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RE: Garden Talk - 8/8/2009 11:43:34 AM
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rayofson
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A friend of mine has livestock, so I get free horse/cow manure from him.
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RE: Garden Talk - 8/9/2009 3:30:17 PM
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If the tomatoes don't get around to ripening may I suggest:
--Fried Green Tomatoes - Dip slices in egg and Jiffy (or other) cornbread mix and fry. They have a nice tang and we enjoy them with honey mustard.
--Tricia and I have a nice green tomato/onion pickle recipe
--Green tomato hamburger relish, or
--Tomato "hot sauce" that isn't really that hot unless you make it so. The last recipe was intended for red tomatoes but, since my tomatoes didn't ripen last year, I tried it with green and is quity tasty.
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RE: Garden Talk - 8/10/2009 10:14:29 AM
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uncabeeil
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A friend of mine has livestock, so I get free horse/cow manure from him.
My grandfather used to have a connection at the horse track. Every spring he'd get a pickup truck load of manure for free. Sure do wish I had friends like that.
Another suggestion to ripen tomatoes is to put them in a brown paper bag for a few days. Personally, I just leave 'em on the kitchen window sill. And pick at them while I'm doing dishes or cooking.
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RE: Garden Talk - 8/10/2009 11:45:20 AM
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rayofson
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Every spring he'd get a pickup truck load
In the fall is better.
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RE: Garden Talk - 8/10/2009 11:53:38 AM
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flowerz
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First cherry tomatoes are ripe! There is lots of time for the ripening of tomatoes on the plants yet, at least where I live. I often get my biggest harvest in late August till September.
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RE: Garden Talk - 8/10/2009 4:33:18 PM
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uncabeeil
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quote:
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Every spring he'd get a pickup truck load
In the fall is better.
Yeah, but the track closes around Labor Day and the horses go back home.
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RE: Garden Talk - 8/10/2009 4:52:24 PM
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charity7
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get sheep--its even better! horse and chicken are hot so be careful
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RE: Garden Talk - 8/11/2009 3:24:04 PM
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uncabeeil
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Not a whole lotta sheep farming going on in Jersey. We have cows and horses and more horses. What do you mean by "hot"?
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RE: Garden Talk - 12/16/2009 3:43:07 PM
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SaraChristine
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I just moved to Indiana. I'm planning on starting a garden this spring. The dirt we have out here is VERY sandy and deer are a major problem. We have alot of old rail road ties that I was thinking about using, and putting in better soil ontop of the natural soil to raise up the bed.
Has anyone done this? Do you think it's a good idea?
lol I'm going to need the help of my boyfriend, and he's not to fond of the idea.
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RE: Garden Talk - 12/18/2009 11:31:06 AM
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flowerz
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Yes, sounds like a great idea to me. I haven't tried it myself, I just have 1 layer of landscape ties around my beds and vegetable garden, so mine isn't raised.
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RE: Garden Talk - 12/19/2009 2:04:51 PM
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Pamsy
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I had some daffodil bulbs and hyancinth(sp) bulbs in the refridgerator for a few months. Decided to plant them in the ground a few weeks ago before the snow fell. I have no idea how they will grow, but I assume at least some of them will spring up, if not all. I could still see some green in there.
But its the weirdest thing. We had super heavy wet snowfall, aobut 6 inches last week, and this morning I noticed my rose bushes have shrunk way down, almost as it the canes broke, and they fell still upright. Hard to tell becuase they are covered in snow. I suppose I could go and dig around to see. They were like 4 to 5 feet tall, now they are only about 2-3 .
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RE: Garden Talk - 12/19/2009 9:47:36 PM
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flowerz
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Strange, about your rose bush. I bought some bulbs early this month (good sale) and then it turned cold before I had a chance to plant them. Finally this week it warmed up enough for me to plant them. I couldn't plant them quite as deep or spread out as they were supposed to be, because the ground was still frozen in places. Note to self: don't buy bulbs in dec., no matter what the price, lol.
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RE: Garden Talk - 12/20/2009 11:51:02 AM
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Auben
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You could plant them in the Spring. I've done that many times when we get an early snow in November or the temps are so cold I don't feel like digging.
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RE: Garden Talk - 12/21/2009 2:32:57 PM
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I tend to work off excess irritation by raking leaves....
so, I raked some of my yard and piled the leaves up in an area I would like to use as a vegetable garden come spring time.
Was that a good thing to do? And what about raking leaves into the garden area I already have that hosts Hostas and other plants? Does it help?
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RE: Garden Talk - 12/21/2009 11:25:34 PM
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Pamsy
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Yes, it decomposes and acts as compost providing nutrients to the soil.
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I've managed to pick enough grape tomatoes to make a small tomato and herb salad. The one big beefsteak I had ripening has become some varmint's snack. Something ate all of the red part and left the green hanging on the vine. 
