Re: [Unschooling-dotcom] gardens
Dia Garland
Dawn,
I love having a garden, even though it is a lot of work. I can a lot of our
produce, and even a lot of our meat.
It was a big change for us because we used to live in So. CA, where nothing
grew unless it was watered daily. Then we moved here, never even watered
our garden once, and had produce coming out of our ears!
Dia
I love having a garden, even though it is a lot of work. I can a lot of our
produce, and even a lot of our meat.
It was a big change for us because we used to live in So. CA, where nothing
grew unless it was watered daily. Then we moved here, never even watered
our garden once, and had produce coming out of our ears!
Dia
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In a message dated 6/23/00 12:59:26 PM Central Daylight Time,
moocow@... writes:
<< Then we moved here, never even watered
our garden once, and had produce coming out of our ears!
midwest) and I am envious of your weather! I have to water my flowers that
are not perennials and naturalized to this climate--(hot and very muggy). In
my back yard I have a "meadow" with black eyed susans, purple coneflower,
queen anne's lace, daylilies, birds foot violets, daisies, and some other
wildflowers that I don't know the names of. I never have to water this at
all. I do need to keep up with the window boxes which have marigolds and
salvia, and ageratum, and I water these about every other day right now.
Usually by July, I have to water daily, as it is extremely hot and dry from
mid summer until late September. I am hoping to grow some vegetables next
year; I have my new compost pile under way, and hope to turn the dirt in the
fall, to help get it ready. What all do you grow? Do you grow organically?
~Karen (it was in the mid 90's here today)
moocow@... writes:
<< Then we moved here, never even watered
our garden once, and had produce coming out of our ears!
>>Where do you live in the Midwest? I live in So. Indiana, (also the
midwest) and I am envious of your weather! I have to water my flowers that
are not perennials and naturalized to this climate--(hot and very muggy). In
my back yard I have a "meadow" with black eyed susans, purple coneflower,
queen anne's lace, daylilies, birds foot violets, daisies, and some other
wildflowers that I don't know the names of. I never have to water this at
all. I do need to keep up with the window boxes which have marigolds and
salvia, and ageratum, and I water these about every other day right now.
Usually by July, I have to water daily, as it is extremely hot and dry from
mid summer until late September. I am hoping to grow some vegetables next
year; I have my new compost pile under way, and hope to turn the dirt in the
fall, to help get it ready. What all do you grow? Do you grow organically?
~Karen (it was in the mid 90's here today)
Tracy Oldfield
Ah, gardening! I need a fix, the o-g list I was on folded recently,
boo-hoo, due to admin...
I'm a mulch-and-forget type myself, though I might get a little
more scientific if I had to live on it <g> But then, we don't usually
have to worry about lack of water around here, LOL.
Tracy
boo-hoo, due to admin...
I'm a mulch-and-forget type myself, though I might get a little
more scientific if I had to live on it <g> But then, we don't usually
have to worry about lack of water around here, LOL.
Tracy
On 23 Jun 2000, at 20:17, HPaulson5@... wrote:
Where do you live in the Midwest? I live in So.
Indiana, (also the
midwest) and I am envious of your weather! I have to
water my flowers that
are not perennials and naturalized to this climate--
(hot and very muggy). In
my back yard I have a "meadow" with black eyed susans,
purple coneflower,
queen anne's lace, daylilies, birds foot violets,
daisies, and some other
wildflowers that I don't know the names of. I never
have to water this at
all. I do need to keep up with the window boxes which
have marigolds and
salvia, and ageratum, and I water these about every
other day right now.
Usually by July, I have to water daily, as it is
extremely hot and dry from
mid summer until late September. I am hoping to grow
some vegetables next
year; I have my new compost pile under way, and hope
to turn the dirt in the
fall, to help get it ready. What all do you grow? Do
you grow organically?
~Karen (it was in the mid 90's here today)
Tracy Oldfield
Going to Filey (seaside for non anglophiles/ ex Yorkshire-ites) for
a week, so I'll catch up with you all when I get back. Don't get
up to owt while I'm off, now will you?
Tracy
a week, so I'll catch up with you all when I get back. Don't get
up to owt while I'm off, now will you?
Tracy
[email protected]
Dear Friends,
I have a new take on "Attack of the Killer Tomatoes." We have a small
vegetable garden each year, but we really do not know what we are doing.
