thinking of indoor lettuce. Here is the site that makes it look easy. I will buy a Romaine today and if I don't die from eating it I will propagate more baby Romaines from the first one. Put them in pots and sit them in the window and see what happenhttps://morningchores.com/growing-lettuce-indoors/s.
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Picked up my onion sets today. 2 lbs worth. Hopefully the general can make it this week to till the garden up. :happy1: then we're off to the races. :happy1:
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Asparagus is just starting to poke out of the ground. There is hope!
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Asparagus is just starting to poke out of the ground. There is hope!
We just went for a walk to check our trail cameras and found some asparagus peeking out too. Will have to cut them later today cuz it's going to freeze tonight.
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man this weather suxs. i wanna get going on the garden, but :bonk: :bonk: i looked at my notes, and last year got the garden tilled on may 3rd so i guess it isnt all bad.
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Hmmm...and I get poked about sniveling about the weekend snow and freeze.... :whistling:
Let's just admit, seven months of Winter is too damned much for everybody! :angry2:
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man this weather suxs. i wanna get going on the garden, but :bonk: :bonk: i looked at my notes, and last year got the garden tilled on may 3rd so i guess it isnt all bad.
:shocked: :cry: :cry: :tut: :pouty: :bs:.................. :smiley: Not much fun here today either! :bonk: :surrender:
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The G man's coming tonight to till!!! :happy1:
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The general digging up the dirt in my garden.
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Lot nicer by ~ 4 yday here too, had to get out for bit myself. :happy1: :cool:
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i'll be probably waiting till fishing opener to plant. been a bit chilly........not to mention there's rain forcasted for the next few days.
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i'll be probably waiting till fishing opener to plant. been a bit chilly........not to mention there's rain forcasted for the next few days.
Gee wiz Sally, planting on the opener of fishing??? Besides its raining??? You gonna melt if ya go outside?? :nerd: :nerd:: rotflmao: :rotflmao: I hear ya Glenn on the plants. I did though put in a few bean and snap pea seeds today in the raised bed, after soaking all night :happy1:
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i'll be probably waiting till fishing opener to plant. been a bit chilly........not to mention there's rain forcasted for the next few days.
Gee wiz Sally, planting on the opener of fishing??? Besides its raining??? You gonna melt if ya go outside?? :nerd: :nerd:: rotflmao: :rotflmao: I hear ya Glenn on the plants. I did though put in a few bean and snap pea seeds today in the raised bed, after soaking all night :happy1:
yea.........i aint into zoos no more. i'll go north fishing weekend after memorial where i'll have about the whole county to myself.
and yea i will melt being made of all sugar and spice and nice and stuff!!!!!! :mooning: :mooning: :rotflmao: :rotflmao:
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i'll be probably waiting till fishing opener to plant. been a bit chilly........not to mention there's rain forcasted for the next few days.
Gee wiz Sally, planting on the opener of fishing??? Besides its raining??? You gonna melt if ya go outside?? :nerd: :nerd:: rotflmao: :rotflmao: I hear ya Glenn on the plants. I did though put in a few bean and snap pea seeds today in the raised bed, after soaking all night :happy1:
yea.........i aint into zoos no more. i'll go north fishing weekend after memorial where i'll have about the whole county to myself.
and yea i will melt being made of all sugar and spice and nice and stuff!!!!!! :mooning: :mooning: :rotflmao: :rotflmao:
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i'll be probably waiting till fishing opener to plant. been a bit chilly........not to mention there's rain forcasted for the next few days.
Gee wiz Sally, planting on the opener of fishing??? Besides its raining??? You gonna melt if ya go outside?? :nerd: :nerd:: rotflmao: :rotflmao: I hear ya Glenn on the plants. I did though put in a few bean and snap pea seeds today in the raised bed, after soaking all night :happy1:
yea.........i aint into zoos no more. i'll go north fishing weekend after memorial where i'll have about the whole county to myself.
and yea i will melt being made of all sugar and spice and nice and stuff!!!!!! :mooning: :mooning: :rotflmao: :rotflmao:
Is that what ya call it? :rotflmao: :rotflmao:
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Did some putzing in the garden tonight. It's not muddy but close.
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Rhubarb is getting closer. The green stemmed rhubarb is actually starting to bolt! I like the red stemmed stuff better anyway. It's more purtier! :laugh: I see what appears to be a volunteer red type that possibly came from seed. May move that one so we get more of the red stuff eventually. :happy1:
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Not here. Rubarb ain't but 2-3 inches high. My winter onions should be good to go when I get back next week
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when iz optimum time to harvest rhubarb?
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when iz optimum time to harvest rhubarb?
once it is big enough, up to about july.
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Num num. First of the year.
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when iz optimum time to harvest rhubarb?
I dunno if it's optimum boar but I like to see the stems get at least 9"-12" long. It's been slower than normal and definitely slower than last year. By this time last year it had been in the 70's and 80's so the rhubarb really took off. I think it might've been glenn mentioned it can be harvested until early July. After that he and his little woodland friends can hide under those big leaves! :rotflmao:
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when iz optimum time to harvest rhubarb?
I dunno if it's optimum boar but I like to see the stems get at least 9"-12" long. It's been slower than normal and definitely slower than last year. By this time last year it had been in the 70's and 80's so the rhubarb really took off. I think it might've been glenn mentioned it can be harvested until early July. After that he and his little woodland friends can hide under those big leaves! :rotflmao:
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Started planting. For me it's really early. Put in the taters and onions. Started pumpkins, cucumbers, and gourds but it will be a while before they go out.
Also planted the canna lilies and glads.
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last nite I got all my tomatoes, peppers, green beans and celery planted. need to stick the cabbage in the ground yet.
was to windy to plant the fine seeds like carrots and the rest of my kalarabi seeds. also need to plant my cukes yet, ran outta time.
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Glenn has been busy!
I only got some beets, lettuce and radishes in.
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Glenn has been busy!
I only got some beets, lettuce and radishes in.
yea I had a mission last nite. get the stuff in the ground prior to the rain so I didn't have to babysit the damn things in those little plastic potting thingy's. :happy1:
the cabbage is going in, all 4 of them shortly, then I gotta wait till these hurricane type winds die down to finish up!!!!
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so I bust but to get my plants in the ground, tonight I gotta cover them!!!!!!! :crazy: :pouty: they have a frost advisory out for this area!!!! :bonk: :bonk:
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I'm setting up grow lights in the garage just in case it never gets warm enough to plan outside. I'm not sure what to use and my wife said to google it. I told her if I searched for grow lights, the feds will come knocking on the door to check me out. :pouty:
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so I bust but to get my plants in the ground, tonight I gotta cover them!!!!!!! :crazy: :pouty: they have a frost advisory out for this area!!!! :bonk: :bonk:
Must not be enough of that clean livin. :rolleyes: :tut: :smiley:
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so I bust but to get my plants in the ground, tonight I gotta cover them!!!!!!! :crazy: :pouty: they have a frost advisory out for this area!!!! :bonk: :bonk:
Must not be enough of that clean livin. :rolleyes: :tut: :smiley:
i'm thinking it more on the lines of the bad influences I have conversations with here!!!!!!!! :mooning: :mooning: :mooning: :rotflmao: :rotflmao: :rotflmao:
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All my stuff is in also, talking frost here too but I'm not going to bring all the buckets in. Hourly shows 38 at the lowest so I might just let it ride.. think next year I'm going to jump start the lettuce inside in old egg cartons, they're only bout an inch tall now..
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I got green house covers for my gardens....I'll have to go throw them on soon.
Thought I seen a couple snow flake just now..... :scratch:
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I got green house covers for my gardens....I'll have to go throw them on soon.
Thought I seen a couple snow flake just now..... :scratch:
the weather this morning made it sound like a small chance of snow from Duluth SW towards just west of the cities area...
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I got green house covers for my gardens....I'll have to go throw them on soon.
Thought I seen a couple snow flake just now..... :scratch:
the weather this morning made it sound like a small chance of snow from Duluth SW towards just west of the cities area...
My niece saw snow this morning near Finlayson. We might have to cover the plants tonight. Warning of frost.
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guess I didnt see anything resembling snow here...……..yet. :shocked:
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I already have radishes up, so I put the green house lid on. :happy1:
Still snowing here though! :angry2:
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so do I HD along with lettuce and spinach but I don't think it will affect the radishes, not sure about the lettuce and spinach though! :scratch: :scratch:
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talkin 34 here tonight........
