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Pro ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ![]() Ok, it's time. Let's make this the place to post up pics and anecdotes about your vegetable garden. Last week I uncovered my strawberries. I have 30 plants this year and all appear to have survived the cold winter. I also put about 100 raddish seeds in the ground on 3/17 and another 100 2 days ago. My blackberry sprigs that I babied all summer after getting them in the ground in the heat of July are budding and I have a fence around them to keep the deer out....they chewed all the leaves off last Fall. About a month out from getting the rest going.....thinking about tomatoes, cucumbers, jalapenos, banana peppers, carrots, and squash this year. |
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Champion ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ![]() My blueberries are in bloom. Attachments ---------------- 547313B8-2B80-41B1-99D0-A3D893E9C3AF.jpeg (1435KB - 6 downloads) |
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Pro ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ![]() You all are a couple weeks, at least, ahead of us. |
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![]() | ![]() Garlic is in and has shoots, but then again it's been in since November. I need to clean out old plants to make way for tilling, fertilizing, and a planting a new crop of Italian green beans, yellow wax beans, tomatoes, peppers, and squash. |
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Pro ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ![]() Odds are not looking favorably for us to get a full garden in this year. We might get a limited number of plants in just for fresh tomatoes and peppers, maybe some herbs. I will need to put in a minimum 6 foot fence around whatever we decide to put in to keep the bambinki out. We should be able to plant a nice area next year once we get our master plan underway and fencing relocated/installed. Standing by to drool over the pics you guys post. Edited by mdg2003 2019-04-05 1:58 AM |
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Champion ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ![]() Originally posted by melbo55 Garlic is in and has shoots, but then again it's been in since November. I need to clean out old plants to make way for tilling, fertilizing, and a planting a new crop of Italian green beans, yellow wax beans, tomatoes, peppers, and squash. In the 1950 my granddaddy built a fish camp in Louisiana and planted garlic. Being a perineal it came back every year. In 1991 I got a few cloves and planted at my place and every year we have tons of garlic. I never do anything to the plants. Just dig some up when we need it. I feel a sentimental attachment to the garlic since they came from my grandfathers garlic bed. |
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![]() | ![]() Originally posted by Rogillio Originally posted by melbo55 In the 1950 my granddaddy built a fish camp in Louisiana and planted garlic. Being a perineal it came back every year. In 1991 I got a few cloves and planted at my place and every year we have tons of garlic. I never do anything to the plants. Just dig some up when we need it. I feel a sentimental attachment to the garlic since they came from my grandfathers garlic bed. Garlic is in and has shoots, but then again it's been in since November. I need to clean out old plants to make way for tilling, fertilizing, and a planting a new crop of Italian green beans, yellow wax beans, tomatoes, peppers, and squash. That is really cool! I'm a sentimental fool - it is so special that you are able to have some of your grandfather's garlic. I've been keeping a chive plant around that was my mom's as well as her hardy hibiscus (she passed away 9 years ago). The hibiscus especially means a ton to me, she loved that plant. When she passed, I helped Dad keep it alive. When he passed 4 years ago, I dug that sucker up and divided it so my sister and I could each have part of it. Bent a shovel getting it out of the ground. Worth it. |
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![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ![]() I can see my raspberry plants now. 5 feet of snow melt and sure enough, they are still there!! |
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Pro ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ![]() Originally posted by melbo55 Originally posted by Rogillio Originally posted by melbo55 In the 1950 my granddaddy built a fish camp in Louisiana and planted garlic. Being a perineal it came back every year. In 1991 I got a few cloves and planted at my place and every year we have tons of garlic. I never do anything to the plants. Just dig some up when we need it. I feel a sentimental attachment to the garlic since they came from my grandfathers garlic bed. Garlic is in and has shoots, but then again it's been in since November. I need to clean out old plants to make way for tilling, fertilizing, and a planting a new crop of Italian green beans, yellow wax beans, tomatoes, peppers, and squash. That is really cool! I'm a sentimental fool - it is so special that you are able to have some of your grandfather's garlic. I've been keeping a chive plant around that was my mom's as well as her hardy hibiscus (she passed away 9 years ago). The hibiscus especially means a ton to me, she loved that plant. When she passed, I helped Dad keep it alive. When he passed 4 years ago, I dug that sucker up and divided it so my sister and I could each have part of it. Bent a shovel getting it out of the ground. Worth it. That's awesome....good work!! Edited by Left Brain 2019-04-05 10:36 AM |
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Pro ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ![]() Ok, not a garden, but still part of Spring's bounty that we take advantage of........stocking up the freezer with plenty of fish. It's a yearly tradition and I like to try to freeze at least 20 gallons of fillets to get us through a year of fish fries. This year it's been pretty easy so far. Yesterday we caught nearly 275 crappie from a private lake......these will go good with the mushrooms we found on Saturday.
