chickenman
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You are going to love that outdoor grow. I do. Everything survived the night, no frost even though I covered everything. Watch, the first time I get lazy and don't cover them it will frost.Here is my kids summer veg garden.... Teach em young!
We got
Zucchini
Cucumbers
Yellow squash
Carrots
Spinach
Jalapenos
Anaheim chilis
Tomatoes
Cherry tomatoes
And gonna pop some sugar baby watermelons this week!
Never really did a whole vegetable grow so its gonna be as fun for me as them!
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Make sure any left overs go back to the kids. One problem: they want your tomatoes and won't touch your squash. ha ha I am famous in my neighborhood for my tomatoes, cucumbers and peppers. Nobody wants any squash, beets or asparagus.The cool.thing is the kids school gave us seed and plants to grow so we basicly picked what the kids wanted to grow and the provided all seeds and cutlings... Pretty Rad if you ask me..
Italian food is my favorite and eggplant is my favorite Italian dish. Will bring you some goodies with squash this summer. Romanos on Littleton blvd has some of the best eggplant in the city.Man, I love squash...all kinds...with butter and sea salt. I also dig eggplant, deep-fried.
Sounds like your garden is cook'n. Google flea beetles and you will see my problem. Just started getting them in the last couple of years. The reason they are called flea beetles is they jump just like a flea. Also, regarding dandelions, I do the same with the squash flowers. I try to live on fresh veggies, chicken and fish in the summer. I do get red meat once every three weeks and cheat as often as I can though.putembk, I ain't heard of flea beetles. You talking about cucumber beetles? Or fleas like cats and dogs get? ?? We got a shitload of ticks up here this year. Horses were loaded with them. I use lavender oil as ticks hate the shit.
I plant in garlic and onions with my other veggies to deter stuff ....and marigolds are good at keeping critters out. There are some good soap and garlic solutions you can mix up too..and hot pepper solutions as well. Test it out first on a small area and do it at dusk.
I just put all my taters' in. I am already eating dandelion, spinach and lettuce and radishes will be popped up next week. I love pickled radishes. Not only do I eat the dandelion leaves but I also eat the dandelion flowers. You quick-fry them in butter, salt em' and add a little oil and vinegar. They taste like mushrooms and are packed with good nutes.
Gotz me :D some poppy plants coming up too.
Danger of frost is gone now what the hail? Was watching the radar up until about 11:00 last night and I thought I was in the clear. Wrong!!! Just dozing off to sleep about 11:45 and it started to rain and then I heard a hail stone hit my deck. Jumped up and holy shit no time to do anything except watch. Everything is beat down but not to the ground. I think I can salvage about 80%, I'm lucky another five minutes and the whole thing would have been lost.all my veggies,dirt,leaves,branches tossed & thrown everyplace this morning. all had been 2'-3'tall lush and just starting to throw flowers out and now all in the trash..nothing left even to save or re-veg..i think from the looks of things we got hit with a tornado..even the screens on the windows got blown out along with 4" of hail piled up everyplace ;(
Holly shit, I lucked out! Had some marble size that lasted about 3 or 4 minutes. Have been out to see whats left. Like I said, got the shit beat out of things but most will come back. Round two today...will be more prepared this time. What a helpless, hopeless feeling but farmers are a resilient bunch and I will back plant.crazy shiz
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