Toolage 87
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looks good. But at least you can say that your dog is eating healthy. =P
2011 Veggies
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mcpurple
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nice plant gen. i have started to harvest my second set of toms and they are not as big but they are much more rounded and good looking.
i harvested about 10 more pounds last night, i made 3 jars of salsa they did turn out a bit better then the last batch and more spicy, i used farm fresh garlic,onion, and my garden fresh toms, jalapeno cilantro, basil, and farm Anaheim pepper, and some sort of really hot red pepper, i also added a lil bit of tabasco pepper to heat things up a tad and used more jalapeno as well. i had no lime or olive oil last night and i was again to drunk to go get some ( as you can tell fri-sat are my drinking days) they all turned out great. next on my list to make is some pesto if i can find a good recipe thats easy ( so if you have one please post) and also making some sun dried toms for later use on pizzas and to make some sauces with in the future. it is amazing how much fruit 4 tom plants can pt out every 2 days.
i also got off my lazy ass and potted about 60 strawberry babies, only 2 mother plants created them all and i put them all in 4 inch pots and they will be for sale after a few weeks but i dont think they will really sell till next spring. i also planted one clove of garlic in a pot to go over winter, it is just my test run
i harvested about 10 more pounds last night, i made 3 jars of salsa they did turn out a bit better then the last batch and more spicy, i used farm fresh garlic,onion, and my garden fresh toms, jalapeno cilantro, basil, and farm Anaheim pepper, and some sort of really hot red pepper, i also added a lil bit of tabasco pepper to heat things up a tad and used more jalapeno as well. i had no lime or olive oil last night and i was again to drunk to go get some ( as you can tell fri-sat are my drinking days) they all turned out great. next on my list to make is some pesto if i can find a good recipe thats easy ( so if you have one please post) and also making some sun dried toms for later use on pizzas and to make some sauces with in the future. it is amazing how much fruit 4 tom plants can pt out every 2 days.
i also got off my lazy ass and potted about 60 strawberry babies, only 2 mother plants created them all and i put them all in 4 inch pots and they will be for sale after a few weeks but i dont think they will really sell till next spring. i also planted one clove of garlic in a pot to go over winter, it is just my test run
mcpurple
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i assume you can use store bought garlic, mine is from the farm, i just took 1 clove and buried it about half inch and i just left it in side a few layers of the cured skin
DST
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Nice McP, I got a lot of toms but honestly, looking at how things are with the weather I don't think much will be growing in my garden from now on. Was talking to my mum last night and we decided summer has been and gone.....it just sucks man, we haven't had a summer since before 2009.....christ, I'll log off because I don't want to be such a bummer....
mcpurple
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Everythings good and GreenIm loving your veggies i been thinking of steping into some other areas of growing
growing other things besides herb is a great thing to know how to do in life, sooner or later its gonna be a necessity to know how.
i dont know if youve been through the whole thread, but i am also now working on a farm.
sorry to hear the weather has been shity for the last few years, the weather has been kinda weird every where for a last few years now it seems, we here in southern oregon usally have hot summers, and this year it was only mild up untill last week and now we are cooling off again and fall seems to be on its way
Toolage 87
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That's why I decided to start growing my own herbs and will be going to grow other things to down the road. I'm getting ready for when food gets to expensive and they don't ship as much or w/e but also when there's no herbs or w/e on the store shelf when you want to buy it, its showing that the demand is higher then what they have in stock and can take a while to get more.
mcpurple
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well got about 75 dollars worth of tom cages of various sizes for free from my boss today, i probably did not need them all but hey they were free and i might use them all some day, some are bent up and i might cut them to make a few things for climbing flowers and training some of my house plants.
oh and in a few days i am getting some more free stuff ( neem oil) for some reason they dont like to use it any more
oh and in a few days i am getting some more free stuff ( neem oil) for some reason they dont like to use it any more
Toolage 87
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That's a very nice score McPurple. 3 Days and I already have some Basil sprouts.
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whodatnation
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Free is nice! 
Let us know why they dont like neem if you find out.
May all your gardens be lush and happy fellow veggie heads!
Let us know why they dont like neem if you find out.
May all your gardens be lush and happy fellow veggie heads!
Toolage 87
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geeze awsome looking garden DST.
mcpurple
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Free is nice!
Let us know why they dont like neem if you find out.
May all your gardens be lush and happy fellow veggie heads!
i dont know for sure but i assume they just dont know how to use it, i have great success with it as a bug killer and preventor, fungicide and soil drench i even use it to kill off weeds some times when i have enough. i am gonna ask for it today as the boss keeps forgetting, i am also supposed get fresh honey we harvested yesterday from the bees.
here are some more toms. my boss has a canner i am going to use and directions on how to make great sauce, so here soon im gonna be canning some tom sauce
