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Weekly Gardening Thread Vol. 29, July 20, 2012
July 20, 2012 | JustaDumbBlonde

Posted on 07/20/2012 11:11:39 AM PDT by JustaDumbBlonde

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Good morning, FRiends, fellow gardeners, and yet-to-be gardeners!

Thanks go out to all that participated in the thread last week. Beautiful photos were posted, and info was shared that will make big differences in the gardening lives of our members.

If you can ... please remember to add keywords that will make our threads more useful when searched. I think that I was the only one that added keywords as the thread progressed.

My thoughts and prayers are with everyone that needs a good rain. Drought is an awful situation.

I am off to the back end of the yard to tend my bees. I have 3 new queens that came in the mail yesterday, and need to get them installed before they are stressed any more. Then, if I have the strength after the heat zaps me, I need to harvest honey. This will be the third harvest in a few weeks ... the girls have been extremely busy.

What is going on in your neck of the woods?

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The Weekly Gardening Thread is a weekly gathering of folks that love soil, seeds and plants of all kinds. From complete newbies that are looking to start that first potted plant, to gardeners with some acreage, to Master Gardener level and beyond, we would love to hear from you.

This thread is non-political, although you will find that most here are conservative folks. No matter what, you won’t be flamed and the only dumb question is the one that isn’t asked.

It is impossible to hijack the Weekly Gardening Thread ... there is no telling where it will go and that is part of the fun and interest. Jump in and join us!


TOPICS: Agriculture; Food; Gardening; Hobbies
KEYWORDS: bendersfotos; biochar; climatezones; garden; gardening; hotweathertomatoes; summertomatoes; tabasco
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To: Oshkalaboomboom

tanks for the idea!!! I am off to dehydrate a few items in my automobile


61 posted on 07/21/2012 2:20:52 PM PDT by dennisw
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To: Gabz

God Bless you and your brother Gabz...


62 posted on 07/21/2012 2:50:30 PM PDT by tubebender
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To: dennisw
tanks for the idea!!! I am off to dehydrate a few items in my automobile

Nothing wrong with a bit of Green energy. Maybe we can even sell carbon credits from the drying process.

63 posted on 07/21/2012 3:08:11 PM PDT by Oshkalaboomboom
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To: tubebender

Thank you my FRiend! It was absolutely wonderful. My dad was so surprised - he had absolutely no clue whatsoever. he was just beside himself, he was so excited. and after all these years I actually discovered, I actually do like my brother - at least I do like the man he is now. He and I just never got along. Over the course of the past year and a half, my attitude toward him had definitely mellowed because he and my father have actually become friends and I was very happy about that - because those 2 were not quite as oil and water as brother and me, but pretty close to it.

One of my father’s wishes, since he and I got back together after about 17 years, was for my brother and I to at least get along. He was willing to accept it wasn’t going to happen and was thankful that we at least accepted each others part in dad’s life and weren’t going to be causing anyone any grief.

A whole lot of family dynamics changed last weekend and I honestly lay all the blame for that on my 14yo daughter. she and my brother hit it off as if they had known each other forever and they only met for the first time when we got off the plane last Saturday. It was a beautiful thing.

sorry for my rambling - I’m still sort of stunned about the whole thing.


64 posted on 07/21/2012 3:30:21 PM PDT by Gabz (Democrats for Voldemort.)
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To: Oshkalaboomboom

My wife used the back of our Chevy suburban to get her bread dough to rise back in the early 70s...


65 posted on 07/21/2012 3:36:42 PM PDT by tubebender
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To: freedommom

Thank you. That is the same procedure we tried to make mesquite charcoal. The coyotes loved to lay on the mounds of warm dirt.


66 posted on 07/21/2012 3:58:16 PM PDT by tillacum
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To: goodwithagun

Try the house brand of hot sauce at Aldi if you have one nearby. It is only $1/pint. It is thicker than Tabasco with less vinegar bite. I prefer it to Tabasco. It is fuller with more body. Tabasco makes their hot sauce in an overwrought way.....yeah I have seen it on TV a few times. You can make yours quicker thicker and better. Plus Aldi’s is good


67 posted on 07/21/2012 4:18:52 PM PDT by dennisw
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To: JustaDumbBlonde

LOL


68 posted on 07/21/2012 4:27:23 PM PDT by tillacum
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To: JustaDumbBlonde

The corn looks...good enough to eat. YUMMY!


69 posted on 07/21/2012 4:28:41 PM PDT by tillacum
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To: JustaDumbBlonde

After you’ve powdered the veggies, put them in a jar, do you vaccum pack the jar? I’m thinking of getting a dehydrater, Excalibur. You who have these really like them. Have you tried corn? I’m ready to begin some seed for the winter garden..wish me luck. LOL


70 posted on 07/21/2012 4:32:47 PM PDT by tillacum
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To: JustaDumbBlonde
Lost my first couple of zuke plants due to root end rot, rather early this year. But I have planted others in succession so I'm OK.

Putting in fall crops - beets, turnips, lettuce, baby bok choy.

Got peppers out the wazoo. Swimming in eggplant as well. Tomatoes are decent this year, still waiting for the beefsteaks to kick in.

Dug up the last of the Yukon Golds, still have a row of Red Bliss in the ground.

71 posted on 07/21/2012 4:44:33 PM PDT by dirtboy
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To: tillacum

I dried several bags of frozen sweet corn i’d gotten on sale from the grocery store. Dried them till they were little wispy cruncy bits. My oldest loves them. Eats them for a snack, in fact. Haven’t ground them or anything because she eats them nearly as quickly as I can dry them.

So my verdict is: Delicious!


72 posted on 07/21/2012 4:44:51 PM PDT by Black Agnes
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To: Sarajevo

Fermenting tabasco peppers? Just pop them in water and let them bubble, the mash and add seasonings?


73 posted on 07/21/2012 4:47:36 PM PDT by tillacum
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To: tubebender

How funny.


74 posted on 07/21/2012 4:53:09 PM PDT by tillacum
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To: Black Agnes

I know this sounds stupid...did you take them off the cob while still frozen?


75 posted on 07/21/2012 4:56:32 PM PDT by tillacum
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To: tillacum

Not stupid. I buy the bags of sweet corn bits already off the cob.


76 posted on 07/21/2012 4:58:24 PM PDT by Black Agnes
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To: JustaDumbBlonde

Finally coming on!

77 posted on 07/21/2012 5:10:08 PM PDT by Utah Binger (Southern Utah where the world comes to see America)
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To: tubebender
Gases only work on Moles if you can find the vertical shaft to the lower permanent chambers.


You shouldn't have the same type problem with dry ice as with any other gasses . Carbon dioxide is heavier than air so if you drop a few pieces down the hole and block the entrance as the dry ice dissipates the carbon dioxide gas the gas will fill both the feeding chamber and the lower chamber .


78 posted on 07/21/2012 7:11:47 PM PDT by Lera (Proverbs 29:2)
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To: Lera

Not to Worry Lera as I bought a different trap today


79 posted on 07/21/2012 7:59:17 PM PDT by tubebender
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To: Oshkalaboomboom
Nothing wrong with a bit of Green energy. Maybe we can even sell carbon credits from the drying process.

You are the man!!! The man with the plan!!!11!!!!1!1111!!!!!      I gonna get rich selling carbon offsets of eBay. Anyone get in our way you know how it gonna be! They gonna being saying hello to my little fren' !!!!alt


80 posted on 07/21/2012 8:10:26 PM PDT by dennisw
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