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We are waiting till next weekend to do our garden operation. Then the Grandson can help. He's 7 and loves to help do things.
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I have a question on fruit trees. Plum and apple. Two plum bushes and one apple tree. The last two years I haven't gotten any fruit at all. I have some friends who do not spray their trees and have good results. I think with me it's some kind of insects that are causing this. Blooms are out and what kind a spray should I use to help me get fruit. Thanks good luck.
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I use a fruit tree spray made by Bonide. It contains Captan, Malathion and Carbaryl. I usually spray after the blooms have fallen and fruit is evident. Generally end of May and again two weeks later. This is both a bugs and mildew. As I do with most plants, if I feel I need 10 plants (Trees, bushes, tomatoes, etc) I will plant 20 and hope to make up any shortfalls with volume. :rotflmao:
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I have apple trees and do not spray any more... apples every year!!!!!!!!!!!
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Thanks Deadeye. I will get some today. Ya some folks don't spray and do fine. Maybe it's just where you live, who knows. But I'm spraying this year and hope for the best. Thanks again. good luck.
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Frost here this morning. Covered everything up. We will see if it did any good.
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I don't spray my apple trees either and for the two of us with four bearing trees, we have more apples than we can eat or give away. Not that I don't want to spray them, it's just not in the cards with everything else going on. Maybe when I retire. We are fortunate in that we are relatively isolated without a lot of people with apple trees nearby. Have noticed some scab become more prevalent as the growing season have been wetter and we've planted more crabapples for the wildlife. Have more bird problems than insect problems on the eating apples.
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Although I usually spray, I see nothing wrong with not spraying. I would get plenty apples either way. The main reason I spray (in my yard not at my land) is to help prevent the black spot fungus that causes the crab apple trees to lose their leaves in August. Mostly cosmetic but they do look bad when all the leaves fall and it's still summer. I Have planted around 40 regular apple trees and 20 crab apple trees at my land. I'm going for numbers here and couldn't afford the time or cost to spray them all. I plan to plant an additional 12 trees this Wednesday and then maybe be done for a while. :bonk:
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The Indian Magic crabapple tree in our yard gets that black spot and it's likely scab. The worst part is the variety is supposed to be relatively resistant. However, like most of our 15 - 20 crabapple trees, I don't prune them as aggressively as I probably should and that tree is getting good sized. I did prune the snot out of it this spring to improve air flow so we'll see if that helps. The problem is worse some years than others and recent wet springs and summers haven't helped. Sounds like you've got matters well under control deadeye but for people like me who don't, here are a couple links for disease and insect control:
https://extension.umn.edu/plant-diseases/managing-apple-scab-ornamental-trees-and-shrubs#cultural-control-1165361 (https://extension.umn.edu/plant-diseases/managing-apple-scab-ornamental-trees-and-shrubs#cultural-control-1165361)
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So DE when you plant the apple trees on your land the deer don't kill them while munching on them? Don't they eat the buds off of them?
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fence them to keep the deer away I would say...
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Yes, fencing and trunk protection from mice and other nibblers is mandatory.
Here's a few pictures of how they look.
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That's really nice!!! Don't have a deer problem since I got my lab Lucy but guarding the bottom for nibblers is on the agenda. My yard is fenced. Going to get me another apple tree this week. good luck.
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That's great. Nice job. Those deer have it made at your place. That must be 5' high wire it looks like.
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Days a big Apple garden!! :happy1: :rotflmao:
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Well my plants survived the frost! :happy1:
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How are they at swimmin? :scratch: :confused: High wind warning here since late am & it's been rainin pretty steady for the last hour so. 'Sposed to get worse later too. :bonk:
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deadeye, where did you get your tree tubes and do you leave it on year round? Bunnies nailed three of my crabs pretty good last winter but they must've only eaten the outer bark. The trees leafed out and flowered like normal. Next year I might not be so lucky.
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Dotch,
I hope you were lucky. Frequently, if they were griddled they have enough stored energy to leaf out and bloom but will die off later. The tubes can be purchased at fleet farm, runnings, home depot and the like. They are not cheep. I am trying something new this year. I'm planning on using the sewer drain tubing. It has small slits for ventilation and can be cut to the length you need from a 10 foot piece. Only issue is the tubing is black but I think it will have enough ventilation. Yes, I leave the tubes on all year round. Haven't had one chewed up yet.
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I have seen others use the sewer tubes too, hope they work too!!!
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A lot of people use drainage tile here. Finding someone who has some laying around is the trick. It needs to be slit as well which shouldn't be too tough using any number of means. I just like the looks of the stuff you had deadeye.
Fingers crossed on the crabapples that were bunny damaged. The snow swirled around them this past winter making a perfect hole for bunnies to sit and gnaw in. It looked like someone had put mulch around the trees this spring. They are Siberian crabs. They're tough. I've chopped them off with the rear mount tractor mower, the bunnies have pruned them off, and I've brutalized them when pruning because with their spines, they really suck to mow around. They just seem to keep coming. It'll be interesting to see what they do after this latest episode. Maybe tomorrow a.m. when I'm reading the cutworm trap I'll photo the damage.
Another question, are your cages made from welded wire? I'd love to put some trees in the sheep pasture like that, maybe some autumn blaze maples, more crabapples or even regular apples.
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How are they at swimmin? :scratch: :confused: High wind warning here since late am & it's been rainin pretty steady for the last hour so. 'Sposed to get worse later too. :bonk:
it just started raining here. I went out to new London about 5:30 tonight and it was just dribbling. Just a light drizzle now.
Remember I live that honest lifestyle.
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How are they at swimmin? :scratch: :confused: High wind warning here since late am & it's been rainin pretty steady for the last hour so. 'Sposed to get worse later too. :bonk:
it just started raining here. I went out to new London about 5:30 tonight and it was just dribbling. Just a light drizzle now.
Remember I live that honest lifestyle.
And you didnt stop in!!! Oh wait we weren't here yet. Light rain here but its blowing like crazy, the lake is just plain old mad. Good thing the boat is holding the lift in place..
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Hey don't threaten me with a good time!! :rotflmao: :rotflmao: some day, but first I'd have to find da place! :doofus: :crazy:
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Boober, do you have a big pot & wooden spoon? ;) :rolleyes: Then glenn could have a real good time & probably be right over. :sleazy: :tut: :rotflmao: :rotflmao:
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Boober, do you have a big pot & wooden spoon? ;) :rolleyes: Then glenn could have a real good time & probably be right over. :sleazy: :tut: :rotflmao: :rotflmao:
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Yesterday I finished planting the gardens. Tomatoes, peppers, Cukes, gourds, pumpkins, and a few other plants. I usually don't plant until after Memorial day but I plan to gone for a few days and didn't want the plants to die in my garage.
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I got the pickling cuke seeds in the garden. I have radishes, beets and lettuce already coming up. Asparagus..... I dunno, lots of skinny spears :confused:
Rubarb, seeding out this year ?
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Our rhubarb is barely 10" tall. Your is already seeding out?? Is that normal at this time of year for you?
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It seems to do it when we get to much rain.
I don't know if that's a normal thing for rubarb to do?
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We have had one asparagus bunch putting out a spear or two a day. That has been happening for a couple of weeks. Another just started and the one we usually get the most from hasn't even had 1 stalk come up yet. ???
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HD just cut them off and you'll be good
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I'll be finishing up planting tomorrow. And then the fence goes up around to keep them friggin rabbits out.
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HD just cut them off and you'll be good
The asparagus or the rhubarb?
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HD just cut them off and you'll be good
The asparagus or the rhubarb?
the rubarb. I just cut the whole stock that's formed the seeds. Not much you can do with skinny asparagus but harvest and eat what it gives you.
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+1 on cutting out the rhubarb stalk with the flowers/seed head.
It's been a goofy year as short on heat as we are. Guessing like a lot of things some kinds of rhubarb are more photoperiodic than others. We have two types, a green and a red type, Canada red I think. The green variety bolted already several weeks ago. It usually does here. It's become more spindly and seems more interested in producing seed rather than nice stems for eating. The red type has always been slower to bolt although looking at photos, it's about 2/3- 3/4 the size it was the past couple years. Was reading that rhubarb is a heavy user of sulfur. Typically we see warmer weather which allows more sulfur to be mineralized from the organic matter. I need to plant my canna bulbs yet and I put manure in the trench when I do that. Since most manure is a good source of sulfur, it probably wouldn't hurt if I worked some in around the rhubarb as well, either this spring or in the fall after it's gone dormant.
