Posted on 05/23/2020 7:34:43 AM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin
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Ah, that makes sense.
We couldn’t use that in my garden. Neighbor dogs (not pests, just visiting) would get into that.
Gopher gassers it is then.
(unless anyone has better ideas to deal with a yard full of ‘munks that doesn’t involve earth moving equipment...)
You’ve been busy!
We started to get the little TS tiller too but did some further considerations and decided we’d be better served fixing up the old tiller instead.
We’d like a big tractor setup as well. Like you, someday.
Good luck with your maters. We planted mostly sauce tomatoes with one variety that can do that or be a slicer. Hubby likes BLT’s and tomato pies.
Good use of the plague check. We put up a bunch of ours for a rainy day and spent most of the rest on garden/yard stuff.
SWEET POTATO CONFECTIONS / makes 48
METHOD Melt 24 oz white chocolate (AKA almond bark in some stores) over bain of hot water.
Add 10 oz sweetened coconut flakes, cup chp nuts, cup mashed cooked sweets, 1-1/2 c grah/crumbs.
Butter hands; form into balls. Finish w/ a roll in chp nuts or toasted coconut. Refrigerate until cool.
Old Time Potato Candy / makes 48 pieces
METHOD mix cup warm mashed potato, 1/2 tea salt, 2 tea vanilla; sift in cup unsifted conf; stir/ combine (turns to liquid).
Keep sifting in 6 c sugar, cup at time, stirring to sugar cookie dough texture. Mold into ball, cover bowl w/ damp cloth.
Chill firm; then form into little bites, return to fridge.
FINAL dip into lb melted chocolate; roll in 2/3 cup chp or grnd salted peanuts then wire-rack over parchment
6 cups of sugar? Ouch!
I would love to taste this. Very unique and interesting.
Have you ever made this?
If the potatoes are mealy and dry, you wont have to use as much sugar.
They are good.....easy to make.
I did plant some of mine in the partly-frozen ground back in March. They’re lagging the same as the others.
My cowpeas just started to emerge from the soil.
The weather guessers took a big swing and miss over the Memorial Day weekend here in Central Missouri. They were calling for thunderstorms pretty much the entire weekend. We got a little sprinkle on Sunday, then an evening deluge that lasted about 30 minutes yesterday. Aside from that, it was mostly clear and hot all weekend.
I went fishing all day Saturday, and took Mrs. Augie and one of her girlfriends boat riding on the Gasconade River on Sunday. Mrs. Augie and I went to the local nursery and picked up some pepper plants yesterday. Spent several hours working in the garden after we got home from the nursery.
I got a dozen of the tomato plants transferred from their pots into the ground. I took them out of the starter cells and put them in gallon pots right after I bought them the first week of May. The ground was too cold and wet to set them out until a few days ago. They filled the pots with roots and I stuck them neck-deep in the dirt so they ought to take off like crazy now. I need to buy some straw bales and put the cages up, and I have eight more that need to be planted.
Still need to transplant the peppers, but the ground will need to dry out for a day or two before I can do that.
The cucumbers are starting to pop up finally. They didn’t like the cold and wet that came right after I planted them. The butternut and turk’s turban were planted on hills the same day the cuke seeds went in - they popped right up and are looking good.
Pictures of 'The Big Dig' of this past week later, today. Gotta take my Basset Hound to the Vet. She somehow hurt her neck (probably falling off of her throne; Princess Isabella Barkalini) and she needs some meds and a checkup. She and I are getting old, lumpy, and falling apart at the seams, together. ;)
Very nice! Everything looks healthy and well-planted.
DJ Marshall,
The town property near where I live has 5 80-foot black locust trees. They are native to Appalachia and the Ozarks, but considered invasive in New England.
Do you have many in the Nashville area?
Are they considered to be desirable trees?
I don’t believe we have those here. It’s slightly out of their range. East TN, not Middle.
Desirable or not depends on the situation. They make outstanding fence posts and foundation boards, because of how rot-resistant they are. But they are thorny and tenacious trees, so some people hate them with a passion.
Personally, I wouldn’t mind having a few, provided they were around the edges of the property, and not the middle of my garden.
Thanks for the input.
Just identified them this month as they leafed out. They sure are healthy giants.
Ha!
I’ve still got a ton of zucchini in my freezer from last summer.
I thought those plants would never die....
I planted two EZ-Pick Green and one EZ-Pick Yellow. I didn’t plant ANY winter squash this season; learned my lesson last year.
I won’t grow winter squash again until Beau makes me a proper Root Cellar. It’s plentiful and cheap in the fall, anyway. ;)
I cut back on the squash. Did about half what I had last year and some of it is yellow squash which I usually have terrible luck with for some reason.
My bare root strawberries look like they’re going to make it so far. I’m trying to sprout some okra and I saved some tomatillo seeds when I made salsa the other day. After they dried I planted them. Fingers crossed.
I broke a little piece off a mater so I dipped it in rooting powder and planted it and I might try and do that with some
grape cuttings. I also want to start a fig tree but I think it’s the wrong time of year.
I buy living lettuce from the 99 cent store and when I use it I’ve been saving the core and planting it. I’ve got about 4 of them and they’re doing good so far. I stuck green onion roots in the dirt too and they’re doing okay.
Also, bought some living cilantro and parked it in the raised bed after I made salsa. It’s growing nicely but the living dill and cress didn’t make it.
Roasted Thumbelina Carrots with Cumin Yogurt
ING 3 pounds Thumbelina or other small carrots, scrubbed, cut into 2” pieces 2 tablespoons fresh orange juice 1 tablespoon fresh thyme leaves 2 bay leaves ¼ cup plus 2 Tbsp. olive oil Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper tsp ea coriander seeds, cumin seeds cup plain Greek yogurt 1 tablespoon fresh lime juice ¼ cup cilantro leaves with tender stems, plus more for serving, tablespoon toasted sesame seeds
METHOD Toss carrots, oj, thyme, bay leaves, and ¼ cup oil on a rimmed baking sheet; s/p.
Roast 450 deg, tossing halfway through, til golden and soft, 30–35 min; remove bay leaves.
DRESSING Proc/purée smooth toasted coriander, cumin, yogurt, lime juice, ¼ cup cilantro, 2 Tb oil; s/p.
SERVE carrots topped with cumin yogurt, cilantro, and sesame seeds.
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HERBS toast/toss coriander (then cumin) in small dry skillet on med-high a min, til fragrant; transfer to plate. Let cool; coarse-chop.
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