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  1. Dirtmechanic

    Wishing Happy Birthday to Dirtmechanic

    HaHa -Hay Ya'll! And Thank You!
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    Which flowers are special to you?

    I steal yellow ones from my neighbor because the tubers grow into my yard so I shovel them up and transplant them to a fairly large patch on the other side of my yard. I am a little torn as I do not know if it is a royal setting, feng shui, yin and yang or common theft. Either-or they still look...
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    Which flowers are special to you?

    Deeply red roses because my Grandmother had her mother's plants in front of her house when I was growing up and she let me tend them. That was pretty risky in retrospect.
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    What’s going on with my green beans?

    Would you consider pine bark mulch under the beans to be worth the trouble?
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    What’s going on with my green beans?

    Ever used a translucent sheet over veggies in the heat?
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    Are these ripe?

    Yes. Green bits? Like a woman in her mid to late 20s. They will be ripe for some time. Then as the wrinkles begin they will be even more flavorful.
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    Tomatoes for 2023

    Really good actually. I am in a state of mourning because the 18 san marzano starts I bought came with a totally new fungus as if I needed another out there but when I boil them and squeeze them they taste fine. In fact, its not until I start cooking that the subtle differences between types...
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    Tomatoes for 2023

    I need more problems. My tomatoes are so ugly this year even photoshop can't help them. Organic yes, Ugly yes. Its been really wet and hot.
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    Tomatoes for 2023

    I have a tomato press. You are making me feel bad. All I do is remove both. I am amazed how bitter the skin and seeds are vs the pulp of the big red berries.
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    Deathcap Mushroom

    I cannot imagine this kind of tragedy but it is not that rare. https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.cnn.com/cnn/2023/08/09/australia/australia-poison-mushroom-meal-intl-hnk/index.html
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    Tomatoes for 2023

    Only the indeterminants are still chugging along out there. I am kinda glad I can see my kitchen table again. I got a tomato press and have grooved up to squeezing just enough for dinner. Tonight was Celebrity lasagna. I have learned to intercept the wife by actually listening to her when she...
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    Tomatoes for 2023

    Wow this post demonstrates why the internet confuses. If we do not have tomatoes in the ground by mid April the coming heat in July makes them shut down, no different than cold really in terms of production.
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    What weird food did you eat as a kid?

    You should try the sugar ants. Back in my school daze the marketing professor proved pepsi was more popular because of the sugar. ;)
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    What weird food did you eat as a kid?

    Alaskan ice cream (also known as Alaskan Indian ice cream, Inuit ice cream, Indian ice cream or Native ice cream, and Inuit-Yupik varieties of which are known as akutaq or akutuq) is a dessert made by Alaskan Athabaskans and other Alaska Natives. It is traditionally made of whipped fat or tallow...
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    What are You Eating from the Garden?

    I have been making small batches of tomato sauce as they come. The san marzano are basically done but the celebrity are filling the kitchen table. As they push past freshly ripe into very ripe I have been cooking them. I made 1.5 gallons tonight. And about a gallon of sweet pickles from the...
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    Deadly Soil Fungus Near You

    Sad, and it is that time of year with heat and humidity where we risk more that we know digging in the dirt. https://www.foxnews.com/health/wisconsin-woman-dead-after-contracting-rare-fungus-found-soil
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    What Did You Do In The Garden?

    The san marzanoes are about halfway done. I am kinda glad. I think I find them best if they come from Italy and not Alabama. But I have been bringing in 5 gallon buckets and now the work begins. Cucumbers, eggplants, squash of course are all producing. I am glad I did not plant okra. Picking...
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    Your Weather 2023

    Well they cannot decide. One day they say it will be 100f this weekend and the next day 104. I watered the garden this morning real deep jic.
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