And yes, when you get hungry, grab a few! 17 years ago, I made and ate some tacos and a personal sized pie with 'em - Mrs Lil Mikey would not touch them! And my daughter was at college, so she didn't get to partake!
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What's Growing in the Garden
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Yuck!
Now as one who enjoys a soft-shell crab po-boy as often as I can get one - cicadas are best if you can get them before their exoskeleton and wings harden!!! Less crumblies to pick out of your teeth!
Do they taste like Popcorn because I always have to pick crumblies from my teeth after I eat popcorn. ............ Nubs
Shoot, we're just now starting to see the earliest flower buds on the lilac trees.
They taste like chicken! LOL Doesn't everything taste like chicken?
Ok OK, I got it.
................ Nubs
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Disappointing day. Went out to the garden for check how dry it was. We've had a lot of rain lately. My Asparagus trenched were still full of water and only a couple plants survived. I really wanted to make my rows N-S, because the ground slopes E-W. That way, they would hold water. Well holds too much.
So throughout this Summer, I'll start trenching out rows where there are no plants E-W, and then transplant everything that survived in March. I'll stockpile the compost I use too. I think I us 4-5 barrels of it. I have a small area in a mulch pile that I "mine" my compost from the bottom of the pile. Overgrown with weeds and my holes look like mines of the past. I fill buckets on my knees and transfer to drums setting on my truck. Put the tops/bands on and roll them off my truck in a staging area next to my garden. A LOT of work.
I feel like I'm the orchard owner in the Bible that comes out and find not fruit. The caretaker says one more year and then the fire pit. Not looking forward to all the work again.
So throughout this Summer, I'll start trenching out rows where there are no plants E-W, and then transplant everything that survived in March. I'll stockpile the compost I use too. I think I us 4-5 barrels of it. I have a small area in a mulch pile that I "mine" my compost from the bottom of the pile. Overgrown with weeds and my holes look like mines of the past. I fill buckets on my knees and transfer to drums setting on my truck. Put the tops/bands on and roll them off my truck in a staging area next to my garden. A LOT of work.
I feel like I'm the orchard owner in the Bible that comes out and find not fruit. The caretaker says one more year and then the fire pit. Not looking forward to all the work again.
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A couple of hybrid Columbine.
Last year - probably early November - we were given some Jerusalem Artichoke tubers. At that point, we never got a chance to get them in the ground. They've sat in a paper bag in our basement all winter. They are obviously very dried out now. Wondering if these might still grow if we plant them now? Or are they done for?
You’ll never know for sure unless you plant them...
Alan
Alan
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Earliest ever.
Not enough for a shortcake, but tasty!
Also topped the first variety of garlic today.
Not enough for a shortcake, but tasty!
Also topped the first variety of garlic today.
We are zone 6a.in 2010 I converted a costco tent frame into a greenhouse. My neighbor asked if I had it engineered. My answer was laughter. He said it would blow away. We had record 70+ winds and it is still here. It really extends our season . I used to grow tomatoes and peppers in there but one year I did not trim. Greenhouse is 12' at peak. I had tomatoes 5' above the roof. One end was a tomatoe pepper jungle. I was banned from greenhouse after that. 
It is full of flowers now.
It is full of flowers now.
Yeah, those frames really need to be upgraded and engineered before using them as an agriculture building...We are zone 6a.in 2010 I converted a costco tent frame into a greenhouse. My neighbor asked if I had it engineered. My answer was laughter. He said it would blow away. We had record 70+ winds and it is still here. It really extends our season . I used to grow tomatoes and peppers in there but one year I did not trim. Greenhouse is 12' at peak. I had tomatoes 5' above the roof. One end was a tomatoe pepper jungle. I was banned from greenhouse after that.
It is full of flowers now.
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That's a nice looking house! I've always wanted one, but really don't need to go down that hole too.We are zone 6a.in 2010 I converted a costco tent frame into a greenhouse. My neighbor asked if I had it engineered. My answer was laughter. He said it would blow away. We had record 70+ winds and it is still here. It really extends our season . I used to grow tomatoes and peppers in there but one year I did not trim. Greenhouse is 12' at peak. I had tomatoes 5' above the roof. One end was a tomatoe pepper jungle. I was banned from greenhouse after that.
It is full of flowers now.
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Is it heated in winter?
No heat in winter. We have heat if we need it in spring.
This is my second favorite Clematis next to the one Mike Hill posted.
It's on a lattice on my front porch and because of the overhang, doesn't get much water. It never flowers in the Summer. I'm told I need to remove the expired flowers to help it out. And probably water it more.
It's on a lattice on my front porch and because of the overhang, doesn't get much water. It never flowers in the Summer. I'm told I need to remove the expired flowers to help it out. And probably water it more.
Middle Tennessee Fish Food
This is not in my garden, but in the back of the office. Weren't there this morning. I have so many moles in my yard, that I have not the quantity - knock on wood - and won't! But truth be told, I'd much rather have these once every 17 years, than moles every year! I've been here for 46 years and this is only the second brood I've seen. We skipped a brood or two or something - because the other one I've experienced was pretty close to 40 years ago.
But Lil Mikey is kinda cornfused! 2004 plus 17 years should be 2021 not 2024 for emergence.
Even more cornfused! - none of those add up to 2024!
Yet, even though no co-emergence, we will see those noisy bastards 2-years in a row. I think a co-emergence is supposed to happen somewhere up near Springfield, Illinois
This is not in my garden, but in the back of the office. Weren't there this morning. I have so many moles in my yard, that I have not the quantity - knock on wood - and won't! But truth be told, I'd much rather have these once every 17 years, than moles every year! I've been here for 46 years and this is only the second brood I've seen. We skipped a brood or two or something - because the other one I've experienced was pretty close to 40 years ago.
But Lil Mikey is kinda cornfused! 2004 plus 17 years should be 2021 not 2024 for emergence.
Even more cornfused! - none of those add up to 2024!
Yet, even though no co-emergence, we will see those noisy bastards 2-years in a row. I think a co-emergence is supposed to happen somewhere up near Springfield, Illinois
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We are in a minority in Illinois. We won't have either of the broods emerging this year. Rather we are among only 5-6 counties that gets Brood 3 which will emerge in another 7 years.
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