What did you do in the garden today?

[dirkandlorie]

Those are edible aren’t they?

Yes edible, and medicinal also. I keep them contained in a large square pot and my chickens love to eat the little ones that manage to come up near it.

 

[MotherofOrpies]

Those are edible aren’t they?

Yes, they are, you can prepare the young leaves like spinach, fry a diced onion in a bit of butter and olive oil, add the cut up nettles and fry some more , add some finely diced garlic and some vegetable broth, simmer for 10 minutes and add some double cream, salt, pepper and nutmeg, done, just like spinach, you collect a big bag, and what is left are only a few servings

 

[igorsMistress]

Does anyone grow parsnips? I’ve never had them and I’m thinking about trying them in the fall. Wondering what they taste like?

I ordered lambs quarters seed because what grows wild here ends up as chicken forage or it gets trampled to death.

I’m thinking about an in ground garden in an area that would be used mostly in spring and fall. Looking through my supplies to see if I can swing a fence around it without buying materials. If I have enough I’m going to put the compost things in it and build the soil right where it sits.

 

[jerryse]

Evening and overnight storms. Too wet outside to do much yet. Yesterday I killed weeds and moved wildflowers. Checked test results in my chart. It showed I was back in AFIB before I left the hospital. Now I wait for my ablation procedure in June. I get short of breath when doing much due to AFIB. Poor efficacy leaves muscles needing more oxygen rich blood.

 

[jerryse]

Does anyone grow parsnips? I’ve never had them and I’m thinking about trying them in the fall. Wondering what they taste like?

I ordered lambs quarters seed because what grows wild here ends up as chicken forage or it gets trampled to death.

I’m thinking about an in ground garden in an area that would be used mostly in spring and fall. Looking through my supplies to see if I can swing a fence around it without buying materials. If I have enough I’m going to put the compost things in it and build the soil right where it sits.

Parsnips must be fully cooked, or they taste nasty. They never got very big for me. Your long season should be a plus.

 

[dirkandlorie]

They taste like carrots, in the same family.

Does anyone grow parsnips? I’ve never had them and I’m thinking about trying them in the fall. Wondering what they taste like?

I ordered lambs quarters seed because what grows wild here ends up as chicken forage or it gets trampled to death.

I’m thinking about an in ground garden in an area that would be used mostly in spring and fall. Looking through my supplies to see if I can swing a fence around it without buying materials. If I have enough I’m going to put the compost things in it and build the soil right where it sits.

 

[Smokerbill]

Parsnips are best when dug in the winter. The cold weather causes starches in the roots to convert into sugars. Winter dug carrots are sweeter too.

I'm going to start building the fence around my pepper/tomato/bean patch today.

 

[igorsMistress]

Parsnips must be fully cooked, or they taste nasty. They never got very big for me. Your long season should be a plus.

They taste like carrots, in the same family.

Parsnips are best when dug in the winter. The cold weather causes starches in the roots to convert into sugars. Winter dug carrots are sweeter too.

I'm going to start building the fence around my pepper/tomato/bean patch today.

Thanks guys! If I plant at the same time I do the carrots they will stay in the ground through winter so that should work out fine.

 

[TJAnonymous]

Something is killing off my lettuce. The central stems are turning to mush and rotting. I lost 5 plants in the past week including a romaine that was relatively new, big, and healthy just a few days ago.

Did I mention how much I hate pokeweed? Not as bad as the mystery vine, greenbriar, or wild raspberries/blackberries but it's still a PITA. I sprayed a ton of it about 2 weeks ago with Roundup. Now there's little pokeweed plants popping up by the HUNDREDS in the vicinity around each plant I sprayed before. Some of the well established plants have even resprouted from roots I previously treated (although they look weak and damaged). I just spent another hour walking around and spraying everything again. I need to take a hoe out there to dig up all those little babies.

 

[BirdsBeesTrees]

Apple blossoms in the orchard.