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Decided to sort thru the canna bulbs before going to a graduation. Packed in boxes of shredded newspaper and stuffed under the crawlspace they kept pretty well. Looks like I have somewhere in the vicinity of 30 - 40 bulbs. I'll probably plant only about 20 of them if I don't find a new spot for the rest. They're work to plant, dig and store but the hummingbirds love them. If someone wants some PM me and we'll see what can be arranged.
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So your saying you plant them easch spring and in the fall have to dig them out??
Screw that!! :rotflmao: :rotflmao:
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I understand especially when this is your definition of "yard work"... :rotflmao: :rotflmao: :rotflmao:
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I understand especially when this is your definition of "yard work"... :rotflmao: :rotflmao: :rotflmao:
:confused: training-087 :banghead: :taz: don't you have Grad parties to attend! :pouty: :rotflmao: :rotflmao:
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This tree will loaded with fruit!
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so any you fellers got any idea when these places that sell plants will start dropping the prices to clear things out?? I want to add 5 perennial plants/flowers to my wife's flower bed. then pick up some hen-n-chicks on the cheap to add to my landscape rocks around the house.
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If you weren't so darned lazy you could've had some cannas on the cheap! :rotflmao: Incidentally I planted all but about a dozen of those bulbs today. Dumped numerous buckets of sheep poop & worked it in where I planted them. Also planted the four o'clocks ahead of the forecast rain. The things I won't do for a hummer! :rotflmao:
Mrs. Cheviot worked retail greenhouse for prolly 25 years. Seems like after the first week in June she used to start clearing stuff out. Depended on the year. A later spring sometimes it would be delayed another week. The last place she worked was a satellite greenhouse in Albert's Leaf for Souba's whose main store is in Owatonna. They'd cut stuff down in price by half and then half again the next week, practically giving it away. After that it went in the dumpster. People started dumpster diving so they'd snip the annuals in two so they were worthless. People actually had the audacity to bitch about it.
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Thanks for the heads up. :happy1: :happy1:
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Well I am now officially done planting the garden. And fence is up.
Man I'm pooped! :pouty: :tongue:
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Well I hope you got yer plant stakes out! :rotflmao:
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Well I hope you got yer plant stakes out! :rotflmao:
:happy1: :happy1: :happy1: :mooning: :mooning: :mooning:
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Well I am now officially done planting the garden. And fence is up.
Man I'm pooped! :pouty: :tongue:
Whaaaa!! :rolleyes: :cry: If you did a little more work during the week :scratch: ........................the weekend would be easier. ;) :laugh: Too many MGL's the night before, maybe? :sleazy: :smiley: :scratch:
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Well I am now officially done planting the garden. And fence is up.
Man I'm pooped! :pouty: :tongue:
Whaaaa!! :rolleyes: :cry: If you did a little more work during the week :scratch: ........................the weekend would be easier. ;) :laugh: Too many MGL's the night before, maybe? :sleazy: :smiley: :scratch:
:tut: :tut: :tut: :tut: maybe!!!!!!!!!! :rotflmao: :rotflmao:
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Dotch,
I don't count bulbs, I count boxes of them. I usually end up with 3-4 large boxes and a few bags of canna bulbs. I have two types, red and green. I usually dig about half to them in fall and then in spring plant about two thirds of them. The rest are given away or pitched.
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very nice deadeye!!!
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That's pretty impressive deadeye. When I started planting them again promised myself that I'd only plant the one row. I remembered how much work they were as a kid. Now I've broken my own rule and I'm not even retired yet! Do your deer eat the excess bulbs? A couple years ago it froze a bunch of the bulbs in the ground before I could get at them. Had read they could be used as livestock feed. Tossed them over the fence to the sheep but not interested. :scratch:
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Those are beautiful. Have seen them before but didn't even know what they are. Do deer eat them or do you just plant them cuz they look nice?
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Those are cool DE. I leave the bulbs and flowers to the Mrs, cuz of any failure I'd be blamed.. Put up the trellis the other day on the one bed, some snap peas have grabbed on but the cukes have a bit..gotta love this time of year!
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LPS,
They are just for looks and exercise (lots of work to dig and knock the dirt off before storing them for the winter).
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After a couple days if plugging away here's the garden as of tonight.
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Looking good there glenn. I've been ignoring mine for a while now, too busy with other things. I may have to replant potatoes as only about 10% came up. What gives with that.
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Looking good there glenn. I've been ignoring mine for a while now, too busy with other things. I may have to replant potatoes as only about 10% came up. What gives with that.
i think it may be 2 things too wet and to cold. the seed potato rotted in the ground!!!!!!!!!!
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Very nice Glenn. I didn't know you lived right in town. Great looking garden.
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Big shout out to Marties Farm Service in Elk River. I went to buy seed potatoes and The guy said "take all you want" no charge. I guess he felt sorry for some poor schlep just getting around to planting potatoes near the middle of June.
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2nd picking. 1 more then there toast. I'm done with asparagus and I cleaned cut and froze the rest of my rubarb.
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:bow:.....nice radishes.......mine aren't quite big enough yet. Have you ever had problems with Flea Beetles? I have to cover mine with very fine netting to keep them off. Otherwise they look like they were shot with buckshot .
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:bow:.....nice radishes.......mine aren't quite big enough yet. Have you ever had problems with Flea Beetles? I have to cover mine with very fine netting to keep them off. Otherwise they look like they were shot with buckshot .
thanks! :happy1: no I haven't. I found one cutworm. killed it. but since I,ve been adding ashes from my fire ring/ pit they have been very minimal!!!!!!
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Two days of digging weeds and they don't look too bad. What do you guys do, keep constant watch and attack any weed that comes up or like me, wait until you can't see the plants and then give it hell for a day or so. I should have taken a before picture but it was too embarrassing :rotflmao:
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Lookin' good deadeye! :happy1: I operate along the same lines. After it annoys me enough I get after it and clean it up. Getting about to that point here right now. Nothing like it used to be so not as time consuming. I actually need to transplant some of the weeds into some pots for a display I got talked into. :confused:
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Lot of work for sure. Did a nice job!!! good luck.
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when and if i'm at home I usually spend an hour or so a night going thru the garden weeding. thats provided I don't have anything else I feel is more pressing.
going out in the garden pulling weeds is therapy for me, takes my mind off things.
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The raised beds, I just pick weeds as I water. Never really got overrun.
The bigger gardens, I plant them far enough apart that I can run the tiller in-between.
Aaaaannnnnddddd......preen helps with the other weeds.
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The raised beds, I just pick weeds as I water. Never really got overrun.
The bigger gardens, I plant them far enough apart that I can run the tiller in-between.
Aaaaannnnnddddd......preen helps with the other weeds.
I'm not completely sold on preen! :scratch: don't those weeds reroot and grow again?? I've always been under the impression if you don't get the root, they grow back. But then running a tiller a few extra times isn't a big deal and it keeps the ground loose for the root system.
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when and if i'm at home I usually spend an hour or so a night going thru the garden weeding. thats provided I don't have anything else I feel is more pressing.
going out in the garden pulling weeds is therapy for me, takes my mind off things.
I wonder how much it would help you if you spent a few more hours a day doing this? I bet some members would give you some therapy at little or no charge.
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when and if i'm at home I usually spend an hour or so a night going thru the garden weeding. thats provided I don't have anything else I feel is more pressing.
going out in the garden pulling weeds is therapy for me, takes my mind off things.
I wonder how much it would help you if you spent a few more hours a day doing this? I bet some members would give you some therapy at little or no charge.
I've been told more often then not, there is no help for me. Besides I self medicate. :drinking: :tequila;
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when and if i'm at home I usually spend an hour or so a night going thru the garden weeding. thats provided I don't have anything else I feel is more pressing.
going out in the garden pulling weeds is therapy for me, takes my mind off things.
I wonder how much it would help you if you spent a few more hours a day doing this? I bet some members would give you some therapy at little or no charge.
