The Endzone Garden Thread

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Souce said:
There's not a lot of thangs better than a fresh cucumber from the garden. Sliced up in quarters with a little sprinkle of salt....
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Slice a couple and put them in a bowl with some fresh sliced jalapeño and red onion. Squeeze some fresh lime juice on them and sprinkle with a little, or a lot of cayenne pepper. Chill it in the fridge. Salt it at serving.

That and using them for a smoked salmon canope are my favorite ways to use them.

Back in my vodka guzzling days I liked to use them for frozen shot "glasses".
 
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82_VOL_83 said:
I have gardened with my dad for years and I am adept at putting seed in the ground, fertilizing, spraying and harvesting. When it comes to the more technical aspects like saving seed from year to year, I am lost but learning. Hope to have our garden in next year but it still may be a ways off.
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Seed saving can be relatively simple like beans, melons and such. Making sure completely dried is imperative. Tomatoes and probaly some others can get tedious. I find it suits my demanor better to just order my tomato seeds. I've also found seeds will germinate beyond the one year window.
 
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82_VOL_83 said:
I wouldn't take that many, 5 - 10 at the most because the first crop would all go for seed. Would probably grow them in a controlled environ like around the front porch in my barrels. If I do this experiment, I would be glad to also give you back some of mine to see if they mutated between my house and yours.
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Just make sure you get me your address. Where do you live? They should grow for you with no issues.
 
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GVF said:
Seed saving can be relatively simple like beans, melons and such. Making sure completely dried is imperative. Tomatoes and probaly some others can get tedious. I find it suits my demanor better to just order my tomato seeds. I've also found seeds will germinate beyond the one year window.
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I had some San Marzano seeds germinate for eight years in a row. I thought that they would germinate no matter their age and neglected to save any from ensuing generations. Oops…

They were not magic mater seeds.
 
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Told ya that chick downstairs was going to get tomato plants from the rotted fruit in the mulch. At least thin them and try to transplant. The squash are usually all over the grass. Mowers keep them in check. I appreciate her efforts, but it's just not a feasible idea for apartment living.

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Juanita said:
Told ya that chick downstairs was going to get tomato plants from the rotted fruit in the mulch. At least thin them and try to transplant. The squash are usually all over the grass. Mowers keep them in check. I appreciate her efforts, but it's just not a feasible idea for apartment living.

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The apartment management allows tenants to have raised garden beds on the property???? Wtf
 
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Busy Father's Day morning. Got rest of screen up for climbing beans. Another weave level for the maters. Got the watermelons and peppers weeded. Got tomatoes, okra, watermelon, cukes, peppers, and cantelope mulched in. All before noon. And my son actually stayed out the whole time and helped get done. Circled back in the late afternoon and soaked it all in. Took a break for a cople hours and then finally got to the family cemetary to get it mowed first time this season. Gonna pick up one more straw bale to mulch the squash. Then I'll be attacking the leftover leaf drifts along the dog pen and dumping them in the garden. THey will receive a second life mulching in the brussel sprouts when I seed them in the coming weeks.
 
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GVF said:
Busy Father's Day morning. Got rest of screen up for climbing beans. Another weave level for the maters. Got the watermelons and peppers weeded. Got tomatoes, okra, watermelon, cukes, peppers, and cantelope mulched in. All before noon. And my son actually stayed out the whole time and helped get done. Circled back in the late afternoon and soaked it all in. Took a break for a cople hours and then finally got to the family cemetary to get it mowed first time this season. Gonna pick up one more straw bale to mulch the squash. Then I'll be attacking the leftover leaf drifts along the dog pen and dumping them in the garden. THey will receive a second life mulching in the brussel sprouts when I seed them in the coming weeks.
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When you used dead leaves for mulch, do you chop them up first with a lawnmower (or whatever)?
 
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