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Re: sd white/non-white midwestern thread topic of the day (garden)
« Reply #25 on: May 02, 2011, 03:42:32 PM »
love landscaping. I don't think I could do gardening veggies, etc. though not sure my thumb is green enough.
whats the easiest stuff to start out w/

Basil

Can't kill it.


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Re: sd white/non-white midwestern thread topic of the day (garden)
« Reply #26 on: May 02, 2011, 04:00:24 PM »
i hate mint


Very disappointed, was waiting for an anti-cilantro retort.  Even if I do love cilantro.

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Re: sd white/non-white midwestern thread topic of the day (garden)
« Reply #27 on: May 02, 2011, 04:05:30 PM »
love landscaping. I don't think I could do gardening veggies, etc. though not sure my thumb is green enough.
whats the easiest stuff to start out w/

Basil

Can't kill it.



I killed mine.  :frown:
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Re: sd white/non-white midwestern thread topic of the day (garden)
« Reply #28 on: May 02, 2011, 04:07:17 PM »
fresh basil is really good to cook with, too.

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Re: sd white/non-white midwestern thread topic of the day (garden)
« Reply #29 on: May 02, 2011, 04:16:30 PM »
love landscaping. I don't think I could do gardening veggies, etc. though not sure my thumb is green enough.
whats the easiest stuff to start out w/

Basil

Can't kill it.



I killed mine.  :frown:

 :surprised:

Try Chives, then.  I grown mine in a pot that I leave out all year round(including winter) and it comes back every spring, which is pretty unheard of for other plants.

If you can't grow chives, then you should either hire a gardener and give them only generalized ideas of what you want and just roll with what they give you, or you should give up.

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Re: sd white/non-white midwestern thread topic of the day (garden)
« Reply #30 on: May 02, 2011, 04:21:22 PM »
I think my basil died from the cold snap a few weeks ago. The parsley and mint and tomato plants that were right next to it are fine. I just assumed basil was a fp, tc, etc.
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Re: sd white/non-white midwestern thread topic of the day (garden)
« Reply #31 on: May 02, 2011, 04:23:31 PM »
that sounds like  a pretty bad ass terraced rock wall around the landscaping in your front yard

   don't be trigger-happy.

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Re: sd white/non-white midwestern thread topic of the day (garden)
« Reply #32 on: May 02, 2011, 04:30:22 PM »
Are green onions just baby onions?

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Re: sd white/non-white midwestern thread topic of the day (garden)
« Reply #33 on: May 02, 2011, 04:39:34 PM »
I don't like worms.  Do you guys encounter many worms?

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Re: sd white/non-white midwestern thread topic of the day (garden)
« Reply #34 on: May 02, 2011, 04:55:37 PM »
Try pepperoncini peppers.

Yes the rock is part of the landscaping.

No green onions are not just baby onions.

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Re: sd white/non-white midwestern thread topic of the day (garden)
« Reply #35 on: May 02, 2011, 05:06:39 PM »
green onions are my fav onions.

Vadallia are a very close second.

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Re: sd white/non-white midwestern thread topic of the day (garden)
« Reply #36 on: May 02, 2011, 05:08:13 PM »
Seems like a gigantic pain in the ass vs driving to the store and buying said items.
Where did you get that overnight bag?

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Re: sd white/non-white midwestern thread topic of the day (garden)
« Reply #37 on: May 02, 2011, 06:36:41 PM »
In the garden:
Tomatoes
Sweet Onions
Jalapenos
Potatoes
Sweet Corn
Spinach
Lettuce
Carrots
Green Beans
Peas
(probably forgetting something)

In the yard
Almond Tree
Peach Trees
Cherry Tree
Apple Trees

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Re: sd white/non-white midwestern thread topic of the day (garden)
« Reply #38 on: May 02, 2011, 06:48:15 PM »
Seems like a gigantic pain in the ass vs driving to the store and buying said items.

that's why I don't plant chiles they have at your local hyvee/dillons/bakers.  also, basil and tomatoes are much better fresh.