Anything that thrives is purely an accident, but we have fun. Last year was
our first foray into tomatoes. My husband and I don't care for them, but my
son loves them and we wanted some for him. We had two plants of the cherry
tomato variety, and for reasons we could never figure out, the plants went
berserk. They were *loaded* with tomatoes, and at first Colton was in
gardening nirvana and ate tomatoes with every meal. After about a month of
this, Colton began to tire of tomatoes so we started giving Ziploc bags of
tomatoes to friends and family. After another few weeks of this, everyone we
knew had stopped speaking to us and certainly didn't want any more tomatoes.
Still, the plants just churned out little tomatoes, faster than we could pick
them. We started leaving bags of them on neighbor's doorsteps under the
cloak of night, and handing them out randomly to people like the mailman and
anyone who rang our doorbell for any reason. The plants STILL showed no
signs of slowing down, and one afternoon my husband just snapped. He went
out to the garden and murdered the plants, literally hacked them to pieces!
When he came back into the house, he was muttering something that sounded
like, "They must be stopped..."
Gluttons for punishment, we have more tomato plants going this year. So
if you are anywhere near Marysville, Washington, stop by for some tomatoes.
Bring plastic bags. Lots of them.
Blessings,
Carol
I have a new take on "Attack of the Killer Tomatoes." We have a small
vegetable garden each year, but we really do not know what we are doing.
Anything that thrives is purely an accident, but we have fun. Last year was
our first foray into tomatoes. My husband and I don't care for them, but my
son loves them and we wanted some for him. We had two plants of the cherry
tomato variety, and for reasons we could never figure out, the plants went
berserk. They were *loaded* with tomatoes, and at first Colton was in
gardening nirvana and ate tomatoes with every meal. After about a month of
this, Colton began to tire of tomatoes so we started giving Ziploc bags of
tomatoes to friends and family. After another few weeks of this, everyone we
knew had stopped speaking to us and certainly didn't want any more tomatoes.
Still, the plants just churned out little tomatoes, faster than we could pick
them. We started leaving bags of them on neighbor's doorsteps under the
cloak of night, and handing them out randomly to people like the mailman and
anyone who rang our doorbell for any reason. The plants STILL showed no
signs of slowing down, and one afternoon my husband just snapped. He went
out to the garden and murdered the plants, literally hacked them to pieces!
When he came back into the house, he was muttering something that sounded
like, "They must be stopped..."
Gluttons for punishment, we have more tomato plants going this year. So
if you are anywhere near Marysville, Washington, stop by for some tomatoes.
Bring plastic bags. Lots of them.
Blessings,
Carol
[email protected]
Hi Carol--I would love some tomatoes! Unfortuately, I live too far away. I
am planning on some tomatoes next year, and I hope to have the "good" luck
you have had! Btw, what variety of tomato was that you planted? Loved
hearing about your 'maters... I was visualizing everything as you described
it-- how funny!! :) ~Karen
am planning on some tomatoes next year, and I hope to have the "good" luck
you have had! Btw, what variety of tomato was that you planted? Loved
hearing about your 'maters... I was visualizing everything as you described
it-- how funny!! :) ~Karen
David Albert
Oh, I know this one -- you bought the "sweet millions" and didn't believe them!!
Next year try the New Yorker tomatoes. Great big red ones -- great taste (not
like those awful Oregon Springs!), and they will survive the first frost.
David (a former New Yorker,and proud of it!) (the former part)
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shantinik@...
Next year try the New Yorker tomatoes. Great big red ones -- great taste (not
like those awful Oregon Springs!), and they will survive the first frost.
David (a former New Yorker,and proud of it!) (the former part)
sognokids@... wrote:
> Dear Friends,--
>
> I have a new take on "Attack of the Killer Tomatoes." We have a small
> vegetable garden each year, but we really do not know what we are doing.
> Anything that thrives is purely an accident, but we have fun. Last year was
> our first foray into tomatoes. My husband and I don't care for them, but my
> son loves them and we wanted some for him. We had two plants of the cherry
> tomato variety, and for reasons we could never figure out, the plants went
> berserk. They were *loaded* with tomatoes, and at first Colton was in
> gardening nirvana and ate tomatoes with every meal. After about a month of
> this, Colton began to tire of tomatoes so we started giving Ziploc bags of
> tomatoes to friends and family. After another few weeks of this, everyone we
> knew had stopped speaking to us and certainly didn't want any more tomatoes.
