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Weekly Garden Thread April 25- May 1, 2020
April 25, 2020 | Diana in Wisconsin/Greeneyes

Posted on 04/25/2020 6:49:47 AM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin

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To: Pollard

Do I have a car for you!!


81 posted on 04/28/2020 9:04:55 AM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: Diana in Wisconsin
Diana- I bet you know what this is. A weed all over my veggie garden. thanks in advance.

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82 posted on 04/28/2020 9:12:13 AM PDT by MomwithHope (Forever grateful to all our patriots, past, present and future.)
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Some might say he's worthless, but Ithaca provides a great service to the birds on our farm. Found a fallen Purple House Finch nest made mostly from his shed mane and tail.

If I'm wrong on the nest ID, please let me know. Nature astounds me every day.

83 posted on 04/28/2020 10:50:38 AM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have 'hobbies.' I'm developing a robust post-Apocalyptic skill set.)
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To: MomwithHope

I don’t recognize it right off. Here is a tool to help identify it. Maybe, LOL!

https://weedid.wisc.edu/weedid.php


84 posted on 04/28/2020 11:53:20 AM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have 'hobbies.' I'm developing a robust post-Apocalyptic skill set.)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin
I love it when you can get two vegetables in one dish....like this.....

Grilled Corn with Bell Pepper Butter

Ingredients 6 ears corn, K/s/p. Bell Pepper Butter: 2 sticks butter
1/4 cup ea fine-diced green, orange, red bell peppers 1/4 tsp black pepper

METHOD Set corn cobs on individual foil pieces. Add 1/2 tb Bell Pepper
Butter, s/p to each. Wrap tightly. Grill 6 min, turning halfway through.

Bell Pepper Butter: Proc/combine butter, bell peppers, black pepper.
Pile into ramekins and serve (or saran/chill til needed).

85 posted on 04/28/2020 12:59:49 PM PDT by Liz (Our side has 8 trillion bullets; the other side doesn't kn Trump was theow which bathroom to use.)
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To: Liz

That pepper butter would be good on lots of things; in the winter months when we don’t have good sweet corn up here, you could us it on frozen corn, too.

I’d use my food processor to finely chop the peppers, then blend them and the spices with softened butter.

Would make a nice gift in a pretty jar and would freeze well too, I’d think?


86 posted on 04/28/2020 3:01:02 PM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have 'hobbies.' I'm developing a robust post-Apocalyptic skill set.)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

Simply spread on good bread....then toast a bit......yum, yes?

An exceptional gift——since it’s not available in stores.

As I always say......the more vegetables the better.


87 posted on 04/28/2020 4:42:26 PM PDT by Liz (Our side has 8 trillion bullets; the other side doesn't kn Trump was theow which bathroom to use.)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

Took 10 days for our order to get here. Chewy had the food in stock and waiting for pickup but FedEx does not consider dog food a priority so their hands were tied.


88 posted on 04/28/2020 8:06:09 PM PDT by SunshinesStormySummerSon
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

Last time I planted asparagus (30 years ago) our German short hair dug up the crowns and ate them. I can’t remember now what kind they were or where I bought them. Any suggestions as I’d like to try again.?


89 posted on 04/28/2020 8:11:52 PM PDT by SunshinesStormySummerSon
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Thanks. That makes sense. Just waiting now on a bag of diet dry food for my chubby Beagle. It won’t hurt him to miss a meal, LOL!

(I would NEVER do that to my dog!) :)


90 posted on 04/29/2020 7:01:23 AM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have 'hobbies.' I'm developing a robust post-Apocalyptic skill set.)
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To: SunshinesStormySummerSon

I like ‘Martha Washington’ for an heirloom variety, and then any of the varieties with ‘Jersey’ in the name - they’ve been bread to be primarily male stalks, so you get a lot of bang for your buck. ‘Jersey King’ or ‘Jersey Supreme.’ You can mix them in the same bed.

