Edibles '11

I have them both, DW uses the big one for pancakes, I use the smaller one for grilled fish every so often. (gas range here)

someday I will switch back to gas.. you would think the prior owner would have done that when the gas furnace & hot water heater were put in.. but not a needed thing right now.. having used both.. they both have pros and cons.. but I miss having gas burner

Me too Allison! I don't understand why when the owners here redid their kitchen they didn't run gas up to the kitchen, we have gas heat.

mine never re did anything

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I have gas....DH only had to eat my cooking on a electric stove once for him to switch it back for me. ^_^

I hate a gas stove. More apt to burn my food and catch on fire. Propane is more costly also.

1 tiny rotten cuke, zuchinni and a 3" rotton summer squash. What gives?

I'v had both. I like gas burners, but I like the electric for the oven.

Spinach, radishes, and lettuce are all being eaten by us nightly. Nice crop of Kale which seems way early. The Green peppers are almost ready on a large (cheater) starter plant we bought as are some patio tomatoes. Lots of rain, but not enough sun. Lush looking but some things seems slow, like yellow squash and sugar snaps. Patti

Def not talking propane but natural gas, I think way more likely to burn food with electric because it doesn't maintain a steady temp
I heard convection ovens are good

My DIL has an Aga with gas burners & 4 tiny electric ovens....cannot get a turkey into any of them....I think she thought about that....her Mom lives next door with large ovens....hmmm....wish I thought of it....

I've got tiny baby summer squash, peppers, cukes, and tomatoes. Nice.

did you grow by seed or buy the plants ireed?

I have tiny tomatoes & peppers....no squash or cukes or beans....I plant those by seed.....

The fruit on the vine right now are all on purchased plants. Peas were from seed and they're slowing down a little. I've got a coupla little bush beans out there, they were seed. I'm harvesting cilantro, parsley, basil and oregano as needed, they were seed as well. Spinach of course is long gone but I'm still getting lettuce from stems left in the ground.

Alfala Sprouts Recalled Not sure what states I think NJ has some.

http://www.cnn.com/2011/HEALTH/07/01/idaho.sprouts.recall/

Him?!!

lol !

This is the Edibles thread. Is he Edible?

Every single set fell off the Fuyu. :(

Is that your Asian pear? I'm sorry....

No, it is the asian persimmon. The pear set fine and I have thinned the fruit already.

Lost the first squash plant, chewed off. Not as neat as cutworm, borer maybe? Good thing I have a bunch more. I wrapped the stems with foil when I planted but that one seems to have come off. Otherwise, plenty of salad, green tomatoes, tiny peppers. Peas are finished, pole beans coming along. Bok Choy and some other greens started two weeks ago sprouted. No beets yet, but the greens look good. We"ll have a good salad tonight..

Pam

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yeah looking good Sherrie!!

doing about 230 tomato plants this year, about 30 varieties. off the top of my head some are: matts wild, sugar cherry, reisentraube, punta banda, purple smudge, green zebra, hogheart, brandywine, yellow brandywine, kentuky beefsteak, caspian pink, purple calabash, japanese black trifele, wapsipicon peach, eva's purple ball (which is very disappointing, weak plants dont compete with the other varieties in the first couple months. most died. i dont care about disease resistance and pretty fruit if the plant is so weak it dies in the sun), and many of my breeding projects got grown out this year. i also have a few hundred corn, beans, squash. some zuni tomatillos, oats, tasagui and mt pima sorghum, guatamalen and mt pima amaranth, white quinoa, and much much more! if you want to seed trade let me know! goodmindseeds@gardener.com is my email or you can dmail me.

On week #6. So far I dont see anything croaking. Weeds are down in the rows and the ones that do make it up through are anemic.

I said to Jim a couple of days ago - At least I dont have to spend 3/4 of my time with the weeds in the rows, I can concentrate on making it better. Its not weed free by no means, 6 hours I can have 1/2 of it done.

Jim was telling me a woman went to the mill and got a few bags of sawdust for her potato's! She said she starts them in dirt and then starts to top them off with dust and that way they are clean when picked. Humm next year I will try potato's.

I am not out of the danger zone yet as far as I am concerned but the percentage is dropping by the day. At this point I dont see a disaster.

If you take on sawdust I suggest you know what your getting. No Oak, Black Walnut or any tree that contains tanic acid. Again this sawdust has sat for over a year and is not raw or should I say Hot?

Wood does not decompose as fast as other stuff, leaves, grass etc. So I dont know what I am up against as far as rototilling it in? Jim says - You will never know its there. Not that I dont belive him I want to see it with my own eyes, I want to see red tomatoes first. What if any measures should I take to make sure that the decomposing sawdust dont deplete the soil of nitrogen next year?

I have searched the net for sawdust gardening and have not found much. What I have found, most does not sound good. The words Destruction, Disaster and Dont Do it comes up alot.

Time will tell I guess. Now that I have wrote a book.

I have fertilized 2 times and weeded 2 times in 6 weeks.

Sherrie, your garden looks fine! You did a great job, & looks like it will work for you....Turtleheart, your garden sounds wonderful...I have a few heirloom tomatoes planted this year....Brandywine is a favorite.....I had Purple Smudge last year. Since I live a few miles away from White Flower Farm, I get my tomatoes from there......

Looks great!

Not sure if someone already answered, but do I pick the Sun Gold tomatoes when they just turn orange??

Tons of peaches on my tree this year but once again I see some with this clear ooze coming out of them. Ideas?? I did spray earlier with a fungicide.

Never had Sungold, Victor, but i would guess that's when they should be picked.....I think the ooze is created when an insect gets into the peach.....I froze a couple of pints of peas yesterday.....will pick some lettuce tomorrow....

I just made my first quiche - Lamb's Quarters, mushroom and walking onion! OMG - it was so good! I am bringing one to the RU.

Lamb's Quarters is very low in Saturated Fat and Cholesterol. It is also a good source of Niacin, Folate, Iron, Magnesium and Phosphorus, and a very good source of Dietary Fiber, Protein, Vitamin A, Vitamin C, Thiamin, Riboflavin, Vitamin B6, Calcium, Potassium, Copper and Manganese

Also eating Bok Choy from the garden braised with shitaki mushrooms in garlic oil. YUM!

It does sound yummy, Memory!

I'm growing Sungold for the first time this year too. Somewhere I read that the flavor is best if you leave them until the color deepens. So far I only have green, but lots of them. Last year I ate my first tomato on the 4th. Sigh...

Pam

Victor, I just checked in Plant Files about the Sungolds...

http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/53331/

Several people say to wait until they are fully ripe before harvesting. The descriptions of the taste made my mouth water. Here's hoping for more days like yesterday so I get to try mine soon...

Pam

Thanks, Pam. Strange thing is, I have seen them served in the orange-ish state.

Had the first of the bush beans for dinner last night with a couple of snap peas and beet greens for good measure. Nothing better.

BTW - anyone here have any experience with Asian Sun Jewel melon?

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My bush beans are not even blossoming yet...no, not a melon grower....

Different variety of peppers just starting to blossom. In trouble now. My tomatoe plants have out grown the stakes.

Had my first grape tom from my container plant...YUM


Anyone grow cucs in containers???

i do have flowers on our bush beans and cukes - squash too