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Ran?e at Arabian Knits wrote:
Martial arts class and an FFA/4H meeting at the same time!
Multi-tasking at its finest. ;^)
Martial arts class and an FFA/4H meeting at the same time!
Multi-tasking at its finest. ;^)
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On Sat, 2 Apr 2011 22:48:20 -0700, "Bob Terwilliger"
wrote:
Reason? He don't need no steenkin' reason-- he's the boss. He
is also driven by regulations, not reason. [a good thing in the big
picture] If no regulation covers it, then it can't happen.
I saw some incredible wastes while I was in the service. All due to
the need to follow 'the rules' without regard to 'reason'.
Jim
wrote:
Reason? He don't need no steenkin' reason-- he's the boss. He
is also driven by regulations, not reason. [a good thing in the big
picture] If no regulation covers it, then it can't happen.
I saw some incredible wastes while I was in the service. All due to
the need to follow 'the rules' without regard to 'reason'.
Jim
On Mon, 28 Mar 2011 15:33:41 +0200, "Giusi"
wrote:
By George, I think you might have it! Now that I see them, I
remember the pods being flattish and thinking they were some sort of
Lima bean. I'm not crazy about limas & they are a bit of work to
harvest, so i was mostly just curious. But if these are edible pod
and all, I'm interested. I can do a lot with good green beans.
A look at all my favorite seed vendors doesn't turn up any seeds-- so
now I am compelled to knock on a stranger's door to see what those
beans are & try to beg a few seeds.
OK-- you posted the other link-
And now I wonder. . . If Google translated that right, it looks
like consensus is that they are peas- an early season, cool weather
crop in these parts.
The ones I've been looking at are a late season, hot weather crop.
I see that there are sword beans and jack beans also mentioned in that
thread. They seem more likely-- but not Italian, per se. [and I'm
just guessing at Italian heritage of the gardeners because of the area
where the gardens are.]
If I get a chance [and my nerve up] I'll drop by one of the gardens
this week. Curiosity is now egging me on.
Jim
Thanks-
Jim
wrote:
By George, I think you might have it! Now that I see them, I
remember the pods being flattish and thinking they were some sort of
Lima bean. I'm not crazy about limas & they are a bit of work to
harvest, so i was mostly just curious. But if these are edible pod
and all, I'm interested. I can do a lot with good green beans.
A look at all my favorite seed vendors doesn't turn up any seeds-- so
now I am compelled to knock on a stranger's door to see what those
beans are & try to beg a few seeds.
OK-- you posted the other link-
And now I wonder. . . If Google translated that right, it looks
like consensus is that they are peas- an early season, cool weather
crop in these parts.
The ones I've been looking at are a late season, hot weather crop.
I see that there are sword beans and jack beans also mentioned in that
thread. They seem more likely-- but not Italian, per se. [and I'm
just guessing at Italian heritage of the gardeners because of the area
where the gardens are.]
If I get a chance [and my nerve up] I'll drop by one of the gardens
this week. Curiosity is now egging me on.
Jim
Thanks-
Jim
On Tue, 29 Mar 2011 12:20:55 -0700, Ranee at Arabian Knits
wrote:
I'm in NY- just west of Albany a bit. We takes our chances putting
tender annuals out before Mother's day. Average last killing frost is
May 25th. [I used to live up on a hill a bit south of here &
Memorial Day was planting time.]
I just looked at the Easter dates. I've been 'planting peas on Good
Friday' without thought, beyond the fact that my father and his used
that date.
When you look at the calendar it doesn't seem to make sense- Good
Friday is a month earlier some years than others-- But it seems to
work out for the most part. If I can scratch a row under the snow , I
go for it. I get peas most years [critters cause me more trouble
than weather]-- and I get a warm fuzzy for carrying on a tradition.
With Good Fri being April 22 this year-- I sure hope I don't see snow
on my plants-- but we have had some good 6" snows during the first 2
weeks of May on occasion.
Jim
wrote:
I'm in NY- just west of Albany a bit. We takes our chances putting
tender annuals out before Mother's day. Average last killing frost is
May 25th. [I used to live up on a hill a bit south of here &
Memorial Day was planting time.]
I just looked at the Easter dates. I've been 'planting peas on Good
Friday' without thought, beyond the fact that my father and his used
that date.
When you look at the calendar it doesn't seem to make sense- Good
Friday is a month earlier some years than others-- But it seems to
work out for the most part. If I can scratch a row under the snow , I
go for it. I get peas most years [critters cause me more trouble
than weather]-- and I get a warm fuzzy for carrying on a tradition.
