On 02-08-23 05:31, Dave Drum <=-
spoke to Ben Collver about Re: Easy Mango Lassi <=-
Here's another sorbet I like to make when strawberries are "in" and I
can pick my own.
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Title: Strawberry Sorbet
We never went for pick your own strawberries. The farm where we went
for that sort of thing had them growing on the ground. Even 40 years
ago our knees, legs and back would not have tolerated hardly any of such action.
On 02-09-23 16:59, Mike Powell <=-
spoke to Dale Shipp about Pick your own fruit <=-
We never went for pick your own strawberries. The farm where we went
for that sort of thing had them growing on the ground. Even 40 years
ago our knees, legs and back would not have tolerated hardly any of such action.
My grandfather grew stawberries and, IIRC, that is how they grew...
close to the ground. I have never seen them grown tall enough, like blackberries do, that you didn't have to pick them from near the
ground.
My grandfather grew stawberries and, IIRC, that is how they grew... close to the ground. I have never seen them grown tall enough, like blackberries do, that you didn't have to pick them from near the
ground.
I have seen adverts for "strawberry barrels" in which cut outs in the
sides of a barrel allow for planting strawberries up the side of the
barrel. I have no idea if they really worked, and have serious doubts
that it would be feasible in a commercial setting.
On 02-10-23 16:08, Mike Powell <=-
spoke to Dale Shipp about Re: Pick your own fruit <=-
I have seen adverts for "strawberry barrels" in which cut outs in the
sides of a barrel allow for planting strawberries up the side of the
barrel. I have no idea if they really worked, and have serious doubts
that it would be feasible in a commercial setting.
Maybe not, but that is a pretty neat concept and would be good for
someone who likes strawberries but that also has difficulty harvesting them from their ground-level habitat.
Dale Shipp wrote to Mike Powell <=-
We never went for pick your own strawberries. The farm where we went
for that sort of thing had them growing on the ground. Even 40 years
ago our knees, legs and back would not have tolerated hardly any of such action.
My grandfather grew stawberries and, IIRC, that is how they grew...
close to the ground. I have never seen them grown tall enough, like blackberries do, that you didn't have to pick them from near the
ground.
I have seen adverts for "strawberry barrels" in which cut outs in the sides of a barrel allow for planting strawberries up the side of the barrel. I have no idea if they really worked, and have serious doubts that it would be feasible in a commercial setting.
True. If I wanted really fresh strawberries back then, I'd pick them
from the counter at the pick-it-yourself farm:-}}
Probably work as well as those "potato barrel" deals that were all the
rage a couple decades ago - sort of a good idea but not a big labour
saver or convenience.
https://davesgarden.com/guides/articles/how-to-make-a-potato-barrel/
On 02-11-23 09:37, Mike Powell <=-
spoke to Dale Shipp about Re: Pick your own fruit <=-
True. If I wanted really fresh strawberries back then, I'd pick them
from the counter at the pick-it-yourself farm:-}}
LOL, sounds like my kind of pick-it-yourself. There are some folks
that prefer to pick things themselves, but I also think some of that is for entertainment, like for couples who have children who are still
young enough to have fun doing that but that are also old enough to understand they have to be careful while doing it.
Mike Powell wrote to DAVE DRUM <=-
Probably work as well as those "potato barrel" deals that were all the
rage a couple decades ago - sort of a good idea but not a big labour
saver or convenience.
https://davesgarden.com/guides/articles/how-to-make-a-potato-barrel/
Are the hang-upside-down tomato planters still a thing? :)
Went and looked via the Bing search engine and found a pretty good item
on "The Spruce" about upside-down planters. Their recommendations to do
small tomatoes make me wish I had read that before doing my own right- side-up hanging planters. Big tomatoes are *heavy* and will breaks vines
that are unsupported. If I were to do it today I'd grow nothing bigger
than cherry/grape tomatoes and Campari or Roma (plum) tomatoes.
Best thing about growing your won 'maters is that they have *flavour*
other than the soggy cardboard of most store bought varieties.
On 02-12-23 06:54, Dave Drum <=-
spoke to Mike Powell about Re: Pick your own fruit <=-
right- side-up hanging planters. Big tomatoes are *heavy* and will
breaks vines that are unsupported. If I were to do it today I'd grow nothing bigger than cherry/grape tomatoes and Campari or Roma (plum) tomatoes.
On 02-12-23 09:54, Mike Powell <=-Our appartment has a bay window that faces west and thus gets nice
spoke to Dave Drum about Re: Pick your own fruit <=-
I usually plant cherry tomatoes in pots and let them grow up a
trellis. I use old shoe strings to tie the vines as they get taller,
so the don't blow over and get crimped. Some of them get to be over 6' tall.
My favorite thing about cherry tomatoes is going out and picking a
ripe one on a warm summer day, especially if it has just rained. Very tasty!
Dale Shipp wrote to Dave Drum <=-
right- side-up hanging planters. Big tomatoes are *heavy* and will
breaks vines that are unsupported. If I were to do it today I'd grow nothing bigger than cherry/grape tomatoes and Campari or Roma (plum) tomatoes.
I've not seen Campari seeds or plantings where we shop, but we would certainly buy any plantings if we could find them. Campari is the only tomato that we will buy. They do have flavor.
Our appartment has a bay window that faces west and thus gets nice
afternoon sun. We have planted things there for the past two summers
with decent results. Last summer we did cherry tomatoes. I had stakes
and tied the branches to them with strips of thin plastic (think like newspaper bags). It worked quite well -- they did grow to six feet,
even though we tried to get them to bush out instead of going up.
This is a recipe you might like. It has dehydrating instructions that
we used to send to our vegetarian son when he was stationed with the
Army in the middle east. Feel free to delete the part about
dehydration.
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Title: Black Chickpea Curry
Categories: Crockpot, Indian, Testing, Dehydrating
Yield: 7 Cups
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