I've been told more often then not, there is no help for me. Besides I self medicate. :drinking: :tequila;
Boy, that's for sure! :bonk: Maybe you can fertilize yer garden with those croakers I sent ya....grow bigger 'mato's for yer world famous 'sketti sauce.... :rolleyes: :rotflmao:
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when and if i'm at home I usually spend an hour or so a night going thru the garden weeding. thats provided I don't have anything else I feel is more pressing.
going out in the garden pulling weeds is therapy for me, takes my mind off things.
:scratch: I'll bet it's even better therapy :crazy: for his wife. ;) :rotflmao: :rotflmao:
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when and if i'm at home I usually spend an hour or so a night going thru the garden weeding. thats provided I don't have anything else I feel is more pressing.
going out in the garden pulling weeds is therapy for me, takes my mind off things.
:scratch: I'll bet it's even better therapy :crazy: for his wife. ;) :rotflmao: :rotflmao:
Why do you think she keeps sticking the weeds back in that he pulled out? :rotflmao:
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I have a line about pulling out but I best not use it
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Coming along just fine. And 99.9 % weed free.
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What are all those gophers doing in there?! :laugh: Lookin' good, Glenn!
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Coming along just fine. And was 99.9 % weed free.
There I fixed it for ya. ;) :rotflmao:
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Coming along just fine. And 99.9 % weed free.
:scratch: :applause: :bow: Does look pretty good considerin who the caretaker is. :rolleyes: ;D
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Coming along just fine. And 99.9 % weed free.
:scratch: :applause: :bow: Does look pretty good considerin who the caretaker is. :rolleyes: ;D
:tut: :tut: :tut: when meema was alive she told everyone in richmond her favorite grandson had the best garden she'd ever seen!!!!!!!!! :happy1: :happy1:
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:scratch: meema=grandma?? Favorite grandson?? Did she have more than 1? :confused: ;) :rolleyes: :rotflmao: :rotflmao:
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:scratch: meema=grandma?? Favorite grandson?? Did she have more than 1? :confused: ;) :rolleyes: :rotflmao: :rotflmao:
:doofus: :pouty: yea.......you dont watch young sheldon???????????
:doah: yea my brudder and 2 grandsons from my ma's brudder!!!!!!
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Glenn must've been the only one that lived tho! :evil: Sorry, couldn't resist. Garden looks pretty darn nice glenn. Just weeded the snot out of ours yesterday and finally got the mater cages on. Need to get some early maturing string beans planted yet today before it rains.
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First year in about 36 that we don't have a garden, in fact, yesterday I mowed the weeds down that are growing there.
Funny thing is the warden and I don't seem to miss all the weeding a darn bit. I will have to raid someone's garden when I need tomatoes.....
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Bummer Art. Those were some purty mean maters you used to raise. Funny how not missing the labor part of it works. I keep threatening to tear up a hunk of pasture close to the house but I think I can forget about that anytime soon. I sprayed the pasture with Milestone for thistles a few weeks back. Any broadleaf fruit or vegetable probably wouldn't grow in there for a year even if I did. Killed the thistles tho! :happy1: If I get some decent maters yer certainly welcome to them.
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went and got nice bag full of rhubarb a few minutes ago.. I'd say that is the last this year.... GF is going to make rhubarb cheese cake!!!! and she makes a great rhubarb cake too!!!
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First year in about 36 that we don't have a garden, in fact, yesterday I mowed the weeds down that are growing there.
Funny thing is the warden and I don't seem to miss all the weeding a darn bit. I will have to raid someone's garden when I need tomatoes.....
wow.....thats crazy. what made ya give it up?????????
i'd miss a garden with all the goodies from it. going out to weed at times, yea can suck, but mostly its a nice way for e to take out my daily aggressions!!!!! :rotflmao:
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:scratch: meema=grandma?? Favorite grandson?? Did she have more than 1? :confused: ;) :rolleyes: :rotflmao: :rotflmao:
:doofus: :pouty: yea.......you dont watch young sheldon???????????
:doah: yea my brudder and 2 grandsons from my ma's brudder!!!!!!
Na, never got into it. :tut: I can get ALL the smart@ss commentary I need quicker somewhere else. :whistling: ;) :rolleyes: :rotflmao: :rotflmao:
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First year in about 36 that we don't have a garden, in fact, yesterday I mowed the weeds down that are growing there.
Funny thing is the warden and I don't seem to miss all the weeding a darn bit. I will have to raid someone's garden when I need tomatoes.....
wow.....thats crazy. what made ya give it up?????????
i'd miss a garden with all the goodies from it. going out to weed at times, yea can suck, but mostly its a nice way for e to take out my daily aggressions!!!!! :rotflmao:
Between the wet spring and her mom dying and my mom being in the hospital more than not we were overwhelmed and just never got it done. We will get back into it but not on the scale we were at before. I know we will miss some of the fresh produce but there is always friends and the farmer's market.
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First if the year. Picked a bunch of Dill also. Set now for my pickle order.
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Get any new rings & lids yet :scratch: or are you gonna sandblast your old ones? :tut: :doofus: :rolleyes: :laugh:
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Man I am enjoying the lettuce garden I made. 3' x 7' of lettuce. Mixed 3 kinds together and just sprinkled it on the dirt and raked in lightly. I go out every other night with scissors and cut lettuce and rinse it off. At first it was the size of spinach but now it is getting a lot bigger and growing back from where I have already cut. Our celery is getting big too and we cut some of that for each nights salad too. No cukes big enough yet I don't think but will check them better today. No red tomatoes yet neither.
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Get any new rings & lids yet :scratch: or are you gonna sandblast your old ones? :tut: :doofus: :rolleyes: :laugh:
:pouty: :pouty: :pouty: lids are always new. ring are reuseable!!!!!!!!!! that way i dont look like a rookie!!!!!!! :mooning: :mooning: :happy1:
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Get any new rings & lids yet :scratch: or are you gonna sandblast your old ones? :tut: :doofus: :rolleyes: :laugh:
:pouty: :pouty: :pouty: lids are always new. ring are reuseable!!!!!!!!!! that way i dont look like a rookie!!!!!!! :mooning: :mooning: :happy1:
At least until the rust eats clear through, right? "Call Ziebart; it's us or rust"... :rotflmao: :rotflmao:
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Get any new rings & lids yet :scratch: or are you gonna sandblast your old ones? :tut: :doofus: :rolleyes: :laugh:
:pouty: :pouty: :pouty: lids are always new. ring are reuseable!!!!!!!!!! that way i dont look like a rookie!!!!!!! :mooning: :mooning: :happy1:
Yeah, same here but we don't can that much anymore. Don't think :scratch: any of our rings look like yours though. :rolleyes: :smiley: Only real garden (raised) is up here with lettuce, green onions, peas, potatoes, tomatoes, & some raspberry bushes,
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Get any new rings & lids yet :scratch: or are you gonna sandblast your old ones? :tut: :doofus: :rolleyes: :laugh:
:pouty: :pouty: :pouty: lids are always new. ring are reuseable!!!!!!!!!! that way i dont look like a rookie!!!!!!! :mooning: :mooning: :happy1:
At least until the rust eats clear through, right? "Call Ziebart; it's us or rust"... :rotflmao: :rotflmao:
i throw them away before it gets that bad ya dipstick!!!!!!!!!! :rotflmao: :rotflmao: heck i think i've thrown out 10 of them already this year!!!!!!! :mooning: :mooning:
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I didn't care if the first grilled zucchini didnt go with orange chicken, egg rolls and wontons, they sure were tasty!!
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Whatcha sprinkle on dem der zoo-keeny?
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have not tried that yet, need too!!!
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last night i picked and pulled the last of my dill. seriously thinking of pulling my green beans, i will wait till the weekend to decide as i think they may or usually have a round 2. i only have 7 qts of pickled green beans.
pulling the dill last night all of a sudden made me realize summer is quickly vanishing. :doah: :embarrassed:
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I gave up gardening a few years back and after this years mess, I don't think even doing the flower and mater thing was meant for me. I do not have the proverbial green thumb.
