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Pretty!! I am so proud of my tomatoes. Wow, did I sure get a bunch. I've got lots saved in jars and in the freezer. They are my favorite food. I was so sorry for the season to be over. And eggplants. This is the first time I have ever planted them. And we've just eaten them all as I've...

Home grown garlic is like EONS ahead of store bought garlic. It's unreal how much better it tasted. (was this my imagination?) I found home grown onions to be miles ahead, too. Cassandra

I got myself into that bind year before last. I don't think I ended up eating (I think you can... but I would wait for someone to say for sure.) The instructions that came with my garlic said to use only the biggest cloves. So, what I did was cracked open all the heads and took the biggest...

This has been a while back, but I wanted to post an update for anyone who was watching. Back when this thread was going on, I put a batch of butter beans in my food dehydrator. I think I left them a little too long. (Like I do with almost EVERYTHING I put in that thing!) I wasn't sure they...

Yes, huge help! thank you :D Cassandra

Ooo. Looks like a lot of fun. I'd like to try it. I wonder if I should wait until it gets cold (like December.) Seems like if I sewed anything sooner, it would be trying to come up now... Thank you for the link! :D Cassandra

I have shared quite a bit of produce with some local field rats/mice. They especially like the tomatoes. Luckily, I had enough to share, but still... grrrrrr. He (or they, I guess) also worked on my onions so badly that ended up picking them early and just having small onions. We planted some...

Sorry, I can't find them. Maybe I am just being dense. One of them is a website for a guy who grows lots of fruit trees close together. He grows them like shrubs. And the other is for a family in California that has an urban farm on a small lot. Their whole yard, front & back is growing edible...

That is one of the coolest things I have ever seen! I need one so badly. During hurricane G, my spice shelf fell and it was days before we had enough light that I could find all the bottles and clean up. Now I need a new place to put my spices. Cassandra

Mushrooms are growing all over the place in my yard and garden. I mean seriously and inexplicably, everywhere... even in garden beds that are filled with dirt I bought in a bag... I think mushrooms are cool (fairy rings!) and it really doesn't bother me. But... err... should I be concerned? I...

Very nice! Thanks for all the info. Cassandra

:yuckyuck HAHHHAAAAAAA!!!! :lau :lau ---------------- Those are really impressive pics. Please send me some of those plums. Seriously. Cassandra

On the same note (sorry I haven't answered your question either!) can I plant the beans out of my own garden? Cassandra

I guess I mean commercially grown. I don't know of any people who have their own personal greenhouses, so I didn't realize they would be different from commercial greenhouse food. And honestly, the only thing that I know of I have had from a greenhouse that doesn't taste as good is tomatoes...

I don't know what it is called when you build a little clear plastic tent over your vegetable beds so you can grow them in cooler weather. Does that make them taste bad like hot-house veggies sometimes do? I have never done it. Just thought about it. And weighed the pros and cons of having...

Dace, same thing happened to me. I made some from scratch and the flavor was great, but the texture was GROSS. I mean, mushier than babyfood mushy. Gotta keep trying, tho. :) Cassandra

Go on, now. Eat one and let us know. The suspense is killin' me! :D Cassandra

Wow. That's awesome. I always wondered if you could do something to preserve watermelons. I'm curious about why they used sugar and no-sugar pectin, tho. Any idea? If the rodents don't eat all of my watermelons this year, I will try to make some! Cassandra

It is actually nice here today. It's currently (around noon) 85F and sunny. there is a nice breeze blowing out, so it's almost pleasant to be out in! This is a nice change from our hundred degree temps from the last month or so. Gardening-wise, we can plant our "fall" gardens now. What we...

Seems I do what avery does. Wash them in the dishwasher and leave them in there until I'm ready for them. Cassandra