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ddmashayekhi
True Blue Farmgirl
4739 Posts
Dawn
Naperville
Illinois
USA
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 Posted - May 18 2009 : 05:42:47 AM
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Your own homegrown vegetables! I made a salad with my own lettuce and scallions last night for dinner! It was delicious. I have been using the herbs already in my cooking as well. I can't wait for my peppers, tomatoes, cucumbers & corn to be ready! It is so hard to wait, maybe by July one of those will be ready.
You CA and southern farmgirls have it so nice! Make sure you tell us Midwest farmgirls about what your garden is producing now!
Dawn in IL |
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asnedecor
True Blue Farmgirl
1054 Posts
Anne
Portland
Or
USA
1054 Posts |
Posted - May 18 2009 : 06:48:18 AM
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Dawn -
I am like you an impatient gardener. I have had lettuce from our garden and rhubarb, but can not wait for everything else. Almost every day I go out to the garden when I get home from work to see what has sprout. The only thing I am still waiting on is carrots. Can't wait for fresh tomatoes, raspberries, blueberries, etc.
Anne in Portland, OR
"Weeds are flowers too, once you get to know them" Eyeore from Winnie the Pooh
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FebruaryViolet
True Blue Farmgirl
4810 Posts
Jonni
Elsmere
Kentucky
USA
4810 Posts |
Posted - May 18 2009 : 06:54:11 AM
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I hear ya, girls! I'm as impatient as they come--like Anne, I go out every morning and evening to see what's happening! Last night, we had to go out and cover things up because we had a frost warning. Um...it's mid May and we're in the South! I was sooo bummed. Also, we've just had nonstop soaking rains for days on end, but this week I should be able to get my herbs planted and start using them (after I go to the grocery, that is)...can't just live on herbs alone!
My spinach and buttercrunch lettuce look really good so I'll be harvesting some of that soon. With a 3 month old, I'm not as organized as I'd like, but we'll get there.
Musings from our family in the Bluegrass http://sweetvioletmae.blogspot.com/ |
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graciegreeneyes
True Blue Farmgirl
3107 Posts
Amy Grace
Rosalia
WA
USA
3107 Posts |
Posted - May 18 2009 : 07:26:21 AM
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Isn't that the best feeling in the world? Going out and gathering the makings for a truly fabulous salad right out of your own garden!! It is one of my favorite things - I am envious because what with our elevation and weather the only thing I have planted is onions and potatoes, so the home-grown salad is at least a month away - enjoy yours extra for all of us high-elevation farmgirls!!
Amy Grace
Farmgirl #224
"use it up, wear it out, make it do, or do without"
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kristin sherrill
True Blue Farmgirl
11303 Posts
kristin
chickamauga
ga
USA
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Posted - May 18 2009 : 09:32:49 AM
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My garden is really slow. I don't remember having weather like this before. It's so weird. We also almost had frost last night and it's still cold here. And of all the heirloom tomatoes I have planted I might end up with maybe 10. So i am going to have to go get "regular" tomatoes so my hubby will have some. I am going to have to replant okra. The squash and zucchini are doing great, of course. I am going to plant running beans in my Hickory King corn when it dries up enuf to till thru the rows. And plant more green beans, too. The sweet onions are all up and growing. But of the 4 1/2 rows of taters me and my granddaughters planted, I might get 2 good full rows. That's very disappointing. So much work, too.
I am having a hard time getting into the gardening this year, too. I think it's because they are both so darn BIG. I'm probably thinking too much on all the work I'll be doing soon.
Everyone's gardens sound so good. My spinach and lettuce just never took off. It is finally starting to grow a little now.
Kris
Happiness is simple. |
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windypines
True Blue Farmgirl
4186 Posts
Michele
Bruce
Wisconsin
USA
4186 Posts |
Posted - May 19 2009 : 1:01:40 PM
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I just got my gardens in this week. Working on the herb garden now. So I have a long time to wait for fresh stuff. Do have lots of rhubarb though.
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Annab
True Blue Farmgirl
2900 Posts
Anna
Seagrove
NC
USA
2900 Posts |
Posted - May 21 2009 : 03:53:35 AM
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Anne, you sound like me.....nightly parusals through the garden to see what's up.
