Posted on 11/01/2013 12:11:04 PM PDT by greeneyes
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Runner beans are supposed to have an edible taproot, sort of like a white carrot. Mine look more like little octopuses (octopi?), I pulled some and left the rest in the ground, and piled the straw from the potato patch there. If I can keep those roots from freezing, runner beans are perennial.
Earlier this week I cooked some of my tomatoes up as soup. One of my coworkers is always raving about the tomato-basil bisque served at this one restaurant. They charge $25 a quart for it! I wanted to see if I could make it, the recipes I found look a lot like spaghetti sauce with cream added, so I made a batch of my spaghetti sauce but didn't cook it down like I usually do, and added a cup of cream at the end. Must have been good, because when I took it to the office potluck it was gone in a flash. That one coworker never even got a chance to taste it! Oh, well, I've got lots more tomatoes ripening on the table.
Depending on the weather I hope to get out to the land tomorrow. Even if i can't I at least want to get to the garden store, I need to start collecting landscaping fabric.
“I don’t know what practical use it is, but I mastered that skill. ;)”
Here is the practical use:
A non-inventive person likely wouldn’t try it. You did. That makes you more likely to survive than other people who can’t and don’t think out of the box - they won’t take the chance to fail.
$25.00 per quart? I think you may have just discovered and additional way to make some extra money!
Glad you are having some good success with your efforts.
/johnny
/johnny
What happened?
/johnny
As I recall, Diana tells people to whack their fruit trees with a rolled-up newspaper :)
PS: That stress thing might be why my wild grapes fruited this year when they never have in the 6 years I’ve owned my property. Everything that survived the drought of 2012 would have been stressed by it.
That’s too bad. Bet you could sell some of that tobacco?
/johnny
Too bad.
/johnny
Hit it with a 2 X 4 to activate the stress / the urge " to propagate" and set seed/ flower in the plant for next year .
If you hit it with a roll of newspapers , it might just think you're fluffing a pillow so it will sleep well all winter .
You want to "shock it to me " ( Laugh In,TV , early 70's )with vigor ,without terminally damaging the plant , best done at 'leaf-out' , prior to flowering in springtime .
Question ? Was it on this forum that someone wanted to propagate lichens and moss ? I recall seeing a photo of a fence and wanting information... ?
I guess, then, I’ll invest in a aquarium fish pump. I think
WalMart has one. I’ll check. I’d sure hate to waste all the effort and stuff to have it fail.
Will Neem Oil work? If not, I need to get Bacillus Thuringienis for my keyhole gardens and a raised garden
that has quite a few of that family in it. I plan on eating and sharing each and every one of these plants.
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