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Weekly Gardening Thread VOLUME 19 MAY 9, 2014
Free Republic | May 9, 2014 | rightly_dividing

Posted on 05/09/2014 10:16:25 AM PDT by rightly_dividing

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To: rightly_dividing

We live in an unincorporated part of the county, have nearly 2 acres and are zoned ag/res - so we can have just about anything we want - including a road side stand.


41 posted on 05/09/2014 11:45:37 AM PDT by Gabz (Democrats for Voldemort.)
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To: heylady

Two years ago, I planted some of my leftover tomato plants in flower beds around the yard. It was quite a sight having them together.


42 posted on 05/09/2014 11:51:36 AM PDT by rightly_dividing
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To: Augie

The pond is really getting there.


43 posted on 05/09/2014 11:53:34 AM PDT by rightly_dividing
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To: Bulwinkle

Sounds like you have the plan to make it happen.

We have marginal sunny hours in our tiny garden. There’s just too many large trees in the yard.


44 posted on 05/09/2014 11:57:37 AM PDT by rightly_dividing
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To: rightly_dividing

If I had a choice between buying plants and buying groceries I would buy plants every time. Working in the garden I am hot, covered in dirt, and so tired I can barely move but darn it I love it.


45 posted on 05/09/2014 11:58:10 AM PDT by heylady
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To: Marcella

Finally due to get some rain this weekend in the upstate of SC.. been almost 20 degrees over our normal highs here this week, into the low 90s!

Does anyone know anything about growing asparagus? We planted some but feel pretty unsure about our skills


46 posted on 05/09/2014 12:01:25 PM PDT by 4everontheRight (And the story began with..."Once there was a great nation......")
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To: heylady

—If I had a choice between buying plants and buying groceries I would buy plants every time—

That’s my wife. Every payday she loads her car up with more plants.


47 posted on 05/09/2014 12:02:02 PM PDT by rightly_dividing
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To: rightly_dividing
Thanks. There's really no way I can do container gardening...live on the 4th floor of an independent living senior complex..I have a balcony, but it's a flower community here, and container gardening just would not work.

What I'm looking for right now is a good tasting tomato to buy at the grocery store, but I don't know the names of tomatoes or which ones are the sweetest to eat at this time. What about Roma tomatoes..are they tasty, with some good flavor?

48 posted on 05/09/2014 12:04:34 PM PDT by itssme
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To: rightly_dividing

I use to have a plot at a community garden; last year was the first time at the house; garden only gets sun from 1:30 to 5


49 posted on 05/09/2014 12:07:11 PM PDT by Bulwinkle (Alec, a.k.a. Daffy Duck)
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To: itssme

Other than Romas, all we have in the store is Tomatos, or vine ripened tomatos.

Try the romas, they often taste better than the others. They have more solids and are used for canning a lot.


50 posted on 05/09/2014 12:11:55 PM PDT by rightly_dividing
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To: Bulwinkle

I think we only get about 4 1/2 to 5 hrs, depending on just what part of the season.


51 posted on 05/09/2014 12:14:00 PM PDT by rightly_dividing
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To: Augie

Nice looking pond project. I cleaned my pond out a couple of years ago. There were a couple of sink holes that acted like quicksand when I stepped near them. The next Spring I expected to find no fish.....but sure as shootin’... bluegills, pickerel and largemouth bass ( full sized ) returned. They must have been down in the sink hole muck. Oddly, bullheads also appeared though I had never seen them before. They must have come in via the blue heron that visits periodically or the small stream that feeds the pond.

I’ll have lettuce and peas in the ground by the end of the weekend here in southern NH.


52 posted on 05/09/2014 12:17:32 PM PDT by rights with responsibilities
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To: itssme

I hate to say it but I don’t think I have ever bought a tomato at the store that tasted as good as a home grown.
We grow all our tomatoes in pots. We buy approx. 10-15 plants and grow all kinds of varieties of tomatoes. We have dogs and when we tried plants in beds, the dogs were eating all our tomatoes so we plant those in pots and keep them up on our deck!