With Good Fri being April 22 this year-- I sure hope I don't see snow
on my plants-- but we have had some good 6" snows during the first 2
weeks of May on occasion.
Jim
There's a difference between "fresh figs" and "RIPE fresh figs."
The latter are juicy, honey-sweet, with a little crunch. I spent one
summer in Portugal and ate ripe figs right off the tree with chewy
bread and a local cheese or quince marmalade. Remarkable. Dried
figs are nasty, seedy things in comparison.
I wish I could grown them. My dream house has a hothouse attached.
FWIW, Coscto here (CO) often has flats of figs for a few weeks in
mid summer. They are better than no figs at all.
gloria p
The latter are juicy, honey-sweet, with a little crunch. I spent one
summer in Portugal and ate ripe figs right off the tree with chewy
bread and a local cheese or quince marmalade. Remarkable. Dried
figs are nasty, seedy things in comparison.
I wish I could grown them. My dream house has a hothouse attached.
FWIW, Coscto here (CO) often has flats of figs for a few weeks in
mid summer. They are better than no figs at all.
gloria p
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gloria.p wrote:
People go to great lengths to grow them, and you hear people
talk about a great fig they had somewhere, I know I'm missing
something.
(laugh) I like them. I like Fig Newtons, fig jam ... oh, I forgot,
I saw that George Shirley makes that, I'm jealous. I bought some
from the Trappist monks.
Funny, I saw fig trees for sale at the produce place the other
day. Just like what I grew up seeing wrapped in black plastic,
these were just sticks with no branches.
Maybe I will give them a shot again one of these days.
nancy
People go to great lengths to grow them, and you hear people
talk about a great fig they had somewhere, I know I'm missing
something.
(laugh) I like them. I like Fig Newtons, fig jam ... oh, I forgot,
I saw that George Shirley makes that, I'm jealous. I bought some
from the Trappist monks.
Funny, I saw fig trees for sale at the produce place the other
day. Just like what I grew up seeing wrapped in black plastic,
these were just sticks with no branches.
Maybe I will give them a shot again one of these days.
nancy
Sorry..O8SERVER IV
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Too bad my mom only liked mostly ornamental plants like orchids, etc...
I did try to grow bell peppers, calamansi, chili peppers, eggplant,
chinese spinach and tomatoes!
I got to, at one point, use some of them in my dishes, but it didn't
last because I didn't have time to care for the plants... alas.
If I get rich I would have someone take care of these plants (and more!)
for me!
--
chefkaren
I did try to grow bell peppers, calamansi, chili peppers, eggplant,
chinese spinach and tomatoes!
I got to, at one point, use some of them in my dishes, but it didn't
last because I didn't have time to care for the plants... alas.
If I get rich I would have someone take care of these plants (and more!)
for me!
--
chefkaren
Minako.Sakura
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On 4/2/2011 3:33 PM, gloria.p wrote:
Bananas only produce fruit once, but offshoots will pop right out.
Becca
Bananas only produce fruit once, but offshoots will pop right out.
Becca
"Nancy Young" wrote:
Every old guinea geezer in Brooklyn carefully/ritually wrapped their
fig trees with tar paper and old linoleum, tied up with old cotton
clothesline... with the obligatory empty five gallon tar bucket on
top... I think they survived the winter because right nearby watching
over was one of those c-menta virgin marys inna tourquise urinal.
The photo here is obviously relatively recent, note the bucket is
plastic.
http://www.i-italy.org/4533/backyard-figs-brooklyn
Note in Philly they cheat using plastic garbage bags:
http://phigblog.com/2009/10/16/fresh-figs-for-cold-climes/
No mistaking a dago hood:
http://i54.tinypic.com/10nx0fp.jpg
Thanks for the topic, this was fun! LOL
Every old guinea geezer in Brooklyn carefully/ritually wrapped their
fig trees with tar paper and old linoleum, tied up with old cotton
clothesline... with the obligatory empty five gallon tar bucket on
top... I think they survived the winter because right nearby watching
over was one of those c-menta virgin marys inna tourquise urinal.
