Weekly Gardening Thread -- April (again)

Garden Girl | April 2006 | Garden Girl

[Red_Devil 232]

You may be right the stress. Chahsmere’s fig tree is doing the best right now! It is the Celestial fig which I have renamed Cashmere! Mailing a cuting that length might do well in a tube like from a roll of paper towels? I will send you a FreepMail! You are so kind to do this.

[tubebender]

We had summer on Friday and Saturday with nice warm temps and no wind. It is foggy this morning which is typical for Eureka for the next several months. It may rain tomorrow and turn cooler toward the end of the week. The first Farmers Market of the year opened in Arcata yesterday. Eureka’s will open later in the month. Here is a couple of stories on yesterdays market...

http://eurekareporter.com/article/080412-return-of-the-arcata-farmers-market

http://www.times-standard.com/localnews/ci_8909924

[gardengirl]

Great articles, and thanks for the ping! They just recently opened a new farmer’s market in the next town over—I don’t think it even made teh paper!

[Red_Devil 232]

Thanks for the articles. There is supposed to be a Farmers Market here in Meridian but I have not gone to it. I don't even know where it is. I will look for it this next week.

I would love to be able to find some fresh field peas.

[tubebender]

It was a dismal day as I thought. Picked my son up for breakfast this morning and on the way home I got a call to check one of the toilets at our Church so I went over there and make a minor repair then came home and changed clothes and spaded a 8X12 piece for the new Red Gold potatoes from Johnny's Seeds that my wife ordered. There are enough for 3 rows of 12 each.

Then I added another layer on the new compost pile and cleaned up the left over Dahlias. Also spread 3 bags of steer manure on another flower bed for Wifie Poo’s Marigolds. It never did warmup and I wore my old down jacket all afternoon

[tubebender]

Speaking of potatoes... Potatoes Could Feed the World

[gardengirl]

Ummmm. Is there any bad way to fix potatoes? LOL

[tubebender]

Some fast food joints come close with their fries...

[gardengirl]

You’re right, but since I don’t eat fast food, I wasn’t even thinking about them! I don’t eat out much! LOL

[tubebender]

I take my First Wife to Wendy’s for a baked potato with chili and cheese topping for her birthday...

[gardengirl]

Sounds yummy! And that’s so sweet! I enjoy good Japanese or Chinese food, or a good pizza or steak, but that’s about the extent of my eating out, and we very seldom do that.

Ummm—why are you dressed like a pirate? LOL

[Red_Devil 232]

I just made a potato soup with homemade bread as a side last night ... Mmmmmmm

Click on my nick name at the bottom of this post and it will bring up my about page. You need to make one.

[gardengirl]

Umm. Potato soup! Fresh bread! Love both of them! I don't ahve time to cook much this time of year--the greenhouse keeps me too busy and I'm whupped by the time I get home! Great pic! Thanks for teaching me how to do that--get on your about page! Maybe when it slows down at work, I'll attempt my own page! LOLOL Cute dogs, great yard, and a very handsome couple! I live a few miles from Cherry Point. Don't know anything about the Red Devils, but we have the Blue Angels!

[Red_Devil 232]

Cherry Point was my first post after surviving Parris Island, Infentry training at LeJune, and Avionics School in Memphis, Tn.

I spent a year at Cherry Point going through advanced schools and actually working on the electronics of aircraft. Then was sent to Iwakuni, Japan where I became a Red Devil. From there to Danang, Vietnam. And then back to Cherry Point.

I left the Marines (4 years), my father was career (25 years), to go to Mississippi State University. Studied Geology, BS degree.

I was hired by Texas Instrument's Science Services Div. because of my electronics back ground and Geology education ... I spent the next 20 years exploring for Oil and Gas. Retired, with a second year garden in the works. I love it.

[gardengirl]

Mornin’! You wouldn’t recognize the place now! Everything has grown up so much. They’re talking about putting in a by-pass around Havelock to ease the congestion—and so all teh tourists with MONEY can get to the beach faster. Don’t know why—they’ve torn down all the piers except one, gotten rid of anything that smacked of amusement/entertainment and there’s nothing here now but condos.

You’ve had an interesting life! Never been anywhere much—went to Cozumel for our 25th—or done anything! I like my quiet little life!

Have a great day!

[goodnesswins]

Can I get on the ping list for the “GARDEN” thread...please?

[Gabz]

Of course you can!

I try to get the weekly thread posted on Thursday -— but don’t always succeed.

I try to avoid abuse of it, but will occassionally ping to other threads of interest.

[Gabz]

Most of my life I never knew what a real potatoe tasted like and didn’t eat much of them. Then I got to know people who grew them and discovered what good potatoes really are.

[MrPiper]

Bush beans, squash, tomatoes in my portable garden. Survived the frost yesterday :-) Beans and squash from seeds.

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[Gabz]

Portable is Good!!!!

Glad to hear they survived the frost.