The "official" garden thread (Page 2)

I don't think I've ever seen those before......that's pretty cool. 

Except, don't you think it's a bit racist to refer to a hat as "Mexican"?   Unfortunately, I find the entire patch of flowers to be offensive.

hmmmmmm......I'm stuck here.....got nothing.

We had a windfall of morels this year.  Stopped counting after 500 and had several friends over and they picked huge bags full.

Other than that, we've been busy planting bees. Started three new hives. 

Man, I'm jealous of the garlic and morels.....nice work!!  I have no garlic.....and almost all of my mushrooms holes were under water this Spring.

We're only a couple weeks into it so most everything is going good.  We have one hive we're a little worried about because the queen is falling behind the other two.  No capped brood at all and the other two have quite a bit.  We did spot the queen and she seemed healthy, so who knows.  We're doing another hive inspection tomorrow so hopefully she's kicked it in gear. 

This is the first time we've ever done anything with bees, so we're really excited.

congratulations grandpa!

We have 7 chickens in a coop at our city house.  Those buggers lay eggs like crazy.  Fortunately we don't have a rooster. 

Nice!  It'll be a few weeks for mine yet.  I'll likely have jalapenos and banana peppers soon though.....and the cucumbers are out of control!

All this rain hasn't been good for farming around here.....but man are we going to have a bumper garden crop this year.

The garden is starting to yield some goodies - 3 Hungarian Hot peppers last night and some garlic scapes.  Potatoes and beans are looking great, squash and tomatoes are looking pretty good, too.

Excellent!  I will have jalapeno, banana, and hungarian peppers at the end of the week......just letting them go a bit longer.  I have some cucumbers that are about 6 inches now, and 1347 green tomatoes.

I remain jealous of the garlic.

Originally posted by mdg2003

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I remain jealous of the garlic.

I remain jealous of all your gardens. Say, did I ever mention that i cure and smoke my own bacon….

You almost had me say, "You win", because, well, BACON, but then I decided fresh, clean (no insecticides or chemicals) veggies, especially tomatoes, are tough to beat. And fresh herbs, I grow them on my porch.  Need basil, oregano, cilantro, dill or parsley?  Thai basil for summer rolls?  Just walk out the door, snip, and bam, done.

Now if we could pair your bacon with my tomatoes, that would be a treat!  Mmmmm, BLTs...

I have basil and rosemary.  Once the tomatoes come in my daughters live on caprese salads.  I use a touch of rosemary anytime I grill or smoke pork. I think it adds a nice flavor.