ThatOwlWoman
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Pretty guy visiting some chive blossoms today.
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Pretty guy visiting some chive blossoms today.
Just planted some horseradish roots. Tomorrow I have red carrots, and beets to plant. I had to forget all the beans, and longer growing season stuff, since my issues postponed planting though. I might be able to do some cucumbers though, I'm not sure. They had a sale at the Home Depot, so Mom just bought starter plants of peppers, and tomatoes.
ThatOwlWoman
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Good luck. That's a horseradish to the left of the chives there. I had two others, outside the fenced area, but the deer chopped their little heads right off. I also have a conundrum! Last fall a friend in Alaska sent me a small collection of some awesome heirloom potatoes, including a purple one. I planted them and mulched them well. Nothing seemed to come up once it was spring. I dug around and couldn't find them, thought they maybe rotted. So planted cabbages there instead. So guess who's coming up now? Oy vey!
Hope your stuff does okay.
Picked peaches off one tree yesterday. Nearly a bushel. Canned peaches this evening. My boy and my wife peeled and I stuffed jars and processed. We’ve kept several to eat as well. Our Indian peaches should be ready mid-July. We have two trees of those.
ThatOwlWoman
Leftist Vermin
What are Indian peaches?
Here’s a link... https://www.slowfoodusa.org/ark-item/indian-blood-peach
They are a slower growing, heartier cling variety peach. They produce a little later which makes them less apt to get zapped by a late frost in the spring. My trees are volunteers given to me by a lady at church. She also gives peaches away every year.
ThatOwlWoman
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They sound amazing, and they grow true from the stones, it said. Do you think they'd make it up here? We are climate zone 5b because of the proximity to the Lake; the inland parts of the UP are 3 or 4.
ThatOwlWoman
Leftist Vermin
Good luck! I haven't had any luck with winter squash, even in the greenhouse. Too cool here, I guess.
I have spaghetti squash planted right next to my yellow and white squash. We eat quite a bit of spaghetti squash.
I’m going with a strong “probably.” I copied this from the Rolling River nursery site:
They really are good. They look great in the jar when canned in light syrup (how I do them) and they make a very pretty jar of jam.
They’re not as pretty in a cobbler but are every bit as tasty as yellow varieties.
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ThatOwlWoman
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Would it be too much to ask if you could send me a few pits? Of course I'll pay for postage and your time!
Not a problem. I’ll send them when the peaches ripen this year.
Thnx, I have grown it several times. I guess they call it winter because you can leave it out during the winter??
I like it & it is easy to grow here..
I’m going with a strong “probably.” I copied this from the Rolling River nursery site:
They really are good. They look great in the jar when canned in light syrup (how I do them) and they make a very pretty jar of jam.
They’re not as pretty in a cobbler but are every bit as tasty as yellow varieties.
Red??
ThatOwlWoman
Leftist Vermin
I think it's because it has a harder shell than summer squash and will last all winter, but I dunno for sure.
ThatOwlWoman
Leftist Vermin
Thanks so much!!!!
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Red Hibiscus tree/bush is in full bloom. The blooms on these only last around 1 day but they have a lot of buds on them.
Red Hibiscus tree/bush is in full bloom. The blooms on these only last around 1 day but they have a lot of buds on them.
Beautiful.. The Rose of Sharon I have is in the same species & a bit hardier for the cold.. But my mom grew them in San Jose..