The photo here is obviously relatively recent, note the bucket is
plastic.
http://www.i-italy.org/4533/backyard-figs-brooklyn
Note in Philly they cheat using plastic garbage bags:
http://phigblog.com/2009/10/16/fresh-figs-for-cold-climes/
No mistaking a dago hood:
http://i54.tinypic.com/10nx0fp.jpg
Thanks for the topic, this was fun! LOL
orAnGE jULiuS
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On Sat, 2 Apr 2011 08:59:30 -0400, "Nancy Young"
wrote:
If they were cheap and you have a place for one, get it and put it
into a small tub/large plant pot and keep it outside in the sun this
summer. Even if you do not like the fruit (and even a 12 incher could
fruit this year, depending on variety), you will be rewarded with a
lovely plant that can be delightfully reminiscent of the
Mediterranean. They are lovely to look at.
And I am sure I have posted this before, but I am absolutely goofy
about trying to grow things that do not normally thrive here in
Northern NJ...I also have citrus and a sequoia in tubs and an
Arbequina olive tree. Last year the olive fruited - not much mind you,
we do not have as long a growing season as it needs, but by the gods,
I got 9 olives and I cured them in salt water and they tasted like
OLIVES! How many lunatics in NJ can say they did that!
Boron
wrote:
If they were cheap and you have a place for one, get it and put it
into a small tub/large plant pot and keep it outside in the sun this
summer. Even if you do not like the fruit (and even a 12 incher could
fruit this year, depending on variety), you will be rewarded with a
lovely plant that can be delightfully reminiscent of the
Mediterranean. They are lovely to look at.
And I am sure I have posted this before, but I am absolutely goofy
about trying to grow things that do not normally thrive here in
Northern NJ...I also have citrus and a sequoia in tubs and an
Arbequina olive tree. Last year the olive fruited - not much mind you,
we do not have as long a growing season as it needs, but by the gods,
I got 9 olives and I cured them in salt water and they tasted like
OLIVES! How many lunatics in NJ can say they did that!
Boron
On 2011-03-28, Brooklyn1 wrote:
Wow. Sucks to grow figs in cold climes.
As a kid in CA, we hadda old fig tree growing wild across the street.
Thirty feet high and jes as wide, 3 ft dia trunk. Old, squat, and
totally neglected, in season it dumped plump purple/black figs like
pigeons in NYC dump doody. Too bad I didn't like figs fer dammit when
I was 8 yrs old. Now, I'd be all over it like a used car saleman ona
rube.
nb
Wow. Sucks to grow figs in cold climes.
As a kid in CA, we hadda old fig tree growing wild across the street.
Thirty feet high and jes as wide, 3 ft dia trunk. Old, squat, and
totally neglected, in season it dumped plump purple/black figs like
pigeons in NYC dump doody. Too bad I didn't like figs fer dammit when
I was 8 yrs old. Now, I'd be all over it like a used car saleman ona
rube.
nb
GB Phoenix
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On Sun, 03 Apr 2011 16:46:54 -0500, Ema Nymton
wrote:
Those gigantic banana trees (the ones the size of full grown Palm
trees) are annuals? That's hard to believe!
--
Today's mighty oak is just yesterday's nut that held its ground.
wrote:
Those gigantic banana trees (the ones the size of full grown Palm
trees) are annuals? That's hard to believe!
--
Today's mighty oak is just yesterday's nut that held its ground.
andricss j
New member
On Sat, 02 Apr 2011 11:53:57 -0400, Jim Elbrecht
wrote:
Thank goodness they grow slowly.I have it in a very large tub now...in
fact, it is in a sort of garden wheelbarrow that I got at Costco...a
huge tub on wheels with a handle. The olive tree is in one, too. Makes
it easy to move them around the decks and there is nothing quite so
much fun as taking a drill and making drain holes in these things.
Bananas re-grow from new plantlets at the bottom. I have tried bananas
a couple of times, but never got them to fruit. And they are the most
temperamental about temperatures, too. ..just say "ice cream" near
them and they wilt.
Figs are cheaper. I pout in a peach , a cherry and a plum last year,
but they are all in tubs. Assuming they made it through this wicked
winter, I will be content if I can just get them to flower.
Boron
wrote:
Thank goodness they grow slowly.I have it in a very large tub now...in
fact, it is in a sort of garden wheelbarrow that I got at Costco...a
huge tub on wheels with a handle. The olive tree is in one, too. Makes
it easy to move them around the decks and there is nothing quite so
much fun as taking a drill and making drain holes in these things.
Bananas re-grow from new plantlets at the bottom. I have tried bananas
a couple of times, but never got them to fruit. And they are the most
temperamental about temperatures, too. ..just say "ice cream" near
them and they wilt.
Figs are cheaper. I pout in a peach , a cherry and a plum last year,
but they are all in tubs. Assuming they made it through this wicked
winter, I will be content if I can just get them to flower.
Boron