Gardening: (2016– )

[gfweb]

26 minutes ago, chromedome said:

They call it "rocket" for a reason.

Aha!

That makes sense

[TicTac]

There are a few types of arugula you can grow.  Annual and perennial varieties.  I prefer the perennial due to the flavour profile but also the fact that they come back every year, but also they do not bolt nearly as quickly as the annual variety.

 

Been having some fantastic salads from the garden over the last week (I grow 4 types of lettuce, my favourite being Deer's tongue), with at least a handful or two of arugula in each bowl!

[heidih]

3 minutes ago, gfweb said:

Aha!

That makes sense

 

Oh yes. I have a friend - brilliant rocket scientist mind (Rand think tank kinda person) Perhaps her proudest accomplishment is her prolific arugula. Her other plant efforts - well let us just say she "overthinks".

[chromedome]

14 minutes ago, heidih said:

 

Oh yes. I have a friend - brilliant rocket scientist mind (Rand think tank kinda person)

I have one of those...a literal rocket scientist (well...technically a guidance systems engineer, but that doesn't have the same ring to it).

Have you read about the OSIRIS-REx mission, the one that's been likened to "firing a bullet halfway round the world and hitting another bullet in flight"? He's one of the small team who made that happen.

[KennethT]

28 minutes ago, TicTac said:

There are a few types of arugula you can grow.  Annual and perennial varieties.  I prefer the perennial due to the flavour profile but also the fact that they come back every year, but also they do not bolt nearly as quickly as the annual variety.

 

Been having some fantastic salads from the garden over the last week (I grow 4 types of lettuce, my favourite being Deer's tongue), with at least a handful or two of arugula in each bowl!

pics or it didn't happen...  

[TicTac]

17 minutes ago, KennethT said:

pics or it didn't happen...  

lol

 

show me yours and I will show you mine!

 

 

 

(btw - what are we showing each other!?) 😛

[TicTac]

This is a patch of deer tongue 

 

 

and another patch with a couple other varieties (and some vagabond dill!).  I have patches of lettuce all around the property ... easy to grow in between crops and plants and if you spread your seeding out you can get 2-3 crops a year 

 

[dcarch]

I might need to buy larger dinner plates. Strange spears keep on showing up in my asparagus patch.

 

Found this huuuge one in the garden.

 

dcarch

Edited May 31, 2020 by dcarch (log)

[IowaDee]

Wow, you could be the first person to create a recipe for stuffed asparagus.  

[dcarch]

45 minutes ago, IowaDee said:

Wow, you could be the first person to create a recipe for stuffed asparagus.  

 

Thanks for the idea!

 

I was having problem finding bacon with long enough rashers to wrap this thing.

 

dcarch

[dcarch]

On 4/2/2020 at 10:49 PM, dcarch said:

On Page 62, I posted my new way of winterizing fig tree using foam insulation borads.

 

Today, moment of truth. I opened the insulation to find out what's going on inside. 

 

 

 

 

Very nice! not only the branches didn't die off like all the other winters, tthey actually starting to sprout.

 

So I did the  second phase of my experiment, turn the insulation foam boards into a vertical temporary green house , using also insulating clear Twinwall panels.

 

 

Hoping for early figs.

 

dcarch

 

The latest:

 

Here is a comparison of the method of using foam to winterizing fig trees  v.s. regular method of wrapping.

The foam insulated tree has all the branches in good condition, compared with the one grown in the same  plot, same time and cutting from the same  tree, the one protected the old way of wrapping has all the old branches died off.

 

dcarch

 

 

 

 

 

[kayb]

I have baby tomatoes, baby zucchini and baby yellow squash. And eggplant blooms.

 

I think I'll be eating squash and zucchini by next weekend.

 

[KennethT]

I'm really happy to see all of my plants doing well now. When I took them out of their original pots, I had to trim some roots in order to be able to completely dry root them in prep for transfer into my hydroponic system (coco coir).

 

Rau ram doing great

 

New growth buds on the curry plant

 

Family photo. The arrangement and plant heights are done purposely to give each plant the desired amount of light from my sole light source. There's also a new growth bud on the kaffir lime tree. 

[kayb]

Well, we're getting there.

 

Baby zucchini:

 

Baby yellow squash:

 

Eggplant bloom:

 

Baby tomatoes:

 

And the squirrels did not eat all the asparagus sets. Two have come up.

 

[rotuts]

@kayb 

 

too bad EggPlant has ' fruit '  or ' $#%(Y&#$_(%&#@% '

 

it would be a nice ' ornamental ' w just flowers 

 

[Shelby]

Wow, it all looks really great Kay!  So glad some asparagus was left!  How many years before you can pick?  I forget...they sell 1,2 and 3 year crowns?

 

[kayb]

20 minutes ago, Shelby said:

Wow, it all looks really great Kay!  So glad some asparagus was left!  How many years before you can pick?  I forget...they sell 1,2 and 3 year crowns?

 

I think these were one-year. When I replant next year, I'm going to get two-year in a attempt to catch up. I think you can pick the third year.

[TicTac]

@kayb - do you not eat your zucc flowers??

 

 

[chromedome]

2 hours ago, rotuts said:

@kayb 

 

too bad EggPlant has ' fruit '  or ' $#%(Y&#$_(%&#@% '

 

it would be a nice ' ornamental ' w just flowers 

 

Even tomato and potato flowers are pretty, though small.

A few of my potatoes fruited last year. I've had the fruit in my fridge over the winter to preserve and vernalize them, and I'm going to see if I can grow potatoes from actual seed this year. Just because I think it'd be cool.

[kayb]

29 minutes ago, TicTac said:

@kayb - do you not eat your zucc flowers??

 

 

 

I have never tried them. But I have some milk that's about to go south, so I think I'll make some ricotta, stuff a few and try my hand at it.

[rotuts]

@chromedome 

 

""   tomato and potato flowers are pretty "'

 

yes they are.

 

but unlike the """ 96-9ARY39YR ''   ""  $T(^#_(RT^#(RY(#YRn  ""

 

they deliver , you know

 

later .

[heidih]

1 hour ago, kayb said:

 

I have never tried them. But I have some milk that's about to go south, so I think I'll make some ricotta, stuff a few and try my hand at it.

 

 

My neighborhood title given by kids was "Mrs K - the one that cooks flowers". We like then in  thin rice flour batter and served with a sweet and hot chili dip. Mind possible bees - they sometimes get caught inside.

[TicTac]

1 hour ago, kayb said:

 

I have never tried them. But I have some milk that's about to go south, so I think I'll make some ricotta, stuff a few and try my hand at it.

 

I enjoy the stuffed ricotta method (I will often add things like crispy pancetta to the ricotta)

 

I also like to pan sear the flowers freshly washed on high heat with some garlic and onions, sometimes chili - de-glaze with white wine and butter at the end and serve on crusty bread.

 

 

[chromedome]

1 hour ago, rotuts said:

@chromedome 

 

""   tomato and potato flowers are pretty "'

 

yes they are.

 

but unlike the """ 96-9ARY39YR ''   ""  $T(^#_(RT^#(RY(#YRn  ""

 

they deliver , you know

 

later .

LOL One day I'm going to make something with eggplant, green bell papers, raisins, celery, corn and cilantro...just to push everybody's buttons.

[rotuts]

@chromedome  

 

great idea !

 

I like raisins 

 

I like celery tops , the leafy part

 

Consider boiling the BaJeSus out of the celery stalk

 

now you've got something really going there !