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Post by okie on Jul 6, 2019 16:35:40 GMT -6
With as wet as It's been this year the garden has been a real struggle but finally today for the first time this year I'm wondering how I'm going to eat it all. Keep in mind that last year at this time I was feeding a family of four and now it's just me half the time and me and the the kids half the time and I started wondering how we'd eat it all around mid May last year, but still... today I'm wondering how I'm gonna eat it all and that's a nice feeling.
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Post by hook on Jul 6, 2019 16:46:07 GMT -6
Im giving away squash as fast as it grows. Maters are huge and starting to ripen ill make salsa, roast, and can those. Pickled some hot peppers after work today, theyngot 2 more months of production. Okra is growing but hasnt flowered yet. Its coming. The first set of corn is making ears, the second set is about 6” tall
I hope we have enough jars
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Post by dave on Jul 11, 2019 15:08:44 GMT -6
This is our first garden here. With lots happening we were way late getting it planted. Some of it will make it before frost some probably won't. Corn was knee high by the fourth of July..... You just have to kneel down beside it to measure.
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Post by 1982vett on Jul 11, 2019 16:55:03 GMT -6
Been mowing mine...was to wet to get one put in but I really hadn’t intended to do one this year.
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Post by hook on Jul 11, 2019 17:05:35 GMT -6
Maters are coming on good. Canned salsa today and made some fresh
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Post by elkwc on Jul 16, 2019 12:46:23 GMT -6
This is my first year in west central OK. Have spent most of the time removing Johnson grass and bind weed from the garden area. With the heavy rains it slowed down progress. So everything went in late. Then the tomatoes have been hit by tomato worms. Okra is looking good. Got the drip tape installed. Next year it will be rwady to go. Plan to develop another area for tomatoes.
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Post by mack on Sept 29, 2019 18:22:41 GMT -6
 Was a late year for us also, but we got a ton of tomatoes and peppers. We have neglected our weeding but still have a lot to pick and freeze. We did make some killer salsa this summer. |
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Post by alex on Jun 4, 2021 1:08:10 GMT -6
Because of the rains and snow, we also started later than usual this year. But that's okay, everything grows as it should. With fertilizer, lots of rain, everything is good in the garden. the kids are waiting for fruit because they are sick of apples already. I want strawberries, fresh, of my own, to make strawberry milk.
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Post by chuckie on Jun 5, 2021 10:35:42 GMT -6
Ya'll make me jealous. I have two tomato plants. I would love to have a garden, but cannot stay bent over with my head down after a head injury. When I stand up, I fall over backwards. I went to pick peas one day and same thing. I was so embarrassed to tell the man what was going on and asked him to pick the peas and I would pay him for them. I felt that he was thinking I was just too lazy to do the work myself. I would love to have rows of Gurneys Candy Corn, purple hull peas, cabbage, tomatoes. What is odd, my husband will not eat anything that is green. Drives me crazy. I love cabbage cooked with a chunk of ham with a lot of pepper and sugar in it. I could eat it by itself.
I remember when I was a kid, my Mom would make us take 3 bites of everything. I did not understand why, but she was building our tastebuds. I am so glad that she pushed that. Many things I hated are now my favorite foods.
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Post by the illustrious potentate on Jun 6, 2021 22:39:28 GMT -6
Because of the rains and snow, we also started later than usual this year. But that's okay, everything grows as it should. With fertilizer, lots of rain, everything is good in the garden. the kids are waiting for fruit because they are sick of apples already. I want strawberries, fresh, of my own, to make strawberry milk. Do you blend them up in milk? |
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Post by the illustrious potentate on Jun 6, 2021 22:46:45 GMT -6
Ya'll make me jealous. I have two tomato plants. I would love to have a garden, but cannot stay bent over with my head down after a head injury. When I stand up, I fall over backwards. I went to pick peas one day and same thing. I was so embarrassed to tell the man what was going on and asked him to pick the peas and I would pay him for them. I felt that he was thinking I was just too lazy to do the work myself. I would love to have rows of Gurneys Candy Corn, purple hull peas, cabbage, tomatoes. What is odd, my husband will not eat anything that is green. Drives me crazy. I love cabbage cooked with a chunk of ham with a lot of pepper and sugar in it. I could eat it by itself. I remember when I was a kid, my Mom would make us take 3 bites of everything. I did not understand why, but she was building our tastebuds. I am so glad that she pushed that. Many things I hated are now my favorite foods. I couldn't eat cabbage when I was young. But a lady that works for our office made some cabbage and corned beef. I made a bunch of sandwiches out of it that were real good. I put some cabbage on them with the corned beef. I think it was soda bread she made with it. I wish I could have planted a garden this year, but I got too many irons in the fire. But I'm already planning next year. |
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Post by alex on Jun 14, 2021 0:20:37 GMT -6
Because of the rains and snow, we also started later than usual this year. But that's okay, everything grows as it should. With fertilizer, lots of rain, everything is good in the garden. the kids are waiting for fruit because they are sick of apples already. I want strawberries, fresh, of my own, to make strawberry milk. Do you blend them up in milk? No, I just squeeze them with a spoon to make them juice. |
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