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Re: What are you eating from your garden today?
Salads!
My winter lettuce was taken out by ? white flies?.

Re: What are you eating from your garden today?
Oh, it didn't come easily! I've been fighting a constant battle with aphids, using a one-two punch of insecticidal soap followed by diatomaceous earth. As far as I can tell, neem oil doesn't do much.sanderson wrote:Salads!My winter lettuce was taken out by ? white flies?.
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Re: What are you eating from your garden today?
markqz wrote:sanderson wrote:As far as I can tell, neem oil doesn't do much.
Neem oil only affects Aphids if it is sprayed directly on them. If it is sprayed on the plant, the Aphids will eat right through it.

"In short, the soil food web feeds everything you eat and helps keep your favorite planet from getting too hot. Be nice to it." ~ Diane Miessler, "Grow Your Soil"
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Re: What are you eating from your garden today?
That's how it appeared to me! I'm glad (in a sad sort of wayOhioGardener wrote:
Neem oil only affects Aphids if it is sprayed directly on them. If it is sprayed on the plant, the Aphids will eat right through it.

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Re: What are you eating from your garden today?
I just added Spinosad to my arsenal. I'm ready for the aphids and spider mites this summer.
Re: What are you eating from your garden today?
OhioGardener wrote:Spinosad, on the other hand, will kill them either way.
Not to be confused with Spinosaurus ...

though I imagine it would do a pretty good job eliminating aphids and everything else.
So, which brand/make spinosad do you recommend?
Looking on-line, I see one source that is selling a "concentrate" for 90$ a gallon. But it only has 0.5% spinosad

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Re: What are you eating from your garden today?
"In short, the soil food web feeds everything you eat and helps keep your favorite planet from getting too hot. Be nice to it." ~ Diane Miessler, "Grow Your Soil"
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Re: What are you eating from your garden today?
Wow....that statement is soooo true, Mark. We’ve all been there many times!markqz wrote:That's how it appeared to me! I'm glad (in a sad sort of wayOhioGardener wrote:
Neem oil only affects Aphids if it is sprayed directly on them. If it is sprayed on the plant, the Aphids will eat right through it.) to have my observations confirmed.
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Re: What are you eating from your garden today?
So that's why my Neem Oil doesn't work on aphids. I've got spinosad concentrate on hand now. Bring them on!
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Re: What are you eating from your garden today?
Spinosad has a stronger odour, stays in the soil only 24 hours before dissipating, so that's good. I have an essential oil spray (1 tsp organic dish soap, 5 drops each clove, peppermint and rosemary essential oils in a quart/liter of water) that really brings down the aphid population. I still have aphids (this is my indoor garden), but I can actually sprout carrot and beet and bean seeds. For indoors, I prefer using the essential oil spray.
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Celeriac
My daughter cooked 1 large and one smaller celeriac root for part of dinner:

It's been an interesting experiment, but I'm not sure it's worth the squares.

It's been an interesting experiment, but I'm not sure it's worth the squares.
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Re: What are you eating from your garden today?
I tried celeriac root, I didn't really like it, but everyone has their own tastes.markqz wrote:My daughter cooked 1 large and one smaller celeriac root for part of dinner:
It's been an interesting experiment, but I'm not sure it's worth the squares.
And I most often eat either salad, if there is not a lot of time, or we fry steaks: D
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Re: What are you eating from your garden today?
Does it taste like celery?
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Re: What are you eating from your garden today?
The celeriac, when it's not too fibrous, tastes like mildly celery-flavored potatoes.Scorpio Rising wrote:Does it taste like celery?
The stems taste exactly like celery, but are too fibrous except chopped up and added to stir fry. The stems also have an odd thing that some of them grow a membrane over the celery "trench", so I suppose you could use them as biodegradable soda straws

It turns out that my family really liked them, so I might be growing them again. Later.
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Re: What are you eating from your garden today?
Fun! Sounds a little strange. Glad y’all liked it! Right?,markqz wrote:The celeriac, when it's not too fibrous, tastes like mildly celery-flavored potatoes.Scorpio Rising wrote:Does it taste like celery?
The stems taste exactly like celery, but are too fibrous except chopped up and added to stir fry. The stems also have an odd thing that some of them grow a membrane over the celery "trench", so I suppose you could use them as biodegradable soda straws![]()
It turns out that my family really liked them, so I might be growing them again. Later.
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Re: What are you eating from your garden today?
Had the first Baby Kale Leaf Salad for dinner. Can't believe how fast those plants are growing, they seem to love this cool, damp weather we have been having. And the young leaves are so tender and sweet tasting.
"In short, the soil food web feeds everything you eat and helps keep your favorite planet from getting too hot. Be nice to it." ~ Diane Miessler, "Grow Your Soil"
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Re: What are you eating from your garden today?
Parsley, parsley, and more parsley! Plants are starting to bolt and I'm not inclined to compost them.
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Re: What are you eating from your garden today?
Why? Are you out of thyme?Yardslave wrote:Plants are starting to bolt and I'm not inclined to compost them.

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Re: What are you eating from your garden today?
Last evening we had the first Sauteed Swiss Chard for dinner. How sweet it was! 

"In short, the soil food web feeds everything you eat and helps keep your favorite planet from getting too hot. Be nice to it." ~ Diane Miessler, "Grow Your Soil"
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Re: What are you eating from your garden today?
Harvested the first couple of pounds of purple passion asparagus. Going to roast it this evening. The next batch will be cream of asparagus soup
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Re: What are you eating from your garden today?
Found a huge softball-sized turnip that I peeled off the outer "rind", and gave it a taste (not expecting much) and it was good enough to use in a slaw with red peppers and onions, marinated in a vinaigrette dressing. Glad I didn't toss it into the compost.
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Re: What are you eating from your garden today?
Everything sounds amazing! Nothing ready here. Living vicariously! Thanks
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"In short, the soil food web feeds everything you eat and helps keep your favorite planet from getting too hot. Be nice to it." ~ Diane Miessler, "Grow Your Soil"
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Re: What are you eating from your garden today?
Still got 20 pounds of onions plaited up in strings from last years harvest. We had two in a pork & mushroom casserole for tea tonight .
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Re: What are you eating from your garden today?
I had my first 4 French Breakfast radishes yesterday for supper—very mild as it has been cool/cold here! Looks like lettuce leaves tomorrow—not a bunch but some! Red Romaine. It’s beautiful!
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