garden thread 2024

[KillerFord1977]

then a long process to renew

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finally, had to resurface the yard, cut down tree, eand shorten the garden in favor of more parking
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pics are out of time frame, but you get the idea


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Wow
Very nice work

 

[Old_Me]

Worst food ever
My folks had a huge garden and grew eggplant as well.
Liver and onions was a dream food compared to eggplant

garden fresh eggplant, is so tender in my lasagna, you never taste it..

in sandwiches, again, very tender.

we had to give it away, as we always had way too many

friends scoffed them up with no problems.

 

[mikep]

You don't have a Glock tree?

the fruit is harvested in "glocktober" and celebrated at "glocktoberfest".

 

[Old_Me]

thanks, all the garden reworking was done when i was home from the road.

sons helped, but would not touch anything, cuz i'd always change things.

so basically in a few weekends. started like in late February if i recall....still had time to plant that year!

 

[Old_Me]

just up the street from me, is a firehouse...

i can be in the garden, and hear the bumble bee's, and ignore the fire trucks racing by my house.

someday, when we sell and go away, maybe a condo, i will miss the garden.

but it's inevitable as we age.

like this year..

1 tomato plant

1 red bell pepper plant

1 eggplant.

then a mess of flowers

weeding is killing me now, and i pull'em, i do not use poison, unless it's the street/sidewalk weeds..

 

[Annihilator]

the fruit is harvested in "glocktober" and celebrated at "glocktoberfest".

 

[papa]

Worst food ever
My folks had a huge garden and grew eggplant as well.
Liver and onions was a dream food compared to eggplant

Liver and onions ... Yum YUM!!! Add fried eggplant to it and man what a dinner.

 

[Annihilator]

Liver and onions ... Yum YUM!!! Add fried eggplant to it and man what a dinner.

 

[javbike]

Our first batch of tomatoes man it’s hard to buy store bought tomatoes in the winter

 

[Annihilator]

You don't have a Glock tree?

 

[Old_Me]

View attachment 62488View attachment 62489Our first batch of tomatoes man it’s hard to buy store bought tomatoes in the winter

yeah, i cannot stand those "hot house" 'maters either.

the wife just stopped buying them a long time ago.

she used to preserve what we grew, but even she has stopped or cut back on what she used to do.

one of our daughters tried preserving or "canning" them, but gave up.

"cheaper to buy canned tomatoes than go thru all that work" she says.

 

[NMEDGE]

Very nice looking garden and yard. Can't put a garden like that here--way too hot! Usually have to grow stuff in pots. I use earth boxes and they work ok.

 

[mikep]

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It’s cracked. Not a good look for perfection.

 

[Old_Me]

Very nice looking garden and yard. Can't put a garden like that here--way too hot! Usually have to grow stuff in pots. I use earth boxes and they work ok.

a long time ago, i had seen a "patio garden" where the home owner had a retractable cover (awning of sorts), to roll over for shade after (about noon time), then rolled back in the early evening for any possible rain.

but yes, "patio gardens" can still provide a bounty of fresh veggies.