A Legend mater free ranging
Some peppers, some sweet, some fire
Posted on 04/18/2014 12:29:02 PM PDT by greeneyes
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My Yorkie is worn out going outside to bark at squirrels and cats on the walls around garden to keep them out of the garden. She is sleeping on my chair, now.
When about 1/3 to 1/2 of the leaves are brown, pop them out of the ground. Do not pull them up. Gently rub clumps of dirt off, but don’t disturb the wrappers. Let them dry a day or two and then gently remove more dirt, especially from the roots. Keep doing thus every couple of days until the leaves are dried out. At that point you can trim the roots and tear the dried leaves off from the main stalk. Then you can store them. At any point you can eat them.
Hardneck garlic will send out scapes that will curl a couple of times and then straighten out. After the scapes have curled once, snip them off and cook with them. We crave garlic scape soup: http://otherpeoplesfood.blogspot.com/2007/06/garlic-scape-soup.html
I am looking forward to see what your first harvest is this year.
“I am looking forward to see what your first harvest is this year.”
Within a few days, I will have a bowl of ripe strawberries - that is the first harvest.
My doggy is a Jack Russell/Rat Terrior mix. She’ll be out the door johnny on the spot if the murdering squirrels come near my baby peas. Took all the seed boxes out to enjoy the sunshine today, and clean off grow light table.
Now that’s gonna be a treat for sure!
About the Walmart potato buckets. There are two growing in each of two pots and four growing in the third pot.
About the Fingerling potatoes: Just looked at them and next week some time most should have one inch growths out of the eyes - a few already have that much. I think you said wait to plant until there was one inch.? I really will have to go to Lowes to get potting soil mix for that big bag from Mega Greenhouse to plant those potatoes.
Ours has a tree she constantly keeps an eye on. Critters live in a hollow in it which keeps her constantly upset. No trespasser leaves her yard alive. Back in her younger days, she’d jump straight up 10 feet so 50 thousand times a day trying to get at the hollow. A few nights ago, right at dark, I spied a big coon going into it but I didn’t tell her because it was larger than she.
About planting those Fingerling potatoes in the big Mega bag. Am I right as this is what I plan to do, so stop me if this is wrong. I was going to put about 8 inches of potting soil in, then plant the potatoes, then cover them up with about 4 inches of potting soil and wait for plants to come up, then cover them when they are about 4 inches tall and keep doing that.
You know the bag I’m talking about since you have one - the tallest of the bags. Tell me if you would do it differently to plant them.
Ahhhh yes, the jumping. I know it well.LOL
I ratify your opening historical, and in my opinion, non-political comments!
We share your gorgeous weather! I started another few T Squash seedlings. I lost a couple of them because of the recent winds. One of them blew over and broke, the other had its little dirt/peat plug dry out before I got home. I plan to share a couple of the new sprouts with a gardener friend of mine who has past familiarity with them, but has not seen them in a long time. LOL! she’s 78, a former nurse AND chef, and was so excited I had some!
Most of the little green babies are coming along well, I think! I plan to start a few more seedlings. We still need to prep our beds for the Clemson, Orange Jing, and Eagle Pass okra and the sunflowers and the onion and garlic sets. Probably will cut up the white potato sprouter to let it form its callous. Still need to start the carrots and peppers.
The parsley, amaranth, Echinacea, and chamomile sprout starts are doing nicely!
A couple of the sweet potatoes are going to be simple to pot, but the other 3 are out of control, and I’m not sure I can extricate them from the window they are in without stripping them of their leaves, which I believe, would kill them. *Sigh* They started sprouting too early for the set up we have here. They have wound themselves around each other and the wire structures which happen to be there.
The snap peas are starting to look for and grab their hold-fasts, and they REALLY want their little toes to get in the dirt!
I may have started the daikon too early. The are really long and seem quite vulnerable. I may have to start some more of them!
I tried a small pinch of Emmer seed, and they look like your conventional wheat grass at about 4 inches at this point. Beautiful color.
I hope everyone is having as much fun as I am!
Thank you for reminding us about Lexington. Yes, God bless them and all the brave fighting men who have defended our freedoms. May He bless and keep those who continue to do so today.
And thanks for the Gardening Thread, as always.
I planted 2 kinds of kale, two kinds of beets, and peas three weeks ago. In two different gardens. We’ve only had a few frosty nights, we had a week when it was 65 or higher every day before it cooled down again.
In one of the gardens some of the peas are coming up and nothing else. These are new seeds from companies that never disappointed me before. My winter-sown seeds and indoor seeds are coming up just fine.
So when are kale, beets and peas supposed to come up? Instructions were to plant two-four weeks before last frost which is April 15 here.
The main purpose is to keep the tubers under the soil or mulch/hay etc.
I am not sure which bag you have. None of mine are very tall. I do have the Walmart pot which is not quite 12 inches tall.
A Legend mater free ranging
Some peppers, some sweet, some fire
Sometimes, I just feel so humbled by our history and bravery of our citizens, I just have to speak. Glad it was received as intended.
I am not sure that any one could have more fun that you and your garden. LOL
You certainly have lots accomplished, and I’ll be looking forward to hearing how it all turns out.
You are welcome, and thanks.
I really messed up posting pictures. sorry
While the plants you mentioned are considered cool weather crops, the seeds are not.
For example beets and peas both sprout best when the soil temp is 77 degrees. It takes 5-6 days to sprout at that temp. If the temp is 41 degrees it will take 36 to 42 days to sprout.
Once they are transplant size they will withstand cooler weather better than plants such as tomatoes, the so called warm weather or summer crops.
I would guess you soil is not yet warm enough for fast germination.
Yes, one inch minimum for the root sprouts before you plant them. Plants should have grown to 4”-6” before hilling them.
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