2022 Garden Thread
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mr.badexample
Smolt
don't quit your day job....Well, powers still out, they say it could take as long as Tuesday to come back on since they now have to inspect the lines. So, no power, no well pump, no pump, no water... So I have to haul 5gal buckets home to water my vegetables/weed...View attachment 31477
These BC God bud were 80$ for a 10 pack and only 3 of 10 Germinated, 2 female 1 male. I got it from a Canadian company that ran cards through China so my card got shut down for fraud, once all straightened away I won't be ordering from them again with that ordeal. SO making more seed...
Have a couple of gallon bags of pole beans in the frig… these are dinner tonight. The mosaic dow gauk is producing. In the next couple days another 70 or so 15 to 20” ones will be picked. Though called yard long beans in all the years i have grown them maybe 2’ was the max. I pick them smaller because they are more tender .
Last nights dinner of roast chicken, sauteed rattlesnake, gold marie and bluelake beanswith red onion and French baked potatoes from the garden
Beans nightly and we don’t seem to tire of the endless uses. Blueberry peach pie i made
Last nights dinner of roast chicken, sauteed rattlesnake, gold marie and bluelake beanswith red onion and French baked potatoes from the garden
Beans nightly and we don’t seem to tire of the endless uses. Blueberry peach pie i made
cdnred
Life of the Party
My wife has a small garden started on our double lot where she grows some nice herbs and tomatoes. We've noticed that the squirrels are feeding on our tomato crop regularly. I've been finding half eaten tomatoes around the lawn after they've been around. I did a search on squirrel deterrence here but all I mostly found was the pellet gun solution. Other then traps, pellet guns and wire fencing, is there another approach we can take to deter them from coming around..? I heard from one of my neighbors that if I plant a border of mint or onions around the garden that the smell will keep them away. Don't know if there is any truth to that..? Has anyone else come up with any ideas for a reliable solution..?
Edit; Did an internet search and found some solutions, I'll have to give that a try and see if it'll work..
Natural Squirrel Repellents
As it turns out, squirrels hate coffee grounds! It's the smell they dislike, and for this reason, using coffee grounds (especially those with a strong odor) can be useful for deterring squirrels from your yard.
Edit; Did an internet search and found some solutions, I'll have to give that a try and see if it'll work..
Natural Squirrel Repellents
- Spread predator urine around your garden. ...
- Try sprinkling cayenne pepper, ground chili peppers, pepper flakes, and/or garlic pepper on and around your plants when they are ready to bloom..
As it turns out, squirrels hate coffee grounds! It's the smell they dislike, and for this reason, using coffee grounds (especially those with a strong odor) can be useful for deterring squirrels from your yard.
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Get some coyote piss . I dare ya to try it. I have… once
What did it taste like ?
Does coyote urine smell bad?
Before there was a supermarket on every corner, the farmstead garden was essential to survival for rural families. If you did not have a dead coyote hanging from a pole around your garden, urine with a territorial gland scent was the next best thing!
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So, I grew Italian Peppers this year, we used some in salsa, but it's there a way to eat them? I tried grilling them whole and eating them and was immediately sweating, and could finish it... Any suggestions please...
The last of the peppers...
The last of the peppers...
We grow a variety of italian peppers.
Some we pickle, and some we eat.
Variations on this recipe always are good for us.
playswellwithbutter.com
Another thing we do with the larger ones os stuff with either sausage or chorizo (cooked) and cream cheese, then wrap with bacon and stick a few toothpicks on to hold the bacon.
Then freeze them ( bacon is raw) in a foil pain.
An hour at 375, with last 15 minutes uncovered and they are ready to eat.
Some we pickle, and some we eat.
Variations on this recipe always are good for us.
Spicy Italian Sausage and Peppers Pasta Recipe - plays well with butter
This spicy Italian sausage and peppers pasta recipe is simple, flavorful, satisfying, & quick! 10 simple ingredients for the best weeknight dinner ever.
playswellwithbutter.com
Another thing we do with the larger ones os stuff with either sausage or chorizo (cooked) and cream cheese, then wrap with bacon and stick a few toothpicks on to hold the bacon.
Then freeze them ( bacon is raw) in a foil pain.
An hour at 375, with last 15 minutes uncovered and they are ready to eat.
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TicTokCroc
Sunkist and Sudafed
Lacto ferment some hot sauce.
I brine peppers and make hot sauce…lemon aji, a Bulgarian carrot pepper sauce and others
Generally i do not use xanthum gum as a thickener. Very unruly stuff… tiny amount goes a long way. I am using my own recipes. Have created whisker sauce its called and Insanos flaming death pepper sauce to name a couple and a lemon aji sauce when i can grow enough of them
More picking… some large Corno di Toro sweet peppers ripening
Lots of fruit getting close. Gonna be a bumper crop of Concords for juice and jam. 
Not a good tomato year for me. This is the largest this weird year. I have grown 3 lb tomatoes before. So this is less than half that size category. The Guinness records for tomatoes is hard to fathom
TicTokCroc
Sunkist and Sudafed
At least it's red! Or ripe...
Too many tomatoes in the kitchen so roasting and canning some and i had not planned to this year
