Did someone mention Potatoes? I dug these tubers this afternoon
These Yukon Gold tatrers came out of 9 hills...
These YG came out of 12 hills...
These Red Gold spuds came out of 6 hills...
Posted on 09/10/2010 5:09:56 AM PDT by Red_Devil 232
Good morning gardeners. This is the first year that I will have a fall garden. I have decided to try few broccoli and cabbage plants. I decided to visit our local County Co-Op a couple of days ago and they had starts of both and I bought a nine-pack cell of each. I hope they do well because we are still having 90 degree days with overnights in the mid to high 60’s. They also had starts for various types of tomato plants which kind of surprised me.
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Now, THAT’s a good idea. I just may do that this weekend. My tomatoes are prolific and getting soft. I don’t have time to cook them right now, so your solution sounds perfect.
Thats interesting. I use dish soap in water to fight bugs on various plants. It works on many of them.
I got mine at Steins Gardens and Gifts — about $24-$26 per LARGE bag. I used one bag per 4 x 8 foot raised bed.
That Home Depot sale is what got me started on my Square Foot Garden this time last year. 8ft. timbers were $1.99 apeice. Shop around because they offered them again in the spring, and I doubled the size of my garden, BUT another big box store decided to go head to head with HD on the price. Theirs were much nicer than the HD’s (the manager confessed that he was selling them at a loss). For $50 extra I got them to deliver them in a bundle. It was well worth it because I don’t have a truck.
YOGURT! I’m the one who posted the yogurt directions and link. I have been very pleased with the results. I haven’t shared mine with the dog yet, although he’s ready and willing if I decide to.
The first batch I made, I used whole milk. For the 2nd batch, I tried 2% milk. It tastes as good, but I like the texture of the whole milk yogurt better — it’s firmer.
I’ll try 1% next.
So far yogurt has kept more than a week. I know the recipe says to eat it within a week, but 2 people cannot consume that much yogurt. Actually one person because my husband doesn’t eat that much.
I mix mine with Splenda, and he eats his plain. He’d probably eat more if he used Splenda, or sugar, in his. I made some cherry jam that didn’t jell enough to call “jam”. I call it “cherry sauce”. It is fabulous mixed into a container of my home-made yogurt. He really liked it that way.
I like to mix it with fruit and dry cereal. Yum, yum.
See #104 on yogurt. I’m the one who posted the directions originally. I’ve had really good luck with it, although my husband doesn’t understand why I’m doing it because I still have a case of Yoplait from Sam’s Club in the basement frig. It’s way out of date, but it’s still good.
But I like my own yogurt better, and I’m getting a kick out of making it. Choose a day when you can be around for each step and then can “put it to bed” overnight. I started the process at about 8 PM one time and I had to set an alarm and get up all night for each step.
It’s smarter to start in the morning and wrap it up to finish the last 8 hour step about 9 PM and let it finish while you are asleep. LOL.
But, sometimes I read magazines backwards too!
An additional advantage of freezing them...when you thaw you can exclude a bunch of water .
Why cook sauce down..exclude the water to start with.
Unless you just want it to be there.
The yogurt turned out great. It’s not as thick as the stuff from the store, but that doesn’t bother me. Half gallon is a lot. If I can get 1% or 2% to work I may scale back so I can actually have something else for breakfast once in awhile. I really don’t care for whole milk, so it’s make a half gallon or throw away food.
Did someone mention Potatoes? I dug these tubers this afternoon
These Yukon Gold tatrers came out of 9 hills...
These YG came out of 12 hills...
These Red Gold spuds came out of 6 hills...
Beautiful.
I need to buy a used scale at a yard sale. Some of those YKs must be close to i#
That works for Cut Worms but you do need Sevin for the Lopers or a floating rowcover..
I hope mine are half as productive and large as yours.
I’ve found scales at thrift stores also.
My fall carrot patch..
The Nerve Center of the Lush Bender gardens. (Note... Sensitive tools have been removed from the tool bar). The Swank Bender Office is just visible to the left of HQs. The box contains todays shipment from Dripworks.com that is destined for out Church gardens...
And I thought Texas got hot!
I aqcuired a 12x8x 10 foot high greehouse from a local govt. entity who were planning on bulldozing it.
I’m looking for advice on how the interior is laid out for the best use of space.
Now that is abeautiful shed. Do you have cable TV in it for the afternoon races or do you watch the races from the office?
What kind of dish soap do you use and how much? I’m always interested in new ways of keeping the bugs away.
I use 5 -6 heaping tablespoons grated Ivory soap (I get a bar and shred it like cheese and put it in a ziplock or tub for storage- - one bar will make several gallons of mix) to a gallon of water. Use hot water from your tap and fill a gallon milk jug about 3/4 the way full and add the soap shreds and let sit overnight. It will be thick, but it’s gentle on the plants (don’t spray in the heat of the day, only in the morning or evening) in fact it seems to help them grow. I didn’t know you could use dish soap, I’m intrigued! Sorry this was so long winded! lol
I bet Diana can help you with that greenhouse. What a great find. Is it glass?
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