Larry {the} Gardener
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@racerboy71, are you a F1 fan? I am a faithful follower of Brother Lewis, and was happy to see him expand his points lead at the Hockenheimring yesterday.
How Does Your Garden Grow??????
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racerboy71
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lol, yes, and i'm not a fan of lewis..
Larry {the} Gardener
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Who do you pull for? Most of the race fans I run into online are not Lewis fans, but there are two or three here in my small town {where Nascar is king}.
racerboy71
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i'm not really that much into any driver atm, maybe vettel, mainly a ferrari guy, but i'm not a huge kimi fan, lol..
i've been to montreal, spa, barcelona, and monza over the years..
i'm not really into the hybrid era, miss the screaming v8s and 10s.. not to mention the stupid ass rules where you can't even test or develop the cars without using the dumb tolkens.. hopefully next year with sweeping reg changes will see a new team rise to the top .. been a depressing year being a tifosi
Larry {the} Gardener
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There have been two major changes they tried this year, but had to change. One was a weird ass quali session. The other was radio restrictions. Last week Button got a five second time penalty because his team told him there was a brake problem. There was such a backlash they changed that rule this week.
This is a down period for the prancing horse, that is for sure. They just lost their head man this week. Too much pressure from the street car side of the company.
The new Hass {American} team scored points the first few GP's, which is really rare for a new team. When they get a homegrown driver, they will become more popular in the states.
Larry {the} Gardener
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My best looking Tender Sweet melon so far. The first of the winter squash. And my Armenian cucumbers are starting to fade.
racerboy71
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Baby cantaloupe.. have tons and tons of them
Moflow
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Here's my modest patch.
Ive 3 apple trees, 1 scotch bonnet pepper, 3 varieties of tomato and various other non edible plants as well.
Didn't do spuds this year though but maybe I might just have time to get some in for a Christmas day crop.
The Large green apples are 'Grenadier' an early cooking variety - ready now
It's on a dwarf rootstock that also produces an eating apple, Dutch late variety, ready in October. Early varieties tend not to keep for long as the later ripening types.
Two varieties on one tree.... well, now it's 3 varieties as I grafted to it this spring.
2nd tree is Braeburn. I Grafted to it as well this spring.
Strange thing happened on this graft . It flowered and it has produced an apple.
The Dark red apple in the 3rd pic.
My brother found an old Orchard with this red strain, he says the apple is red right through to the core which sounded intriguing so I can got him to send me cuts in the post.
Can't wait to cut it open come October!
Sweet pea is alive with greenfly but I'm reluctant to spray them as there's loads of hoverflies munching at them and the goldfish loves them!
Ive 3 apple trees, 1 scotch bonnet pepper, 3 varieties of tomato and various other non edible plants as well.
Didn't do spuds this year though but maybe I might just have time to get some in for a Christmas day crop.
The Large green apples are 'Grenadier' an early cooking variety - ready now
It's on a dwarf rootstock that also produces an eating apple, Dutch late variety, ready in October. Early varieties tend not to keep for long as the later ripening types.
Two varieties on one tree.... well, now it's 3 varieties as I grafted to it this spring.
2nd tree is Braeburn. I Grafted to it as well this spring.
Strange thing happened on this graft . It flowered and it has produced an apple.
The Dark red apple in the 3rd pic.
My brother found an old Orchard with this red strain, he says the apple is red right through to the core which sounded intriguing so I can got him to send me cuts in the post.
Can't wait to cut it open come October!
Sweet pea is alive with greenfly but I'm reluctant to spray them as there's loads of hoverflies munching at them and the goldfish loves them!
Moflow
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Well why not surround yourself with one of these!
http://www.isciencetimes.com/articles/6144/20130930/apple-tree-varieties-uk-paul-barnett-horticulture.htm
Hope the link works.
250 different apples on one tree
Amazing.
Larry {the} Gardener
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Looking good Moflow. I pretty much took the month of August off as far as my garden goes. All I'm getting right now is okra and peppers. But I plan to plant late peas and turnip greens soon. I also have young Pruden's Purple and Tommy Toes tomato plants that need to be up-potted.
As far as fruit trees, I have had a fig, two kumquats and two loquats given to me this month. I need to get them in my orchard. I did sprout lots of peach trees this summer. Two are in my orchard, a few more in the woods near my shooting blinds, and lots given away.
As far as fruit trees, I have had a fig, two kumquats and two loquats given to me this month. I need to get them in my orchard. I did sprout lots of peach trees this summer. Two are in my orchard, a few more in the woods near my shooting blinds, and lots given away.
Moflow
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Yes this is the quiet period over here too.
Done the best I could do in spring and now waiting the fruits of my labours lol
Couldn't do peaches here without a glasshouse.
My tomatoes were supersweet 100, Sungold, an orange coloured one and Moneymaker.
I had 2 grape vines until last year. Hadda day dig them out.. they grew ok but produced eff all worth talking about . A few bunches of grapes the size of garden peas then come September mold... arrrrgh.
Larry {the} Gardener
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I have a few grapevines, but have not tended to them as they should be. We have lots more fruit trees and grapevines at our old house. I try to get by there to pick {pears are ready now}, but don't always remember in time.
Larry {the} Gardener
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The deer found their way into the garden. They trimmed the okra back pretty good. I leave a small gate open, so don't know if they came in that way, or jumped the fence.
wascaptain
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Good looking cats
Larry {the} Gardener
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That is my garden cat crew, OJ, Spook and Chance. I took most of August off from the garden and they were not happy about that.
sandhill larry
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Name change, in case you guys hadn't heard. My laptop died, taking my e-mail and Larry {the} Gardener passwords with it.
I still have a few peppers and some Tommy Toe Tomatoes going. A few of the tomato plants are at the camp, and those are doing the best. I've picked ripe tomatoes the last few days.
I still have a few peppers and some Tommy Toe Tomatoes going. A few of the tomato plants are at the camp, and those are doing the best. I've picked ripe tomatoes the last few days.
sandhill larry
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I had my first killing frost this week. It got all the flowers and most of the tomato and pepper plants that were still hanging about. I did get a good picking of tomatoes before the frosts. We also went to the tomato fields and got ten gallons. I think they have gone up to $8 a bucket this year. Still a good deal. The wife made a couple of tomato pies this week. Yum.