Jacquelita and I put up a garden - Page 10

footfootfoot · 06-25-2005, 08:42 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, 06:05 AM

The beans and peas are in week 6 or so.

xoxoxoBruce · 06-26-2005, 09:58 AM

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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, 10:16 AM

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

footfootfoot · 06-26-2005, 12:45 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, 07:35 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, 07:40 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, 08:54 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, 04:10 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, 05:55 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, 09:35 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, 09:52 AM

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

busterb · 07-07-2005, 12:18 PM

In a small spot only plant determinate plants, as the indeterminate plant will grow out of any cages you put around them, they will grow over a 4 ft. cage and fall over. This pertains to tomatoes. This photo is what I'm talking about. If we get wind from Dennis, will wreck them. The red ribbon is top of cage.

Elspode · 07-07-2005, 03:46 PM

I sure hope you planted some peppers to go with them 'maters, Buster. Is there some salsa in your future?

busterb · 07-07-2005, 04:07 PM

Yep about ten hills.

06-25-2005, 08:42 PM	#136
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, 12:45 PM	#140
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, 07:35 PM	#141
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.

06-28-2005, 07:40 PM	#142
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 07:41 PM. Reason: sp

06-29-2005, 04:10 PM	#144
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.

06-26-2005, 06:05 AM	#137
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, 10:16 AM	#139
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...

06-29-2005, 05:55 PM	#145
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, 09:35 AM	#146
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, 09:52 AM	#147
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!

07-07-2005, 12:18 PM	#148
busterb NSABFD Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: MS. usa Posts: 3,908	In a small spot only plant determinate plants, as the indeterminate plant will grow out of any cages you put around them, they will grow over a 4 ft. cage and fall over. This pertains to tomatoes. This photo is what I'm talking about. If we get wind from Dennis, will wreck them. The red ribbon is top of cage. Attached Images __________________ I've haven't left very deep footprints in the sands of time. But, boy I've left a bunch. Last edited by busterb; 07-07-2005 at 12:19 PM. Reason: add

07-07-2005, 03:46 PM	#149
Elspode When Do I Get Virtual Unreality? Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Raytown, Missouri Posts: 12,719	I sure hope you planted some peppers to go with them 'maters, Buster. Is there some salsa in your future? __________________ "To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off." - Robert Moog

07-07-2005, 04:07 PM	#150
busterb NSABFD Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: MS. usa Posts: 3,908	Yep about ten hills. __________________ I've haven't left very deep footprints in the sands of time. But, boy I've left a bunch.

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