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chris harris
First time planting a veggie garden. Way up 52 lat. Kids are all grown up and gone, so converted their old sandbox into a raised garden. Already had a meal of swiss chard . Still waiting on the peas, carrots and beans. Planted strawberries, but the damn birds got many before us, but have since covered them with wire, and now looks good. A pic from a few weeks ago.
Canola?
Thanks for posting. Nice sandbox filled with veggies. Brasicas do very good up at your latitude. Broccoli, Kale, Cauliflower would all do very good at your grow. Have fun and keep it green!
Greens, root crops, cabbage family would be the backbone at 52N. I lived at 45N for 23 years and gardened the whole time. Sub arctic tomatoes, mainly Glacier might be doable. It's open pollinated so you can take the earliest nice looking one and save it for seed. Ace pepper is a hybrid but it was bulletproof for a green pepper if you could keep it away from rogue frost. We usually put out tender stuff in very late May, but that last late full moon had to be watched. It's fun to extend the season with cold frames, low tunnels, and starting seeds is easy with a shoplight and some supplies.
Johnny's Seeds specializes in growing in the north. So does Fedco. Both are top notch
Green Squall
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Note to self. Stop wearing sandals in the garden or you will be attacked by red ants for a third time. Those little suckers hurt!
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chris harris
Thanks for the kind words and suggestions, I'll check some of that out. I know we won't be planting radishes again, they all have bolted. And the weather has been cool and wet which is what they are supposed to like.
Having some fresh lettuce tonight, anxiously awaiting peas and carrots.
Having some fresh lettuce tonight, anxiously awaiting peas and carrots.
Green Squall
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Here's a few of those purple potatoes I grew. They kinda look like buffalo turds lol.
Green Squall
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I hate it when basil bolts!
That's a shitload of kale. What are you going to do with it all? I froze a lot this summer myself.
That's a shitload of kale. What are you going to do with it all? I froze a lot this summer myself.
What we don't eat and put away. The chickens will finish off. You can see them in the back ground eyeing it.lol
I harvested 6oz of kale seed this year. So I have enough seed to last a few years.
I harvested 6oz of kale seed this year. So I have enough seed to last a few years.
I know it's technically a fruit but Here's a nice pumpkin I grew this year I will be growing some every year now.it came from seeds bought at Lowe's Atlantic giant.this one's a little giant not bad for most of the plant dying off.
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noyd666
a few lemons about, about 40 years old this tree n hacked about, very spiny. nice with fish, has thick peel but a sweet taste.
Green Squall
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Well my freezer shit the bed so I'm going to lose all of my frozen vegetables I put away for the winter. Pounds and pounds of it. Fuck.
Can them. I'm sure you know some one with a pressure cooker and jars are cheap.
We can most of what we grow just for that very fact. Freezers fail and so will the power at some point. We are eating veggies from two years ago.
brown_thumb
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I hate you all. I hate every single one of you. I can't grow anything. I kill everything.
Hate hate hate hate HATE!!
Okay... not 'hate'... ENVY!!
Hate hate hate hate HATE!!
Okay... not 'hate'... ENVY!!
Green Squall
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I have a repair guy coming any minute. Everything has probably been defrosted for 12 hours max now. Still safe to eat? The texture might suffer but I use these veggies mainly for soup and stew.
I say I'm going to learn to can every year and never get around to it. Can you say wake up call?
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noyd666
fully defrosted?
