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What's Growing in the Garden
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Found a good pear recipe. Pear and raspberry bread. Of course it only uses one pear and a cup of raspberries, so it doesn't help much with using excess fruit, but it is good.
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Pear and Raspberry Bread
Move over banana bread, this pear and raspberry bread is even tastier. With juicy diced pears and fresh raspberries dotted throughout, this version is absolutely delicious.
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100 loaves laterFound a good pear recipe. Pear and raspberry bread. Of course it only uses one pear and a cup of raspberries, so it doesn't help much with using excess fruit, but it is good.
Pear and Raspberry Bread
Move over banana bread, this pear and raspberry bread is even tastier. With juicy diced pears and fresh raspberries dotted throughout, this version is absolutely delicious.
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I know what I'm going to have for pumpkins as the vines are starting to senesce. Squash and gourds however are still going strong and tough to see what is there. Caught a glimpse though of a couple from the edge.
Hubbard squash and speckled swan gourd.
Hubbard squash and speckled swan gourd.
Had to look up senesce. Kind of what is happening to all of us, in a manner of speaking! Chuck
One year I planted a package of Hubbard squash in a pile of rotted cow manure, I had enough Hubbard squash for a small town. The family who lived down the road from us last name was Hubbard. When the squash were nearly grown I carved all of their names in a very large one. When it was ripe I left it on their porch when they were not home.
I had to too!!! And I do resemble the remark!
Eggplant - not my favorite so have only tried 2 or 3 times in years past - unsuccessfully BTW! They were during the time I had bees and the plants got a heavy flea beetle infestation and succumbed or shall I use my new word - senesced well before bearing. Everybody said us Sevin Dust to control the flea beetles - but that's bad for bees - so no treatment. So I don't know when to pick an eggplant! Any advice? My wife likes them, so don't want to be wrong!
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You are a man, so already wrong. Sure she has told you that a plethora or two times.
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BTW, an effective chemical for control of many insect pests if you are worried about bees is Spinosad. It is approved for organic production, and is safe for bees, as long as you use early morning or late day applications when bees aren't present. Once dry it is safe for bees. Like most biologicals though it isn't rain fast, nor does it have a long residual.
In big box stores, at least around here, Spinosad is found labeled as "Captain Jack's Dead Bug Brew", but Ferti-Loam and Monterey brands also carry it.
Depends on what you want to do with them. Don't wait too long or they get a little tough and you'll have lots of hard little seeds. If there are enough there for her to make whatever she wants, then it is time to pick some.
BTW, an effective chemical for control of many insect pests if you are worried about bees is Spinosad. It is approved for organic production, and is safe for bees, as long as you use early morning or late day applications when bees aren't present. Once dry it is safe for bees. Like most biologicals though it isn't rain fast, nor does it have a long residual.
In big box stores, at least around here, Spinosad is found labeled as "Captain Jack's Dead Bug Brew", but Ferti-Loam and Monterey brands also carry it.
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I didn't have to look it up ... I just waited for you all to discuss it enough for me to get the gist of it
Silly question, but I'll explain. Are weeds considered annual or perennial? Recently I cut out a heaping truck load of weeds out of my wild raspberry fence (2x24' rows). Not proud I let it get that bad. Mostly two types of weeds. Both 6' plus high and thick stalks. I left the stems 6" to 12" off the ground so I could pull out the roots. There's a lot of them and I may disrupt the roots of the berries.
If they are annuals, then I'll just cut off flush and wait for the reseeded weeds to come up next year. But if they're perennials, I've got to pull them.
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Lastly, anyone know the name of this vining weed? Very itchy.
If they are annuals, then I'll just cut off flush and wait for the reseeded weeds to come up next year. But if they're perennials, I've got to pull them.
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Lastly, anyone know the name of this vining weed? Very itchy.
1st question - yes, weeds can be both annual and perennial. But even if they are perennial, you do not necessarily need to pull up the roots. You can keep pulling, cutting down the new sprouts. The plant will eventually die off.
2nd question - I've got tons of viney weeds, but not that one. Keep it there - i don't need any more! I don't know the ID. It looks like a number of things - but not really! I'd like to say Japanese hop vine, and would probably be my first choice. Wanna say virginia creeper - but too palmate. Vine maple, but wrong place and wrong growth characteristics. Leaves are similar to some of the more ornate divided leaf sweet potatoes, but not the other characteristics. Mayapples don't vine. Cupseed?
2nd question - I've got tons of viney weeds, but not that one. Keep it there - i don't need any more! I don't know the ID. It looks like a number of things - but not really! I'd like to say Japanese hop vine, and would probably be my first choice. Wanna say virginia creeper - but too palmate. Vine maple, but wrong place and wrong growth characteristics. Leaves are similar to some of the more ornate divided leaf sweet potatoes, but not the other characteristics. Mayapples don't vine. Cupseed?
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The first two are giant ragweed and common ragweed, respectively. Both are annuals and cutting them off and leaving the roots is fine.
The last one is not familiar to me. Agree it's not Virginia creeper, but that's about all I can say. Look up the ones Mike suggested and compare pictures, descriptions, and range.
The last one is not familiar to me. Agree it's not Virginia creeper, but that's about all I can say. Look up the ones Mike suggested and compare pictures, descriptions, and range.
my vote is mary jane
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Started picking Honeycrisp.
My favorite apple - they look great!
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My favorite for fresh eating too - although they can be a bit finicky to grow.
For baking, applesauce, etc though I prefer the Winesap that are still 2-3 weeks away.
Have you tried a Cosmic Crisp? That’s my favorite eating apple. Chuck