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I gave up gardening a few years back and after this years mess, I don't think even doing the flower and mater thing was meant for me. I do not have the proverbial green thumb.
kinda runs with ya dont it. dont ya say the same with fishing and deer hunting?? :doah: :scratch: :scratch: :evil: :rotflmao: :rotflmao: :rotflmao: :rotflmao: :rotflmao:
sorry.........Gunner made me!!!!!!!!!! :happy1: :rotflmao: :rotflmao:
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I gave up gardening a few years back and after this years mess, I don't think even doing the flower and mater thing was meant for me. I do not have the proverbial green thumb.
kinda runs with ya dont it. dont ya say the same with fishing and deer hunting?? :doah: :scratch: :scratch: :evil: :rotflmao: :rotflmao: :rotflmao: :rotflmao: :rotflmao:
sorry.........Gunner made me!!!!!!!!!! :happy1: :rotflmao: :rotflmao:
:tut: :tut: :tut:
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Once a pot-stirrer, always a pot-stirrer. :coffee:
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I gave up gardening a few years back and after this years mess, I don't think even doing the flower and mater thing was meant for me. I do not have the proverbial green thumb.
kinda runs with ya dont it. dont ya say the same with fishing and deer hunting?? :doah: :scratch: :scratch: :evil: :rotflmao: :rotflmao: :rotflmao: :rotflmao: :rotflmao:
sorry.........Gunner made me!!!!!!!!!! :happy1: :rotflmao: :rotflmao:
:tut: :tut: :tut: :tut: :mooning: :mooning: :mooning: :mooning: :taz: :taz: Reb made me!! :nerd: :nerd: :nerd:
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I gave up gardening a few years back and after this years mess, I don't think even doing the flower and mater thing was meant for me. I do not have the proverbial green thumb.
kinda runs with ya dont it. dont ya say the same with fishing and deer hunting?? :doah: :scratch: :scratch: :evil: :rotflmao: :rotflmao: :rotflmao: :rotflmao: :rotflmao:
sorry.........Gunner made me!!!!!!!!!! :happy1: :rotflmao: :rotflmao:
:tut: :tut: :tut: :tut: :mooning: :mooning: :mooning: :mooning: :taz: :taz: Reb made me!! :nerd: :nerd: :nerd:
and you listen to everything Reb SAYS??????????? :scratch: :doah: :pouty: :pouty: :crazy: :crazy: :rotflmao: :rotflmao:
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He's just like a drunken woodpecker. Just keeps hammerin' away. :rolleyes:
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Sorta like Mrs. Boober trying to get into Boober's pants when he grills all that stuff! :shocked:
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Maybe he doesn't wear any when he's grillin'..... ;)
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Hey, one ponce a time, I did a fair job with my flowers and maters. This year, my seeds just didn't cooperate starting in the basement. Not sure what happened. I used to get compliments on my yard.
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Sorta like Mrs. Boober trying to get into Boober's pants when he grills all that stuff! :shocked:
and you should talk!!! :rotflmao: :rotflmao: :happy1:
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I gave up gardening a few years back and after this years mess, I don't think even doing the flower and mater thing was meant for me. I do not have the proverbial green thumb.
kinda runs with ya dont it. dont ya say the same with fishing and deer hunting?? :doah: :scratch: :scratch: :evil: :rotflmao: :rotflmao: :rotflmao: :rotflmao: :rotflmao:
sorry.........Gunner made me!!!!!!!!!! :happy1: :rotflmao: :rotflmao:
:tut: :tut: :tut: :tut: :mooning: :mooning: :mooning: :mooning: :taz: :taz: Reb made me!! :nerd: :nerd: :nerd:
and you listen to everything Reb SAYS??????????? :scratch: :doah: :pouty: :pouty: :crazy: :crazy: :rotflmao: :rotflmao:
Why yes, don't you? :scratch: :confused: I heard he was like the Farmers Insurance guy. ;) ;D
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My gardens have never been better thanks to fencing to keep the deer out. :rotflmao:
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Well believe it or not, I did pick 5 maters this morning. No pics though, so you will just have to take my good word for it.
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Well believe it or not, I did pick 5 maters this morning. No pics though, so you will just have to take my good word for it.
steal them from the neighbors did ya!!!!!!!! :rotflmao: :rolleyes:
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Ya better let those weeds stay in yer garden, Glenn!! ;)
https://kttc.com/news/minnesota-news/2019/08/03/the-bee-population-in-mn-is-decreasing/
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Just picked 3 small cukes. Gonna have a great salad tonight. We have so much lettuce that this morning we made smoothies. Put a wad of lettuce, with a bit of water and blend till no chunks. Then add 1/2 banana and a jag of frozen raspberries cuz that is what we had and blended up in our Ninja. Tasted great. May add yogurt next time. I really liked it.
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Just picked 3 small cukes. Gonna have a great salad tonight. We have so much lettuce that this morning we made smoothies. Put a wad of lettuce, with a bit of water and blend till no chunks. Then add 1/2 banana and a jag of frozen raspberries cuz that is what we had and blended up in our Ninja. Tasted great. May add yogurt next time. I really liked it.
Freeze that on a stick, and you'll have a new taste treat just in time for the State Fair!!
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Ya better let those weeds stay in yer garden, Glenn!! ;)
https://kttc.com/news/minnesota-news/2019/08/03/the-bee-population-in-mn-is-decreasing/
not happening in this garden. I gots plenty of flowers for them!!!!!!!! :rotflmao: :rotflmao:
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I just pulled out all my onions from the garden. Holy Hannah do I got onions. :doofus: :doofus:
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So, when do you pull yellow onions? I pulled one today that had a 36" green with a flower on it today...the bulb was only the size of a silver dollar... :confused:
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Did a gallon of Sun pickles today, 3 days in the sun one in the fridge..
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Ya leave 'em in the sun??!!! Never heard of that! They don't get mushy?
Boy, those are nice shiny tops! :whistling:
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So, when do you pull yellow onions? I pulled one today that had a 36" green with a flower on it today...the bulb was only the size of a silver dollar... :confused:
when I see those flowers I pluck them.
Depends on when you planted them. I usually pull mine after they start laying down and you notice the green start drying up. I also quit watering them a good 3 weeks ago.
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Did a gallon of Sun pickles today, 3 days in the sun one in the fridge..
what if the sun don't shine??? :confused: :scratch:
Yea never heard of them either, but my FIL pickled fish once, NOT frigerated? :doofus:
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The mrs did em today, this recipe has been in her family for decades she says, explains alot I said.. I'll let her try em first.
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The mrs did em today, this recipe has been in her family for decades she says, explains alot I said.. I'll let her try em first.
Prolly cuz no one would eat the pickles. :rotflmao: :rotflmao:
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Did a gallon of Sun pickles today, 3 days in the sun one in the fridge..
:scratch: there ready to eat after 4 days??? I let all my stuff sit at least a month to meld!!
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Did a gallon of Sun pickles today, 3 days in the sun one in the fridge..
:scratch: there ready to eat after 4 days??? I let all my stuff sit at least a month to mold!!
There! I done fixed it for ya! :smiley:
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Putz. :confused: :rotflmao:
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That time of year. Couldn't resist...
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Some of our gardening efforts in the small garden plot. Hummingbirds & sphinx moths should be happy with the cannas & 4 o'clocks coming online.
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LP man was out the other day for the summer fill. Had to laugh because the tiger lilies were taller than he was! :cool:
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Wow! Beautiful! There could be an entire smurf village hidden in there! :rotflmao:
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Wow! Beautiful! There could be an entire smurf village hidden in there! :rotflmao:
:smoking: :sleazy: and he wonders why he had so much fun!! :rotflmao:
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Hey Dotch, since you already have my address, send me one if them crop failure forms. I took a good look at the garden tonight. :cry: :cry: I figure it's worth a half mil in crop failure. :happy1:
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Dotch,
Those tiger lilies are really going nuts. Cannas are a little weak. Late planting? ;)
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As you know I have mentioned how great our lettuce garden is doing. Now we are having green smoothies in the mornings to utilize our lettuce. Now the cukes are coming around and will be added. The apples are going to be added tomorrow too. SO this is the second one of these caterpillars I have found in the last few days. What is it? It is ok to freeze lettuce to use in smoothies. I may have to harvest it all so these bugs don't get it.
