Posted on 11/11/2016 5:15:23 PM PST by greeneyes
Hope everyone had a great summer and fall growing their gardens. We had a great year, we did well enough to buy a plastic mulch layer and all the supplies we will need for next year. We have added three local restaurants to our customer base which should pay big dividends next year.
This fall I have planted about 1200 garlic plants that are up and have three leaves and 3000 strawberries plants that are starting to bear fruit. I still have Cherokee purple tomatoes coming in , the wife and I are going to make salsa tomorrow before the football games start. I will charge the camera battery tomorrow and get some pics up on the next Friday thread.
Upstate NY here. Already had a hard frost. Cayenne pepper plants coming to an end. Banner year for raspberries. Kale and spinach going strong.
Thanks for the link. IIRC, quinoa is a grain that is considered a complete protein.
Looking forward to the pictures. Thanks.
No, not yet.
Even if Springfield or Jeff City were to frost, most of the lake valley would remain at 35 because of the lake water temp. Lots of steam visible each morning. This won’t last much longer.
We had almost incredibly good luck with our paste tomatoes planted to a pair of 4 X 10 beds. There are limited sunny spots on our acres but we get a running start by starting seeds in February and more or less ‘green housing” them until they’re ready. We follow up with hoops and white garden covers that allow earlier transplanting.
Lake water watering on a timer is also useful. Seeds came from Baker Seeds in Missouri.
I am still trying to find a way to eat Kale - just doesn’t taste good to me. It just tastes bitter. Tried Kale chips, but didn’t like those either.
I get most of my seeds from Baker’s Creek too. Wish we had some lake water here. LOL
Well, although I spent 16 years in south FL, I was born and raised in Boston MA.
That will toughen anybody up! LOL!
But the “return home” is taking some getting used to.
‘72 850 Norton.
I have three leathers of varying thickness.
I wore the really thick one today.
United Airlines stuck me in Chicago twice.
They sent me a $50 coupon to use on my next flight on United.
I remember stopping and buying those purple, almost black tomatoes when I was traveling .
Good !
I have several coats, but my favorite is a long 100% wool.
I don’t remember the airlines, but it was probably TWA, as St. Louis was their hub.
Wool is amazing! Soft, warm, lightweight, and it “breathes”.
True that it is a complete protein
When the Spanish conquered South America, they forbade the natives from growing it, since it made "Super Warriors".
However, technically it is not actually a grain ,.. it is a seed , and needs to be washed before using it.
The seed coating produces a bitterness that can be washed off, just by rinsing.
And after washing/rinsing, it is used as a grain with complete amino acid proteins, just as you would use wheat.
To cook, or bake with it, you use 1 cup of quinoa with 2 cups of water (sorta like rice, except that rice is a starch).
It is the healthiest grain-like substitute for those who are 'gluten intolerant', and is normally grown in Peru and other countries in South America.
Absolutely my favorite dress jackets are all made of wool.
Wool, leather, suede, cotton, silk, and linen. There is NOTHING like natural fibers.
And, as a person of Inuit heritage, I will add FUR to that list! LOL!
Yep...100% NATURAL! LOL!
But i thought the crowd here might like this old article i came across from the .scientific american:
How to Grow a Better Tomato: The Case against Heirloom Tomatoes- (but see comments) https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/case-against-heirloom-tomatoes/.
The product of archaic breeding strategies, heirloom tomatoes are hardly diverse and are no more "natural" than grocery-store varieties. New studies promise to restore their lost, healthy genes
A long time ago, TWA was a KCMO airline.
It moved to St. Louis in mid-life or so I’m told.
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