Re: What are you eating from your garden today?

countrynaturals 12/8/2019, 10:03 am

sanderson wrote:
markqz wrote:The best carrot I've ever grown: . . .
Which probably tells you how poorly I've done at carrot growing. Went into the stir fry at 1:30pm. Gone, but not forgotten.
Mark, last year was the best I ever did with carrots. So, take heart as I think one gets better at it each year. I think home grown carrots are the tastiest, including tender skins.

I've had 2 great seasons with carrots and 2 total failures. I'm going to start keeping better records in case the answer is simply timing or weather. It couldn't possibly be me. dangit

**Scorpio Rising** 12/10/2019, 6:24 pm

Today I had some really delish sweet pickles made with cukes from the SFG, YUM! I have never made sweet pickles before, they are really delish! I love you

countrynaturals 12/10/2019, 10:05 pm

Tomatoes, but they're running down. Only about a week's worth left. If we hadn't had that hard freeze in November, they'd still be growing in the garden. very sad

As it is, I've thrown at least a hundred of them over the fence for the little critters.

countrynaturals 12/11/2019, 8:14 pm

countrynaturals wrote:Tomatoes, but they're running down. Only about a week's worth left. If we hadn't had that hard freeze in November, they'd still be growing in the garden. As it is, I've thrown at least a hundred of them over the fence for the little critters.

I was talking about the toms in the fridge, but look what I found still growing outside, after a hard freeze and a month of short days, cold nights, and nothing but clouds and rain. This is my 4th of July tomato plant, that I've been bragging about since summer. I have other plants with green tomatoes still hanging, but this one actually ripened all these after we thought it was dead. The toms of various sizes are puckered, but still sweet and juicy. Amazing! winner

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**Scorpio Rising** 12/12/2019, 5:31 pm

Tomatoes

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countrynaturals 12/12/2019, 6:17 pm

Scorpio Rising wrote:Tomatoes

Same here. I found another bowlful from other dead plants. I had no idea they'd still ripen on the vine under such adverse circumstances. I love you

**Scorpio Rising** 12/13/2019, 9:04 pm

countrynaturals wrote:
Scorpio Rising wrote:Tomatoes
Same here. I found another bowlful from other dead plants. I had no idea they'd still ripen on the vine under such adverse circumstances.

OK, CN, most of the US cannot propagate maters right now! And the grocery store versions are just not up to our high standard (I mean, we know the BRIX ratings of our various varieties, etc...).

Missing our mater babies

countrynaturals 12/27/2019, 4:53 pm

Still eating summer tomatoes. 3 left, then I'll be looking ahead to 2020. bounce

yolos 12/27/2019, 5:35 pm

broccoli

plantoid 12/28/2019, 3:55 pm

Onions & garlic only today I'm afraid .. the dreadful 3 months of mild & exceedingly wet weather has blown the brussels sprouts , & put black mould on almost all the small broccoli heads & turned a lot of the leeks rusty affraid

.

If things carry on like this I'll have to be planting clear plastic umbrellas as well as my normal seeds.

plantoid 12/28/2019, 4:04 pm

countrynaturals wrote:
sanderson wrote:
markqz wrote:The best carrot I've ever grown: . . .
Which probably tells you how poorly I've done at carrot growing. Went into the stir fry at 1:30pm. Gone, but not forgotten.
Mark, last year was the best I ever did with carrots. So, take heart as I think one gets better at it each year. I think home grown carrots are the tastiest, including tender skins.
I've had 2 great seasons with carrots and 2 total failures. I'm going to start keeping better records in case the answer is simply timing or weather. It couldn't possibly be me.

Get your thermometer out and sow when it is the right temperature so that they will germinate before they either rot or die of thirst . I had to re-sow twice this year . First it suddenly got too cold about four days after I'd sown the carrots , nothing came up in the bed after 28 days … the seeds most likely succumbed to wet rot . .
Then for a different bed I broadcast the rest of a packet of 1,000 seed that were three year old home stored seed , thinking , " If I get any carrots I'll count myself lucky " .. The ground temp was 16 oC , nice & moist . Laughing

Almost every sodding carrot seed germinated by day 18 , we've just started harvesting them .

I'll be clearing the bed tomorrow if it is not raining and store them outside under cover in deep sand trays .

**Scorpio Rising** 12/30/2019, 7:45 pm

Ate some of the mustard pickled zucchini that I made this fall with some ham yesterday—very tasty! Really wasn’t sure what to expect, but I liked it a lot. Perfect with a salty cured meat.

Also really pretty!

**sanderson** 12/30/2019, 7:58 pm

Peas, Swiss chard and broccoli with more Sweet potato ginger soup.

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countrynaturals 12/30/2019, 9:13 pm

Nice haul, Sanderson. winner

**sanderson** 12/30/2019, 10:14 pm

The peas went into the Paella. hungry

countrynaturals 12/30/2019, 10:55 pm

sanderson wrote:

The peas went into the Paella.

Nice. I harvested chives. Razz

**Scorpio Rising** 1/1/2020, 8:44 pm

My last Yukon Gold potatoes, and a nice ice cream with strawberry freezer jam topping! Taste of summer for sure! YUMMO

yolos 1/1/2020, 9:41 pm

sanderson wrote:Peas, Swiss chard and broccoli with more Sweet potato ginger soup.

I am still waiting for my peas. I had to plant them so late due to a hot September, they have taken forever to mature. Also, the later in the fall they are planted in this bed, the less sun they get. Waiting, waiting.

countrynaturals 1/2/2020, 12:58 pm

Here are the last of the 2019 tomatoes. They should last another week or 2. By then I may have a couple of new ones from indoors. Then I'll just have to wait for spring. bounce

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OhioGardener 1/6/2020, 6:35 pm

Salad with fresh leaf lettuce and radishes from the cold frame, air fryer sweet potato fries, and baked Red Kuri squash complimented the grilled sirloin tip steak.

yolos 1/6/2020, 7:11 pm

broccoli again. Have frozen 5 heads and given away three heads. Great year for Broccoli.

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OhioGardener 1/20/2020, 6:11 pm

Dinner included Pickled Beets, Green Beans from the freezer, Potato Salad, and Barbecue Chicken Breasts (thanks Instant Pot!). Love having garden vegetables in the dead of winter.

**Scorpio Rising** 1/22/2020, 6:08 pm

Poblano Peppers with Chorizo, also has rice, corn, and tomatoes (canned) and cheese. My first, from freezer, this was my first year growing a poblano (Ancho) pepper! I loved them! Just the right kick...In the oven at the moment, smells WONDERFUL!!!

countrynaturals 1/22/2020, 9:09 pm

Kale in Lima bean soup -- beans also from the garden from last summer.

markqz 1/22/2020, 9:23 pm

Ready to stir fry:

Italian Kale, Russian Kale, Purple Lady Bok Choy, Kohlrabi leaves, sprig of cilantro, New Zealand Spinach*, Chard leaf**, Dwarf Mallow***

* From backyard, actually
** Over-wintering -- starting 3rd year now ?
*** Wild edible

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