> Still, the plants just churned out little tomatoes, faster than we could pick
> them. We started leaving bags of them on neighbor's doorsteps under the
> cloak of night, and handing them out randomly to people like the mailman and
> anyone who rang our doorbell for any reason. The plants STILL showed no
> signs of slowing down, and one afternoon my husband just snapped. He went
> out to the garden and murdered the plants, literally hacked them to pieces!
> When he came back into the house, he was muttering something that sounded
> like, "They must be stopped..."
>
> Gluttons for punishment, we have more tomato plants going this year. So
> if you are anywhere near Marysville, Washington, stop by for some tomatoes.
> Bring plastic bags. Lots of them.
>
> Blessings,
> Carol
>
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Dia Garland
I live in northeastern Nebraska, what is known as the tri-state area because
South Dakota, Iowa, and Nebraska all converge here. It is also hot and
muggy here during the summer, corn growin' weather. And wind and snow
during the winter!
I grow all of the usual vegetables, and then I also try different varieties
of things every year. I've not had great luck with herbs for some reason,
and strawberries get eaten up by birds and such. We do mostly organic
gardening, if there is such a thing! I use Sevin dust on the beans when
they are young, otherwise the beetles eat them up. By the time they have
some size to them the beetles can't do much damage. We spray weed killer
around the outside of the garden area because there are weed abatement laws
here and there really is no other way to keep the weeds down in an area of
this size. We keep a border fo about 10 feet between the sprayed area and
the garden.
During the winter we take all of the yucky hay, cow pies, and nanny berries
out to the garden area, and in the spring my husband disks it all in. When
the garden is growing we take old hay and put it around plants and in
walkways for the nutrients to leach into the ground. Lots of natural
fertilizer!
Last year I did have to water the tomatoes and melon twice as we had a long
dry spell, but that is unusual. So far no watering and all is doing well.
Dia
South Dakota, Iowa, and Nebraska all converge here. It is also hot and
muggy here during the summer, corn growin' weather. And wind and snow
during the winter!
I grow all of the usual vegetables, and then I also try different varieties
of things every year. I've not had great luck with herbs for some reason,
and strawberries get eaten up by birds and such. We do mostly organic
gardening, if there is such a thing! I use Sevin dust on the beans when
they are young, otherwise the beetles eat them up. By the time they have
some size to them the beetles can't do much damage. We spray weed killer
around the outside of the garden area because there are weed abatement laws
here and there really is no other way to keep the weeds down in an area of
this size. We keep a border fo about 10 feet between the sprayed area and
the garden.
During the winter we take all of the yucky hay, cow pies, and nanny berries
out to the garden area, and in the spring my husband disks it all in. When
the garden is growing we take old hay and put it around plants and in
walkways for the nutrients to leach into the ground. Lots of natural
fertilizer!
Last year I did have to water the tomatoes and melon twice as we had a long
dry spell, but that is unusual. So far no watering and all is doing well.
Dia
Dia Garland
Tomatoes can be frozen in Ziplocs very easily. Just wash any dirt off and
throw them in. They can be used for stews, soups, and casseroles after they
thaw.
BTW, my sil was actually in "Attack of the Killer Tomatoes". One of the
girls swimming in the pool.
Dia
throw them in. They can be used for stews, soups, and casseroles after they
thaw.
BTW, my sil was actually in "Attack of the Killer Tomatoes". One of the
girls swimming in the pool.
Dia
Lynda
Well, if you are having that kind of luck with tomatoes, don't plant zuc's.
They are far worse than tomatoes for being production happy!
Lynda
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They are far worse than tomatoes for being production happy!
Lynda
----------
> From: sognokids@...was
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [Unschooling-dotcom] gardens
> Date: Friday, June 23, 2000 5:39 PM
>
> Dear Friends,
>
> I have a new take on "Attack of the Killer Tomatoes." We have a small
> vegetable garden each year, but we really do not know what we are doing.
> Anything that thrives is purely an accident, but we have fun. Last year
> our first foray into tomatoes. My husband and I don't care for them, butmy
> son loves them and we wanted some for him. We had two plants of thecherry
> tomato variety, and for reasons we could never figure out, the plantswent
> berserk. They were *loaded* with tomatoes, and at first Colton was inof
> gardening nirvana and ate tomatoes with every meal. After about a month
> this, Colton began to tire of tomatoes so we started giving Ziploc bagsof
> tomatoes to friends and family. After another few weeks of this,everyone we
> knew had stopped speaking to us and certainly didn't want any moretomatoes.
