Gardening, flowers and veggies: 2013
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Re: Gardening, flowers and veggies: 2013
I've always planted Ultra Boy and Ultra Girl as my main tomato. Nice rich flavour, beefsteak size, not too much acidity and very prolific.
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Re: Gardening, flowers and veggies: 2013
jennylives wrote:I love Brandywines. I have grown them as my main tomato for the last few years but will diversify this year. They have an amazing flavour but are low yield. I intend to be doing lots of canning this year so I will try some others out.
Last year I tried Brandywines for the first time, they sure were nice. I had some others from a friend which were also wonderful, don't know which kind though. jennylives, if you like a good paste tomato, I highly recommend the Amish Paste. Good flavour, not as dry as the romas but still not nearly as wet as other varieties. The brandywines have a lot of moisture, at the end of season when I was canning I did a mix of everything in the garden. I found the Amish Paste offset their juiciness.
Thx Glacier, I will try sungold this year too. I'm also trying out Opalka (another paste) and Black Krim. That facebook page QK was telling us about has someone on there who sells some interesting varieties.
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Rainbarrels are getting there!
Dug in the ground a bit a few days ago, and is the soil ever dry. That frozen snow didn't add up to much moisture, I gotta go out and water, and believe it or not, moisten up some compost. Nothing rots if it's dry.
Dug in the ground a bit a few days ago, and is the soil ever dry. That frozen snow didn't add up to much moisture, I gotta go out and water, and believe it or not, moisten up some compost. Nothing rots if it's dry.
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good point. Hey, think it is safe to haul out the hoses? I don't really want to haul buckets of water . . .
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Once my snow is gone, It will be time to fertilize it with a low "N", high "P" and "K" fertilizer. I want the high last numbers because that's what promotes a healthy root and stem system and helps the grass plants withstand the stress from summer's heat. The N is for the top growth (and is what makes you cut your lawn). Just like a house, a lawn is only as stable as the foundation it is built on. I try to find a 5-10-10 like this one http://homehardware.ca/en/rec/index.htm ... zers&Num=0
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That's pretty, but I don't know where I'd put it if I won.
Yeah, looked at the forcast and the hoses are coming out of the shed (at least the front one). The "new" bulb bed is too sheltered and will be extra dry for being under thirsty trees.
I've sprinkled some snapdragon seeds I got from 'brry last year, and think I'll sprinkle some marigold seeds too. I have a winter aconite up and showing off bright yellow, plus a few crocuses on the way let spring commence!
Yeah, looked at the forcast and the hoses are coming out of the shed (at least the front one). The "new" bulb bed is too sheltered and will be extra dry for being under thirsty trees.
I've sprinkled some snapdragon seeds I got from 'brry last year, and think I'll sprinkle some marigold seeds too. I have a winter aconite up and showing off bright yellow, plus a few crocuses on the way let spring commence!
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Anybody know anything about the Golden Rain tree? I'm in a 5a Zone so it should grow here.
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I picked about 30 carrots on the weekend, some were a good size too. I also have new growth on my chard and picked 5 red onions.
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Yup, the carrots we planted late last year grew to one heck of a good size and we got 6 of them out of the ground too.
The rest we pulled early and made pickled carrots, am asking myself why would I do that now knowing that carrots can make it thru a mild Winter.
We are making a meal of Swiss Chard tomorrow night. It's up and looking good.
The rest we pulled early and made pickled carrots, am asking myself why would I do that now knowing that carrots can make it thru a mild Winter.
We are making a meal of Swiss Chard tomorrow night. It's up and looking good.
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I'm still eating last year's swiss chard (had some in a quiche yesterday). I haven't ever had much luck with chard overwintering, but it seems that one or two of my 6 plants may have made it. Think my kale did too.
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Carrots in March? Wow!
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I was turing my garden over on the weekend, and noticed that I had volunteer peas growing already. Given the frost last night I assume they are dead today, but if not, should I transplant them and bring them inside?
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