Recent content by nccountrygirl

:rolleyes: Is that anything like working in tobacco with the weather so hot you thought your brain would fry. Good ole granddaddy had child labor.

I saw alot this yr.

Yes you can. All I did was wash them well and then core them and put them in freezer bags making sure to get as much of the air out as possible. When you take them out to use them hold the tomato under warm water and the skin will slide off, chop and enjoy in your recipes.

HaHaHa silkie they are a southern thing. Get you a can of Old Glory brand when you go to the grocery store and try them cooked with some fatback or bacon and a few flakes of crushed red pepper and a little sugar. Simmer them on a low burner till the meat is done. Eat with cornbread and pork...

silkie I should have specified to hill the collards, as it doesn't matter if you hill root crops or not.

you need to hill them up more, put more dirt around them to help them stand up.

That is what I have, it was my grandmamas so It is very old but still works well.

Thank's Silkie I hope so.

I've only had them in the ground anout 5 weeks, isn't this a little early to be flowering or could it be the time of yr. with the hot ground making them grow faster.

Thanks, I've never heard of that type. Are they good?

What a nice haul, what kind are those dark tomatoes?

I perfer the pole beans but planted what I thought were bush beans and quess what, my "BUSH BEANS" have runners starting to grow, I hope there is enough time left for them to make before the first frost hits central NC.

My squash and Zukes did awful this yr. I had a lot of male flowers and very few females, my mama and brother gardens in SC were the same way. Mama hardly got any tomatoes this yr, she said there were no bees this yr.

Bush beans will only produce once and that is why gardeners recommended planting them though out a 3 weeks time period. Pole beans will keep producing but bush beans will not re flower thus when all of the plants have flowered that is the only beans you will get. They are great for a late...

When we pulled up the garden last week, my hubby tilled under the cantaloupe's (I thought he pulled them ) and we put Black Kow down to help amend this heavy clay soil we have, well now I've got little cantaloupe plants coming up every where. I guess he's going to have to get out there and pull...