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You know the old joke -- in the summer time you had better leave your car windows up, otherwise someone may trow some zucchini or summer squash into your car.
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SpaceCritter
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Yup - just brought in another hodful... and the last two spring kohlrabi.
Oh, and those monster sunflowers we had were from 2007.
(The old man is 6'4")
Oh, and those monster sunflowers we had were from 2007.
(The old man is 6'4")
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I must have like 50 lbs on there and another 20 in my chest freezer. I think I have enough to potentially host a nes bug out 2023
That’s awesome!
I had a sunflower plant 2 years ago that was 12 feet tall !
Unbelievable really..
I'm all about the sunchokes. They dont get quite as big as the true sunflowers but its a great survival crop for new england.
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I was thinking I would get one spaghetti squash, not 4 at the same time
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Some next batch stuff: four escarole and twelve kohlrabi:
I didn't know orange or white cucumbers existed. Do they taste normal?
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Over done, yellow and white are just a bit over, the orange is way way over. Those go in the compost pile.
Pick em smaller, smaller seeds and sweeter cucumber.
Looks like the boothbay blondes I grew. Agree with Eden - taste pretty normal but best smaller. I have been neglecting my garden so I keep getting ones that are big like that. Cut it in half and scoop out the seeds or just cut off the outer 1” or so to eat. I’m not sure I will grow that variety again. They were cool but they go from a little too small to way too big in about a day - like zucchini.
Some of them are better at hiding from me! Sometimes I feel like it's a Easter egg hunt...
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Heat stress, overwatering, nutrient deficiencies and in some cases fungal, can cause that. I'm sure there are other reasons too...
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Lemon cucumbers are a thing.
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Those look pretty cool...
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They’re delicious and a great single serving size.
I never have any luck with watermellons but Spaghetti squash is a whole other story...
How’s this for a carrot? I didn’t get a good look at it. My mom and sister came by for dinner then we all had fun picking in the garden like the old days. My sister made off with the monster carrot.
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Did you ask the maître d' ???
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Not exactly related to this thread, but same premise. Wife and I picked up some corn at $.37 an ear. Currently getting set up to can the first two dozen ears. Freaking hot outside, taking turns being in the heat and being in the AC.
The corn I planted is coming along nicely. Should know in a few days how many ears were pollinated out of the 32 (I think) that came up.
The corn I planted is coming along nicely. Should know in a few days how many ears were pollinated out of the 32 (I think) that came up.
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First run done. Haven't tasted it yet, obviously (the canned corn. raw off the cob was delish), and we are averaging two ears per pint.
Have had family members telling us it wasn't worth it, we overpaid, etc. Bullshit. I know where the corn came from, how they raised it, and what went into the pints I now have on my shelf. Not to mention we are paying less per pint than a can of rando ingredient corn currently on the store shelf.
f*** 'em.
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The Daikon Radish I planted 4 weeks ago are thriving and the greens are very tasty. Olive oil, salt and pepper...
Planted in a sun/shade mix area.
Planted in a sun/shade mix area.
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What the hell is eating my tomatoes?
Wife said she saw a rat running under the shed nearby today but I searched for rat poop pictures and apparently they don’t drop pellets like you see here. So what is it? Set my have a heart and a game came so hopefully see something tonight. We did have some holes getting dug into the chicken coop area but are storing their feed in a metal trash can at night and no holes since.
Wife said she saw a rat running under the shed nearby today but I searched for rat poop pictures and apparently they don’t drop pellets like you see here. So what is it? Set my have a heart and a game came so hopefully see something tonight. We did have some holes getting dug into the chicken coop area but are storing their feed in a metal trash can at night and no holes since.
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Rabbit
Tomato worm....see all those black poop pellets? They're from one of these.
If you see one with white cocoons on it's back, it has been visited by a parasitic wasp that lays its eggs on the worm and they eventually kill it.
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Wait, the fruit or the leaves?
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