We have already picked about 4 gallons of average sized berries and then these appeared.
Posted on 06/27/2014 12:49:59 PM PDT by greeneyes
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I have an electric ice cream maker and it also uses salt and ice. However, somehow or other the last time around, I wasn’t able to get the paddles going.
The container was just turning around and around inside the the ice packed around it, but the paddles weren’t doing any stirring on the inside of the container.
100%! I’m in awe! Is the tomato tree in the photo one of those starts?
Thanks for the picture. My indoor peppers didn’t do diddly this winter either. Usually pretty prolific. C’est la vie.
We had our first regular size cuke today. Sliced it and some onion and put it into a near empty sweet and spicy zuke pickle.
Had salad with indoor cherry tomatoes, and the zuked cukes and onions and shredded Gouda cheese for supper.
Good luck with that. LOL
Thanks for the links. I love raised beds.
Your zucchini day will come with perseverance!
Thanks for the links. I tried making my own, but they didn’t turn out. I think it was non viable seeds though.
Mr. Indoor tomato is just about kaput. Hoping the out door green tomatoes start to ripen soon.
We have already picked about 4 gallons of average sized berries and then these appeared.
Had to make the trip to the Big City (Rapid City) today, so that meant hitting all the usual stores: feed, building materials, the Sara Lee/Oroweat “used bread store”, etc.
While at Running’s, I heard some faint cheaping, and was surprised they still had chicks this late in the year. It was a single tub with white cornish cross broilers. I innocently asked how much the chicks were, since I didn’t see a price. We walked out with a box with 14 in it, marked “NO CHARGE”, and signed by the department manager. SCOOOOORE!
Last tomato seedlings went in this week.
The 2 types of Indian corn sprouted within 3 days of planting, and is growing fine; but the Golden Cross Bantam that went in Saturday still hasn’t penetrated the surface.
The white crowder peas I mentioned last week also sprouted within a few days, and all are up & looking good.
Did a final (I think) hilling on the potatoes; first flowers are opening. The potatoes in the tires got straw, and get a second tire tomorrow. Naturally, they are quite a bit behind the ones in the ground since they didn’t get planted until the others were already up. Sweet potatoes seem to also be doing well.
Still getting at least one, sometimes 3, thunderstorms 2 days out of 3 all week.
Been eating strawberries; and the raspberries look like we’ll get a decent amount.
What a good score on the chicks! Hubby’s corn is looking real good. Mine not so good. May have needed more nitrogen when I refurbished the soil.
Scrolling down the page, reading posts..when I saw the description and the pic, I immediately knew it was you before I even scrolled down to your name. Those are humongous strawberries, and as with all your produce, beautiful.
Thank you both for informing me.
I never researched their growing cycles, etc because I think I must have thought that they would never grow! But they did! I love daikon, but now that they have bolted, I’ll just let them do their seed thing so I can follow the cycle through. I’ll be really interested to see how big they got in their pot. They may have been cramped up. Or not! LOL! I don’t know what I’ll find, but it’ll be an adventure to find out!
:-D
Thanks for the encouragement! At least the okra and daikon and legumes seem to be doing something!
Cukes are almost 5' tall. Should I let them grow higher or stop them?
Actually getting squash fruit this year. Looking good.
I have grown zukes in every garden I have planted. And I have never had an overabundance of zukes either. I have usually planted 2 or 3 plants each year, this year only 1 plant has been planted.
I’m ready to throw a party over anything that grows! (Disclaimer: except weeds. :-p )
Mr. Sg did Three Sisters last year so we had 12 squash plants per row (zucchini and winter squash). There was barely enough squash for another family and us.
There are no words to describe the gorgeousness of those strawberries!
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