> Still, the plants just churned out little tomatoes, faster than we couldpick
> them. We started leaving bags of them on neighbor's doorsteps under theand
> cloak of night, and handing them out randomly to people like the mailman
> anyone who rang our doorbell for any reason. The plants STILL showed nowent
> signs of slowing down, and one afternoon my husband just snapped. He
> out to the garden and murdered the plants, literally hacked them topieces!
> When he came back into the house, he was muttering something that soundedSo
> like, "They must be stopped..."
>
> Gluttons for punishment, we have more tomato plants going this year.
> if you are anywhere near Marysville, Washington, stop by for sometomatoes.
> Bring plastic bags. Lots of them.
>
> Blessings,
> Carol
>
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D Klement
Lynda wrote:
Every year my dh insists on at least 4 plants.
I prefer the yellow zucchini or if I can't find them yellow summer
squash which are only ever so slightly different.
4 zucchini plants = grilled zucchini, stuffed zucchini, zucchini cake,
zucchini muffins, zucchini marmalade, zucchini cookies, zucchini with
garlic-lemon-olive oil and pasta ........zucchini, zucchini, zucchini
They need one of those reality TV show called ...
*When Zucchini Attack* (at the end of the summer)
buzz
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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Darryl, Debbie, what has been learned has been
Kathleen, Nathan & forgotten"
Samantha B.F. Skinner in "New Scientist".
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>2 zucchini plants does our family of 5.
> Well, if you are having that kind of luck with tomatoes, don't plant zuc's.
> They are far worse than tomatoes for being production happy!
>
> Lynda
>
Every year my dh insists on at least 4 plants.
I prefer the yellow zucchini or if I can't find them yellow summer
squash which are only ever so slightly different.
4 zucchini plants = grilled zucchini, stuffed zucchini, zucchini cake,
zucchini muffins, zucchini marmalade, zucchini cookies, zucchini with
garlic-lemon-olive oil and pasta ........zucchini, zucchini, zucchini
They need one of those reality TV show called ...
*When Zucchini Attack* (at the end of the summer)
buzz
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The Klement Family "Education is what survives when
Darryl, Debbie, what has been learned has been
Kathleen, Nathan & forgotten"
Samantha B.F. Skinner in "New Scientist".
e-mail- klement@...
Canadian homeschool page: http:\\www.flora.org/homeschool-ca/
Ont. Federation of Teaching Parents: http:\\www.flora.org/oftp/
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Pris
OHHHHHHHHhh Buzz... if it's not too much trouble, can you share your *Z*
recipes??? huh~huh??? mmmmm, these sound wonderful and I'm always on the
look~out for more *Z* ideas!!!
Pris ~> who'z just drooling @ her puter cuz her garden is LOADED w/ zucchini
:)
< grilled zucchini, stuffed zucchini, zucchini cake, zucchini muffins,
zucchini marmalade, zucchini cookies,
< zucchini with garlic-lemon-olive oil and pasta>
< buzz
recipes??? huh~huh??? mmmmm, these sound wonderful and I'm always on the
look~out for more *Z* ideas!!!
Pris ~> who'z just drooling @ her puter cuz her garden is LOADED w/ zucchini
:)
< grilled zucchini, stuffed zucchini, zucchini cake, zucchini muffins,
zucchini marmalade, zucchini cookies,
< zucchini with garlic-lemon-olive oil and pasta>
< buzz
D Klement
Pris wrote:
cake or cookies substituting zucchini.
The zucchini marmalade I'm trying to hunt down after buying some at a
local church bazzar. I think I found one in a library cook book last
year so I'll have to cruise the cookbook shelves there.
The other one (for the pasta) I'll have to hunt through my veggie cook
books to find it but when I do find it I'll post it.
Here is one from the top of my head though ...
Instant Zucchini side dish ...
Sauté 2 cups of shedded zucchini in a few tables spoons full of olive
oil that you've flavoured with garlic. Takes about 7-8 minutes.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The Klement Family "Education is what survives when
Darryl, Debbie, what has been learned has been
Kathleen, Nathan & forgotten"
Samantha B.F. Skinner in "New Scientist".
e-mail- klement@...
