Posted on 06/13/2014 12:33:35 PM PDT by greeneyes
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Good Morning from La Porte, Texas! I have no idea what my garden is doing, but it’s supposedly rained in San Antonio all week. I couldn’t get the inverted soda bottles to work (they just kept emptying out). Everything was doing so well. I even had a blossom (finally) on the pepper. Lord Willing, I’ll get to SA in the next couple of days.
There is a Plumeria Show & Sale in Clear Lake today at the Bay Area Community Center, 5002 NASA Parkway, Seabrook, Texas- from 9:30 to 3 PM. The Plumeria Society of America (theplumeriasociety dot org) is putting it on.
What “brand” of blueberry plants are you growing? I may be planting blueberry plants in the ground.
Thanks for that info!
My favorite too! We’re in central FL, so there aren’t a lot of varieties that do well with our low chill hours. I believe this one is a Florda (no ‘i’) Prince. We have a very small, very young fruit orchard. It’s hard finding fruit that will grow well here. We get just cold enough that a lot of the tropical stuff like bananas, avocado, coconuts, etc don’t want to grow, but not so cold that the fruits that need cold will do well.
Wow, $35/dozen. That hurts. Glad they were worth it!
My wife made that zoodle recipe that was linked on last week’s thread. It was great. :)
I need to do something with this 23" tromboncino. I was going to make zucchini bread with it, but overslept this morning.
Wife and I were discussing zuc bread while we had lunch.
I don't think you're supposed to eat zucchini bread if you want to lose weight. All that flour and butter.
BTW, my neighbor who is juicing, has lost 5 lbs in 5 days. She said she feels great, and isn't even tempted by the kinds of things she used to eat because she feels so much better. I noticed she has already lost weight in her arms, and torso. She no longer has that "stuffed sausage" look.
Have you ever considered putting a temporary greenhouse of sorts over your peach trees in the springtime so their buds don’t get frozen?
I had 2 plants of 4 varieties with different maturity dates and most of the labels have blown away. I will take pad and pen and copy the ones still there.
We were just talking about zuc bread, not about making any.
For supper, we had watermelon, wide side of fruit salad, homemade, of course. WE have not had problems with hunger. That is a blessing.
I just ordered a new scale from ebay that will be here next week so that we can note our progress.
Newbies: Romaine lettuce will make anyone a gardening lover.
Just spread some Dollar General (or whatever) seeds in a scratch in the ground and keep most of the weeds away from it.
Everything you need to know is on the packet. Fresh lettuce on demand- and you can’t fail!
Experts: Anyone grown intermediate or “long day” onion from seed?
Zone 6,I’m thinking of planting them in Feb under small hoop covers.
Please keep in mind that I garden on the shores of Humboldt Bay in far northern California with far different growing conditions then your Texas area. The variety depicted in the photo is Earliblue. Next week I will start picking Patriot (think 4th of July) then Blue Crop in about 3 weeks. Last of my plants to mature is Chandler and I may replace those with Earliblue. Our average high summer temp is 68 degrees...
What are your average low winter temps? Except for bears, I think it sounds wonderful..Oh, and moles..When my Dad was stationed in San Diego, I remember he used to put those poison smoke gas things in the mole holes.
Eureka is a small city near Benderville…http://www.usclimatedata.com/climate/eureka/california/united-states/usca0360
Thanks for posting your blueberry plants info. I am doing research on blueberries and need all the info. I can get to make the right decision for type of blueberries to plant.
I made some cream of radish soup today.
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I am not really a radish fan, but planted some in the garden because they’d come up fairly quick and a few slices in a salad might be colorful.
Anyway, got my first five radishes (small, about nickel size - I didn’t thin them so they’re crowded) the other day and I diced up a couple and put them in some tuna fish salad. I used the leaves instead of lettuce. That was THE best tuna salad sandwich I think I’ve ever had!
And I still have that 23" Tromb. Squash on the kitchen table. I am going to hopefully get around to zucchini, er Tromb bread today.
Now, drumroll, please, I have my first baby cucuzza. I hope it got pollinated, or else the blossom end will just start shriveling up, and it will fall off like the unpollinated T squash do.
Blueberry Info from Stephen F Austin Stete:
Commercial fields in East Texas are based primarily on five varieties: Climax, Premier,
Brightwell, Tifblue and Powderblue. Average production (lbs./acre) at Mill Creek Blueberry
Farm in Nacogdoches, Texas (approximately 70 acres) over the last five years (2003-2007) is as
follows: Climax (6530), Premier (6641), Tifblue (8132), Brightwell (12,063), and Powderblue
(16,063). Alapaha and Austin in evaluation plots have performed well and are recommended for
trials in commercial numbers. SHB (Southern Highbush) varieties are generally restricted to the
southeastern portion of Texas. SHBs bloom and ripen a bit earlier than REs. SHBs smaller
statured and prefer an extremely well-drained soil with good organic matter in the soil. Plants
need a perpetual mulch. If spring frost damage is avoided they generally ripen in May, a time
when prices are exceptionally high.
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