I added the purple variety to my other patch, which looks beautiful on a veggie/dig platter, but it turns back to green once you cook it. :(


91 posted on 04/29/2020 7:09:59 AM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have 'hobbies.' I'm developing a robust post-Apocalyptic skill set.)
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A recent, 'Living Off The Land' experiment was Nettle Tea. Pick early in the season and pick just the TOP leaves. Cover a pot-full of leaves and steep them in boiling water until you get the color that you like. Strain and then drink hot or cold. Refrigerate the leftovers. It tastes really nice - very similar to your basic Green Tea. Supposedly a 'Spring Tonic' for folks to give them a kick-start in Spring after a long Winter.

The older I get, and the closer to Nature that I live, and the more I learn, the less crazy my 'Crazy Aunt Alice' seems to be. Thanks to her, I see 'food' everywhere! :)

92 posted on 04/29/2020 7:36:39 AM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have 'hobbies.' I'm developing a robust post-Apocalyptic skill set.)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

Another asparagus question:

Should I “hill up” the soil where the little shoots are growing?
I planted them in a deep “V” and filled the shoots in as they first came up.


93 posted on 04/29/2020 7:39:52 AM PDT by Eric in the Ozarks (Baseball players, gangsters and musicians are remembered. But journalists are forgotten.)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

I am so stealing that picture he looks great! Brings back great memories, every spring our Saanen (white) goats would shed, liked to rub against the fence. We would find their hairs in many birds nest’s.


94 posted on 04/29/2020 7:41:45 AM PDT by MomwithHope (Forever grateful to all our patriots, past, present and future.)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

We like the jersey varieties too. Martha Washington never did well here. Skinny stalks and they did no hold up well.


95 posted on 04/29/2020 7:45:05 AM PDT by MomwithHope (Forever grateful to all our patriots, past, present and future.)
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To: Eric in the Ozarks

If you planted them in a ‘V’ and filled it in, they should be fine. You’ll see that once established they’re basically a weed. Granted, a DELICIOUS weed, but still a weed, LOL!

I have 6 shoots up so far. One of the dogs broke one off running through there, so I ate it. :)

I mulch lightly in the summer months, and then after I trim off the dead fronds, I put a good 6” of straw on top to get them through the winter - but it’s much colder up here than down by you, so you may not need as much winter protection.


96 posted on 04/29/2020 9:50:15 AM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have 'hobbies.' I'm developing a robust post-Apocalyptic skill set.)
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An elegant restaurant used these as a garnish scattered over grilled fish. Touted as not only yummy but healthy.
Benefits include vitamins (A, B and C) and minerals (calcium, potassium, iron, zinc, sodium and magnesium),
improves your skin and even enhances memory and keeps the brain alert. Is that healthy enough?

SAGE LEAVES IN ALMOND TEMPURA

ING few handfuls of sage leaves destalked, 80g flour, 20g ground almonds, 25ml beer, s/p, veg oil.

METHOD Wash thoroughly; discard those w/ black speckles.
BATTER Mix flour and ground almonds, pinch s/p. Whisk in beer to pancake batter consistency.

COOK Cover frypan bottom with veg/oil; set on flame and heat. Once hot, dip sage leaves in tempura batter and place
carefully in pan one by one not touching. Turn using two forks. Once golden on both sides remove/drain. Add pinch of salt.

SERVE with dip as a healthy snack.

DIP combine small pot yogurt, lemon zest, lemon juice, s/p.

97 posted on 04/29/2020 10:47:51 AM PDT by Liz (Our side has 8 trillion bullets; the other side doesn't know which bathroom to use.)
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98 posted on 04/29/2020 10:50:00 AM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have 'hobbies.' I'm developing a robust post-Apocalyptic skill set.)
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To: SunshinesStormySummerSon

Just got a case of canned food I ordered from Chewy - still waiting on the diet kibble.

I should probably join Chief in eating only diet kibble, too, LOL!


99 posted on 04/29/2020 10:53:38 AM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have 'hobbies.' I'm developing a robust post-Apocalyptic skill set.)
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Here is a list of results on YouTube for raised bed gardening in the desert.

https://m.youtube.com/results?search_query=desert+vegetable+gardening%2C+raised+beds

I loooove YouTube videos!


100 posted on 04/30/2020 9:01:20 AM PDT by Califreak (If Obama had been treated like Trump the US would have been burnt down before Inauguration Day)
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