DUCKS for THEE in 2023

[ducks4you]

Are beans and tomatoes compatible?

Q. I have heard that beans and tomatoes are not compatible. Is this true? And if so, is this for rotational purposes only or should I not plant my

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I found MORE beans to plant that didn't get into the ground last year. I think I will tuck them in around the tomatoes that DD's will be growing this year, especially the yard long's.
Also, I bought a package of "beans for chili." I would like to again clean up their back yard around the 4 ft diameter tree stump and plant them there for dry harvest end of season.

 

[ducks4you]

Beef lady called me yesterday and I am lined up for yet aNOTHER whole cow next January.
I need to push middle DD to get that upright freezer she has been teasing about!
She could go in with us next year.
I sent her home last month with 4 two pound hamburger packages and she raved about how good the meat is.

 

[digitS']

I have "problems" with labeling, Ducks'. This is especially true with tomatoes because the sticker needs to stay close to the plant in the garden or it interferes with weeding. Then, they are lost under the rambunctious growing tomato plants.

Oh, I know, I will recognize the fruit when it develops and ripens. But, but! Part of my gardening joy is walking around and enjoying seeing my old partners show up - anticipating the harvest and experiences in the kitchen and at the table .

I would see Pruden's Purple as a garden partner. It was in my garden for a good number of years. Always healthy and productive - big, nice fruit.

Fooled You, also a Good One. However, there is where knowing what I have in the harvest basket was involved. The label was not so easily hidden but I would mix up the peppers! Which jalapeño?? Taste it? Wait a minute – I'm prepping this and thinking about the finished dish. My kitchen is not a casino. Hot or Mild (but still carrying that jalapeño flavor) – which is it???

If you only have that one variety, you are safe. And, they are a good choice for quality. IMO

Steve

 

[baymule]

I raised a steer several years ago, split it with my DD and family. Cost per pound, hanging weight was a little over $3. Due to price of feed, I’d double the cost now.

 

[ducks4you]

Last year's beef, $4/pound.
This year's beef, $4.50/pound.
She is selling off 1/2 her herd due to feeding costs. Beef lady sells grass fed, then tops off in the last few weeks with corn.

 

[ducks4you]

@digitS' , IF I plant any other jalepanoes they will be growing in another bed.
Nice to know that you are familiar with some of the tomatoes I am growing!
Yesterday I put out another take home container with parsley in the window well next to the back door, where the sugar snap peas are.
I really like this sloppy way of starting seeds! They sprout when the temperatures are right, don't dry out, then get big enough that I am not feeding birds.
I started (late) green and red cabbage on Friday. I also used starter soil for them and the tomatoes and peppers.
For anything else I am using potting soil.
Don't like throwing away plastic, but I do intend to toss these containers after they grow once.
Gotta get to more house cleaning this morning for company but this week there will be lots more seeds started in empty distilled water jugs. I have a collection of them from DH, and I have 7 windowwells, 3 on the south side of the house, one on the west side, and 3 on the north side.
I was very surprised that none of the 50+mph winds blew the two to go drink cups away, maybe bc they sit about a foot below ground level with cement sides.
It is a resource that I have ignored.
Btw, my geraniums and their onion friends are thriving in the south facing window downstairs.

 

[heirloomgal]

Moskvich, awesome choice.

 

[ducks4you]

I am guessing that you like Moskvich?
Family didn't much care for Cherokee purple, so I thought I'd try from the seeds in my stash.
I will KNOW what tomatoes are in the ground when they set fruit.
We'll see which ones thrive,
Survival of the fittest!!!!!!

 

[baymule]

I’m thinking next week I’ll go get a truckload of compost from somewhere and fill the tubs I have. I’ll buy a few tomato plants, plant a few squash seeds and cucumbers.

I love reading what you are planting.

 

[Branching Out]

I am guessing that you like Moskvich?
Family didn't much care for Cherokee purple, so I thought I'd try from the seeds in my stash.
I will KNOW what tomatoes are in the ground when they set fruit.
We'll see which ones thrive,
Survival of the fittest!!!!!!

I grew Moskvich and Manitoba side by side last year at our cabin, and I neglected to label them. Turns out they were each very similar. Highly productive, uniform firm fruits that made great sauce. Mine went in late, but I still got a good crop that continued until the frost. At the end of the season they ripened well indoors too.

Funnily enough I tried Cherokee Purple for the first time last year, and it was the only dud out of about 20 varieties that I grew. I only grew one Cherokee plant that was purchased from a nursery, so maybe I had a sub-par seedling.