How Does Your Garden Grow??????
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SpawnOfVader
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Love the irrigation design- why pvc instead of poly/drip? Looks cleaner than mine does
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MICHI-CAN
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Pretty much over this week in MI. Rain and highs in the 40's till Sunday. Frost most nights. Was a fun year. Ate well and fed bunches of people healthy veggies. Here's to next year.
NukaKola
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Just easier to get straight runs that I can fix to the top of my beds. I also don’t run emitters because they are a PITA as my tap will clog them quick (440ppm). Just holes drilled into the PVC. Black poly tends to heat up quite a bit more as well.
MICHI-CAN
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I've always used PVC pipe for irrigation. Cheap, reliable and endless fitting possibilities for any need. Easy too. Even I can use a hacksaw and rubber cement. Keep it green and frugal. My kind of enthusiast. Peace. Wish I had your room and the city wouldn't shut me down for a front yard like yours. All that beautiful organic grass wasting productive space.
SpawnOfVader
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I am struggling with drip emitters clogging for my indoor (2 gph rainbird emitters).... but I run filtered compost tea through the drip.
xtsho
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Well this season is coming to an end. Picked the last of the tomatoes and pulled the plants except for the cherry tomatoes that are still full of tomatoes. Had fried green tomatoes the other night. This year I ended up with around 5 gallons of sauce. I didn't can this year except for beans. I froze all the sauce in quart freezer bags. Much easier than canning.
The cucumbers and squash have been pulled as have most of the peppers. The beans have a few stragglers but are going to get pulled before the rain we're supposed to get this weekend. I want to get the beds all mulched for the winter and I want to take advantage of the good weather we're having right now. I need to get some garlic to plant and there won't be much left to do except plan for next year. I still have some beets and carrots in the ground and the kale is still going strong. I'm planting fava beans also.
I ended up with more jalapeno's than I know what to do with. I even gave the neighbor across the street a big bag.
I did find a good use for some of them though. ABT's
The cucumbers and squash have been pulled as have most of the peppers. The beans have a few stragglers but are going to get pulled before the rain we're supposed to get this weekend. I want to get the beds all mulched for the winter and I want to take advantage of the good weather we're having right now. I need to get some garlic to plant and there won't be much left to do except plan for next year. I still have some beets and carrots in the ground and the kale is still going strong. I'm planting fava beans also.
I ended up with more jalapeno's than I know what to do with. I even gave the neighbor across the street a big bag.
I did find a good use for some of them though. ABT's
MICHI-CAN
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Sad the season is done. Clean up and collect the fertilizer. Was good year if it kept you outside and fed you. Enjoy the peace. It will be overtime before we know it.Well this season is coming to an end. Picked the last of the tomatoes and pulled the plants except for the cherry tomatoes that are still full of tomatoes. Had fried green tomatoes the other night. This year I ended up with around 5 gallons of sauce. I didn't can this year except for beans. I froze all the sauce in quart freezer bags. Much easier than canning.
The cucumbers and squash have been pulled as have most of the peppers. The beans have a few stragglers but are going to get pulled before the rain we're supposed to get this weekend. I want to get the beds all mulched for the winter and I want to take advantage of the good weather we're having right now. I need to get some garlic to plant and there won't be much left to do except plan for next year. I still have some beets and carrots in the ground and the kale is still going strong. I'm planting fava beans also.
I ended up with more jalapeno's than I know what to do with. I even gave the neighbor across the street a big bag.
I did find a good use for some of them though. ABT's
I'm stealing the recipe! May try wrapping with that laughing dough boy's croissant dough?? That's down home hillbilly deer camp from fond memories. LOVE IT! TY.
xtsho
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Dough instead of bacon or both? Probably have to precook the bacon if you wrapped them in dough. But sound like something I'm going to have to try. Just put that plate of ABT's in the smoker so in a couple hours it's turd eating time.
MICHI-CAN
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Forget most people can't cook. LOL. Smoke as pictured. Cool, wrap and bake.Dough instead of bacon or both? Probably have to precook the bacon if you wrapped them in dough. But sound like something I'm going to have to try. Just put that plate of ABT's in the smoker so in a couple hours it's turd eating time.
MICHI-CAN
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No implication of you or the Mrs. cooking. Seen your pics. The masses.
xtsho
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I didn't think you meant me.
MICHI-CAN
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Covering my butt. You can't see me grinning and droolin'. Smoking a 5# pork roast tomorrow. May need to go to the store at first light.
Like I said TY.
MICHI-CAN
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Well I pulled everything but the greenhouse grow and these drop and forget maters. Thought the wind having snapped the tops and cold would finish them. Nope still trying. Have 2 vying to be next years seed stock.
And now we get a much appreciated week or 2 of almost perfect weather.
And now we get a much appreciated week or 2 of almost perfect weather.
WintersBones
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Pepper time. Still have maybe a pound each of habaneros, jalapenos and Thai in the Greenhouse finishing up. Smoking this batch today.
xtsho
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I made some more Prik Namsom with the Thai chilie's. I'm addicted to the stuff. I can eat just a bowl of rice with a few spoonfuls on it. One thing I've found as I get older is that I can't handle hot peppers like I used to. But I eat them anyway. Next year I'm growing several Thai chilies as they're one of my favorites. And I might grow some Serrano as well. But definitely fewer green, yellow, and jalapeno. I have several pounds of jalapeno's in the refrigerator. I'm probably just going to freeze them for later. I usually give a bunch of stuff away but this year has been different so I have much more than I can use right now.
xtsho
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I like a good Bloody Mary. I make my own mix. It's a little heavy on the horseradish but that's the way I like it. Damn, now I have to go buy some vodka.
MICHI-CAN
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I use wasabi paste. Love that. Don't like horseradish. Go figure.I like a good Bloody Mary. I make my own mix. It's a little heavy on the horseradish but that's the way I like it. Damn, now I have to go buy some vodka.