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Gardeners anyone here?

Postby Russ » Sun Jun 03, 2018 8:11 pm

Cut from our garden for dinner last night, fresh cauli and broccoli for a cheese bake last night. Also had carrots and parsnips from our garden. Beans and peas were frozen from last summer. I guess you guys will be picking tomatoes shortly. What else do you grow.?

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Postby Papa Tom » Sun Jun 03, 2018 8:32 pm

Well I've been picking tomatoes for a couple weeks now but I expect that will end soon too. Temps are in the 90s - 100 and the plants will quit producing.
I don't grow much else have tried other things without much success, onions and garlic over winter nicely but I can't seem to get much size out of them.
I've lived in Texas for 20 years now but still am not used to the climate and creatures armadillos will dig up anything and everything.

Grow lots of flowers though our deck is pretty much covered.
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Postby Russ » Sun Jun 03, 2018 9:18 pm

Papa Tom wrote:Well I've been picking tomatoes for a couple weeks now but I expect that will end soon too. Temps are in the 90s - 100 and the plants will quit producing.
I don't grow much else have tried other things without much success, onions and garlic over winter nicely but I can't seem to get much size out of them.
I've lived in Texas for 20 years now but still am not used to the climate and creatures armadillos will dig up anything and everything.

Grow lots of flowers though our deck is pretty much covered.


Any pics Tom?

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Postby GTR » Fri Jun 08, 2018 1:24 pm

Papa Tom wrote:Well I've been picking tomatoes for a couple weeks now but I expect that will end soon too. Temps are in the 90s - 100 and the plants will quit producing.
I don't grow much else have tried other things without much success, onions and garlic over winter nicely but I can't seem to get much size out of them.
I've lived in Texas for 20 years now but still am not used to the climate and creatures armadillos will dig up anything and everything.

Grow lots of flowers though our deck is pretty much covered.


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Re: Gardeners anyone here?

Postby Papa Tom » Sat Jul 21, 2018 11:46 am

Russ wrote:
Papa Tom wrote:Well I've been picking tomatoes for a couple weeks now but I expect that will end soon too. Temps are in the 90s - 100 and the plants will quit producing.
I don't grow much else have tried other things without much success, onions and garlic over winter nicely but I can't seem to get much size out of them.
I've lived in Texas for 20 years now but still am not used to the climate and creatures armadillos will dig up anything and everything.

Grow lots of flowers though our deck is pretty much covered.


Any pics Tom?

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So I'm a bit slow. (and not a good photographer)

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Re: Gardeners anyone here?

Postby Papa Tom » Sat Jul 21, 2018 11:51 am

Got a story to go withe the pics.
In the bottom picture in the lower left of the window is a metal chicken.
We have a roadrunner that comes around courting that chicken he usually brings a gift of a twig or leaf (nesting materials?) and taps on the window for her or sometimes when she doesn't respond he'll go around and tap on the door.
Wish I had a picture of him hilarious to watch.
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Postby OldUsedParts » Sat Jul 21, 2018 1:22 pm

:laughing7: :laughing7: :laughing7: ain't nuttin betta than Maw Nature's Chillins :tup: :salut:
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Re: Gardeners anyone here?

Postby Russ » Sat Jul 21, 2018 5:24 pm

Papa Tom wrote:Got a story to go withe the pics.
In the bottom picture in the lower left of the window is a metal chicken.
We have a roadrunner that comes around courting that chicken he usually brings a gift of a twig or leaf (nesting materials?) and taps on the window for her or sometimes when she doesn't respond he'll go around and tap on the door.
Wish I had a picture of him hilarious to watch.


Funny story Tom. And entertaining as well.

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Re: Gardeners anyone here?

Postby MartinV » Mon Apr 27, 2020 12:13 pm

Russ wrote:Cut from our garden for dinner last night, fresh cauli and broccoli for a cheese bake last night. Also had carrots and parsnips from our garden. Beans and peas were frozen from last summer. I guess you guys will be picking tomatoes shortly. What else do you grow.?

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Super! My mother in law also grows cauli ))) We grow and also often frozen beet (first boil then grate or cut on cubes), garlic and then pickle it (yummi) and some greenery too. As for onion we cut and dry it to then add in soups.

tomato seedlings are almost ready )))
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Re: Gardeners anyone here?

Postby Russ » Mon Apr 27, 2020 6:43 pm

MartinV wrote:
Russ wrote:Cut from our garden for dinner last night, fresh cauli and broccoli for a cheese bake last night. Also had carrots and parsnips from our garden. Beans and peas were frozen from last summer. I guess you guys will be picking tomatoes shortly. What else do you grow.?

Russ


Super! My mother in law also grows cauli ))) We grow and also often frozen beet (first boil then grate or cut on cubes), garlic and then pickle it (yummi) and some greenery too. As for onion we cut and dry it to then add in soups.

tomato seedlings are almost ready )))


Look forward to pics. We have winter crops in now, cauli, broccoli, sprouts, cabbage green and red. Winter here in a month. We had a good summer Autumn. In fact just made last batch raspberry jam/ jelly yesterday.

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