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westernhorse51
True Blue Farmgirl
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michele
farmingdale
n.j.
USA
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 Posted - May 19 2006 : 05:59:10 AM
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I am growing radishes this year, never grew them before. They are the tastiest things and coming right from my garden to my salad bowl is the most wonderful thing. Oh, to grow something even on such a small scale as my garden gives me such pleasure.If Gardens are miracles, farming must be the ultimate, God willing someday I'll know but in the meantime, He's blessed me w/ my small garden of beans, radishes, lettuce, tom. and peas.
she selects wool and flax and works with eager hands Prov.31:13 |
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therusticcottage
True Blue Farmgirl
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Kay
Vancouver
WA
USA
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CarolC
True Blue Farmgirl
85 Posts
Carol
Santa Fe
New Mexico
USA
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Posted - May 19 2006 : 11:28:23 AM
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I know exactly how you feel. After an absence from gardening (except a few herbs) of nearly 30 years, having large pots of looseleaf lettuce, radishes, and basil for almost daily salads has been manna from heaven. I finally have beans coming up (green and lima) and the sugar peas are starting to climb and bloom. I tell my friends I'm like an expectant mother, out there constantly, keeping up with each and every new leaf, new blossom...ugh, new bug! And, because I live in the high desert area of NM, I save every precious drop of water I can to use out there on my produce section. I have a tiny corner of this place I'm renting (rural) that my neighbor tried to plow for me but it was too awkward an area and there were too many rocks for his tiller to work, so I'm just going to hand dig individual holes and amend the soil for other veggies I'm craving: cucumbers, squash, zucchini, okra (give me fried and I can die happy), dill, eggplant, etc. Have to get a roll of fencing wire first...too many dogs and loose renegade cows in the neighborhood. That's okay..It will be hot until October or so, if this year is anything like the previous 4, so there is time to plant and grow. Isn't it grand!
I shoulda turned left at Albuquerque..Bugs Bunny |
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coconutcakes
True Blue Farmgirl
52 Posts
Emily
Summerfield
NC
USA
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Posted - May 19 2006 : 5:40:16 PM
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They are the tastiest things and coming right from my garden to my salad bowl is the most wonderful thing.
I hear ya, sister! See, I myself would've never eaten radishes before until they came from my own home garden. . . straight from the garden is best! (I was just out in my own eventide garden nibbling on arugula. I'm worse than the rabbits!)
Emily
"After a long period abroad nothing could make me more homesick or emotional than an American magazine ad of a luscious layer cake, except one, and that was a pictured lemon pie." Irma Rombauer, Joy of Cooking (1943) |
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westernhorse51
True Blue Farmgirl
1681 Posts
michele
farmingdale
n.j.
USA
1681 Posts |
Posted - May 20 2006 : 08:59:21 AM
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I know, it's the most amazing thing. I certainly understand the expectant mother thing, I feel the same way. Your watching them like a hawk, making sure everything is ok. I threw some lima beans in & now they are blooming w/ pretty little white flowers & a couple of them have little pods w/ lima beans on them. it's so exceiting. The radishes are just regular red radishes. I got the seeds at a garden center in the "out of stock organic seeds area". They are working for me.
she selects wool and flax and works with eager hands Prov.31:13 |
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CabinCreek-Kentucky
True Blue Farmgirl
8529 Posts
Frannie
Green County
Kentucky
USA
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Posted - May 20 2006 : 10:11:31 AM
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oh .. you have convinced me to add radishes to our gardens this year .. mostly .. my favorites to grow are squash, zucchini and several varieties of tomatoes .. but some radishes .. and maybe some BEANS might be fun to add this year .. i better hurry!
today .. honey hunk is painting our 'dawg fence' black .. and i'm giving our 'forest green' wood yard furniture a new coat of paint .. gonna' get back to those gardens before we leave for florida the first of june! sure hope it rains while we're gone!
xo
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ali2583
True Blue Farmgirl
404 Posts
Alison
Winnipeg
Manitoba
Canada
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Posted - May 24 2006 : 2:14:30 PM
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I never thought about growing radishes, but I think I will next year after reading this thread!
Does anyone grow wax beans? I grow them instead of green beans and they are my absolute favorite.
"God's gift to you is life. What you choose to do with that life is your gift to God" |
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CarolC
True Blue Farmgirl
85 Posts
Carol
Santa Fe
New Mexico
USA
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Posted - May 24 2006 : 2:18:01 PM
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I just bought a package of wax bean seeds but I've never had wax beans and don't know what to do with them. How do you prepare them...are they snapped or peeled or shelled or "dewaxed" LOL! And P.S., it's not too late for radishes. You can sow them throughout the spring and summer and into fall. The hotter the weather, the faster they germinate and grow those lovely red appendages.
I shoulda turned left at Albuquerque..Bugs Bunny |
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ali2583
True Blue Farmgirl
404 Posts
Alison
Winnipeg
Manitoba
Canada
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Posted - May 29 2006 : 07:22:06 AM
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To prepare wax beans, I just snap off the tips and boil them up, with a little pat of butter. That's all they need. No "dewaxing" needed!
"God's gift to you is life. What you choose to do with that life is your gift to God" |
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asnedecor
True Blue Farmgirl
1054 Posts
Anne
Portland
Or
USA
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Posted - May 29 2006 : 5:07:01 PM
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DH and I were out in the backyard all morning and into early afternoon, weed, pruning, etc. I pulled butter crunch leaf lettuce and am washing it now. Of course I have more then we could ever use, so some is going to work with me tomorrow for give aways. But we did have some on our sandwiches at lunch, so fresh and good. Also pulled a ton of rhurbarb. Cut a bunch up and froze it and am now making rhurbarb sauce while I type. It is great to go out the backdoor and pick what you need. Can't wait for the peas, beans and tomatoes.
Anne
"Second star to the right, straight on till morning" Peter Pan
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CarolC
True Blue Farmgirl
85 Posts
Carol
Santa Fe
New Mexico
USA
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Posted - May 29 2006 : 5:11:45 PM
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I don't have enough for give aways on the lettuce, but I'm still enjoying enormous salads from my potted produce, despite all the garden pests. The heat is really bothering the peas, though and I don't know if I'm going to get much from them...some are to be shelled and some are snow pea pods. I'm hoping once I get okra, cukes, zucchini, squash, eggplant, etc. planted and going, I'll have more than enough to share with my neighbors and friends. I have several different kinds of tomato plants blooming, so I hope to have a bumper crop. Can't wait to eat taste a tomato that tastes like a tomato, if you know what I mean.
I shoulda turned left at Albuquerque..Bugs Bunny |
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