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I dry Romas pretty regularly. They come out very nice, lots of good flavor. The dried tomatoes are wonderful in homemade bread...or just as a snack! You can make them even yummier before drying if you put them sliced up in a bowl and mix them in garlic powder, a little salt, and some dried...

I need you to PM me your address so I can send the zinnias out, herbgardener. Hope you enjoy them!

Beautiful tomatoes! Those pictures are so delicious looking, I just want to bite into one.

I've heard that some strains have the bitterness and others don't. I like black licorice candy also. Never had the real thing though.

Those sound tasty. I want to try some now!

Broccoli is also low. Because of a health problem I have, it was recommended at one point for me to try a low-potassium diet. It seems to me that broccoli and blueberries and chicken were just about all I could have! I didn't stick with it, and it turns out that potassium wasn't what was the...

This sounds more like a problem with the soil than the crops. Rather than continue trashing the soil and just find a plant that can take the abuse, why not focus on rebuilding your soil so that it has nutrients for things to grow? The land is not meant to grow the same crop year after year after...

I'll try the sanguine ameliore lettuce. My offer: Corn "Golden Bantam" Beet "Detroit Dark Red" Pumpkin "Jack o Lantern" Pumpkin "Connecticut Field" Pumpkin "Little Tiger Stripe" (ornamental small white/yellow striped) Zinnia, mixed colors Watermelon, "Crimson Sweet" Datura moonflowers Tomato...

I keep mine in a bowl on the counter and don't wash them unless they are really gross. They will last for weeks (if given the chance!) that way.

It sounds like the plant that is also called "garden huckleberry". I've heard good and bad things about it...most people I've heard talk about it say you have to cook it and mix it with more sugar than there are berries to make it even palatable, but I've also heard people say it tastes just...

I've never tried the commercial ones. I think it would be pretty good mixed with tea to brew a sweet tea, the tea taste should hide the bitterness.

I got a good sized plant from Walmart last year and it grew well. It was sort of sweet, but had a bitter aftertaste, not unbearable, but not ideal as a sweetener. Chewing a fresh leaf off of it reminded me of the taste of black tea with some sugar in it, sweet and bitter both at the same time...

I attempted it last year, but I got a bad plant. It was sort of sweet but had a bitter aftertaste. I'm going to try again though.

Ok, I have to ask... What is this?

Good to know! Whenever I can get a large amount of any kind of dehydrate-able produce, I've been doing so, and stashing it for emergencies or travel, since we usually take a crock pot and make our own food if we have to be out of town more than a day. I'll add okra to the list of ones that work!

I got a book from a garage sale on 'square foot gardening'...it's the official, 'as seen on tv' one. It claims that melons of any kind can be grown on a vertical trellis without supporting the fruits, the guy says in there that even watermelons will do fine, they just grow a thicker stem. I've...

I've noticed the last year or two that many seed companies had whole varieties unavailable or only with limited availability due to crop failure. Our grocery store has a sign up in their half-full produce department apologizing for high prices and lack of selection because their producers have...

Mine too! :D I just "love" that ultra pasteurization gives it a longer shelf life before going "sour"...in a test I did, the ultra-pasteurized didn't ever sour...it went chunky and rotten at a couple of days on the counter. My raw milk after 3 and a half days on the kitchen counter was just...

Nope, that's me. I read the link. I really like what it had to say, and the idea seems good...it just isn't working out so well in my case.

So it's basically like making a simple cheese out of beans instead of milk. Interesting! I'm not a tofu fan at all, but it's neat that you can make it at home so easily.