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Post by 12540dumont on Aug 10, 2017 13:17:14 GMT -5
Nice! I made membrillo by the oven method, but it's way too hot for that!
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Post by 12540dumont on Aug 10, 2017 10:25:38 GMT -5
This year I grew my normal allium crops. Garlic from Joseph. Mill Creek and Boretano Onions. I grow the Boretano for an early crop I can give out, and the Mill Creek for onions I can use for the next 6 months. Someone from Down South and across the pond send me Cream Gold Onions, and they are just beautiful! No leeks this year, but I'll get them going for fall. I also planted saffron shallots. Unfortunately for me, I can't seem to find ANY non-hybrid shallot "Seeds". The Saffron's came as organic starts. I always worry about this, as who knows what disease I'll get from planting a start or a bulb. Anyway, leeds on seeds of NON-hybrid shallots greatly appreciated.
I know that I've had some crossing in the Mill Creek's over the years...so I got a Boretano x Mill Creek. Two in a 50' row, planted at 6" apart and 3 rows in a bed. I don't know whether to quickly eat the evidence, or set them out to make more seeds. Really, 2 onions is not enough, but I could maybe crowd some Boretano's and Mill Creeks around them and let those crazy bees do their work. Any thought? Yes, a pink flat onion! Maybe Joseph will post a photo here.
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Post by 12540dumont on Aug 8, 2017 12:38:16 GMT -5
Marygolds are here! Anne Arundel, and Collective Farm Woman...also a few Grover Delaneys....whee!
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Post by 12540dumont on Aug 7, 2017 9:54:25 GMT -5
Please look for me, I'm sleeping it off in the corn. (Bring coffee)
I your travels through the veg patch, don't forget to sing. Strawberries do better if you sing. And tomatoes really want to hear your voice even if you are only grumbling. Parsnips settle for "aren't you looking beautiful today." And of course when I harvest I always chuck the beans under the chin and remind them that they need to make enough beans for me to save seed at the end of the season. Off to pick them now.
Welcome to our patch. It may be weedy, but we love it just the same.
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Post by 12540dumont on Aug 2, 2017 10:56:35 GMT -5
Steev...save me some seed of your plums. I'd like to put some damsons and green gages in the garden and see if they'll cross with yon wild fruit. Or any other plums you have on hand.
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Post by 12540dumont on Aug 2, 2017 10:53:44 GMT -5
I just harvested mine, they've been out curing, today they come in for braiding and hanging!
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Post by 12540dumont on Aug 2, 2017 10:52:34 GMT -5
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Post by 12540dumont on Aug 2, 2017 10:51:20 GMT -5
Amaranth...a bane to my existence. I have the hogweed type and the giant red....As you say, they come up everywhere. Millet is not a single plant species (as are most other cereal grains), but rather interpreted broadly may comprise about 500 species of grass seeds worldwide. Only a few species of millet are commonly cultivated as food crops. Worldwide, pearl millet (Pennisetum glaucum) is the most widely produced millet and is cultivated extensively in Africa and India. Finger millet (Eleusine coracana, proso millet (Panicum miliaceum), fonio millet (Digitaria exilis), and foxtail millet (Setaria italic) are also important crop species in developing countries. www.adaptiveseeds.com/seeds/grains/millet/ I grow them for my chickens and the wild birdees.....hopefully it keeps them out of the lettuce. This link to adapative seeds, shows all the ones I have had luck with here.
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Post by 12540dumont on Jul 31, 2017 11:32:48 GMT -5
97 yesterday 103 by Tuesday. Sucks. At least it's cooling off in the evening, down to 60. Winds kicking up again 25mph. HOT, dry and windy....now all we need is some bloody fool with a campfire, firecracker or sparking off with a lawnmower or a string trimmer. Ahh the fire season. Got Marshmallows?
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Post by 12540dumont on Jul 31, 2017 11:24:43 GMT -5
I hate that frozen pipe thing, but would rather be there in the freeze then here is this BLAZiNG BLOODY HOT weather. Templeton. I wrap mine in a wet cloth bag, (wrung out) and then place that in a plastic bag (NOT twisted shut) and put them in the vege bin drawer. I cut off the green tops, but leave about 1/4 inch of them. Keep checking the bag, so it doesn't dry out. After 4 weeks mine had little roots all over them, and were ready to go back in the ground.
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Post by 12540dumont on Jul 31, 2017 11:20:50 GMT -5
Mine took awhile to get going but they are knee high now, and awfully pretty. Green leaves with a red margin!
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Post by 12540dumont on Jul 31, 2017 11:18:54 GMT -5
On 4/16 I started the seeds, on 5/11 I transplanted them. I cut one yesterday....but it was not quite ripe. So I think at least another week, maybe 2. Of course it's been rabidly hot here...I'm foaming at the mouth....so that may have something to do with the rapidity of them.
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Post by 12540dumont on Jul 31, 2017 11:16:17 GMT -5
Don't know what kind of plum. I planted an ornamental in my front garden, a nice purple leaf. It crossed with a wild plum from the creek and made a half purple leaf variety that makes some tart plums. About 40 years ago this was a French prune farm. That was back when people ate prunes! So, I suspect some of that genetics fell into the creek and made wild trees.
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Post by 12540dumont on Jul 28, 2017 19:50:53 GMT -5
Well the squash bugs arrived, and are presently killing all my squash....I don't think they'll ever go away. It's been 4 years since I've had a decent squash harvest. My maximas look sad. So, don't think you get a nest pass with those darn locusts.
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Post by 12540dumont on Jul 28, 2017 19:47:47 GMT -5
And here I thought Lillypilly was made up! I made sour plum gin. It's a lovely magenta color and quite yummy.
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