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Saturday, May 17. 2008

Last frost date

As of today, we can put vegetables in the ground up here. Got the garden ready?

 

Posted by Bird Dog in Gardens, Plants, etc. at 10:24 | Comments (13) | Trackbacks (0)

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I can't go crazy with the tomatoes again this year. Last time, I could have filled a 55 gal. drum with what 4 plants produced. We ate 'em all, but still. Peppers, maybe some beans this time. Gotta fertilize the rhodies, too.
#1 Skookumchuk (Link) on 2008-05-17 11:36 (Reply)
Never realized how really delicious freshly pulled beets can be until we planted them in our garden in Milwaukee. Really gorgeous sweet flavor. A gracious plenty of melted butter, salt and pepper and you're there -- close to culinary heaven.

Marianne
#2 Marianne Matthews on 2008-05-17 12:13 (Reply)
Which varieties would you recommend, beet-wise?
#2.1 Skookumchuk (Link) on 2008-05-17 12:23 (Reply)
Corn? My grandfather used to grow it where I grew up in MA. Spoils you for life - anything you don't pick and eat on the spot pales in comparison.

Also strawberries and watermelon. The strawberries used to be more of a 'special event', with their limited season. Now they're shipped in from California all year long. But I think a lot of them are made of Styrofoam.

Here in Jersey we have Killer Tomatoes. Wanna make somethin' of it? http://www.killertomatoes.com/mainFlash.asp
#3 Mister Snitch (Link) on 2008-05-17 12:19 (Reply)
Beets? Love 'em. But I get Beet beetles that eat the root.
Fresh corn? Love it, but my coons get 'em before they are ready to pick.
#4 BD on 2008-05-17 12:24 (Reply)
Just fence the garden like a Nazi POW Stalag and the raccoon problem will be solved. For a week or so, anyway.

Though the neighbors might complain about the searchlights in the watchtowers.

Our cat yells through the glass door at the coons that climb on our deck. Always at around 3AM. Its a real delight, I tell ya.
#4.1 Skookumchuk (Link) on 2008-05-17 12:44 (Reply)
Why would you put vegetables in the ground now?
'Round here we put seeds in the ground this time of year.
Plant life, otherwise impractical to us, gets put (back) into the ground-after harvest time.

{Sheesh!} Sounds like you've got some sort of progressive bureaucracy farming policy goin' on there!;~)

Hint: If you have grapes growing on that pergola back there
make sure it will hold up to the weight of a 250 lb (or so) bear as well.
#5 CaptDMO on 2008-05-17 12:49 (Reply)
Grapes? Same problem: wild animals. But nothing eats tomatoes, cucumbers, peppers and squash, except people.
#5.1 BD on 2008-05-17 12:58 (Reply)
Here in Florida we have a tomato with that real old time "this is really a tomato " taste..it's called an Ugly tomato because it has wrinkles and doesn't look like an apple.

Well the Fla Dept of Agriculture or Committee on Tomatos or some such government bureaucracy won't allow the farmers to export them because they "don't look nice" You be the judge. Is this too ugly for export?


http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1297/836830889_2059490ae7.jpg
#6 Habu on 2008-05-17 20:34 (Reply)
Looks ok to me.
#7 Phil McCrackin on 2008-05-17 21:06 (Reply)
Dear Habu:

Sorry about the FL dept of ag. I discovered "Heirloom Tomatoes" about 2 years ago. You can grow them in TX also! Here are pictures of some very unique and tasty tomatoes. You can order on line.

http://www.mariseeds.com/2005catalog/gallery.html
#8 apple pie on 2008-05-18 02:11 (Reply)
bd--will you be selling your produce at the farmers market? picture looks like you will have a lot of veggies this summer. what do you do about the cut worms?
#9 opie on 2008-05-18 11:21 (Reply)
http://img204.imageshack.us/img204/9738/picture1pi2.jpg
#10 Princess Alpha Meta on 2008-05-23 23:50 (Reply)

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