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Post by Clotilde on Apr 6, 2017 7:21:21 GMT -5
My son and I started indoor seeds today. Most of it is herbs, culinary and medicinal. I am going to try for mostly eggplant and some tomatoes, but I will do some romanesco and other crucifers in the fall. How do you use your eggplant? We love eggplant Parmesan, and we stir fry with it, but other than that I don't really know what to do with it. Oh, I've used it for "noodles" is veggie lasagna, and really liked it, too. Depends on what kind I have and how big. I try to buy them small. I do several versions of eggplant Parmesan. I use it in ratatouille, roasted veggie medleys, various Indian dishes--it's a base for sauce and a cut vegetable in many dishes, and baba ghanoush. The Vietnamese restaurant does a crispy fried eggplant that people around here rave about but I've never tried it because when there is pho around, I don't want anything else.
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Post by RitaMarita on Apr 6, 2017 9:20:32 GMT -5
How do you use your eggplant? We love eggplant Parmesan, and we stir fry with it, but other than that I don't really know what to do with it. Oh, I've used it for "noodles" is veggie lasagna, and really liked it, too. Depends on what kind I have and how big. I try to buy them small. I do several versions of eggplant Parmesan. I use it in ratatouille, roasted veggie medleys, various Indian dishes--it's a base for sauce and a cut vegetable in many dishes, and baba ghanoush. The Vietnamese restaurant does a crispy fried eggplant that people around here rave about but I've never tried it because when there is pho around, I don't want anything else. It all sounds yummy to me!!! ...Must be Lent... Lol...
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Post by Clotilde on Apr 6, 2017 18:35:52 GMT -5
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Post by RitaMarita on Apr 7, 2017 17:28:36 GMT -5
This looks AMAZING!!! I am going to have to try it now!!!
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Post by Lynne on Apr 10, 2017 9:24:15 GMT -5
That looks delicious and I guess I need to get that spice, garam marsala too. I saw the recipe on how to make it but I'd rather just have a jar in the pantry (color me lazy).
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Post by Marya Dabrowski on Apr 11, 2017 17:18:21 GMT -5
Moved the strawberries. We're going to give a lot of strawberry plants away. My other plants in the basement are looking healthy for once.
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Post by jen51 on Apr 18, 2017 7:40:55 GMT -5
Thanks for the eggplant ideas! The seedlings survived after a lot of abuse and neglect, amazingly. Looking forward to experimenting with eggplant.
In our gardens we have recently planted: Another apple tree A pear tree A peach tree 2 cherry trees 3 hazelnut trees 2 honeyberry bushes 4 blackberries 8 raspberries More potatoes
Cleaned up and mulched the perennial flower garden.
I've been harvesting lettuce and spinach by the basket load. The weather has been ideal for spring greens this year, so we've been enjoying it at every meal.
The plan today is to erect a trellis and plant cucumbers. Also, more carrots and beets.
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Post by Clotilde on Apr 18, 2017 11:57:16 GMT -5
Question: How much mulch is too much over bulbs?
I'm still working on overplanting poppies among my tulips. I have a few seeds to replant because my 2yo wants to play near them and spilled an entire tray.
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Post by jen51 on Apr 18, 2017 14:34:28 GMT -5
Question: How much mulch is too much over bulbs? We put about 4 inches over ours yesterday. I've always gone the weeding instead of mulching route in flower beds so I could be wrong. The way I see it, if bulbs can burst through a few inches of dense soil, they should have no problem busting through the thick mulch. It's much lighter. We applied it that thick to bulbs like gladiolus and lillies. They're big and strong. I'd be a lot more modest with the mulch on the smaller bulbs like crocus or grape hyacinth.
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Post by Clotilde on Apr 18, 2017 19:48:41 GMT -5
By the way, I planted some allium bulbs a few weeks ago, that were supposed to be planted in the fall. Every website I read said that this was a bad idea. I figured since they had been in my garage and had endured the freezing process, which bulbs like, and some had sprouted that it would be okay. I had four varieties, some little ones, some medium and two big varieties (I think one was globemaster). They are doing very well and even the ones that had not sprouted have poked above the ground. Also, last year and this year, I planted ones that had a little mold on them and they did just fine.
