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sky otter

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a lesson from the garden
« on: August 09, 2012, 08:15:41 am »


thur the years i have tried to grow anything i thought was interesting
one year i wanted to try sweet potatoes ..our zone really doesn't have all the requirements they list but i ordered them anyway
when they finally got here the only place i had left was down  under the canopy of the
black walnut tree
i  hadn't known then about stuff not likeing to grow around black walnuts so only haveing that spot didn't stop me

the sweet potaoes grew and were really nice ..if not as large as they could have been..not a blemish on them.. i had three different kinds and they were all similar
i tried them again but they never were as good as under the walnut tree



since then i have learnt that some plants have no chemical defense of their own and will live
nicely beside stronger plants that put out chemicals..and there are books on campanion planting
but this is just a bit different

i found that beans like growing near the walnut trees also
...the walnut seems to keep bugs off and rust and some of the normal bacteria and fungus that bothers them
the exception was soy beans
the soy beans are tough enough on their own and were in combat with the stuff from the walnut  tree

here is my latest try..and it worked really well

two kinds of summer squash..green and yellow and in the middle (check the leaf to see it)
is a castor bean plant..the squash ususally are taken over by now with bugs...
this year with the defense of the castor bean near by..not a bug on em...
another lesson from the garden



the leaves on the left are green summer squash..zucchini  - the middle with the red shoots
are castor bean and -  to the right are yellow summer squash
the plants are beautiful and producing nicely...so yep still learning ..it's a good thing


deuem

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Re: a lesson from the garden
« Reply #1 on: August 09, 2012, 08:26:44 am »
Hi Sky, when you get the veggies off these plants, can you print them as an overlay with the plant we see now.
 
So I can tell what came from what! I hae no idea what some of the things are that you plant.
 
I do know walnuts. We have them here almost all year. I think they are shipped in though!
 
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sky otter

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Re: a lesson from the garden
« Reply #2 on: August 09, 2012, 08:30:41 am »
 ;D

hi deuem

sure thing..
but wow.. you don't know zucchine squash..?
there is a joke around here tht when they are growing if you mistakingly leave the door to your car unlocked in a parking lot..people toss them in..
hahahahahah they grow really fast once they go from blossom to squash and produce so much you can't give them away..hahahahah

i'll get ya some pics today before i pick them

 :D

deuem

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Re: a lesson from the garden
« Reply #3 on: August 09, 2012, 08:44:55 am »
Egg plant I know, but you list many types of special plants, 3 of this and 2 of this and so on.
 
We cook eggplant on the grill here. cut it in half length wise then score the meat and pull out the strings and the very center. Score Cut it so it lays more flat,  it should start to look like a duck from the side. Now add some garlic, s&p, special herbs or hot stuff and grill till done. Should start to buble from the oil, maybe 15 minutes on a hot grill. If you scored it right it should come off in almost square sections about 1/2 inch. The garlic must be diced and maybe pre cooked if you like it brown. It is the only way I like it here. I can eat several of them. We have a lot of local beer tents that also sell BBQ at night. They now sell pitchers of draft beer also. So you can sit outside with your friends till 4am drinking and eating bbq. Every thing is grilled on a hard wood coal.
 
You should see the way they splay chicken legs on 10 inch long toothpicks.
 
If I remember I will take a photo next time.
 
Deuem, see there you go again, making me hungry.  I got the midnight cravings.

sky otter

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Re: a lesson from the garden
« Reply #4 on: August 09, 2012, 09:04:12 am »


hey.. some pics from you would be great.. and you will probably recognize these and maybe just call them by a different name

zucchini.. green summer squash..always prolific

by tomorrow these will be huge..so later today i will pick them and yep you have made me hungry so on the grill they will go







yellow summer squash



you can see by the number of blossoms how many there will be



and of course.. my castor bean plant


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Re: a lesson from the garden
« Reply #5 on: August 09, 2012, 12:46:02 pm »
The symbiosis is interesting.  The supplement section of today's Denver Post has a list of stuff for fall planting.  I have a small area in back that gets morning sun.  I think I'll try some spinach and cabbage.