53 posted on 05/09/2014 12:21:16 PM PDT by 4everontheRight (And the story began with..."Once there was a great nation......")
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To: Marcella; rightly_dividing; SisterK
I struck the mother lode.

Tree trimmers are clearing trees out of the power lines on the street, and I got them to dump the chipped wood in my front yard.

Also made arrangements for them to dump more later when they need a place to dump.

/johnny

54 posted on 05/09/2014 12:27:30 PM PDT by JRandomFreeper (Gone Galt)
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To: rightly_dividing; All

Thanks for the thread today.

Two big questions .......

Love eggplant & get hit with flea beetles every time I grow them. I’ve looked up various “solutions” online .... treating the soil (in a new bed this year), insecticidal soap, planting other plants they love nearby (radishes, for instance) .... anybody got something that works for them?

Also, anybody got a homemade insecticidal soap/veggie spray recipe - looked up a bunch online, but would rather hear from somebody I “know” what works for them.

Big week - the garden went in ... tomatoes, eggplants, peppers, plus the two Trombetta seedlings went outside. Planted seeds in the garden for two lettuce mixes, spinach, radishes, onions, chives, and herbs (basil, thyme) & transplanted the volunteer cilantro plants out of the garden to their own pots. I have some Chinese Kale (Broccoli) that is about two inches - took a taste test & it does taste like broccoli - will have to try it earlier in the fall this year. Held off on carrots - will do them in the fall as well. The garden looks the best it’s probably going to look - no weeds, everything neat and green. It’s all good .... for now. :-)


55 posted on 05/09/2014 12:30:51 PM PDT by Qiviut (Obama: A Caesar at home & a Chamberlain abroad, dividing the country & uniting the world against us.)
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To: itssme

I don’t have enough room to start tomato plants from seeds so I have to buy them from a local store with a garden center. The brand they mostly have is “Bonnie” and Bonnie has a great website, including all the vegetables they sell. Some of the tomatoes they list are proprietary types like ‘Bonnie Original’, but they also have other tomatoes of the type you might see in stores or at a farmer’s market. Here is their link for all tomatoes (makes me really crave a nice, juicy tomato sandwich right now!): http://bonnieplants.com/products/vegetables/tomato-varieties/all-tomatoes If you are looking for a container tomato, they have them listed by category, too & here is that link: http://bonnieplants.com/products/vegetables/tomato-varieties Hope this helps! :-)


56 posted on 05/09/2014 12:42:10 PM PDT by Qiviut (Obama: A Caesar at home & a Chamberlain abroad, dividing the country & uniting the world against us.)
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To: rightly_dividing

Thank you for the ping, rightly! First three strawberries of the season ripened today—yahoo!


57 posted on 05/09/2014 12:43:12 PM PDT by Silentgypsy (Mind your atomic bonds.)
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To: rights with responsibilities

I’ve resigned myself to the fact that bullheads are inevitable.

The neighbor built a pond above mine and there were bullheads mixed in with the channel cats that he bought.

When we get a lot of rain his dam overflows and the bullheads swim out.

I’ve picked up 30 or more of them from my yard over the past couple years.


58 posted on 05/09/2014 12:44:32 PM PDT by Augie
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To: rightly_dividing

Picked the first tick of the season off of my arm yesterday...supposedly a record crop headed to Red Hampshire this year...some doctors here put lyme disease in the same category as chemtrails, so not sure whether to panic or not. :-)


59 posted on 05/09/2014 12:45:42 PM PDT by who knows what evil? (Yehovah saved more animals than people on the ark...www.siameserescue.org.)
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To: heartwood

Hi, heartwood! What are you growing? How are the kids?


60 posted on 05/09/2014 12:47:09 PM PDT by Silentgypsy (Mind your atomic bonds.)
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