We have red flame lettuce and spring onions, bok choy and swiss chard. Ohhh so good!
As soon as the corn is ready (it's ankle high right now) I'll be eating this till I'm sick of it. It's soooo good!
If summer fare was available like this all year 'round I could almost forego the meat. But naaah I love a good home raised steak to go with it all!
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asnedecor
True Blue Farmgirl
1054 Posts
Anne
Portland
Or
USA
1054 Posts |
Posted - May 21 2009 : 06:49:21 AM
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I am still waiting on those carrots. I re-planted because I think we had way too much rain and the seed might have gotten washed away. I hope they come up. Everything else is starting to take off. My pole beans have all sprouted, which is nice to see. But yes, again last night I went out to see what has come up. :)
Anne in Portland, OR
"Weeds are flowers too, once you get to know them" Eyeore from Winnie the Pooh
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ddmashayekhi
True Blue Farmgirl
4739 Posts
Dawn
Naperville
Illinois
USA
4739 Posts |
Posted - May 21 2009 : 10:59:53 AM
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I'm getting ready now to plant my corn, carrots and watermelon. I had a yummy salad last night from my garden and again today for lunch. I know I've said this before, but nothing beats homegrown!
Dawn in IL |
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RedHoopWoman
True Blue Farmgirl
513 Posts
Kathryn
Yoder
Colorado
USA
513 Posts |
Posted - May 21 2009 : 1:29:53 PM
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There isn't a meal lovelier than one that's been prepared from your own homegrown!
I've been enjoying salads and Asian greens from the garden this past week and am anticipating all the squash,corn and beans from my Three Sisters garden.
I had a discussion with one of my neighbors recently and he asked me why I bother to all the work growing my own produce when it's "so cheap from the store" as he put it,I replied that if he didn't know the difference between a store bought and a home grown tomato then he's just as good buying it from the store,I can't wait to get some fresh tomatoes to give him so he'll finally understand why I do what I do.
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ddmashayekhi
True Blue Farmgirl
4739 Posts
Dawn
Naperville
Illinois
USA
4739 Posts |
Posted - May 21 2009 : 7:48:34 PM
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Kathryn, I'm doing the Three Sisters gardening method too! This is my first time trying it, how about you? Please let me know how yours works out.
Good luck on educating your neighbor on the difference between store bought and homegrown!
Dawn in IL |
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RedHoopWoman
True Blue Farmgirl
513 Posts
Kathryn
Yoder
Colorado
USA
513 Posts |
Posted - May 22 2009 : 6:02:03 PM
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Hi Dawn!
I've been planting the Three Sisters together for a few years now and it's always worked great for me,I don't plant "traditional" Native varieties but I plant in mounds alternating of corn and beans together and then mounds of squash with sunflowers planted to the Northern end.
I grow Country Gentleman as my corn variety,Kentucky Pole for the beans and then Crookneck and Blue Hubbards for my squash.
The Three Sisters garden is the most easily maintained because the squash broadcasts out and blankets out weeds as well as discourages animals from getting at the corn and beans.
For those who are unfamiliar with the "Three Sisters" method of planting,some good books to read are "Native American Gardening" by Jay Caduto and "Buffalo Bird Woman's Garden".
Let me know how your Three Sisters works out for you Dawn,I'm happy to have found someone else here who plants this way,it's very symbolic,even though most of my people's (Assiniboin and Hunkpapa Sioux) ways were hunter/gatherers I'm still fascinated by the agriculture techniques practiced by other Native people such as the Hidatsa and Huron people as just a couple examples.
"Today's Mighty Oak is just Yesterday's Nut" |
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ddmashayekhi
True Blue Farmgirl
4739 Posts
Dawn
Naperville
Illinois
USA
4739 Posts |
Posted - May 23 2009 : 11:20:47 AM
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Wow, it's great to know your a pro at this! I hope you have a bountiful crop this year! Thank you too for the books on this subject, they'll be a great resource too. I learned about the Three Sisters method from the Chicago Botanical Garden. I thought it was the most practical and fruitful way to garden, so I'm giving it a shot! Thanks for sharing with us Kathryn!
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