Jacquelita and I put up a garden - Page 10

footfootfoot · 06-22-2005, 08:35 PM

I like the washrack, you're full of good ideas. Last year I put up about 30 pints of blueberry jam. I think washing them took about half the time.

This year I am freezing everything, I've got more room than time.

15 quarts of strawberries so far.

busterb · 06-22-2005, 10:01 PM

LR. I cut the ends out of pressure treated 2x 12s, then screws. 1 board made the base and ends HAd to cut 2 circles out. 1 for the ID and 1 for OD.

Undertoad · 06-25-2005, 09:41 AM

Happy gardeners, the amount of growth still amazes me.

Zucchini flower.

Yellow squash coming along, can't wait for this.

Beans developing - and wrapping around each other very tightly.

First sign of pea development.

footfootfoot · 06-25-2005, 09:42 PM

Whoa, first sign of pea development? I'd expect your peas would have been done a month ago.

[bragging] our sugar snaps are over six feet, and the snow peas have just about reached escape velocity.[/bragging]

Undertoad · 06-26-2005, 07:05 AM

The beans and peas are in week 6 or so.

xoxoxoBruce · 06-26-2005, 10:58 AM

Quote:

Thank you for putting up with me

It's the other way 'round Farmer Toad.
Thank YOU....for putting up with US.

Undertoad · 06-26-2005, 11:16 AM

J noticed that there are a 2-3 ready pea pods this morning, so by this time next week...

footfootfoot · 06-26-2005, 01:45 PM

I froze about 4 or 5 pounds of turnip greens and beet greens last night.

God help me (or my wife) when the peas are ready for freezing. The first planting was 40 feet. Both sides of a 20' trellis.

busterb · 06-28-2005, 08:35 PM

More beans at http://www.flickr.com/photos/busterb. I didn't pick for 2 or 3 days, while messing w/new AC and roof. Boy they liked to got ahead of me.

busterb · 06-28-2005, 08:40 PM

3 FT. old folks rumor has it as beet greens are like nightshade, bad news. I know of no one in my part of south who plants beets. Me I like them. But they smell just like new plowed ground. Thanks Army for feeding me them. Not the rest of crap. hahahaha Canned beets, onions and dago dressing, great

footfootfoot · 06-28-2005, 09:54 PM

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Originally Posted by busterb

3 FT. old folks rumor has it as beet greens are like nightshade, bad news. I know of no one in my part of south who plants beets. Me I like them. But they smell just like new plowed ground. Thanks Army for feeding me them. Not the rest of crap. hahahaha Canned beets, onions and dago dressing, great

Buster, as a carpenter I once worked with liked to say: "ya gotta die of something it might as well be..." you fill in the blank.

For me, steamed beet greens with a humongous pile of butter is just damn fine.

As for night shades, the only thing I love more than beet greens is 'taters and spinach with a bunch of olive oil or butter.

My wife tries to give me the old "spinach has too much oxalic acid" crap, and I just give her the raised eyebrow look.

I know the beets, onion dago dressing thing. I like it, but sometimes people slip in the green beans. I like those steamed with butter/garlic alone next to chicken.

Harvested a salad spinner full of snow peas today. gonna remove the strings and freeze them.

I was big on canning last year, but we got this freezer (lowes, haha) and although I was born in Georgia, I like my greens green, not BDU green.

busterb · 06-29-2005, 05:10 PM

I like Spinach also, but doesn’t do well here, too hot? I do my beans and new taters in pressure cooker. Taters first, about 4 minutes depending on size. Then take them out, put beans in and taters on top for around another 3 minutes. Of course w/a big teaspoon of bacon grease, S&P.

footfootfoot · 06-29-2005, 06:55 PM

Buster you could probably grow spinach in the winter. It germinates at 40º readily. Up here by now, it is way too late for spinach. I let a couple of plants go to seed, just to see what they looked like, the seed is nearly ripe by now. I'm told the plants will survive 30º nights. I may try a fall planting.

Undertoad · 07-06-2005, 10:35 AM

I thought they were just kidding when they said that if you let a zucc go it will grow as big as a bat. This one is as big as my forearm.

I thought they were kidding when they said there would be too much!

First corn husk. The corn is as high as my eye on the 6th of July.

Big ol beans coming along.

Green beans ready. I wish they were purple so we could find them all.

Peas ready. The first harvest yielded about 100 of them, which is not enough to fill a small bowl. The next one will fill that bowl. But I hope we get more, because they're great.

Katkeeper · 07-06-2005, 10:52 AM

I can see I'm going to have to come down for a visit soon to enjoy some of that produce!

