How does your garden grow

[BizCT]

We are in another long dry spell. I know when I need to add water to the pool


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[Water Rat]

On 6/6/2020 at 10:34 AM, Pygmy said:

You have quite a selection of garden tools, WR...I assume your wife knows how to USE them all  ??

Yup......she's a pro. I thought you knew that ?

Funny thing is that she hid my hoe.

[crappyice]

I have a couple of sentry's guarding my veggies.

Don’t those turkeys destroy your garden? I know a Nursey owner who “runs them off” constantly for pecking and scratch around his plantings.


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[crappyice]

16 more basil harvested this morning. What’s the best to store until I have more to make pesto sauce? In the fridge? Rinse now or before use?



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Add another $.48 to the tally!!!!

I think you should be able to freeze then whole as you gather them and then when you have enough pulverize away. That’s what I do when I have too many ramp greens to deal with at one time


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[Water Rat]

3 minutes ago, crappyice said:

Don’t those turkeys destroy your garden? I know a Nursey owner who “runs them off” constantly for pecking and scratch around his plantings.


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Not really. I guess the black plastic and weed fabric helps.They usually only sit up there to dry off after a heavy rain.

[BizCT]

Add another $.48 to the tally!!!!

I think you should be able to freeze then whole as you gather them and then when you have enough pulverize away. That’s what I do when I have too many ramp greens to deal with at one time


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I picked another 10 or so today. I’m gonna use them all tomorrow or Wednesday for pesto, which will likely be a $21M recipe. You cannot beat my meat!


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[corydd7]

I counted then forgot but I believe that's 65 plants in the ground. About 20 eggplant and 45 assorted peppers. All done, just tomatoes to transplant and some watermelon.  I have eight heads of red lettuce to pull but I lost that garden to weeds.

Sunflowers and corn hopefully will come up from seed soon.

[Otto]

6 hours ago, Biz-R-OWorld said:

 

I picked another 10 or so today. I’m gonna use them all tomorrow or Wednesday for pesto, which will likely be a $21M recipe. You cannot beat my meat!


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Do you have a good recipe?  Our farm just posted one on their instagram.  Emmifarms

[crappyice]

Do you have a good recipe?  Our farm just posted one on their instagram.  Emmifarms

I will attest that Otto puts up recipes that dot fail....his pork chop recipe is a staple in my house. My next pesto will be from Otto!


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[Otto]

53 minutes ago, crappyice said:

I will attest that Otto puts up recipes that dot fail....his pork chop recipe is a staple in my house. My next pesto will be from Otto!


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I gotta send you another one with a Dijon mustard sauce.  Nice to change it up a bit! 

[BizCT]

13 hours ago, Otto said:

Do you have a good recipe?  Our farm just posted one on their instagram.  Emmifarms

Yes, but will substituting cashews for pine nuts

[BizCT]

I was at Lowe’s today and wow their “Bonnie” looked really good. I kinda regret not buying from them. Most of their tomato plants had green tomatoes already.


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[Otto]

3 hours ago, Biz-R-OWorld said:

Yes, but will substituting cashews for pine nuts

Interesting..... We have substituted walnuts before, but not cashews. 

[BizCT]

27 minutes ago, Otto said:

Interesting..... We have substituted walnuts before, but not cashews. 

https://www.acouplecooks.com/best-substitute-for-pine-nuts/#:~:text=Pistachios,pesto%2C pasta%2C and salad.

 

Pistachios also

[Nytracker]

Watered hard last night . Garden came through the day in good shape . Going to water again tonight ... help the plants through tomorrow  . Had 92 f when I got home at 3:30.

[corydd7]

Yeah I did the same. Soil is damp even after 90 degree weather all day. I watered from about 2 a.m. till 10 a.m. and that did the trick.

[Pygmy]

As por moi, I am glad to see a warm, dry June for a change...Maybe a little tough on the gardens, but the turkey flock sure needs a good hatching season after the string of cool, damp ones we have had in recent years...

[BizCT]

Yeah I did the same. Soil is damp even after 90 degree weather all day. I watered from about 2 a.m. till 10 a.m. and that did the trick.

8 straight hours of watering?


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[corydd7]

Yeah but just off two soaker hoses.  My garden is 150 feet from my house and off a well so for a hot day it was perfect. 

I don't water more then twice a week, from what I've watched and read a long soak is good for my setup.

[BizCT]

First tomato popping. Relinquished control of watering for a change. Hard to give up doing it by hand but I’ll try this for this morning and see how it goes.


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[BizCT]

Just made the best pesto I ever tasted with my homegrown basil




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[Chef]

Just made the best pesto I ever tasted with my homegrown basil

 

 

 

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Nice you can freeze it in ice cube trays

 

 

My tomatoes are really starting to pop

 

 

 

 

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[BizCT]

8 minutes ago, Chef said:

Nice you can freeze it in ice cube trays

 

 

My tomatoes are really starting to pop

 

 

 

 

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wow on the tomatoes!

We are going to use pesto tonight on shrimp/pasta.

[Otto]

4 hours ago, Biz-R-OWorld said:

Just made the best pesto I ever tasted with my homegrown basil




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You’re a farmer now! 

[BizCT]

You’re a farmer now! 

Besides WiFi I’m off the grid !


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