How Does Your Garden Grow??????

Roger A. Shrubber

Roger A. Shrubber

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started a few more things, since we're finally getting some sun, and the slugs are drying up. here's the bean patchIMG_20180610_151347.jpgeggplant and crookneck squash IMG_20180610_151357.jpg
shishito peppers for stir fry, and jumbo jalapenos for poppersIMG_20180610_151403.jpgmy lilies are blooming IMG_20180610_151436.jpgsamba lilies i just planted. digging here is a matter of finding a spot with no rocks....which could take a while. all those rocks around the plants were in the holes i dug to put them in.IMG_20180610_151448.jpg IMG_20180610_151501.jpg
 
too larry

too larry

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Roger A. Shrubber said:
whats smashed cucumbers?
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I heard about smashed cucumber salad on NPR's Splendid Table. I told the wife about it and she Googled it. There are tons of recipes. But you cut your cukes in half, then smash them with a heavy pan. Let sit in the fridge for 30 minutes in a strainer to drain. I'm not sure what kind of oils she used. The first one we made we used crushed red peppers, but today we cut up a fresh Jalapeno to go in it. It calls for toasted sesame seeds, but I used Sriracha pumpkin seeds on mine.
 
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too larry

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I gave away more tomato plants today. I'm down to just two more that I have to do something with.

If the little bit of peat moss and mushroom compost I have left is enough to fill in the pit the rest of the way, I will throw some peppers in there. I chopped some corn to make room for another pepper trench too. But I may need to pick up a load of compost before I get it ready. I have 4 Mini Sweet, 5 Habs, and about 45 Hatch ready to transplant. I foresee thrift stores getting a lot of pepper plants in the next couple of weeks.
 
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too larry

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Yes. Everything is getting ready at the same time, so I'm picking every day.

I picked about a gallon of corn this morning. Much of it was the replants I had put in after the frost had slowed down the 1st planting. They never caught up to the other in size, and the ears I was picking today were 3-4 inches long, and they were about 8 inches off the ground. The grass was higher than the ears of corn, so finding them was a chore.
 
Sour Wreck

Sour Wreck

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wow larry, you are one busy dude...

i also noticed today i have a single corn cob on each of my corn plants.

my peanut plants are only about 10" tall. everything in my garden is short, except the cherry tomatoes.
 
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too larry

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I had to go to town today, so very little garden time. I worked on getting the new pepper pit full of soil mix. I was short on mix, so I shoveled all the mix I had in the pit into big pots, then I filled in about 6 more inches of dirt, and added the mix back to it. Nice and full now. Will put pepper plants in first chance I have.

Picked a few blueberries yesterday {I think}. About a cup. We bought spinach and strawberries to go with them for a fruit salad.
 
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