06-22-2005, 08:35 PM	#1
footfootfoot To shreds, you say? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet! Posts: 18,449	I like the washrack, you're full of good ideas. Last year I put up about 30 pints of blueberry jam. I think washing them took about half the time. This year I am freezing everything, I've got more room than time. 15 quarts of strawberries so far. __________________ The internet is a hateful stew of vomit you can never take completely seriously. - Her Fobs

06-22-2005, 10:01 PM	#2
busterb NSABFD Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: MS. usa Posts: 3,908	LR. I cut the ends out of pressure treated 2x 12s, then screws. 1 board made the base and ends HAd to cut 2 circles out. 1 for the ID and 1 for OD. __________________ I've haven't left very deep footprints in the sands of time. But, boy I've left a bunch.

06-25-2005, 09:42 PM	#4
footfootfoot To shreds, you say? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet! Posts: 18,449	Whoa, first sign of pea development? I'd expect your peas would have been done a month ago. [bragging] our sugar snaps are over six feet, and the snow peas have just about reached escape velocity.[/bragging] __________________ The internet is a hateful stew of vomit you can never take completely seriously. - Her Fobs

06-26-2005, 01:45 PM	#8
footfootfoot To shreds, you say? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet! Posts: 18,449	I froze about 4 or 5 pounds of turnip greens and beet greens last night. God help me (or my wife) when the peas are ready for freezing. The first planting was 40 feet. Both sides of a 20' trellis. __________________ The internet is a hateful stew of vomit you can never take completely seriously. - Her Fobs

06-28-2005, 08:35 PM	#9
busterb NSABFD Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: MS. usa Posts: 3,908	More beans at http://www.flickr.com/photos/busterb. I didn't pick for 2 or 3 days, while messing w/new AC and roof. Boy they liked to got ahead of me. __________________ I've haven't left very deep footprints in the sands of time. But, boy I've left a bunch.

06-25-2005, 09:41 AM	#3
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	Happy gardeners, the amount of growth still amazes me. Zucchini flower. Yellow squash coming along, can't wait for this. Beans developing - and wrapping around each other very tightly. First sign of pea development.

06-26-2005, 07:05 AM	#5
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	The beans and peas are in week 6 or so.

06-26-2005, 11:16 AM	#7
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	J noticed that there are a 2-3 ready pea pods this morning, so by this time next week...

06-28-2005, 08:40 PM	#10
busterb NSABFD Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: MS. usa Posts: 3,908	3 FT. old folks rumor has it as beet greens are like nightshade, bad news. I know of no one in my part of south who plants beets. Me I like them. But they smell just like new plowed ground. Thanks Army for feeding me them. Not the rest of crap. hahahaha Canned beets, onions and dago dressing, great __________________ I've haven't left very deep footprints in the sands of time. But, boy I've left a bunch. Last edited by busterb; 06-28-2005 at 08:41 PM. Reason: sp

06-29-2005, 05:10 PM	#12
busterb NSABFD Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: MS. usa Posts: 3,908	I like Spinach also, but doesn’t do well here, too hot? I do my beans and new taters in pressure cooker. Taters first, about 4 minutes depending on size. Then take them out, put beans in and taters on top for around another 3 minutes. Of course w/a big teaspoon of bacon grease, S&P. __________________ I've haven't left very deep footprints in the sands of time. But, boy I've left a bunch.

06-29-2005, 06:55 PM	#13
footfootfoot To shreds, you say? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet! Posts: 18,449	Buster you could probably grow spinach in the winter. It germinates at 40º readily. Up here by now, it is way too late for spinach. I let a couple of plants go to seed, just to see what they looked like, the seed is nearly ripe by now. I'm told the plants will survive 30º nights. I may try a fall planting. __________________ The internet is a hateful stew of vomit you can never take completely seriously. - Her Fobs

07-06-2005, 10:35 AM	#14
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	I thought they were just kidding when they said that if you let a zucc go it will grow as big as a bat. This one is as big as my forearm. I thought they were kidding when they said there would be too much! First corn husk. The corn is as high as my eye on the 6th of July. Big ol beans coming along. Green beans ready. I wish they were purple so we could find them all. Peas ready. The first harvest yielded about 100 of them, which is not enough to fill a small bowl. The next one will fill that bowl. But I hope we get more, because they're great.

07-06-2005, 10:52 AM	#15
Katkeeper Hoodoo Guru Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Mechanicsburg PA Posts: 296	I can see I'm going to have to come down for a visit soon to enjoy some of that produce!

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