Posted on 04/05/2013 12:36:13 PM PDT by greeneyes
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OH BOY, do Asian long beans grow...Some of mine don’t make it into the house...I just eat them raw..they are lovely, especially the green ones. Hubby came out one evening when I was picking some...in his hand was a dip, and the other hand a small tray with 2 martinis. Nothin’s better’n fresh green Asian beans with a dip and a nice frosty martini in the garden.
I’m guessing your ginger might grow into the edible stuff. I was going to order it online but had a difficult time deciding WHICH ginger was the edible one. There are so many ornamental ones, it was very confusing for me. I decided to cut to the chase and just grow what I already knew was the edible stuff.
I’m going to put mine in a largish pot tomorrow. Not sure it’s quite warm enough here. I do know it’s frost sensitive and I’m pretty sure we’ve passed that danger. It’s just been dreary and cloudy lately. bah humbug.
I love fresh ginger too. In tea, candy and stir fry. It’s good with lemon grass in stir fry. Yummy.
My method is mostly no till as well. I just recover with paper and cardboard and the leaves or straw on top of that. The worms do the tilling for me. My garden doesn’t even have the rowed up hills most people associate with gardening. I use stakes and string to make sure stuff is straight though.
We stir fry the asian long beans. I don’t think I’ve ever had enough left over to even think about canning. I’m not sure they’d be good canned. The frosty martini sounds good. It’s swelter city here in the summer, frosty anything sounds good LOL.
Greeneyes posted a real link to the video on this page
Yeh, I know what you mean. We have a bunch of logs from trees we cut last year to make room for the garden, but they are too big for a chipper, and we don’t need that much firewood either.
Well, I am all for the simplest and easiest way.
That looks great! Thanks for the pics.
Here’s a link to a garden calendar. Just put in the zip code and you’ll get a schedule of what to plant when for the most common crops.
I’ll try to remember to post it next week too when I ping the list.
http://allthingsplants.com/apps/calendar/
I have never bothered to peel off the papery stuff from my garlic, and I have never soaked it either. It all came up just fine.
I always take the lazy way first. If it works yippe - if it doesn’t then I put in a little more effort.LOL
I may try some leeks and shallots next year. Right now I have way more things to plant than I have space for.
Lots of new varieties of heirloom stuff that I wanted to try.
I get rid of the papery stuff because it sticks to my fingers and makes a mess when I plant. I’m rather fussy LOL.
I’m not sure how cold it gets in the winter where you are but leeks are pretty hardy. Especially some of the special hardy varieties. You might get away with planting some after your summer crop of whatever is done.
http://www.southernexposure.com/southern-exposures-fallwinter-gardening-guide-ezp-38.html
I know you mulch and protect other stuff too besides, you might try them for a late fall crop. I can overwinter them here. I’ve got one that’s from last year currently trying to bloom.
This is what that site says for me:
“Your vegetable planning guide for Tampa, Florida. On average, your frost-free growing season starts Jan 19 and ends Jan 21, totalling 2 days....If the ground is still frozen...”
LOL! OK, here is lesson #1 - 3 tons of horse manure in raised beds. I use misting heads for watering.
Actually, the beds need to be refurbished with a new load of manure. They have all settled.
There's nothing like recycling! Your Community Garden sounds like a great project. Can you post some pictures of it?
Are you kidding? It was spot on for my area. Sorry if it didn’t pan out for you. It must be because your season is too long. LOL
Thanks for the links. I’ll try them in the fall maybe. I already have too much stuff for the beds I have, and if we have drought again this year, a lot of that will be left to die since the perennials get priority.
Love your garden/greenhouse set-up! Thanks for the pics!
um.....he started wearing them after losing his pants on the roof???
“...I use old pantyhose for support...”
So do I.
You know... I don’t think he ever responded back to me. Sheesh... well, wearing panty hose can certainly get you in a bad mood (especially those support hose!). I’ll have to remember not to tease him so badly next time. LOL!
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