Now that is the kind of landscaping which can get my blood flowing :-)
Seriously, it is the main office building in Canada of the company which makes Viagra.
We enjoyed our garden salad this holiday season with fresh veggies from our garden, indoors and out.
Still have several green peppers on the plants, and new starts of peppers, lemons, spinach, and lettuce in the indoor area.
Have a great weekend. God Bless.
Upstate NY here. Cold and snowy but forcing tulip bulbs even as we speak. I have an Aerogarden which I’m growing cukes in. Will be starting the notoriously slow growing peppers and eggplants the end of the month. Loving all the garden mags!! Oh and will be the first year of asparagus to harvest in the Spring. (New Jersey Knight)
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I'm a newbie with interest in GMOs, Victory Gardens, and English-style gardens.
I read stuff but haven't really stuck with it. Maybe with thread, now is time!
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Hi Greeneyes!
Happy New Year!
Now that is the kind of landscaping which can get my blood flowing :-)
Seriously, it is the main office building in Canada of the company which makes Viagra.
Just began starting seeds for this year. Am late because we just bought this property which was nothing but trees. Just about finished with the greenhouse so will be year round from now on as I’m in SC. This year I will be all non GMO and heritage seeds. Even non GMO feeds for all our animals as I am growing fodder in the greenhouse as well. Looks like it will be a good year!
Getting some slow soaking rain today, but we really need runoff rain. Highland lakes chain is only 43% capacity and should be around 70% or more this time of the year.
I guess I am still procrastinating some, but I did get out my seed inventory and made some choices.
My young ghost peppers have taken a turn for the worse and had some leaves shrivel up and drop off. The soil feels like it is too hard and needs some loosening up. I don't know if I should re-pot them this time of year or not; I would really hate to lose them. Doctoring sick plants is really the toughest part of learning to grow stuff.
Wow, you still have peppers? The last ones here are drying on a rack. Brrr, it’s freezing in Texas. Some places nearby had snow but we’re in a little warm pocket so it’s just wet and cold.
Yesterday, I froze the last of the ripened tomatoes and finished off the last of the green tomatoes into baked goods. I’ve been trying out several green tomato recipes lately. Here’s the ones from yesterday (all are keepers!):
GREEN TOMATO MUFFINS - makes 2 dozen mini bite sized muffins
1 C diced green tomatoes
1 C flour
1/4 C oil
1 egg
1/3 C water
1/3 C shredded cheese (I used a wee bit of cheddar and one stick of string mozzarella)
dash of salt
1 1/2 T honey
1/2 t baking powder
Bake at 400 about 15 minutes.
GREEN TOMATO BREAD - makes one 8x4” loaf
1 1/2 C flour
1 C diced green tomatoes
1 C sugar
1 egg
1/2 C oil
dash salt
1/2 T baking powder
1 1/2 t cinnamon
dash nutmeg
1 t vanilla
Bake 350 for 45 minutes.
GREEN TOMATO COOKIES - makes 3 dozen 3” drop sized cookies
1 C green tomatoes, pureed (using an immersion hand held chopper thingy you’ll get like half puree and half chunks which is fine)
2 C flour
1 1/2 C oatmeal (quick oat works)
1 C sugar
1 C brown sugar
6 oz white chocolate chips (or take a meat hammer to white almond bark leftover from Christmas)
raisins - however much equals two little boxes
1 egg
1 t vanilla
1 t baking powder
1 1/2 t cinnamon
1 t pumpkin pie spice
dash salt
< 1/4 C water (or however much to get it moist enough)
Bake at 350 for 12 minutes. The best are done when the bottoms get brown. Brown bottoms as in not pale but not burned but to the crispy point.
Red bananas look very nice but I have a lot more of the yellow ones growing. Inevitably the home grown bananas are smaller than the supermarket bought. These red bananas need to ripen more, then they look deeper red all over. I'll put them back in the paper bag. They look great but taste same as the yellows
Here's the plant they came from:
Yes, that's snow outside.
When I got home after celebrating Christmas at my brother’s place, I was overjoyed to find a stack of gardening catalogs waiting for me. Timing is everything! Granted, I don’t have any money to order with, but the pictures make these cold winter days better.
Mom sprung for a pack of watermelon seeds for me to start on my next plant breeding project. I’ve been looking for a small (less than 5 pounds) watermelon, with good flavor and vigorous growth, that produces well, and if it has the rind that turns yellow when ripe that’s a bonus. I thought I’d found the right one when I bought some Golden Midget seeds, but it was the sickliest, most pathetic-looking plant I’ve ever grown! No vigor at all! Since other growers I talked to had the same experience, I decided to try something else. I’m going to start with Fairy watermelon, which is a hybrid, and if it meets my standards I’ll start breeding it into an open-pollinated variety. I’ve been making progress on doing that with a pumpkin variety. It’ll take a few years to get the characteristics to stabilize, but I think I can do it. Besides, plant breeding is more fun than the lottery!
It’s looking more and more like I’ll be camping out at my land most of next year, and to be honest, I’m looking forward to it! I’ve never felt “right” being in the city, I need open spaces and fresh, wild air. I’d rather have a job to work at, gardening for a living has it’s risks, but at the same time I think it could be the best thing I could do right now.
Here’s a link from Black Agnes regarding catnip:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2974976/posts
What are some of the simplest, low maintenance vegetables to grow? Veggies that are almost maintenance free except for occasional watering.
Western PA here. Snow on ground and temps in the teens overnight. Deer tracks all over my back yard. Only gardening I’m doing is keeping alive three tabletop live Christmas trees. Two Richland pines and a third one that is more a shrub. I’m careful not to overwater so it doesn’t damage the roots. All three are doing well. Much better than the jagged pine needle ones from years past that would drop their needles by March and die.
I’m from Missouri as well, but have nothing going garden wise currently. I am very excited to have received seeds I ordered, and hope to have a larger spring/fall garden this year, in addition to traditional summer vegetables. What kind of veggies were still growing outside for you around the holidays? Things like spinach, lettuce, kale or broccoli? In the past, I’ve had success with kohlrabi and spinach. Just curious what you’ve having the most success with outside with our recent cooler temps? Thanks.
Other than onions/shallots/garlic in the ground, 'bout all I got working is some sprouts and some root veggies I'm fermenting.