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Weekly Gardening Thread – 2010 (Vol. 32) September 10
Free Republic | 09-10-2010 | Red_Devil 232

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.

If you are a gardener or you are just starting out and are in need of advice or just encouragement please feel free to join in and enjoy the friendly discussion. Our Freeper community is full of gardeners, each with varying interests and skill levels from Master Gardener to novice.


TOPICS: Agriculture; Food; Gardening; Hobbies
KEYWORDS: agriculture; food; garden; gardening; recipes; weekly
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To: tubebender

Don’t you dare stop posting pictures of anything. We love seeing your pictures of your Vast Bender Gardens and the Bender’s house of worship, and the various travels and exploits of the Bender family.


181 posted on 09/11/2010 2:07:04 PM PDT by rightly_dividing
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To: All
Check out this thread on FR.

Scale Model Hobbit Hole!

Be sure to go to the link supplied in the thread - lots and lots of pictures. The young Lady has some talent and time on her hands for sure. LOL

182 posted on 09/11/2010 3:47:11 PM PDT by Red_Devil 232 (VietVet - USMC All Ready On The Right? All Ready On The Left? All Ready On The Firing Line!)
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To: Red_Devil 232
Lady has some talent and time on her hands for sure.

Yep, very talented, and plenty of free time.

183 posted on 09/11/2010 4:19:15 PM PDT by rightly_dividing
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To: rightly_dividing
Here is one from earlier today...


184 posted on 09/11/2010 5:02:01 PM PDT by tubebender (Life is short so drink the good wine first...)
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To: afraidfortherepublic
Take a peak here on eBay for a few Roeding Park photos
185 posted on 09/11/2010 5:09:21 PM PDT by tubebender (Life is short so drink the good wine first...)
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To: afraidfortherepublic

“Very satisfying to have made dinner out of my own garden. The Yukon Golds were especially delicious. Thank you all for encouraging me in this endeavor.”

There’s no other way to live, IMHO. And you have done an AMAZING job for a relative Newbie!! :)


186 posted on 09/11/2010 5:18:31 PM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (Save the Earth. It's the only planet with Chocolate.)
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To: tubebender

((((bowing head in prayer))))


187 posted on 09/11/2010 5:22:39 PM PDT by rightly_dividing
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To: tubebender

What does all that fencing keep in...or out? And how long you been ‘in the pen?’ LOL!

Your flowers are beautiful. Your whole garden is beautiful and amazingly productive. Ya done good! :)


188 posted on 09/11/2010 5:24:37 PM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (Save the Earth. It's the only planet with Chocolate.)
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To: tubebender; afraidfortherepublic; Red_Devil 232; fanfan; Black Agnes; All
Garden Bounty...

'Chocolate Cherry' tomatoes still going strong!

Gee. I'm getting kind of sick of cucumbers!

Winter is coming. You can tell by the Basset Hound and his need for his 'blankie' on these chilly going-into-Fall nights! Too soon! Too soon!

It ain't a fancy life, but it's MY life. And I love it! :)

189 posted on 09/11/2010 5:33:12 PM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (Save the Earth. It's the only planet with Chocolate.)
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To: JustaDumbBlonde

Ping! Sorry! Didn’t mean to forget you! :)


190 posted on 09/11/2010 5:35:41 PM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (Save the Earth. It's the only planet with Chocolate.)
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To: afraidfortherepublic

“Diana is a fanatic about including sunflowers in the landscape.”

I can’t live without them. Well, I COULD, but I won’t, LOL! :)

Sadly, ALL of my really BIG seed-producing sunflowers (Kong, etc.) failed this season. I think it was just too, too wet for them, and not sunny enough. You got rain, you got clouds and you ain’t got no sunshine, Sunshine!