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Pro ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ![]() Made the first picking of the year yesterday evening. Fresh radishes with a bit of salt and pepper and a cold beer......perfect snack!
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Pro ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ![]() Looks like non stop action at the crappie hole. One of my fondest memories was fishing with my grandfather at one of his hotspots. It was bait and catch as fast as you could drop it in the water. He wasn't one for freezing fish, so we tossed back all but about 8 of the bigger ones. Equally fun was part of a morning spent with a cane pole and bits of worm, catching 1-2 inch perch for baiting a trotline with. |
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Pro ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ![]() Originally posted by mdg2003 Equally fun was part of a morning spent with a cane pole and bits of worm, catching 1-2 inch perch for baiting a trotline with. No doubt.....when we start running the Mississippi this summer trotlining for flatheads it's all about the bait......we might spend half a day getting enough. That's some fairly beer intensive work on a hot weekend....life jackets mandatory later in the day.....even on dry ground. LMAO Thank God for grandpas who teach their grandkids to fish and hunt! Edited by Left Brain 2019-04-26 1:02 PM |
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Champion ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ![]() Decided to go light this year and only planted tomatoes. While weeding the tomatoes I found 8 volunteer cucumber plants. So lots of tomatoe and cucumber salads this summer |
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Pro ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ![]() So wet here that I have mushrooms popping up. Wish I knew what was edible and what to leave alone. |
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Pro ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ![]() Post some pics and I'll tell you. Some are obvious edibles.....I won't kill you. Edited by Left Brain 2019-05-10 2:35 PM |
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Champion ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ![]() Originally posted by Left Brain Post some pics and I'll tell you. Some are obvious edibles.....I won't kill you. But you might have weird dreams... |
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Pro ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ![]() Turns out they were Amanita muscaria. Sautéed and combined into a port wine reduction for some steaks. Spent weekend in a coma. Shoulda ran them through a reindeer first or avoided the entire fiasco by sending pic to LB. |
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Pro ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ![]() Guess the reindeer juice reference was too obscure... |
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Pro ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ![]() That was actually a bold move....I know that mushroom, but I have never seen them in the wild and would have said don't eat it. (I don't eat wild mushrooms that have gills....because alot of them are poisonous. On the other end, mushrooms without gills are ALMOST always edible) Here is a sample of what I found on your Santa Shrooms: "Editor’s Note: I have said this a lot in the comments before, in person and in the body of this post. Let me say it one more time, right up here in the beginning: Unless you are an expert mushroom hunter and you can 100 percent identify this mushroom, DON’T EAT IT. I wrote this post for other experts, not for just anyone to think they’ve found A. muscaria. This is serious stuff, folks. Mistake this mushroom for another amanita and you can die. Seriously. ~Hank" Glad you survived. LMAO Edited by Left Brain 2019-05-20 8:44 AM |
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Pro ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ![]() First strawberries of the season....tomato, cucumber and peppers are growing like weeds.
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Pro ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ![]() Bet those are tasty. Nothing to report on from S Texas except the Buffalo Burr and Milk Thistle are thriving in my pasture since we've had so much rain. I'm investigating the feasibility of incorporating cannabis and poppy into the mix. Just enough to cover health care costs and retire early. Oh wait, you're LEO… never mind, joking of course. |
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Pro ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ![]() Crazy water up here too. Our duck club has been under water for a month.....no telling what it's going to take to get us up and running again. The Mississippi is going to 2nd highest level ever recorded. Our biggest lakes are basically all Army Corp of Engineer projects (except one, but that one is owned by the electric company) that provide electric and flood control.....they are anywhere from 18-30 foot high and can't really hold much more water before they'll have to flood some folks downstream. It's armageddon dammit!!! |
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![]() | ![]() My seed potatoes finally sprouted last week, yay!! Tomatoes are looking decent as are the peppers. I have a baby delicata squash and the zucchini plant is looking fine as well. Italian green beans and yellow wax beans have sprouted and are growing nicely but I need to put some spray on them - bugs are having a field day with the leaves. Grrrr. The groundhog has been eliminated from the equation. |
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