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I know THAT one...that's an army worm!!!! Bad little dudes.....
https://www.planetnatural.com/pest-problem-solver/garden-pests/armyworm-control/
Lettuce won't freeze; way too much water in it....sorry, Barry! Get a rabbit! :smiley:
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Correctamundo Rebs! I think you should send Barry some of yer little humping bugs in trade! Those worms while adding protein to the smoothies wouldn't have the nice crunchy texture that the humping bugs would... :rotflmao:
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Correctamundo Rebs! I think you should send Barry some of yer little humping bugs in trade! Those worms while adding protein to the smoothies wouldn't have the nice crunchy texture that the humping bugs would... :rotflmao:
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Dotch,
Those tiger lilies are really going nuts. Cannas are a little weak. Late planting? ;)
Cannas were planted later than I'd like, May 26th into cold, wet soil conditions. Corn mudded in that same timeframe around here looks like crap. Solar radiation and GDU accumulation into mid-month in June were lousy. Areas of that bed are partially shaded until about noon. The cannas also have to get their heads above the peonies planted directly to their south that really had a jump on them this year. The peonies just keep getting bigger every year. The canna emergence in that bed was erratic, this time. The other bed is out in the open in full sun. After doing battle with the weeds as well as the volunteer morning glories, they're more uniform.
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Correctamundo Rebs! I think you should send Barry some of yer little humping bugs in trade! Those worms while adding protein to the smoothies wouldn't have the nice crunchy texture that the humping bugs would... :rotflmao:
I wouldn't even send those %$#@ things to Glenn! Besides, they'd starve at his place!
I think they need living plants! :bonk:
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Correctamundo Rebs! I think you should send Barry some of yer little humping bugs in trade! Those worms while adding protein to the smoothies wouldn't have the nice crunchy texture that the humping bugs would... :rotflmao:
I wouldn't even send those %$#@ things to Glenn! Besides, they'd starve at his place!
I think they need living plants! :bonk:
says the guy that cant grow a winter onion!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :rotflmao: :rotflmao: :rotflmao: :rotflmao: :rotflmao: :mooning: :mooning:
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Even Ellie McPherson in the buff couldn't of made those limp things stand up! :rotflmao:
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Correctamundo Rebs! I think you should send Barry some of yer little humping bugs in trade! Those worms while adding protein to the smoothies wouldn't have the nice crunchy texture that the humping bugs would... :rotflmao:
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They may feel like nuts in the smoothie. :happy1:
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I know THAT one...that's an army worm!!!! Bad little dudes.....
https://www.planetnatural.com/pest-problem-solver/garden-pests/armyworm-control/
I guess you can freeze lettuce for a smoothie. You want to put it in the blender frozen though. I wondered if that was an army worm. I remember back in the early 2000's how bad they were. Falling out of trees on us all summer. Hope they aren't coming back.
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Oh, thought you meant for normal usage. :rotflmao: Where did you hear about lettuce smoothies?
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On the internet! You can put any fruit or veggie in a smoothie as far as I know.
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How about bacon? Breakfast smoothie? :smiley:
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Now you are talking my language.
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Dotch,
I may not be a great farmer but I can raise cannas and sunflowers
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yes you do!!! :happy1:
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You are the sunflower and canna king! :bow: :bow: :bow:
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I canna tell them apart.... :rotflmao:
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Great job on those!!! I've seen those large beautiful red one's before and always wondered where you can get those. Didn't know they were called Cannas. I'll go check around here in the nursery's for them. good luck.
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Great job on those!!! I've seen those large beautiful red one's before and always wondered where you can get those. Didn't know they were called Cannas. I'll go check around here in the nursery's for them. good luck.
find some on that grows them, then when they dig up the bulbs in the fall maybe you can score some!!! :happy1:
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Oh, so they only grow for the summer and then you have to dig them up and store them? Don't know much about plants. good luck.
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If I remember correctly on them.. you have to store the bulbs in your basement..
deadeye will tell us when he see's this I hope!!!
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Yes, the tubers need to be dug up and stored inside over winter. Good thing is they are prolific as I usually dig about half of them and then plant about 2/3 of the ones I dug. I give away the rest of them. Reinhard, if you aren't too far from Big Lake, I can save you some.
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Don't live that far away. Andover. PM me when you get some. I appreciate it. Trade for sausage LOL. good luck.
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The pergola may need reinforcements soon.
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Don't live that far away. Andover. PM me when you get some. I appreciate it. Trade for sausage LOL. good luck.
could I trade dandelions for sausage? :scratch: :rotflmao: :rotflmao:
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garden is slowly starting to come to and end unfortunetly. :pouty: :pouty: :thumbs: cleaned and froze and pulled my celery this past week. hanked out 6 tomato plants last nite. :doah: i'll give my cukes another week and I there toast. bummer!!!!!!!!!
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Ya, it's always a sad deal when the cukes and maters are done. No cukes this year but the maters are just starting to produce here. The string beans probably have one more picking yet. The flower gardens have been very pretty. The bees, butterflies and hummingbirds have had a heyday this summer & early fall. The morning glories I'd written off earlier due to flea beetles and leaf disease sprang to life in late summer. They made their way up the electric pole just as they have for many moons. :cool:
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Heavenly Blue, I presume?
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Possibly although they just come back from seed each year now. it's been many moons since I planted any there. Every few years tho I get a bug up my @ss & buy a packet to mix in some different colors. You can see the resulting magenta colored blossoms scattered among the blue ones. The hummingbirds have hit the morning glories harder this year than I recall in the past. They've got it made here. Cannas, morning glories, four o'clocks, coleus, salvia, impatiens, petunias, feeders, etc. Haven't seen any orioles today so they likely will have exclusive access to that nectar feeder now too. :cool:
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I've been growing cleomes since I don't remember when. never buy them I always have volunteers.
so about a month ago I went out and clipped off all the seed pods. this spring I had a 100 gazzion volunteers so I figured i'd fix them. :sleazy: :sleazy:
well them dirty little SOB's showed me!!!!!!! :confused: :angry2: :banghead: :banghead: training-087 :taz: they grew'em all back!!!!!!!!!! :pouty: :pouty: :doofus: :crazy: :angry2: :angry2:
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We're blanching beets today.....
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We're blanching beets today.....
:doah: :doah: :puke: ICKY!!!!!!!! :rotflmao: :rotflmao:
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Can't beat a pickled beet. :tongue:
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Can't beat a pickled beet. :tongue:
stewed tomatoes!!!!!!!!!! :happy1: :happy1: :rotflmao: :rotflmao:
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pickled beets and stewed tomatoes are good eats!!!! :happy1:
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pickled beets and stewed tomatoes are good eats!!!! :happy1:
I've tried pickled beets a lot and just cant even learn to like them!!!!!!! :pouty: :pouty:
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These are not pickled beets, just blanched, vacuum packed and frozen....
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whadda do with them when you take them back out of the freezer???? I don't know of anyone else that does that with beets.
interesting.
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whadda do with them when you take them back out of the freezer???? I don't know of anyone else that does that with beets.
interesting.
Just like any frozen vegetables you buy from the store...put them in the microwave on "frozen vegetables" add some butter when done & serve.
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they don't put those near any other real food do they???????????????? :doah: :doah: :surrender:
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I think they're next to the cottage cheese. :rotflmao:
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I think they're next to the cottage cheese. :rotflmao:
:rotflmao: :rotflmao: no wonder I've never seen it!!!!!!!!!! :happy1: :happy1:
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Maybe you should check the antioxidants level of beets and how good they are for you?
Oh... never mind... you don't "like" things that are good for you... :doah:
Barry....add this one to the list...
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you sure they didn't get boil out when you blanched them????????? I have never been able to develop a taste for them. gawd knows I tried. :confused:
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I think we put beets on the list already.
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Man, I love beets. Pickled, Frozen or fresh. :hubba: :hubba:
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The munchkin prolly don't like yams, either..... :tongue:
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The munchkin prolly don't like yams, either..... :tongue:
cripes no............ :puke: :puke: :puke: why would you eat spoiled carrots...........just like those discusting sweet potatoes!!!!!!!! UGH!!!!!!
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I don't see that on the list. Hey Barry!!!!! We got another one!!! :rotflmao:
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The munchkin prolly don't like yams, either..... :tongue:
cripes no............ :puke: :puke: :puke: why would you eat spoiled carrots...........just like those discusting sweet potatoes!!!!!!!! UGH!!!!!!
So if you don't like yams or sweet potatoes, where does that leave you with things like squash and pumpkin pie? This is getting serious... :rotflmao:
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I like beets but you might as well put the yams and sweet potatoes and pumpkin pie and squash right down the sheeter to start with and save your body the trouble.
