Vegetable Garden

[John Henry]

I grew potatoes for many years for my mom . What a waste of time and effort . When potatoes can be had for $2.00 a 10lb bag at times it's not worth the effort for me .

This year I have many rabbits in my yard so I had to put up a small fence around my garden . Darn rabbits ate all of my green bean plants so I had to replant them .

I like seeing the rabbits in my yard but not in my garden . LOL

 

[notthemama]

I grew potatoes for many years for my mom . What a waste of time and effort . When potatoes can be had for $2.00 a 10lb bag at times it's not worth the effort for me .

This year I have many rabbits in my yard so I had to put up a small fence around my garden . Darn rabbits ate all of my green bean plants so I had to replant them .

I like seeing the rabbits in my yard but not in my garden . LOL

You don't grow potatoes for financial reasons.
You grow them for the flavor.
New potatoes, about the size of an lime, scrubbed clean, cooked and then fried in a little butter with a sprinkle of salt and fresh dill and a side of sour cream and crushed bacon bits. A fresh salad of tomatoes, cucumbers and thin sliced red onions. As close to Heaven as I'll ever get.
The store bought commercially grown potatoes can't match the flavor and texture.

 

[danmand]

You don't grow potatoes for financial reasons.
You grow them for the flavor.
New potatoes, about the size of an lime, scrubbed clean, cooked and then fried in a little butter with a sprinkle of salt and fresh dill and a side of sour cream and crushed bacon bits. A fresh salad of tomatoes, cucumbers and thin sliced red onions. As close to Heaven as I'll ever get.
The store bought commercially grown potatoes can't match the flavor and texture.

In Northern Europe, "new Potatoes" the size of dove eggs are highly valued, and goes for $5 a pound. Boiled for a very short time, and served with butter and dill they are heavenly.

I live almost across the road for one of the largest potato farmers in the area, and for some strange reason he does not sell "new potatoes" in his vegetable stand. I once thought he did, and bought some small potatoes from him, but they were just that, small potatoes.

 

[MissCroft]

In Northern Europe, "new Potatoes" the size of dove eggs are highly valued, and goes for $5 a pound. Boiled for a very short time, and served with butter and dill they are heavenly.

I love red baby potatoes with butter and a little rosemary.

 

[red]

I always buy a bag of potatoes and set them. Never had a problem, not this year either.

Me either. If you put them in the dark for a few weeks they start sprouting eyes and will grow into plants no problem

 

[red]

I grew potatoes for many years for my mom . What a waste of time and effort . When potatoes can be had for $2.00 a 10lb bag at times it's not worth the effort for me .

This year I have many rabbits in my yard so I had to put up a small fence around my garden . Darn rabbits ate all of my green bean plants so I had to replant them .

I like seeing the rabbits in my yard but not in my garden . LOL

Green beans are nice in a rabbit stew or rabbit pie

 

[MissCroft]

Green beans are nice in a rabbit stew or rabbit pie

Mmmmm..... Hasenpfeffer!

 

[danmand]

Mmmmm..... Hasenpfeffer!

Hasen is not a rabbit, but a hare. They are very different animals. Hare tastes 100 times better.

Bugs Bunny is a hare, even if called a wabbit by Elmer Fudd. The confusion exists because a hare is also called a jackrabbit in North America.

 

[MissCroft]

Hasen is not a rabbit, but a hare. They are very different animals. Hare tastes 100 times better.

Bugs Bunny is a hare, even if called a wabbit by Elmer Fudd. The confusion exists because a hare is also called a jackrabbit in North America.

It's all good!

 

[notthemama]

"Wascally Wabbit, hahhaha"

 

[notthemama]

I love red baby potatoes with butter and a little rosemary.

Who's Rosemary? Does she do outcalls? :eyebrows:

 

[MissCroft]

Who's Rosemary? Does she do outcalls? :eyebrows:

Hehehe If she has the thyme.

 

[danmand]

Lettuce not be too specific. Some of us have bean there.

 

[GPIDEAL]

I grew potatoes for many years for my mom . What a waste of time and effort . When potatoes can be had for $2.00 a 10lb bag at times it's not worth the effort for me .

This year I have many rabbits in my yard so I had to put up a small fence around my garden . Darn rabbits ate all of my green bean plants so I had to replant them .

I like seeing the rabbits in my yard but not in my garden . LOL

I bought a sling shot for deer but doubt I'll be over my mom's and early in the morning when they show up, but hopefully the fence will keep leaf munchers away now.

Years ago, we used to have issues with ground hogs or gophers. Once, when there were fewer neighbours, my dad tried using his .22 but the scope was off and he couldn't hit anything (safe back drop was big hill). My uncle got rid of the gophers but I won't tell you how. Nowadays, you just keep the animals out and not harm them. Rabbits are cute.

 

[red]

I bought a sling shot for deer but doubt I'll be over my mom's and early in the morning when they show up, but hopefully the fence will keep leaf munchers away now.

Years ago, we used to have issues with ground hogs or gophers. Once, when there were fewer neighbours, my dad tried using his .22 but the scope was off and he couldn't hit anything (safe back drop was big hill). My uncle got rid of the gophers but I won't tell you how. Nowadays, you just keep the animals out and not harm them. Rabbits are cute.

Just use snares for the rabbits or gophers

 

[notthemama]

Just use snares for the rabbits or gophers

so I see Red is short for Redneck!

 

[MissCroft]

Favs last year were the blueberries

I'm not getting a lot of blueberries though the ones I have are tasty. Anyone else growing blueberries?

 

[Ceiling Cat]

Blueberry story.

I was climbing Mont St. Hilaire near Montreal years ago and we were the first to make it up to the top that day. You could see for miles from the top, but the first thing I did was to take a piss. I looked down and saw that I was spraying blueberries. About a half hour later I hear some people coming up the trail, they were French people from France. We wave to say hello just to be friendly. A few minutes later there was a commotion. One of the Frenchies discovered the blueberry bushes and they rushed over and started to gobble them up. One of them held out a handful and said: Deez are fantasteek, try some! We just told them we already had some.

 

[notthemama]

The garden is once again proving bountiful beyond expectations.
Except for potatoes, there are zucchini by the armful, cucumbers so bountiful I'm just picking them to keep the plants growing, too many for an army, peppers, several variety of squash, watermelon soon and cantaloupe and muskmelon. Beans everywhere, green and yellow and Italian flat. Eggplant. Cabbage green and red and Brussels sprouts. Leaks, garlic and sweet onions. Corn. Broccoli and cauliflower.
Strawberries, blackberries and raspberries. Peaches, nectarines, yellow plums and soon red. Apricots are just winding up.
Many herbs and spices. The sunflowers are entering full bloom. The birds are already at the more mature ones
Blue plums coming in late summer.
Jackolanterns are bigger than a softball.
Apples look to be plentiful this fall. The pears are already drooping with their generous crop.
I'm sure some items are missing.
If I had a taste of everything as I walked around the garden I'd have to put in a few more benches to stop and rest my bloated belly at.
Isn't a garden grand.
Oh, peas are finished. Lettuce is getting old, have to get ready for the fall planting.
Forgot the carrots, beats and turnups.
There's gotta be more.

 

[MissCroft]

You can start your seedlings now using 2 liter pop bottles. Put it in a sunny window or use a grow light. You can start a plant with the cut off top of a carrot or the cut off bottom of a celery.

I'm doing that now....

What's everybody growing this year? I'm thinking about cucumbers, peppers, celery, squash, and, as always, tomatoes. My blueberries did hardly anything last year.