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From the garden
By: betty Date: September 11, 2018, 10:27 pm
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Vegetable and fruit gardeners: what did you grow this year and
more importantly, what was the favorite thing you cooked using
your garden fresh produce?
So far, I've had lots of zucchini. My favorite zucchini dishes
have been:
Zucchini fritters (Drain and squeeze out as much liquid from the
shredded zucchini as you can)
Zucchini lasagna
Spiced zucchini bread (with lots of cinnamon)
Zucchini brownies were surprisingly good, too.
#Post#: 14467--------------------------------------------------
Re: From the garden
By: Writer of Wrongs Date: September 24, 2018, 2:11 pm
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DH grew squash, cucumbers, tomatoes and peppers. We had oodles
of squash and cucumbers, and we're still getting peppers - four
varieties, yum! My favorite thing, though was the little bit of
tomato sauce I cooked down from the disappointing crop of
tomatoes. It's zesty and delicious, without the ketchup-y
sweetness of commercial sauce.
Oh, and I have herbs. Basil is probably my favorite of this year
… unless it's the chocolate mint sugar. (Pack leaves of
chocolate mint in a container of sugar. Shake occasionally to
keep the sugar from clumping. The sugar draws the flavor from
the mint leaves. Good in hot tea or sprinkled as a garnish.)
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Re: From the garden
By: RubyCat Date: September 26, 2018, 7:25 am
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We grew in pots again this year. The cherry tomatoes did pretty
well but we never seem to have the overabundance that others do.
The large tomatoes - I forget what type, maybe big boy - didn't
do so well. They grew well and ripened early but the taste just
wasn't as strong as home grown tomatoes should be. The bell
peppers produced only a few small pepper that again were not as
flavorful as they should have been. I think we got one or two
hot pepper, which I see as a bonus because they were planted in
small pots and not given much care.
I think filling the pots with loam instead of proper potting
soil may have been a factor. We'll have to try something
different next year.
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Re: From the garden
By: betty Date: September 26, 2018, 11:08 am
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Chocolate mint sounds amazing! I might have to try that (in a
big pot, since I assume it spreads like crazy) next year.
We've moved on from zucchini into raspberries. I have no problem
eating a big bowl of those a day, though, so they rarely make it
into recipes.
We also have a ton of jalapenos. Some get added to regular
dishes (pasta alfredo with jalapeno is a fave) but mostly my
husband roasts them on the grill, then freezes to have when he
makes pork green chili.
Tomatoes are starting to come in. We've gotten some heirloom
tomatoes, which we just eat raw with a sprinkle of salt. Big
boys are all still green. We are going out of town just when
they will probably be ripening so I'm hoping some survive while
we are gone so I can try my hand at tomato sauce or salsa (with
some of those jalapenos).
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Re: From the garden
By: Aleko Date: September 28, 2018, 3:44 am
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I'm watching my 18th-century grape vine like a hawk, so that I
can pick my grapes five minutes before the birds and rey
squirrels move in and gobble the lot.
(NB that my vine itself is only 8 years old, but it is a cutting
of the Great Vine at Hampton Court, planted in 1768 for George
III. So the grapes are genuinely the exact same kind and flavour
that he would have eaten.
HTML https://www.hrp.org.uk/hampton-court-palace/explore/the-great-vine/#gs.kj0XSi8.<br
/>)
The Hampton Court grapes are normally ripe in September, but
that vine is in a glasshouse; mine is out of doors in a windy
garden, so it routinely ripens about a month later.
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Re: From the garden
By: jpcher Date: September 28, 2018, 3:43 pm
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^ Cool! ;D
#Post#: 15960--------------------------------------------------
Re: From the garden
By: WorkingMum Date: October 12, 2018, 5:35 am
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My DD and I have decided we want a "witchy" garden. We have
recently planted seeds for:
* Arnica
* Henbane
* Dill
* Rosemary
* Rue
* Angelica
* Marjoram
* Peppermint
* Bergamot
We halve also purchased another 20 different seeds to plant this
week!We are getting very excited about gardening!
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Re: From the garden
By: Chez Miriam Date: October 20, 2018, 4:57 am
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We did really well with mini cucumbers [shorter than normal],
and self-seeded rocket [wild?], and some of the parsley was
fantastic. Four cut-and-come-again lettuces kept us going most
of the summer, so I will be buying more of those next year.
The cabbage white butterflies thought every brassica I sowed was
a buffet just for them - my radish/mustard plants were
skeletons.
I don't have a single pumpkin. :'(
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Re: From the garden
By: peony Date: November 10, 2018, 10:40 am
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All my growing has to be done inside by the north window of my
apartment with the help of grow lights, so I have to be very
creative in getting things to grow. This year I had two cherry
tomato plants which yielded 3 c. of cherry tomatoes. not bad. I
also had a pot of green onions and a celery plant. Next year I'm
planning to add a jalapeno pepper plant and make a trial of one
pea plant to see if it's possible to grow peas indoors. Outside
I've always found peas to be work-intensive and not worth the
space, but inside maybe I can make it work. My indoor zucchini
was an utter failure. Lovely blooms but no fruits at all. ???
#Post#: 18735--------------------------------------------------
Re: From the garden
By: gramma dishes Date: November 10, 2018, 2:12 pm
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[quote author=peony link=topic=672.msg18726#msg18726
date=1541868026]
All my growing has to be done inside by the north window of my
apartment with the help of grow lights, so I have to be very
creative in getting things to grow. This year I had two cherry
tomato plants which yielded 3 c. of cherry tomatoes. not bad. I
also had a pot of green onions and a celery plant. Next year I'm
planning to add a jalapeno pepper plant and make a trial of one
pea plant to see if it's possible to grow peas indoors. Outside
I've always found peas to be work-intensive and not worth the
space, but inside maybe I can make it work. My indoor zucchini
was an utter failure. Lovely blooms but no fruits at all. ???
[/quote]
No bees or other insects to pollinate the flowers. Without
pollination, no fruit.
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