dennishoddy
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There are lots of vitamins in bacon wrapped asparagus, right?
Grow your own?
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barnetmill
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I like asparagus and when I lived in gary, IN it grew wild/feral in some places. I would like to grow some in NW FL, but I am not sure if it will grow here.
dennishoddy
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We had a commercial Asparagus farm that was 40 acres near us at one time. Birds in the area would eat the seeds when they went to fern. The farm went out of business, but the birds sitting on the fences pooped the seeds out and they grew in the ditches. It was a popular area for folks without a garden to go pick the wild stuff, but drought and so on has killed all of them now.
One more tidbit of information for anyone wanting to grow it. Asparagus is a saltwater marsh plant that is adapted to regular soils. We throw out rock salt in the beds to keep weeds and grass out.
One has to be careful using that method if there are other garden plants or beneficial bushes downhill from them that rains could leach some of the salt to.
Our soil is sandy loam, so the salt doesn't run off.
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Now for some more Peppers
we have 56 plants, with many mild & HOT peppers.
The plants are loaded with flowers & peppers so it should be a good harvest.
These are my 3 year old,s full of fruit & heat they are very HOT.
Now for some more Peppers
we have 56 plants, with many mild & HOT peppers.The plants are loaded with flowers & peppers so it should be a good harvest.
These are my 3 year old,s full of fruit & heat they are very HOT.
Some late summer pics.
Sugar rush peach stripy. Sugar rush is right.
Aji Chombo from Panama.
With the ones I had in my pockets we had 4# of Scotch Bonnets. What ya gonna do with all those Hot Peppers?
Magik remove the water.
Yellow, Aji Charapita, Red Chili Chiltepin in Vinegar. Beans N Greens & things.
Gonna make some Pimentos from Lesya peppers.
Cut in half deseed steam for 20 minutes then peel. See pic in next post, we have a ten picture limit here.
To be continued !!!
Sugar rush peach stripy. Sugar rush is right.
Aji Chombo from Panama.
With the ones I had in my pockets we had 4# of Scotch Bonnets. What ya gonna do with all those Hot Peppers?
Magik remove the water.
Yellow, Aji Charapita, Red Chili Chiltepin in Vinegar. Beans N Greens & things.
Gonna make some Pimentos from Lesya peppers.
Cut in half deseed steam for 20 minutes then peel. See pic in next post, we have a ten picture limit here.
To be continued !!!
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Looks wonderful Mike! One question tho....Is you digestive tract made of cast iron? lol. Great job for sure!
No not really, however my Immune system is on fire.
Been eating hot peppers since I was a little fella.
You have a green thumb for sure.
dennishoddy
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Nice job on the peppers! I still like hot but jalapeno is about my limit these days. I grew tabasco peppers one season. Picked, pickled them and then blended into a liquid. Gave them away for a Christmas present to friends.
Years later, they all said it was insanely hot and they threw it away. My mistake was not cutting it to reduce the heat level.
Years later, they all said it was insanely hot and they threw it away. My mistake was not cutting it to reduce the heat level.
Ooops hate when that happens.
You would love these then, so many choices for flavor with low heat.
Sugar Rush peach Stripy. Super sweet with low Jalapeño heat level.
Antep Aci Dolma, a bell pepper with Jalapno heat that makes fantastic stuffers & a general purpose pepper.
Aji Rainforest a wild jungle pepper that has a fruity taste with low Jalapeño heat.
Another wild jungle peppe is the Brazilian Starfish is very tasty with low heat.
Aji Fantasy a hybrid from finland a true snacking pepper fruity with low heat.
The trick to eating HOT peppers is blending them in small amounts with milder peppers to get the flavors without the face melting heat of eating them siced on your burger. Ask me how I know.
Hot peppers don't harm you guts. Acid does so take your digestive enzymes every day.
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joepistol
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While it sounds like a great idea, experience will show some downsides. Untended fruit trees will have fruit that is tainted by molds, insects, etc..and then there's animals that eat the fruit. Not the entire piece of fruit,that wouldn't be a waste. Our squirrels would take a bite or 2 out of a piece of fruit, drop it & start eating another. Unpicked fruit will drop on the ground & if not picked up & removed, will rot, drawing insects,flies, & esp. BEES. Our pear tree was surrounded with bees eating the fruit the squirrels dropped on the ground. Not just squirrels that become a pest. Fruit draws all kinds of critters. Fruit bearing trees & plants have to be tended, to produce nice, eatable fruit. That takes work, ..& time.
joepistol
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Looking thru this thread, thought I'd posted here about my gardening past. My father was an "organic" gardener before the term was used. We had a rather small yard, but Dad gardened most of it & grew an incredible variety of fruits & vegetables. We always had a small area set aside for composting. This would be added to the garden every spring, when we were getting ready to prepare to plant. We grew Tomatoes, potatoes, cukes, different peppers, peas, okra, a variety of beans, carrots, lettuce, broccoli, cabbage, and more that doesn't come to mind. We had grapevines across our back fence, Raspberry, Currant, Blackberry bushes , a strawberry patch, Pear & Apple trees.. We ate good. Parents canned & froze stuff. I As a young person, I was "slave" labor. I Hated gardening, I wanted to be off hanging out with the neighborhood kids that didn't have a garden . Too bad for me, I was like an indentured servant. 
