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Post by ET on May 23, 2021 7:40:16 GMT -5
It was a productive morning yesterday getting plants and seeds into the garden. A little overcast so the sun wasn’t beating down on you. Now it’s time for some rain and Mother Nature to do her thing. I’m looking forward to my first garden tomato because I haven’t enjoyed a tomato since the last garden season. Store bought tomatoes are so bland tasting I don’t even bother buying them. Nothing better than fresh from the garden.  |
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Post by reloader22 on May 23, 2021 20:54:26 GMT -5
Do you grow enough that you do not need the grocery store? Seems like if you could, you could be ready for a food shortage. Hope your garden is productive
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Post by ET on May 23, 2021 22:36:00 GMT -5
Do you grow enough that you do not need the grocery store? Seems like if you could, you could be ready for a food shortage. Hope your garden is productive I wish I didn’t need the grocery store with the prices today. I definitely need sour-dough bread (toasted) with my tomatoes and some avocado mayonnaise along with some Swiss-chard from the garden to make a delightful sandwich. The garden usually does well. Also, it’s a share cropping thing, 50-50 with a partner who owns the property. When my best friend was alive the garden was twice that size. After he passed away his widow and I kept the yearly gardening event alive but half the original size. What isn’t seen is the raspberry patch, strawberry and pineberry patch for dessert. Pineberries are white strawberries that have a pineapple taste. You can’t buy these in the store. Anyway, it will be a bit before the garden produces table fare and I’ll be there when it does, chuckle. |
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Post by edge on May 24, 2021 2:44:21 GMT -5
Do you start form seed, seedlings, or clones?
I found clones to be the fastest consistent producers since they were essentially mature plants from the start,
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Post by reloader22 on May 24, 2021 7:00:56 GMT -5
A guy at work is a big gardener. He fills a root cellar with 100's maybe 1000's of quart and pint jars with tomatoes, corn, beans, peas, potatoes, etc. In the fall, he cans 3-4 deer. Then stocks up, or stays stocked up on dry beans and other things he can't grow. I help him reload for his firearms. He brings me powder, primers and head and then I do all the work. We barter my time for a box or two of his canned yummies. Another guy at work is big on raising a few pigs, 100 meat chickens and 6 or-so turkeys. He recently aquired his 1st pistol, a 9mm but could not find ammo. I gave him 200 rounds and he have me a few chickens, 4 lbs of bacon and some ham steaks. I love trading instead of charging. Sorry, got off topic. Gardening is great and wish I had a good spot for a substantial one.
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Post by ET on May 24, 2021 9:18:44 GMT -5
Do you start form seed, seedlings, or clones? I found clones to be the fastest consistent producers since they were essentially mature plants from the start, Edge The tomato plants are store bought seedlings. The main group is low acid tomatoes along with a few other varieties to try. I really like the yellow lemon boy because it’s really has a nice flavor. Those large pots you see in the picture house the small cherry type tomatoes. As for the rest of the garden its all started from seed. I’m not normally a squash fan but enjoy spaghetti squash. We try to grow a variety of vegetables and look for something new to try. The only cloning we do are for watermelon and they grow really well. |
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Post by ET on May 24, 2021 9:20:33 GMT -5
Reloader22
I really don’t can anything and sort of enjoy the moment. My mom used to do a lot of canning to save on food cost raising a family. Even freezing meat like say 30 chickens at a time that were acquired from a farm. The farmer raised chickens for egg production but after 2-3years the egg production diminished and the hens were replaced. For a good price the chickens were acquired live and had to be slaughtered and butchered. Even I got involved catching the chickens and when they were expired retrieving them for mom to remove the feathers after dunking them in hot water. Then a singeing to remove fine hair like feathers. Final evisceration was done back home which made for a long day. Yep, it was an interesting childhood.
Now the garden here does produce a good amount and I share some with neighbors so as not to let anything go to waste. No charge, chuckle.
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Post by edge on May 24, 2021 11:19:06 GMT -5
Edge The tomato plants are store bought seedlings. Store bought seedlings are alsost certainly clones |
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Post by ET on May 24, 2021 13:17:43 GMT -5
Edge The tomato plants are store bought seedlings. Store bought seedlings are alsost certainly clones You're technically right. |
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Post by ET on May 28, 2021 15:11:15 GMT -5
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