My Tithonia (Mexican Sunflower) pretty much took over the world this season, though. They brought in lots of Monarch Butterflies, which was the plan. :)

My perennial “Maximillion’ sunflowers are just getting ready to bloom. They truly are the last shot of color in my garden at the end of the season. They’re all around the chicken coop yard, so The Girls get to enjoy them...and I can see them from the kitchen window. :)


191 posted on 09/11/2010 5:42:48 PM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (Save the Earth. It's the only planet with Chocolate.)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

My Shrink tells me my fetish for fencing stems from my parents being to poor to own a Play Pen for me and my 5 siblings. The chain link stops the little Black Tail deer and the Kentucky Downs fence is to keep my neighbor’s hugh and series whale of a cow out of the landscaping. Nothing stops the Bear...


192 posted on 09/11/2010 5:44:31 PM PDT by tubebender (Life is short so drink the good wine first...)
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To: tubebender

Who needs a play pen when there’s plenty of traffic to play in? :)

My little sister was a Houdini child. Mom would put the playpen upside down on TOP of her to keep her contained, LOL!


193 posted on 09/11/2010 6:23:45 PM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (Save the Earth. It's the only planet with Chocolate.)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

Thank you, Ma’am. A high compliment, indeed, coming from you.


194 posted on 09/11/2010 9:22:28 PM PDT by afraidfortherepublic (Southeast Wisconsin, Zone 4 to 5)
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To: Red_Devil 232; greeneyes; fanfan; Diana in Wisconsin; Black Agnes; All
Since several people mentioned the yogurt recipe that I posted previously, I thought I'd post it again. You can make yogurt in your crockpot

So far, I've made it with whole milk and 2% milk. The whole milk results a more firm product, although I did add a package of Knox gelatin to the 1st batch, as described at the link. You can see the ladle sitting on top of the product. When I added gelatin, the yogurt was more like the store bought variety, and the ladle was a steel one.

Here is a finished batch of 2% yogurt.

Remove 1/2 cup and save for a starter for your next batch.

Divide the rest of the yogurt into several containers to use, as needed. You can stir in fruit and/or sugar or Splenda at this point, or wait until it is ready to use. Store in the refrigerator. I like this over dry cereal as a change from my usual breakfast oatmeal.

195 posted on 09/11/2010 9:58:47 PM PDT by afraidfortherepublic (Southeast Wisconsin, Zone 4 to 5)
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To: afraidfortherepublic
I am going to make some of this homemade yogurt starting tomorrow morning. I will be using whole milk and an all natural Dannon yogurt as the starter. Do you think the whole milk without the gelatin came out ok? I want it as close to the store bought product as possible.

I just got through canning three pints of my homegrown pears. I hope they turn out ok. My there was a lot of waste from these pears. I let a few of them get just a little ripper than they needed to be. The dogs loved the over ripe parts.

196 posted on 09/12/2010 11:11:06 AM PDT by Red_Devil 232 (VietVet - USMC All Ready On The Right? All Ready On The Left? All Ready On The Firing Line!)
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To: Red_Devil 232

Psssstttt...this is urgent... call the fbi as a close family member by marriage has me captive pruning the Cecil Brunner rose in the orchard. please hurry


197 posted on 09/12/2010 1:12:50 PM PDT by tubebender (Life is short so drink the good wine first...)
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To: tubebender
I called and they said two hours minimum before they can get to you! Do you have any Chablis to sip in the mean time?
198 posted on 09/12/2010 1:18:39 PM PDT by Red_Devil 232 (VietVet - USMC All Ready On The Right? All Ready On The Left? All Ready On The Firing Line!)
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To: Red_Devil 232
So sad about our melons and BER. Hubby cut his melon today, it tastes pretty good, but the flesh look totally anemic. After eating so many seedless melons from the grocery store, it is a shock to see so many black seeds. LOL.
199 posted on 09/12/2010 2:04:11 PM PDT by greeneyes (Moderation in defense of your country is NO virtue. Let Freedom Ring.)
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To: greeneyes
Melons gotta be deep, deep red to satisfy what our eyes and brain know we are supposed to expect! I have had wonderful tasting yellow fleshed watermelons but just because they are not that wonderful red - it is not the same experience.
200 posted on 09/12/2010 2:25:33 PM PDT by Red_Devil 232 (VietVet - USMC All Ready On The Right? All Ready On The Left? All Ready On The Firing Line!)
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