Edibles - '08

Did you know you can eat the squash blossoms? But then you wouldn't have any courgettes.

Is a courgette a female courg???

I don't have any flowers on my squash yet. :(

No flowers either on squash, but I dont have a paw paw.

Is there a connection??

You can eat it.

I hope you are not going hungry, Schickenlady

Here are 5 recipes for squash bloosoms. Also explains the difference between a courgette and a courge. M or F?

http://www.seasonalchef.com/recipe0805b.htm

Re: Rainbarrel. I found a "fitting" in the garden department of HD that fit the downspout rectangular shape and went into a circle that I cut out of the barrel top. I have a second barrel ready to go - I just have to move it in to place and figure out how to hide it because it will be on the side of the house at the front. The barrel I have is bright blue!

The one i have is bright blue - also.

Wikpedia says:
The name, also spelled paw paw, paw-paw, and papaw, probably derives from the Spanish papaya. So I thought it was some type of fruit tree!

Oh Yes. A luscious fruit tree!

Yes, sorry Sherrie I never answered properly. It has a custard consistency and tastes like a combo of mango and banana, but closer to mango. Very sloppy to eat and has large pits but tastes great. They ripen here in Sep.

So I take its a tree! When I lived in FL I had a mango tree. It tasted half peach and half pine tree.

http://davesgarden.com/guides/articles/view/1071/

Here is Sharran's article on pawpaw fruit trees. = Featured today!

Sharran herself is on a mission to Alaska today to celebrate the Summer Solstice which will also be a memorial for our dear and fisty friend Carol Eads, who recently died recently from a brain tumor. Carol asked that Sharran come to Alaska so that's what she is doing now.

Victor has a pawpaw that is endangered or threatened in New York! Sweet sweet sweet. Hey Victor maybe we can all see you on ABC Evening News with Charlie Gibson!!!

Ive tried to grow them unsuccessfully. they are an understory tree so they want to be started in the shade and reach for the sun.

Here's one of my two.

for edibles in the garden we have the typical fare - new this year is artichoke's and two hot peppers r lleno (sp) and poblano - (my mother inlaw makes great chile relleno's)
planted the artic kiwi and three "normal" vines last year. they are just now climbing the posts. 2-in-1 plum tree has yellow plums for the first year, still waiting on the dwarf granny smith apple tree, high bush blueberries and 4 different rasberries. I'll like to say i have strawberries - i think they belong to the chipmunks and squirrels since they eat them all.

Me too - I rarely get to any strawberries. I have planted two service berries but not much yet. My blackberries are Triple Crown - incredibly big, delicious and they're thornless.

gloria...grew Zuchino da Fiore last year. It was bred to produce lots of flowers and few or no zucchini. Very pretty. Rather tedious to harvest the blossoms. They attract a lot of bugs. One day as I was becoming annoyed washing them all off, I had one of those "AHA!" moments. The reason the flowers on that plant are so big and there are do many of them, I realized, is the plant is trying to attract bugs. Duh.......

my resperrie are heritage, bristol, latham, and allen - first year from miller nurseries - i have good luck with them - the kiwis are from there.
and other edibles are rubbarb (m-in-law rubbarb pie is to kill for). and concord grape. there is probably something else i'm over looking.

what exactly is a resperrie? duh

A fancy, French raspberry?

could be - very expensive - and delicious

David Paul: I guess you wouldn't want to eat those squash blossoms unless you like a bug frittata.

asparugus - new this year - bought 50 plants - didn't realise the space needed to grow these so I put them in two beds a little closer than recommended. planted about 40 of the plants.

I picked the first Early Vienna Kohlrabi last night after snapping this pic Snow Peas and Pac Choi. Stir fry season is here.
Lots of strawberries.
Andy P

I planted some ever-bearing strawberries last year along a mostly herb bed for DH. They make a nice edging plant all season. He grazes on them. Not enough to do much with, except eat as a snack. He loves them, I don't. I planted a couple of new ones along another bed this year too. The Veggie bed has no real surprises except bulb fennel, celeriac , chard and artichokes. We got only a few artichokes last year. I wintered over a couple of plants that were looking great all spring, then along came a dumb blond and she ( I ) forgot about them and left them to dry out behind the door. I will try again this year.

Our veggie bed is not level, not in the best light, and has a cedar growing up in the middle of it, but I hope it will produce something besides weeds and bugs. Love stuffed blossoms sans d'insectes. Patti

Cool pic, Andy! Looks alien. I never tried kohlrabi.

The grapes are growing like crazy. Here is a red seedless 'Reliance' in flower.

bb, now those are tomato cages. Mine are small and extra staking is needed.
Victor, Kohlrabi is usually my first veggie out of the garden. I plant then between the Broccoli. One seed makes one bulb, they grow fast enough to not hinder the Broccoli at all (same family). Peeled, sliced and steamed, served with a little butter. Yummy. I put them in stir fry, stews, salads even chili. They are very mild and retain their firmness when cooked.

I can't resist it, sorry. I ALWAYS THOUGHT THAT PAW-PAW WAS THE TWO FRONT LEGS OF A CAT.
I'll go to my room now.
Chuck

This message was edited Jun 19, 2008 7:34 PM

Resist, Chuck, resist!^_^

I don't care for either mango or papaya, so wonder if I would like pawpaw?

debi what about the sea buckhorn at the beginning of the thread -

Actually hadn't heard of either before this thread.

Martha Stewarts chow is named PawPaw.

Matina--an early heirloom from Germany--has a few small tomatoes on them. Shooting for ripe tomatoes by July 4th.

Note the mobile deer repellent behind the tomato patch:

I almost killed my goumi by putting it in a container with no holes! I got out my drill and made holes - I hope it makes it until I can figure out where to plant it.

I don't see anything David_Paul.