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deuem

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Re: a lesson from the garden
« Reply #6 on: August 10, 2012, 12:18:39 am »
Do you have the tall cabbage or just the round ones. Our cabbage grows tall, maybe 16 inches with long leaves about half of the way up to the top. About 6 to 8 inches in diameter. The bottom is stalk, like celery but much wider. I like to eat the leaves and they like the stalks. They actually cut off most of the leaves when selling it so I can get them for free if I want to. They taste best steamed with browned garlic, light oil and sauces.
Da Ba Choi. Is the name here. Long leaf cabbage.
 
Deuem, Now I need lunch!
 
This post is going to add weight!

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Re: a lesson from the garden
« Reply #7 on: August 10, 2012, 03:04:24 am »
I is JEALOUS :P

Nothing growing here  >:(

I'm gonna send Monsanto over to your place :P


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Re: a lesson from the garden
« Reply #8 on: August 10, 2012, 04:53:16 am »
I'm thinking of round cabbage.  I don't know if bok choi grows well here.  I suppose it would, since other cabbages do well.  I need to try planting some mint too.  A bit of trivia from my Girl Scout days:  mint stalks are square, not round.

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sky otter

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Re: a lesson from the garden
« Reply #9 on: August 10, 2012, 07:08:30 am »
 ;D

hey pal..you send monsato this way it better be with  new flooring and nothing else ;D

it's early aug and most folks are just getting stuff from their gardens and we are about done
what can i say..start early end early

deuem  i have grown bok choy and daikon radish....both good and very large
this year i planted ball cabbage for it's sweetness...hubby wants to do kraut and i chop and freeze  it for haluska thur the winter..
hubby likes to make kimchee so  i buy him savoy cabbage for that.. i couldn' find any seeds last fall when i was ordering..but it's on my list

the sad part is that most seeds don't have the germination rates they had years ago..>:(

hey..ya gotta start someplace....green onions and radishes are a good pot item..actually so are most of the lettuces...

go plant something,, not only will it give you something to chomp on it will make you feel great
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Re: a lesson from the garden
« Reply #10 on: August 10, 2012, 02:34:08 pm »
I had to look up haluska.  Hadn't heard of it before.  I'll be making that.  I like kimchee, but not enough to eat it every day.  My friend in Golden, who used to be my patient has a Korean girlfriend.  She introduced me to kimchee.  I introduced her to jam thumbprint cookies.

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Re: a lesson from the garden
« Reply #11 on: August 10, 2012, 04:19:28 pm »
hey Shasta

don't know which recipe you found  vegan or meat

but.. you'll like it, i know

be sure to add the caraway seeds so the cabbage doesn't make everyone loud and stinkie..lol


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Re: a lesson from the garden
« Reply #12 on: August 10, 2012, 04:27:08 pm »
I is JEALOUS :P

Nothing growing here  >:(

I'm gonna send Monsanto over to your place :P

What?  You can't eat these?  lol



Or how about these?   :o

And you may ask yourself
Well...How did I get here?

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Re: a lesson from the garden
« Reply #13 on: August 10, 2012, 04:35:22 pm »
The recipe I found can be done with or without meat.  I just need to find Hungarian sausage.  Or substitute something.  I wonder how nopalita hulaska would taste.  The cactus pics gave me the idea.

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Re: a lesson from the garden
« Reply #14 on: August 10, 2012, 04:38:54 pm »
Prickly Pear

Those are good for making Tequila :D

This one is yummy...  but you should remove the spines :P






EDIBLE CACTUS!



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Edible cactus is also known as nopales (no-PAH-les), nopalitos or cactus pads. This vegetable is popular in Mexico and other Central American countries, parts of Europe, the Middle East, India, North Africa and Australia. Its popularity is increasing in the United States where it can be found at Mexican grocery stores, specialty produce markets and farmer’s markets.

EDIBLE CACTUS!

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