Wasn't until many years later that I'd return to my "roots" Our oldest son had a crush on a pretty redhead but she wasn't interested in him. Our son hung out some with the girl's father, "Bob".. maybe thinking this would be an in with his daughter. Bob was a "master gardener" he told me. Bob had a bad heart & couldn't work too hard. He asked if we'd like to garden with him. My wife was excited about this, and being the supportive guy I am, I went along with it. I remembered some of what I'd done with my parents..but Bob had different "methods". I followed his instructions ( mostly) . I did the heavy work, roto tilling, raking, preparing to plant. My wife, I'll admit, worked hard at it as well. Bob had good soil & a large yard. Over the next few years, his (our) garden increased in size. The last year ,we planted 100 tomato plants ! ( different varieties) In addition to other vegetables. Any idea how many tomatoes 100 plants grow ? A LOT.
We'd take boxes of picked tomatoes to church & give them to our congregation. Wife started making homemade salsa.. never knew it took so many tomatoes to make salsa.. We grew jalapenos too, but making the salsa was a lot of work. We'd determined that we liked Heritage Brandywine tomatoes the best.. Lots of pulp, few seeds, not a lot of moisture, and most importantly, the best flavor. The salsa made with those tomatoes was the best salsa I've ever eaten..wife made it & gave it to some select friends. Toward the end of the season I got wise & decided to try selling some of our tomatoes. Went to neighborhood restaurants & let them sample our tomatoes, then offered them to them @ a below their usual market price. Many that chose not to buy them for their restaurant, bought them to take home for personal use. Unfortunately I thought of this @ the end of the season, so didn't have many to sell, made enough to cover most the cost of the plants we planted. Unfortunately, Bob's heart gave up on him & he passed. We lost a good friend & a great place to garden.
added: I have some pics, somewhere from the garden. I'll post them when i find them..they're around here, somewhere.
Wasn't until many years later that I'd return to my "roots" Our oldest son had a crush on a pretty redhead but she wasn't interested in him. Our son hung out some with the girl's father, "Bob".. maybe thinking this would be an in with his daughter. Bob was a "master gardener" he told me. Bob had a bad heart & couldn't work too hard. He asked if we'd like to garden with him. My wife was excited about this, and being the supportive guy I am, I went along with it. I remembered some of what I'd done with my parents..but Bob had different "methods". I followed his instructions ( mostly) . I did the heavy work, roto tilling, raking, preparing to plant. My wife, I'll admit, worked hard at it as well. Bob had good soil & a large yard. Over the next few years, his (our) garden increased in size. The last year ,we planted 100 tomato plants ! ( different varieties) In addition to other vegetables. Any idea how many tomatoes 100 plants grow ? A LOT.
We'd take boxes of picked tomatoes to church & give them to our congregation. Wife started making homemade salsa.. never knew it took so many tomatoes to make salsa.. We grew jalapenos too, but making the salsa was a lot of work. We'd determined that we liked Heritage Brandywine tomatoes the best.. Lots of pulp, few seeds, not a lot of moisture, and most importantly, the best flavor. The salsa made with those tomatoes was the best salsa I've ever eaten..wife made it & gave it to some select friends. Toward the end of the season I got wise & decided to try selling some of our tomatoes. Went to neighborhood restaurants & let them sample our tomatoes, then offered them to them @ a below their usual market price. Many that chose not to buy them for their restaurant, bought them to take home for personal use. Unfortunately I thought of this @ the end of the season, so didn't have many to sell, made enough to cover most the cost of the plants we planted. Unfortunately, Bob's heart gave up on him & he passed. We lost a good friend & a great place to garden.
added: I have some pics, somewhere from the garden. I'll post them when i find them..they're around here, somewhere.
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dennishoddy
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I used to garden pretty heavily, but since retirement, all we do is travel so the garden is all bermuda grass now.
The only thing left is asperagus that has been in that bed for over 30 years without replanting any. Produces more than we can eat.
The only thing left is asperagus that has been in that bed for over 30 years without replanting any. Produces more than we can eat.