Canadian homeschool page: http:\\www.flora.org/homeschool-ca/
Ont. Federation of Teaching Parents: http:\\www.flora.org/oftp/
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>For zucchini bread, cake and cookies simply follow one for carrot bread,
> OHHHHHHHHhh Buzz... if it's not too much trouble, can you share your *Z*
> recipes??? huh~huh??? mmmmm, these sound wonderful and I'm always on the
> look~out for more *Z* ideas!!!
>
> Pris ~> who'z just drooling @ her puter cuz her garden is LOADED w/ zucchini
> :)
cake or cookies substituting zucchini.
The zucchini marmalade I'm trying to hunt down after buying some at a
local church bazzar. I think I found one in a library cook book last
year so I'll have to cruise the cookbook shelves there.
The other one (for the pasta) I'll have to hunt through my veggie cook
books to find it but when I do find it I'll post it.
Here is one from the top of my head though ...
Instant Zucchini side dish ...
Sauté 2 cups of shedded zucchini in a few tables spoons full of olive
oil that you've flavoured with garlic. Takes about 7-8 minutes.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The Klement Family "Education is what survives when
Darryl, Debbie, what has been learned has been
Kathleen, Nathan & forgotten"
Samantha B.F. Skinner in "New Scientist".
e-mail- klement@...
Canadian homeschool page: http:\\www.flora.org/homeschool-ca/
Ont. Federation of Teaching Parents: http:\\www.flora.org/oftp/
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Holly Atchison
Instant Zucchini side dish ...
Saut� 2 cups of shedded zucchini in a few tables spoons full of olive
oil that you've flavoured with garlic. Takes about 7-8 minutes.
yummmmmmm! I'll have to try that one asap!
Holly
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Saut� 2 cups of shedded zucchini in a few tables spoons full of olive
oil that you've flavoured with garlic. Takes about 7-8 minutes.
yummmmmmm! I'll have to try that one asap!
Holly
>From: D Klement <klement@...>________________________________________________________________________
>Reply-To: [email protected]
>To: [email protected]
>Subject: Re: [Unschooling-dotcom] gardens
>Date: Sun, 25 Jun 2000 10:06:07 -0400
>
>Pris wrote:
> >
> > OHHHHHHHHhh Buzz... if it's not too much trouble, can you share your *Z*
> > recipes??? huh~huh??? mmmmm, these sound wonderful and I'm always on
>the
> > look~out for more *Z* ideas!!!
> >
> > Pris ~> who'z just drooling @ her puter cuz her garden is LOADED w/
>zucchini
> > :)
>
>For zucchini bread, cake and cookies simply follow one for carrot bread,
>cake or cookies substituting zucchini.
>
>The zucchini marmalade I'm trying to hunt down after buying some at a
>local church bazzar. I think I found one in a library cook book last
>year so I'll have to cruise the cookbook shelves there.
>
>The other one (for the pasta) I'll have to hunt through my veggie cook
>books to find it but when I do find it I'll post it.
>
>Here is one from the top of my head though ...
>
>Instant Zucchini side dish ...
>Saut� 2 cups of shedded zucchini in a few tables spoons full of olive
>oil that you've flavoured with garlic. Takes about 7-8 minutes.
>
>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> The Klement Family "Education is what survives when
> Darryl, Debbie, what has been learned has been
> Kathleen, Nathan & forgotten"
> Samantha B.F. Skinner in "New Scientist".
> e-mail- klement@...
> Canadian homeschool page: http:\\www.flora.org/homeschool-ca/
> Ont. Federation of Teaching Parents: http:\\www.flora.org/oftp/
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--- In [email protected], "Dia Garland" <moocow@g...>
wrote:
up there with Return of the KIller Tomatoes. That there's a
real 'claim to fame!'
Tracy
wrote:
> Tomatoes can be frozen in Ziplocs very easily. Just wash any dirtoff and
> throw them in. They can be used for stews, soups, and casserolesafter they
> thaw.of the
>
> BTW, my sil was actually in "Attack of the Killer Tomatoes". One
> girls swimming in the pool.How cool!!! LOL, it's one of my dh's crowd's fav silly films, right
>
> Dia
up there with Return of the KIller Tomatoes. That there's a
real 'claim to fame!'
Tracy