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Re: sd white/non-white midwestern thread topic of the day (garden)
« Reply #39 on: May 02, 2011, 07:03:08 PM »
Seems like a gigantic pain in the ass vs driving to the store and buying said items.

It's really not, especially for something like tomatoes. I mean seriously you just plant the tomatoes and then pick them when they turn red.

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Re: sd white/non-white midwestern thread topic of the day (garden)
« Reply #40 on: May 02, 2011, 07:05:19 PM »
Seems like a gigantic pain in the ass vs driving to the store and buying said items.

It's really not, especially for something like tomatoes. I mean seriously you just plant the tomatoes and then pick them when they turn red.
even with that weather you get in michigan?

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Re: sd white/non-white midwestern thread topic of the day (garden)
« Reply #41 on: May 02, 2011, 07:35:09 PM »
Mint is great for gardens.  Really nice aroma for the entire yard.

I hope so, as it will crowd out and spread all over the entire yard if not contained right.

Mint can be invasive as hell.  Have some chocolate mint that can't be killed :shakesfist:.  I do like pulling every year though because of the aroma. :love:

Went to the farmers market over the weekend and picked up some Basil, Sage and Parsley.  Can't do any veggies because I can't kill the bunnies (that will eat them) that are roaming around my house.  Refuse to build a fence or some type of dumb looking bunny barricade.
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Re: sd white/non-white midwestern thread topic of the day (garden)
« Reply #42 on: May 02, 2011, 08:23:43 PM »
my rabbit is free to eat all he wants.  we usually have about 5 half eaten tomatoes on the vine at any one time.  have at it little fella.

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Re: sd white/non-white midwestern thread topic of the day (garden)
« Reply #43 on: May 02, 2011, 09:24:23 PM »
go to the store and make a list of the most expensive vegetables that you eat, plus the ones they don't have.  then plant everything on the list.


lol, at these midwesterners complaining about mint being invasive.  what do you people drink, one mojito a year?   :lol:
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Re: sd white/non-white midwestern thread topic of the day (garden)
« Reply #44 on: May 03, 2011, 07:31:37 AM »
my rabbit is free to eat all he wants.  we usually have about 5 half eaten tomatoes on the vine at any one time.  have at it little fella.

Given your almond story, it is obviously the hungry squirrel. 

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Re: sd white/non-white midwestern thread topic of the day (garden)
« Reply #45 on: May 03, 2011, 12:56:27 PM »
I have Bannan peppers, jalapenos, cayan sp? and another kind of pepper I can't think of right now.  Also sweet corn, squash, zuccini, watermelon, cantalope, pumpkins, cucumbers, potatos, tomatos 2 cherry 2 bigger tomatos,  Bush beans, carrots, lettus.  some strawberries, asparagus, grapes, raspberries, blackberries, winter onions, rubarb. 

I don't care for rubarb but I cut it and take it to the cafe I eat at regularly and give it to the cook who makes great pies (I don't eat them but I've heard) She usually gives me a couple free meals for the produce also give her the asparagus for a soup she makes, more free meals.

Also just planted 3 new apple trees.

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Re: sd white/non-white midwestern thread topic of the day (garden)
« Reply #46 on: May 03, 2011, 12:59:46 PM »
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Re: sd white/non-white midwestern thread topic of the day (garden)
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Re: sd white/non-white midwestern thread topic of the day (garden)
« Reply #48 on: May 03, 2011, 01:20:28 PM »
Also just planted 3 new apple trees.

what kinds?
Fuji, Gala, and Honey Crisp
apple trees seem like the biggest pain in the ass of all the aforementioned

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Re: sd white/non-white midwestern thread topic of the day (garden)
« Reply #49 on: May 03, 2011, 01:26:33 PM »
Fuji, Gala, and Honey Crisp

what rootstock?  you should plant a lot more, but not just dessert apple varieties.  i heard somewhere that in decent apple country you can expect about 5 tons of apples/acre in a good year.
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