Posted on 08/26/2011 10:14:53 AM PDT by Red_Devil 232
My wife knows exactly how many chopped Boiled eggs to use! LOL she loves them in every thing that ends up being a cold salad.
When I lived and worked in Louisiana and there were a couple of ladies I worked with that used hard boiled egg yolks to make a home made Mayo. It was basically just the egg yolks olive oil and what ever seasonings they wanted whisked forever and a day together - great stuff! Made the best potato salad I have ever had.
Sorry, I live in TX too. My okra, squash and cucumbers are doing great, but I row water them and have to do it every other day. I dry planted the seeds in the top of the bed and flooded the furrows to get them up. That made weed control easier and the water never touched the plants, only the roots. On the squash I make a modified row water furrow, I dig a ring around the squash plant about 3 ft. in diameter and flood that as I row water them. that gives more area that is flooded around the squash. took somewhat the same approach on the cucumbers.
My tomatoes and jalapenos are blooming but not setting fruit, too hot. Hoping for change in the fall, or when the extreme high temps eventually stop. My bell pepper plants are producing a few, but most of them are small.
My blackeyed peas are really producing now.
It has not been easy keeping the plants alive. We have had some 114 deg. days. And 2 solid months over 100 degrees every day. Since last October we had a 1 inch rain and a 1-1/2 inch rain. That is 10% of our average rainfall here in Haskell County. No one living has ever seen such a drought. My great grandfather experienced the drought of 1894-1895 and left the county for 3 years before he came back, it might have been as bad.
I planted 29 fruit trees in February and have about 65% survival rate, in spite of watering them 2 times per week and finally resorting to a drip irrigation system. Also planted 24 strawberry plants which absolutely took the bed, I use a soaker hose to regulate the moisture. My blackberry bushes are doing great, but I have to water them daily to keep the fresh growth from wilting. Only 1 of the 4 blueberry plants that I put out has survived, they are not that suited to my area but I will try again next year, I like blueberries.
Conclusion: I think it is the sunlight intensity more than it is the heat. Trees and plants that were somewhat shaded have done much better, and those that I mulched seemed to do better too.
Yup! The sun sucked the life out of my tomatoes, not the heat. Resorted in trying to shade them, it helped.
We are coming out of a 2-3 year sunspot minimum. Longest and quietest in my lifetime.
It has been known for 100 years that weather patterns are more variable during sunspot minimums and maximums. Not colder, not warmer, but more variable.
Hence the floods and droughts we are experiencing in various places.
Texas is experiencing the worst drought and hottest temps in over 100 years. No one living has seen these conditions. It is possible the drought of 1895 was this bad.
I tried shading some of my plants with mixed success.
I put out 29 bare-root fruit trees in February and had about 65% success rate. The ones that failed had one thing in common, they were all fully exposed to the sun with no shade. I also regret not mulching them all when I planted them. I watered 2 times per week from the time I planted them. Finally resorted to a drip irrigation system that runs full time. Even with the drip system, I have to flood the sump around the trees about every 3 weeks.
It is amazing what you learn when conditions are this harsh.
I thought I had the secret to peeling hard boiled eggs, it must have leaked out.
Thanks for the recipes.
SOUTH FL UPDATE: Getting ready to transfer all the baby plants into the garden. RotoTiller guy will be here Saturday..
Video of the new plants from seed. Mostly Burpee. I have less problems with their seed for some reason down here.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VNhGle33YxE
Nice video. Thanks for posting.
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