2022 gardens

[KEN W]

Excellent.....Heirloom??

[mike89]

sounds like he might have share to some seeds!!!   

[glenn57]

Thanks all, I went to Glennmart today and bought a bunch of new seeds. I grow a heirloom tomato my great uncle use to grow when he was alive, and we keep those seeds going. We haven’t had a decent garden since before we moved north, but this summer we are.

so what kind of seeds you get  Asian beetle seeds!!

[Cooperman]

Excellent.....Heirloom??

Isn’t that the right word? We have always taken the seeds from these tomato plants and stored them in paper towel in a jar until the next season. my great uncle was a farmer and his hobby was growing giant vegetables. These tomatoes are big and very meaty.

[KEN W]

Yes....right word. I have some with 1 of them developed in the 1920's. Save seed every year. Evidently you don't know the name of it. There are lots of Heirloom Tomatoes.

[Cooperman]

Yes....right word. I have some with 1 of them developed in the 1920's. Save seed every year. Evidently you don't know the name of it. There are lots of Heirloom Tomatoes.

Ken, I don’t no the name of the tomato. Everyone in our family has been growing them for years. My great uncle’s given name was Toland, so we have always called them Toland’s tomatoes. Looks kind of like a beefsteak?

[Cooperman]

Thanks all, I went to Glennmart today and bought a bunch of new seeds. I grow a heirloom tomato my great uncle use to grow when he was alive, and we keep those seeds going. We haven’t had a decent garden since before we moved north, but this summer we are.

so what kind of seeds you get  Asian beetle seeds!!

No Glenn, the only place I’ve seen those seeds is at Menards. You know, the Walmart of home improvement stores.

[glenn57]

  Yea but I got an 11% rebate. 

[KEN W]

Yes....right word. I have some with 1 of them developed in the 1920's. Save seed every year. Evidently you don't know the name of it. There are lots of Heirloom Tomatoes.

Ken, I don’t no the name of the tomato. Everyone in our family has been growing them for years. My great uncle’s given name was Toland, so we have always called them Toland’s tomatoes. Looks kind of like a beefsteak?

OK....probably lost the name in the past. I have 7 that I plant some of each year. Yellow ones, purple ones, brown ones, pink ones.

[glenn57]

HEY DOTCH.......question. iffin ya didnt kill them brain cells,  do you remember looking at my soil test last year?? there was a lot of nitrogen in the test if i remember correctly. would it be a good idea to maybe not putting in any fertilizer this year?????? last year i put in chicken poo.....thinking of cow poo this year............

or anyone's opinion for that matter. it would be this composted stuff you can buy!!!!!

[Dotch]

If I remember right, think you emailed it to me. After my nap I'll see if I can find it. Most of us, myself included, have their garden soil tests jacked. Nitrogen as such usually isn't one of the criteria measured but the organic matter is related to the capacity the soil has for mineralized nitrogen.

[KEN W]

Do you plant potatoes Glenn?

[glenn57]

Do you plant potatoes Glenn?

no, gave them up a long time ago. Took up to much room and them damn potato bugs drove me nuts!!

[Dotch]

But they're nutritious! Just think of all the animal agriculture we could replace if everyone ate bugs!  I'll take a nice thick ribeye, med rare, thank you very much. Screw the bugs! 

Anyway, I dug thru my emails & PM's (geez you send me a lot of smut... ) and could only find a discussion about organic matter & a reference to the aluminum sulfate someone thought you should apply. 

[KEN W]

I asked because you never put cow manure where you plant potatoes......causes potato scab.

I always plant reds to get those baby reds in July and August. Best potatoes of the year.

[glenn57]

Thanks  Dotch, and that's Mikey that sends it!! I'm going to put some in I guess.

Ken this cow manure comes in a bag kinda manure, not from straight out the backend!!!

[KEN W]

No difference.....still cow manure. I use it also. Made the mistake of planting potatoes where I put some a few years ago. They all were scabby. Still OK to eat.

[mike89]

I see my chives are coming up!!!   more for my cottage cheese!!!!   

[LPS]

Did you plant them Mike or do they just keep coming up?  I like them but have never planted them.  I have some dill that just comes up every year and I never planted it. 

[mike89]

Barry they always grow back!!   that's what I like about them!!!  started with one small set and keep getting a little more!!!   

[glenn57]

I see my chives are coming up!!!   more for my cottage cheese!!!!   

what a horrible way to ruin chives!!

[glenn57]

Did you plant them Mike or do they just keep coming up?  I like them but have never planted them.  I have some dill that just comes up every year and I never planted it.

that's because the reseed!!!
You can freeze dill!!!

[mike89]

I see my chives are coming up!!!   more for my cottage cheese!!!!   

what a horrible way to ruin chives!!

sooo what do you use chives for??   or ya don't??       

[glenn57]

I see my chives are coming up!!!   more for my cottage cheese!!!!   

what a horrible way to ruin chives!!

sooo what do you use chives for??   or ya don't??   

NOT cottage cheese!!

[mike89]

oh no answer!!   

[roony]

My mom would put chives on mashed potatoes.

[fishwidow]

You get all the good spuds. That sounds good, Roony.

[KEN W]

They heave a mild onion taste. So where ever you want onion flavor. Good on salads or mashed potatoes as roony says.

[mike89]

eggs too!!! 

[Gunner55]

eggs too!!! 

Buttered noodles?