Gardening, canning, pickling and everything related
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So, my wife and I talked yesterday and we decided that despite what the HOA says we are doing a garden next year. We might try a vertical like someone posted something on here a while ago…actually let me find that. I can’t find it, it was an image that someone had built a wooden structure with pots sort of built into it.
Jonathon Use water tanks (horse troughs) that’s what I am converting a lot of my things to. I don’t have to bend over, they hold moisture better and most HOA’s can’t prohibit a large flower pot. I had a friend in Sacramento whose entire driveway was his garden in pots including fruit trees. It was very productive.
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Tex_77 Can you do a post on it at some point? That might be the way my wife and I go to prevent a nosey neighbor from saying something to the Board
Jonathon
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Jonathon
This may be of intrestRON PARRISH Looks beautiful, but how long will it last. I have been trying to figure out for years what would be the perfect raised bed situation that is durable, relatively inexpensive, relatively simple to build, last a long, long time, & makes gardening a lot of fun all the time. I am not sure I have found the perfect answer either & I am for the most part sill doing it the way I have for the past over 50 years, unfortunately.
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Surg I Googled “Uses for HR leaves”; and yes they are edible. They can be blanched, sautéed, chopped and used in a couple of other ways. Surprised me that they are edible!
Improvise, Adapt and Overcome! Semper Fi
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So, my wife and I talked yesterday and we decided that despite what the HOA says we are doing a garden next year. We might try a vertical like someone posted something on here a while ago…actually let me find that. I can’t find it, it was an image that someone had built a wooden structure with pots sort of built into it.
Jonathon We have used Earthboxes for the last 7/8 years or so. We grow tomatoes, basil, green beans, peppers and cukes. They water from the bottom and here in Colorado we can move them if it hails. They have casters on the bottom. Our soil is very sandy so we only plant our garlic, onions, squash, HR & dill in the actual garden. In the Fall we put the spent soil in the garden and store the Earthboxes in the shed. We have a total of 6 and they produce a lot of produce for the 2 of us. Extra benefit is- NO WEEDING!
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Surg I Googled “Uses for HR leaves”; and yes they are edible. They can be blanched, sautéed, chopped and used in a couple of other ways. Surprised me that they are edible!
Bob Stehlik I had no idea.Wow!
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Bob Stehlik I had no idea.Wow!
RON PARRISH They run about $50 each, but we’ve had ours for 7/8 years and they have held up great. We bought a few each year to lower the initial total cost. The more we used them; the more we learned to use them efficiently.
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Canned 13 quarts of green beans today. It was way to hot and smoky to do anything outside today. We have a forest fire on the other side of the mountains now pushing the smoke over. Need to pick more beans, that will have to wait until tomorrow morning.
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Surg I Googled “Uses for HR leaves”; and yes they are edible. They can be blanched, sautéed, chopped and used in a couple of other ways. Surprised me that they are edible!
Bob Stehlik good too know. Looks like they produce a ton of green.
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Jonathon We have used Earthboxes for the last 7/8 years or so. We grow tomatoes, basil, green beans, peppers and cukes. They water from the bottom and here in Colorado we can move them if it hails. They have casters on the bottom. Our soil is very sandy so we only plant our garlic, onions, squash, HR & dill in the actual garden. In the Fall we put the spent soil in the garden and store the Earthboxes in the shed. We have a total of 6 and they produce a lot of produce for the 2 of us. Extra benefit is- NO WEEDING!
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Where do you all find the time to do all this. Everything looks so good.
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Canned 13 quarts of green beans today. It was way to hot and smoky to do anything outside today. We have a forest fire on the other side of the mountains now pushing the smoke over. Need to pick more beans, that will have to wait until tomorrow morning.
johnsbrewhouse You should have made one more jar, I don’t know if I like that number, especially on Friday.
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samspade when you have the product you have to find the time for your own benefit tor the lean times !
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lkrfletcher Bummer,
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My wife picked this colorful bowl of peppers. My hands started to get warm just holding it.
Paul
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My wife picked this colorful bowl of peppers. My hands started to get warm just holding it.
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johnsbrewhouse You should have made one more jar, I don’t know if I like that number, especially on Friday.
calldoctoday Barely had enough to do the 13. Had I waited till today I could have done more. Fourteen would have been better, since the canner holds seven quarts at a time.
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Bob Stehlik good too know. Looks like they produce a ton of green.
Surg
The canned beans look great.
I picked a 5 gallon bucket of green beans this morning and a half bucket yesterday. Seems like a bumper crop this year.
Trying to find a home for some of it.Paul
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Surg
The canned beans look great.
I picked a 5 gallon bucket of green beans this morning and a half bucket yesterday. Seems like a bumper crop this year.
Trying to find a home for some of it.processhead
Wish I could take credit for those beauties but those were posted by johnsbrewhouse“A smooth sea never made a skilled sailor.”
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processhead
Wish I could take credit for those beauties but those were posted by johnsbrewhouseThis is just from yesterday. Time for some cooking and canning. Had about the same amount of beans the day before.
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