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The munchkin prolly don't like yams, either..... :tongue:
cripes no............ :puke: :puke: :puke: why would you eat spoiled carrots...........just like those discusting sweet potatoes!!!!!!!! UGH!!!!!!
So if you don't like yams or sweet potatoes, where does that leave you with things like squash and pumpkin pie? This is getting serious... :rotflmao:
BINGO!!! I told ya!!! :rotflmao: Ya can sure tell he never grew up anywhere near a farm!
What the hey did he haveta eat as a kid? Smurfberries and honey?! Wait, he prolly don't like THAT either.... :rotflmao: Do ya, Glenn?
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The munchkin prolly don't like yams, either..... :tongue:
cripes no............ :puke: :puke: :puke: why would you eat spoiled carrots...........just like those discusting sweet potatoes!!!!!!!! UGH!!!!!!
So if you don't like yams or sweet potatoes, where does that leave you with things like squash and pumpkin pie? This is getting serious... :rotflmao:
squash................. :puke: :puke: :puke:
punkin pie............ :hubba: :hubba: :hubba:
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The munchkin prolly don't like yams, either..... :tongue:
cripes no............ :puke: :puke: :puke: why would you eat spoiled carrots...........just like those discusting sweet potatoes!!!!!!!! UGH!!!!!!
So if you don't like yams or sweet potatoes, where does that leave you with things like squash and pumpkin pie? This is getting serious... :rotflmao:
BINGO!!! I told ya!!! :rotflmao: Ya can sure tell he never grew up anywhere near a farm!
What the hey did he haveta eat as a kid? Smurfberries and honey?! Wait, he prolly don't like THAT either.... :rotflmao: Do ya, Glenn?
going to high school i worked for a feed mill for 3 1/2 years and stearns county is farm country!!!!!!! :moon: :moon:
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pumpkin pie mix does use squash :rotflmao: :rotflmao:
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The munchkin prolly don't like yams, either..... :tongue:
cripes no............ :puke: :puke: :puke: why would you eat spoiled carrots...........just like those discusting sweet potatoes!!!!!!!! UGH!!!!!!
So if you don't like yams or sweet potatoes, where does that leave you with things like squash and pumpkin pie? This is getting serious... :rotflmao:
BINGO!!! I told ya!!! :rotflmao: Ya can sure tell he never grew up anywhere near a farm!
What the hey did he haveta eat as a kid? Smurfberries and honey?! Wait, he prolly don't like THAT either.... :rotflmao: Do ya, Glenn?
going to high school i worked for a feed mill for 3 1/2 years and stearns county is farm country!!!!!!! :moon: :moon:
To coin you: Ya, so?! :rotflmao: :rotflmao:
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pumpkin pie mix does use squash :rotflmao: :rotflmao:
'zactly. Festal in Owatonna used to raise a lot of "pumpkins" for canned pumpkin. They told us they're not the field pumpkins we decorate with at Halloween & Thanksgiving but actually a type of SQUASH!!!! IL raises most of them now and passing thru that area recently, looks like the same pinkish colored SQUASH!!!! Guess glenn will just have to eat nanner cream pie instead this Thanksgiving. Oh wait! That's covered with whipped cream! Never mind... :bonk:
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Maybe this Halloween, we can make a MNO Glenn-o-lantern, using him just like Lucy did good ol' Chuck.... :rotflmao: :rotflmao: :rotflmao:
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The munchkin prolly don't like yams, either..... :tongue:
cripes no............ :puke: :puke: :puke: why would you eat spoiled carrots...........just like those discusting sweet potatoes!!!!!!!! UGH!!!!!!
So if you don't like yams or sweet potatoes, where does that leave you with things like squash and pumpkin pie? This is getting serious... :rotflmao:
BINGO!!! I told ya!!! :rotflmao: Ya can sure tell he never grew up anywhere near a farm!
What the hey did he haveta eat as a kid? Smurfberries and honey?! Wait, he prolly don't like THAT either.... :rotflmao: Do ya, Glenn?
going to high school i worked for a feed mill for 3 1/2 years and stearns county is farm country!!!!!!! :moon: :moon:
& you could still get a job at the Stearns County Ag Service..................... :whistling: ;) :rotflmao: :rotflmao:
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naw i'm good where i'm at!!!!!!!! :happy1: :happy1: :moon:
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naw i'm good where i'm at!!!!!!!! :happy1: :happy1: :moon:
That's just what they said! :rotflmao:
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I don't see that on the list. Hey Barry!!!!! We got another one!!! :rotflmao:
Yup I think that is a new one. I will try to find the list. If you have it post it for us.
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naw i'm good where i'm at!!!!!!!! :happy1: :happy1: :moon:
That's just what they said! :rotflmao:
Yep, only so many brooms to lean on... :azn:
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I don't see that on the list. Hey Barry!!!!! We got another one!!! :rotflmao:
Yup I think that is a new one. I will try to find the list. If you have it post it for us.
This one was current as of 7-15-19 so there may have been some I missed since then. Looks like we can add sweet potatoes, yams and squash today so edit away Barry! :rotflmao:
Glenn’s list:
So it is:
1. bacon
2. whipped cream
3. tater tot hot dish
4. pancakes
5. tartar sauce
6. black olives
7. waffles
8. catfish
9. sweet pickles
10. marshmallows
11. apple juice
12. honey
13, Panko bread crumbs
14. green olives
15. cottage cheese
16. cream style corn
17. mango
18. pickled beets
19. herring in cream sauce
20. cooked or canned pineapple
21. Johnsonville Brats
22. fried green tomatoes
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HONEY!!! it IS on the list!!! :rotflmao: :rotflmao: :rotflmao: :rotflmao: :rotflmao:
Who doesn't love honey???!!!! :crazy:
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It's no wonder he's blue! Do ya suppose if he ate beet pickles he'd turn purple? :confused:
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Glenn’s list:
So it is:
1. bacon
2. whipped cream
3. tater tot hot dish
4. pancakes
5. tartar sauce
6. black olives
7. waffles
8. catfish
9. sweet pickles
10. marshmallows
11. apple juice
12. honey
13, Panko bread crumbs
14. green olives
15. cottage cheese
16. cream style corn
17. mango
18. pickled beets
19. herring in cream sauce
20. cooked or canned pineapple
21. Johnsonville Brats
22. fried green tomatoes
23. sweet potatoes/yams
24. squash
25. maple syrup
26. Russian dressing
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Thanks Dotch. I could darn near live off the things on his list. Need more proteins.
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And pancakes???!!! :doah: Do we need to add maple syrup.....?
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And pancakes???!!! :doah: Do we need to add maple syrup.....?
might as well!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :confused: :confused: :doah:
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Really Glenn? You don't like maple syrup?
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Really Glenn? You don't like maple syrup?
not a real fan, but then again i dont eat waffles, pancakes or the like. tastes to sugary. i dont care for foods that are sugary flavored. kinda why i'm not a huge fan of sweet type pickles either.
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I have finally figgered out Glenn's food groups..... :rotflmao:
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Really Glenn? You don't like maple syrup?
not a real fan, but then again i dont eat waffles, pancakes or the like. tastes to sugary. i dont care for foods that are sugary flavored. kinda why i'm not a huge fan of sweet type pickles either.
:scratch: So....................................whats ice cream? :doah: :bonk:
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Really Glenn? You don't like maple syrup?
not a real fan, but then again i dont eat waffles, pancakes or the like. tastes to sugary. i dont care for foods that are sugary flavored. kinda why i'm not a huge fan of sweet type pickles either.
:scratch: So....................................whats ice cream? :doah: :bonk:
:tut: :tut: :tut: dats different!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :pouty: :pouty:
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Glenn’s list:
So it is:
1. bacon
2. whipped cream
3. tater tot hot dish
4. pancakes
5. tartar sauce
6. black olives
7. waffles
8. catfish
9. sweet pickles
10. marshmallows
11. apple juice
12. honey
13, Panko bread crumbs
14. green olives
15. cottage cheese
16. cream style corn
17. mango
18. pickled beets
19. herring in cream sauce
20. cooked or canned pineapple
21. Johnsonville Brats
22. fried green tomatoes
23. sweet potatoes/yams
24. squash
25. maple syrup
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Really Glenn? You don't like maple syrup?
not a real fan, but then again i dont eat waffles, pancakes or the like. tastes to sugary. i dont care for foods that are sugary flavored. kinda why i'm not a huge fan of sweet type pickles either.
