Posted on 06/01/2012 8:06:36 AM PDT by JustaDumbBlonde
Good morning and happy June to my gardening FRiends and fellow gardeners!
You may have noticed that I titled last week's thread "Keywords", and then totally forgot to write the first word about the topic. That illustrates perfectly how frazzled my mind is these days. As I was getting ready to hit the post button, I kept thinking there was something I was forgetting, but finally convinced myself that it probably wasn't *that* important, and I posted the thread. I apologize.
There has been more than once that great information has been posted by one of our members, but I can't remember exactly which thread, or sometimes even who posted it. My idea is this: So that we can use a search engine such as Yahoo! or Google to find what we seek, let's actively use the keyword feature on each thread.
For example, if you post pictures of your garlic patch, add "garlic" to the keywords. If you are illustrating how to mulch a garlic patch, add the keyword "mulch" as well. You could go so far as to add the mulch material too, such as "ricehulls". (special mention for Mr. Bender!)
Both Red Devil_232 and I have used a search engine to find a particular comment by entering something like "Free Republic potato planting", and you will usually find several threads that way. If we use the keyword feature to document our threads, it will be even easier.
I'd love to be able to sit down and make a keyword list for the thread every week, but I simply don't have the time to do it. If each one of us will add a word or two, it should become ultra-easy to search our topics.
If you have any ideas to improve this method, please let us know. If you have a totally different idea that will work better, bring it on!!! We love good ideas!
Here in NE Louisiana, we got a storm line through yesterday and about an inch of extremely beneficial rain. We were beginning to get really dry due to the high temps of late, and on the farm we were turning on all of the wells. Would rather have rain any day! The high will be around 80 in the area today and we are pretty excited about that. It has been scorching hot lately.
Look forward to reading about your week and, as always, photos are appreciated.
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We’re very dry for the month of May here in Central Missouri. ~3.5” below normal, have only received .25” of precip at my house since the 5th. I’ve already drawn the pond down 10” irrigating the garden and orchard trees - not good.
Garlic is ready to come out I think - I’ll pull some tonight and if it’s ready it will all come out this weekend. Tomato plants are going crazy, I think I’ll be eating some by 4th of July. Brocolli has been harvested - best I’ve ever grown - bug free heads a foot across - I should have taken a picture so you’d believe me. LOL
What are Ghost Chilis? I’ve never heard of them.
We sent the rain your way RD, we knew you needed it.
Our Memorial Day was just great. After the festivities at the Court House of which hubby and my visiting nephew (Navy) participated we all adjurned to our patio. Included in the group were a few candidates running for office. Beautiful weather. We served tomatoes, cucumbers and sweet peppers from our garden plus othr stuff. The next night was election and we had everyone over for that and I kid you not...everyone brought something. I’m making a gulash soup right now to make room in the fridge. We had good news and bad news. Our fave lost to the incumbent, and our other fave is in a runoff. People liked my garden, weeds and all. They got a kick out of my tomatoe cages put together so the beans can climb them.
My guardian is an Old English Bulldog.
Maybe once a week she gets off the couch and chases a squirrel off the back porch, but it’s just the porch. She gets to the bottom step and loses interest.
Though she still expects a biscuit for the effort. :-)
I have never planted pole beans. Do they taste the same as regular green beans?
I spent the morning at our son’s house repairing the drip irrigation in the foundation planting and around the back yard and wondered why my ears were burning as though someone had singled me out for my superb Garlic Skills. The afternoon was applied to our main garden and tomorrow is Fill the Deck Planters Day in the back yard
You are seeing the Cabbage Butterfly and which has laid his eggs on your Cabbage and the resulting Cabbage worm is eating the foliage. If something is eating the roots that is probably the Cabbage Root Maggot. Next planting cover the plants with a floating row cover (Remay).
We are experiencing very cool rainy weather in S.E. Missouri. Temps got low of 49 dgrees. I only have 2 beds planted with 5 left to go. The first planting of corn has sprouted and is 3” tall.
Next week I will plant some beans in spaces between corn, potted tomatoes for patio, some basil and carrots between the tomatoes planted in a raised bed, and some more corn, green beans, and melons.
Have a great weekend everyone. God Bless.
That is an excellent and tasty plan! I have a jar of ground habaneros that Greybeard58 sent me several years ago. Although I use it all of the time, I've barely made a dent. I keep the jar vacuum sealed to keep them fresh.
Hope the weather didn't get too bad last night.
LOL!
I wish you great success with your homebrewing thread, although I know it will be an instant hit!
LOL! My rain gauge is reading 5”. We lost power shortly before 9 - facebooking by oil lamp was interesting to say the least!
The one window we think about checking for incoming rain was the one behind our bed - so we had to flip the mattress and change the sheets by flashlight! Then both my husband and I had a brain fart - he asked me if there was anything in the dryer and I told him there was a load in there. He took them out and put them on the table and then was going to tumble the pillows that had gotten damp. I said good idea and then we just looked at each other realizing what we had said. The dryer is ELECTRIC!!!!!
We had a good laugh and then went to bed. Power came back on shortly after midnight. All is good.
I always plant Contender, which is a very early bush bean. With adequate water, they make bountiful harvests of tender, non-stringy beans. If I were growing a variety that made a vine and needed staking, I would grow them on a trellis (cattle panel) like I do my cucumbers.
Whatever you do, don’t put your nose in the jar and get a whiff.
You’ll remember the results for the rest of the day...
Link to the thread: What Time Is It FReepers?
Sadly, your warning comes a couple of years too late. Past errors include putting one of those crab boil bags of spices to my nose and inhaling deeply. My eyes and nose ran for 2 days!
I was thinking that next April when my mayhaws are ready, you need to drive over and get some of them and a gallon of honey. Mayhaw-infused mead sounds delish to me!
They’ll keep just about forever, as long as you keep them dry.
I have a gallon jar, almost full, of ground habeneros that I’ve had for 3 years and they are still good and still very potent.
About a half teaspoon in a pot of chili makes it deliciously hot, a full rounded teaspoon in the same size pot and I can’t eat it.
I will still mail some to anyone interested and will FReepmail me a mailing address. Free, I even pay the postage.
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