Your 2025 Garden

[jxp]

I’m planning squash for this year and I’m not super keen on squash so I can relate.

Winter or summer or both?

 

[CatInTheHenHouse]

Winter or summer or both?

Winter! Variety is the Gete Okosomin. In a deck box that’s less than two feet square, so here’s hoping the trellising plans work out!

 

[jxp]

My favorite strawberries grow wild in my old stomping grounds. A few months from now I'd be fighting the deer, bears, rabbits, field mice, and birds for these little gems. If you get one the size of a marble, you've found a big one. They're so worth the effort though as the sweet, perfect taste is unforgettable. No cultivated variety will ever again quite satisfy your taste buds. A small handful will elevate even bowl of simple cornflakes.

The closest I've found are Mara des Bois (Nourse Farms) and Pantagruella (Baker Creek).

 

[jxp]

Winter! Variety is the Gete Okosomin. In a deck box that’s less than two feet square, so here’s hoping the trellising plans work out!

I just looked these up. Interesting.

 

[R2elk]

My favorite strawberries grow wild in my old stomping grounds. A few months from now I'd be fighting the deer, bears, rabbits, field mice, and birds for these little gems. If you get one the size of a marble, you've found a big one. They're so worth the effort though as the sweet, perfect taste is unforgettable. No cultivated variety will ever again quite satisfy your taste buds. A small handful will elevate even bowl of simple cornflakes.
View attachment 4088237View attachment 4088239The closest I've found are Mara des Bois (Nourse Farms) and Pantagruella (Baker Creek).

The wild ones I had growing here were tiny tart ones. About the only value they had was as an ornamental for their blossoms.

 

[jxp]

NYS is truly blessed with natural bounty, awe-inspiring beauty and great wonder. It was a magical place to grow up in a family that encouraged lots of interaction with nature and knowledge passed down from many, many generations on both sides of the Atlantic.
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I'm sorry your berries aren't fit for eating. I'd have my brother send you a sampling of the wild ones up here when they come into season but they do not ship well at all. You'd have nothing but mush by the time they arrived.
Another wild berry my mother introduced me to that grows wild here and has an unforgettable taste is wintergreen. Oh Em Gee! This may be my favorite flavor ever. That it is so rare makes it even more precious. Unlike strawberries, blackberries, etc. one cannot garden this small wonder.

 

[CatInTheHenHouse]

I'm sorry your berries aren't fit for eating. I'd have my brother send you a sampling of the wild ones up here when they come into season but they do not ship well at all. You'd have nothing but mush by the time they arrived.

Dry them out and then @R2elk can grow them from the seeds? (Or just pick some seeds off, but I’ve found that trickier to do with the tiny wild ones than the big store bought varieties.)

 

[GracePoultry]

Cauliflower is a cold tolerant plant like cabbage. I transplant it the first of May here. Our normal last frost is the last weekend of May.

I have not found cauliflower to be sensitive to transplanting. I have found it to no really like hot weather.

Cauliflower can be eaten raw or cooked. Perhaps try the other way if you don't like it one way. There is a big difference in texture and taste between raw and cooked.

tysm! I honestly don't think I've ever had it raw so it'll be interesting to see!

 

[R2elk]

Dry them out and then @R2elk can grow them from the seeds? (Or just pick some seeds off, but I’ve found that trickier to do with the tiny wild ones than the big store bought varieties.)

Not a good idea to send me anything.

 

[R2elk]

tysm! I honestly don't think I've ever had it raw so it'll be interesting to see!

I prefer it raw and dipped in Ranch dressing.