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vegetables

Posted: Sun Jul 28, 2013 7:45 pm
by DoubleM
do Vegetables count? Soil.. land? Can we talk about gardening or does it have to be recipes?

Do you even grow bro?

We're currently harvesting celebrity and cherry tomatoes, bell, habanero and cayenne peppers, and edamames.

Anyone else enjoy growing seeds into nourishment?

Re: vegetables

Posted: Mon Jul 29, 2013 9:39 am
by Todd
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Peas, spinach, carrots, broccoli, carrots and beets. I take the summers of, too damn hot and hard to keep it going over the summer.

Re: vegetables

Posted: Mon Jul 29, 2013 10:34 am
by DoubleM
Nice Todd! Yeah I found the straw hat invaluable and try to do stuff later in the day.
Hope that wood's not pressure treated :pukeright: :)

Re: vegetables

Posted: Mon Jul 29, 2013 10:39 am
by Rik
DoubleM wrote:do Vegetables count? Soil.. land? Can we talk about gardening or does it have to be recipes?

Do you even grow bro?
Sure, dude, we can talk gardening.

Re: vegetables

Posted: Fri Aug 02, 2013 12:08 pm
by Mark R
Rik wrote:
DoubleM wrote:do Vegetables count? Soil.. land? Can we talk about gardening or does it have to be recipes?

Do you even grow bro?
Sure, dude, we can talk gardening.
There is hope! :lol:

Re: vegetables

Posted: Fri Aug 02, 2013 7:01 pm
by DoubleM
Here's ours. Most are in self-watering containers. Currently waiting on watermelons, sweet potatoes, tomatos, peppers, swiss chard and more tomatoes. There are some flowers in there to attract pollinators and herbs for the kitchen. Everything is watered at once by the rain barrel or hose spigot thanks to some micro irrigation, takes less than 2 minutes.

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Today's yield, have some free extra hot peppers if anyone's interested
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Re: vegetables

Posted: Fri Aug 02, 2013 10:21 pm
by Todd
I tried watermelon, got a few but damn they take a lot of room.

Re: vegetables

Posted: Sat Aug 03, 2013 7:34 am
by DoubleM
We're trying the Sugar babies, they are the plants growing in the wooden box with lattice on the back. Plant is doing well trained upward and melons are hanging. One plant has 4 melons, two look big enough to pick but I'm not hearing the thumping sound during ripeness checks.

Here's a cool resource from UF that discusses everything including recommend varieties

http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/vh021" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Re: vegetables

Posted: Sat Aug 03, 2013 8:58 am
by Mark R
Cool stuff, looks like you're doing something right! My plots are over grown, not enough time this Spring. Maybe try in fall for a "Winter" crop. All I have now is herbs and Japs.

P.S. I'll take the hot peppers if.........

Re: vegetables

Posted: Sun Aug 04, 2013 10:36 am
by DoubleM
Mark are you ever in Sarasota or South Bradenton? I work near 301 and Whitfield and could do a hand off.

I picked up some citronella plants at DaveR's store. Think they would make a difference on the skeeters if I took one with on an Everglades trip?

Re: vegetables

Posted: Sun Aug 04, 2013 5:56 pm
by Mark R
Not usually, I live NOTE. But I do have to make some trips to the Rutland Ranch (Parish) soon. Not sure when yet.

Re: vegetables

Posted: Wed Oct 23, 2013 7:35 pm
by DoubleM
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Pulled the sweet potatoes, some phallic looking spuds.

Re: vegetables

Posted: Wed Oct 23, 2013 8:51 pm
by Manning
What, an Irishman growing potatoes......I am shocked.