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N&C Midwest: January & February 2023
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N&C Midwest: January & February 2023
Allowing myself to try to plan for 2023! Looking forward to growing some new varieties, and trying to get some things. I thought I was growing things like beets, and other things. I wasn’t. Bad labeling….
For the first time, I will grow hopefully (?) butternut type squash. I’m super excited.
Replacing my old legacy boxes with a 4x4–RIP, you did great, legacy boxes. You got me started!
Plans everyone?
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I’m excited!
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I am also in the planning stages SR and I am SOOO excited! I am going to grow both of the winter squash that you mentioned. It's going to be awesome!
I am looking forward to growing some paprika peppers to make homemade paprika powder

Just got done with my first batch of winter sowing. A variety of flowers that I had laying around. Hope it works! LOL
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Maybe this year I will plant the same number of squash, but prune the vines and fruit setting so that we have less to harvest in the fall. And then again, we'll probably grow too much winter squash again this year....

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Soose wrote:I know you already share a lot. There might be worldwide food shortages. Good year to Donate the squash.
Unfortunately, winter squash is one of the hardest fruits/vegetables to give away. Many (most?) people do not want to have to invest the time and effort to prepare and cook a winter squash. Others don't like the name "squash" as a food. Yet others have never tasted one so don't want to start something new. We only have one neighbor that will take a winter squash, and she will only take one per year. Even our local soup kitchen and food pantry will not take them, though that love our summer vegetables. The operator says that their guests won't eat them, so there is no reason to take one.
But, fortunately, the excess squash do make some great compost to use in growing more squash....

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My grandparents grew up eating rutabagas but they are also not great to me.
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Maybe it's a Californian thing. ?
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JAM23–I am very excited about trying these new varieties, especially in a newish space. I think I am gonna put my winter squash (large ones) in the ground. They just don’t seem to get enough of anything in containers. Oh! And Cherokee Purple are my absolute FAVE tomato!!!!!
Soose—Agree, I don’t think I tasted any winter squash other than Acorn until my 40s?? We always put butter and brown sugar in them and baked the acorns in the oven. I wonder why we didn’t see more varieties—probably because I didn’t garden much or grow them. Acorn are at the grocery. The stores have gotten much better about offering a better variety recently.
OG—that surprises me about not being able to give them away! It’s free food!!??? And yummy healthy food at that. They do make great compost however….lol
Sanderson—It is a Cali thing to go all keto on us with the spaghetti squash, but growing it is right on because it’s super expensive to buy! In Ohio, we buy spaghetti. The noodle. Lol
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I've started planning what I'm growing, and may get a greenstalk to increase my production - but I'm maxed out.
Onion, leek, celery, parsley, cilantro and celriac are all started and just up. I'll have extra seedlings as usual.
Happy planning everyone!
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In the meantime, I'll be happy with what I have.
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I forgot to answer on the Celeriac - sorry.. it is a root crop, and a LONG grow, but it is used in soups, roasted, made to fries. etc. it is like a cross between potato, celery and parsley in flavor and is under-rated IMO. More popular in the UK than here but I'm intrigued by it. There are so many wonderful flavors/things we could grow here, but don't. Why? Perhaps because how this are was originally settled?Scorpio Rising wrote:nrstooge, is it possible to get or share a small community garden plot? Not really necessary, but just a thought! What do you do with celeriac? Is this new!? Interested to hear!
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I am also looking at artichokes. Perennial, large, but I do like to eat them a lot!
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Never plant without a bucket of compost at your side.
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I was planning on making some zuppa toscana soup this weekend with some frozen kale from last season. LOL
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JAM23 wrote:I was planning on making some zuppa toscana soup this weekend with some frozen kale from last season. LOL
When they are in season for you, make that recipe by substituting either Bok Choy or Napa Cabbage for the Kale. The flavor is incredible. Haven't tried Tatsoi yet, but that might also be a good substitute.
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But, I have said that before!
Strange cold windy weather here. Perfect planning weather. My aerogarden is putting along with the herb packet. 3 visibly up; basil, dill and parsley!
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Scorpio Rising wrote:Going through my seeds to see what is probably not viable at all, what I just have too little of to matter, etc. Thinning to start. Then will plan and order anything I ran out of, although I think I did a pretty good job of replacing as I went.
But, I have said that before!
Note to self: Label the seeds when planted.....

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LABEL
What.?
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Scorpio Rising wrote: My aerogarden is putting along with the herb packet. 3 visibly up; basil, dill and parsley!
I've been using the Aerogarden as a seed starter for seedlings to transplant into the greenhouse this winter. My Aerogarden has 6 slots so I start 3 Bok Choy seeds, and as soon as they sprout I start 3 more. The first 3 are ready to to plant out in 2 weeks, and then I start 3 more seeds. The seeds sprout in 4 days in the Aerogarden, so it allows starting a lot of seedlings.
When I bought the AeroGarden Harvest 360 it came with the Seed Starter Tray & Supplies, which allows for starting 23 seeds at the same time, but I have not used that yet kit yet.
These Bok Choy seedlings are 8 days old. The 3 cells in the back have seeds that have sprouted by are not yet showing above the covers. In 2 weeks the ones in front will be ready for transplanting, and then 3 more seeds will be planted.

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Meanwhile, the bunching onion seedlings are developing well and will be ready to start hardening off the first of March so that they can be transplanted into a bed. Then it will be time to start the tomato and pepper seeds.

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