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Post by RitaMarita on Apr 19, 2017 20:44:30 GMT -5
By the way, I planted some allium bulbs a few weeks ago, that were supposed to be planted in the fall. Every website I read said that this was a bad idea. I figured since they had been in my garage and had endured the freezing process, which bulbs like, and some had sprouted that it would be okay. I had four varieties, some little ones, some medium and two big varieties (I think one was globemaster). They are doing very well and even the ones that had not sprouted have poked above the ground. Also, last year and this year, I planted ones that had a little mold on them and they did just fine. Some people plant them in the Spring others in the Fall. If you want them to bloom more than you should plant them in the fall, but I don't see any problem with planting them now.
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Post by Clotilde on Apr 20, 2017 20:22:52 GMT -5
By the way, I planted some allium bulbs a few weeks ago, that were supposed to be planted in the fall. Every website I read said that this was a bad idea. I figured since they had been in my garage and had endured the freezing process, which bulbs like, and some had sprouted that it would be okay. I had four varieties, some little ones, some medium and two big varieties (I think one was globemaster). They are doing very well and even the ones that had not sprouted have poked above the ground. Also, last year and this year, I planted ones that had a little mold on them and they did just fine. Some people plant them in the Spring others in the Fall. If you want them to bloom more than you should plant them in the fall, but I don't see any problem with planting them now. I scoured the internet looking for advice because I wasn't sure if I should waste my time. Everyone saidcthey would grow because they need winter and fall to get the root system established and without it, they would rot in the spring rain. However, since they were in my garage they did their freezing thing and I got them out as soon as the snow had melted and the ground was dry. They look good and they seem to be on track. I'm very excited as these are a favorite of mine.
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Post by RitaMarita on Apr 21, 2017 6:52:53 GMT -5
Some people plant them in the Spring others in the Fall. If you want them to bloom more than you should plant them in the fall, but I don't see any problem with planting them now. I scoured the internet looking for advice because I wasn't sure if I should waste my time. Everyone saidcthey would grow because they need winter and fall to get the root system established and without it, they would rot in the spring rain. However, since they were in my garage they did their freezing thing and I got them out as soon as the snow had melted and the ground was dry. They look good and they seem to be on track. I'm very excited as these are a favorite of mine. That is great! It is so heart-wrenching when flowers don't survive the winter...
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Post by jen51 on May 10, 2017 13:20:12 GMT -5
We are in the process of creating a Mary Garden. We should have done it right when we got married. All of the flowers in it will be white. So far we have planted Iris, peony, calla Lilly and gladiolus bulbs. Also some alyssum for ground cover. Now that the spring bulbs are planted, we await the opportunity to plant fall bulbs. Here in a couple days we will transplant some garland daisies there.
We transplanted our grandiflora rose bush to the front flower garden, and my husband has been breeding irises.
We recently planted cucumbers and more beets. The broccoli is looking good, it should be ready to harvest in a couple weeks. We're still eating a ton of lettuce and spinach.
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Post by Clotilde on May 10, 2017 17:24:00 GMT -5
We are in the process of creating a Mary Garden. We should have done it right when we got married. All of the flowers in it will be white. So far we have planted Iris, peony, calla Lilly and gladiolus bulbs. Also some alyssum for ground cover. Now that the spring bulbs are planted, we await the opportunity to plant fall bulbs. Here in a couple days we will transplant some garland daisies there. We transplanted our grandiflora rose bush to the front flower garden, and my husband has been breeding irises. We recently planted cucumbers and more beets. The broccoli is looking good, it should be ready to harvest in a couple weeks. We're still eating a ton of lettuce and spinach. Do you know which type of peony you planted? I've been thinking about planting some but far away from the house to keep the ants from wandering in. My tulips are not done blooming and I just cut all of the hyacinths down yesterday, this is going to be a late year.
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