:scratch: So....................................whats ice cream? :doah: :bonk:
:tut: :tut: :tut: dats different!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :pouty: :pouty:
:huh: :bs: :banghead: :banghead: :crazy: :rolleyes: :smiley:
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Went to check on the garden and found about 25 pounds of ripe tomatoes. Also, funny thing, the cukes that looked
dead and done several weeks ago got a second wind. New vines and lots of blossoms. Don't think I ever saw
that before.
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Nice batch. I just got a couple of boxes to put them on in the garage as I pick them.
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My mouth is water DE. :hubba: :hubba:
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Our old neighbor used to have a huge garden when they lived here. I think he used to pick the tomatoes when they were still green. Then they had no bad spots on them that happens later on. I think he just put them in the garage on paper in the cardboard flats and kept them cool. I am tempted to pick all of mine that are so nice and big and see what happens. Before birds, bugs, etc get them. Anyone else do this?
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I've heard putting 'em in brown paper bags is a good way to get them to ripen. Anybody else ever try this? :scratch:
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I've heard putting 'em in brown paper bags is a good way to get them to ripen. Anybody else ever try this? :scratch:
yea I remember reb saying he did that towards the end of the year. I pick mine as they are getting ripe....but not completely ripe. set them in a cardboard box in the garage until ripe, then the frig so they done over ripen. some say they lose flavor in the but I claim :bs:!!!!!!!
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I used to blanch them to get the peelings off and then mush them into freezer bags. Great for soups stews etc. Now I just put the red tomatoes in a gallon freezer bag and freeze them. When they start to thaw out in the bag the peels come right off. Then I throw them in the pot of soup or stew and let them continue the thaw as they cook. Much easier and works great. I have done the paper bag thing too Gunner. I have too many tomatoes to do that now.
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I've heard putting 'em in brown paper bags is a good way to get them to ripen. Anybody else ever try this? :scratch:
yea I remember reb saying he did that towards the end of the year. I pick mine as they are getting ripe....but not completely ripe. set them in a cardboard box in the garage until ripe, then the frig so they done over ripen. some say they lose flavor in the but I claim :bs:!!!!!!!
:tut: We won't put any in our fridge for that very reason. :thumbs: :pouty: Might as well throw 'em. :sad: Used to can some most years, not so much anymore.
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I've heard putting 'em in brown paper bags is a good way to get them to ripen. Anybody else ever try this? :scratch:
yea I remember reb saying he did that towards the end of the year. I pick mine as they are getting ripe....but not completely ripe. set them in a cardboard box in the garage until ripe, then the frig so they done over ripen. some say they lose flavor in the but I claim :bs:!!!!!!!
:tut: We won't put any in our fridge for that very reason. :thumbs: :pouty: Might as well throw 'em. :sad: Used to can some most years, not so much anymore.
meh...……….your goofy!!!!!!!!! :rotflmao: :rotflmao:
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I've heard putting 'em in brown paper bags is a good way to get them to ripen. Anybody else ever try this? :scratch:
yea I remember reb saying he did that towards the end of the year. I pick mine as they are getting ripe....but not completely ripe. set them in a cardboard box in the garage until ripe, then the frig so they done over ripen. some say they lose flavor in the but I claim :bs:!!!!!!!
:tut: We won't put any in our fridge for that very reason. :thumbs: :pouty: Might as well throw 'em. :sad: Used to can some most years, not so much anymore.
meh...……….your goofy!!!!!!!!! :rotflmao: :rotflmao:
:tut: So now your an EXPERT on :crazy: :doofus:? :rolleyes: ;) :rotflmao:
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I haven't done it for years but just prior to hard killing freeze, I would pull the plants and hang them up side down in the garage. This extended the ripening time and many of the green ones would ripen. I suspect this is the similar to putting them in a box in the garage. My wife just cuts them up a bit and puts them in containers to be frozen.
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I usually have extra tomatoes, so I wash them and cut out the stem and bad spots. I'll then carefully run them thru a good processor, but not until there mush. I spray a cake pan with Pam, piur the crushed tomatoes in it. Freeze them then busy them up into smaller chunks, put in plastic bags and back in the freezer. Use them in sketti and different hotdishes and chili.
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I've heard putting 'em in brown paper bags is a good way to get them to ripen. Anybody else ever try this? :scratch:
Darn right! Wrap 3 or so in newspaper and pack loosely in a cardboard box with others....they ripen slow and are delicious! I've eaten ripe ones at Thanksgiving! :happy1:
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I ate a ripe one once!
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I ate a ripe one once!
If you and I grew and sold 'maters, we could call them Reb-a-roony's. :bonk: :rotflmao:
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One more load. These plants just don't stop. Thirty pounds of some of the best of the season.
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I haven't seen my garden to be in a week. :confused: :doah: I left in my wife's hands. :pouty: I hope it's surviving. :rolleyes:
Carrots, mater's and kalarabi left.
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Glenn’s list:
So it is:
1. bacon
2. whipped cream
3. tater tot hot dish
4. pancakes
5. tartar sauce
6. black olives
7. waffles
8. catfish
9. sweet pickles
10. marshmallows
11. apple juice
12. honey
13, Panko bread crumbs
14. green olives
15. cottage cheese
16. cream style corn
17. mango
18. pickled beets
19. herring in cream sauce
20. cooked or canned pineapple
21. Johnsonville Brats
22. fried green tomatoes
23. sweet potatoes/yams
24. squash
25. maple syrup
26. Russian dressing
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I 'spose he has a smurfberry plant growing, too... :rolleyes:
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Getting close, on more jar of serranos and cayenne's. I'll leave em in but they might might be done..
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Man that looks dangerous. But I might try one. LOL Is that pickled peppers? Beautiful jar of peppers.
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Lookit them shiny tops! Silver too! :happy1:
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Lookit them shiny tops! Silver too! :happy1:
Can sure tell they ain't.......................................... :whistling: ;) :rolleyes: :laugh: :laugh:
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Can't keep up with deadeye's tonnage but can't complain about the quality either. Decided ahead of the forecast monsoon to pick the ripest stuff and leave the rest for the time being. Most of what's left are the green Celebrity's, grape's and yellow pears.
Also, while keeping an eye on the hummingbirds I've been taking note of the "pollinators". I grow weary of those who keep harping about the demise of the bees, butterflies, etc. I call :bs: Tonite while I was looking for a hummingbird I could hear but not see while picking tomatoes around dusk, a white lined sphinx moth was after the last of this season's four o'clocks. Monarchs have been all over the place thanks to all the milkweed they have access to. Painted lady butterfly caterpillars feasted on soybeans all summer long and the resulting butterflies were in numbers I've never witnessed before. Also, check out the bumblebees that have been after the coleus flowers at the ranch. These are the tip of the iceberg. What irritates me is that we've been growing all this stuff for decades without any intention of attracting pollinators and they show up regardless. We don't need a pat on the back, a warm fuzzy or to get all touchy-feely about it. It's what we do. Now they want to pay people with our tax $$$ to do what we've been doing all along? What a crock!!!! End of rant...
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Bees love purple flowers for sure. We have a bee garden in front of the house. I know it sounds dumb to attract bees to the front of your house but it keeps the sales people away. lol.
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The bumbles love the maroon Autumn Sedums....and they're big bumbles! :smiley:
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I had bumbly bees working the cleomes yesterday.
speaking of them cleomes...……………. they grow a massive amount of seed pods. this spring I had like a gazzilion of volunteers coming up. so I went to work and cut them all off...……..twice. :confused: :angry2: :angry2: and they all grew them back again!!!!!!!!!! :confused: :angry2: :banghead: :banghead: :rotflmao: pretty reziliant buggers!!!!!!!!!
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Maybe yer favorite neighbor comes over at nite and plants more. :rotflmao:
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I know I would! :rotflmao: :rotflmao: :rotflmao:
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yea you 2 bozos would fit right in with them!!!!!! :pouty: :confused: :confused: :censored: :doah: :rotflmao: :rotflmao:
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Dotch, whose he yakking at now? The elves? :scratch: :confused:
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Geesh, sounds like I gotta go out to the truck and get the WD-40 out again... :rotflmao:
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Rain quit for a while so I went to the garden and this is what I found. Another big pile of tomatoes
plus a bonus of sweet and green peppers. I guess my garden fence paid off keeping the deer out.
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