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  • Loujoe
    Loujoe Posts: 11,759
    Yeah. I saw some small ones at a farm. Not sure if they would have gotten bigger if I left them. Some I pulled up had some bug damage and would have been chomped if I left them. 
    Always an experiment. Good times.
  • Loujoe
    Loujoe Posts: 11,759
    Oooohhhhh. Left beets and turnips in water in my cooler in the hot sun. Took the lot to the compost. Worm/maggot food. Ripe and stinky!
  • Spunkie
    Spunkie i come from downtown. Posts: 7,095
    lastexitlondon said:
    Beet that!
    Hahaha
    I was swimming in the Great Barrier Reef 
    Animals were hiding behind the Coral 
    Except for little Turtle
    I could swear he's trying to talk to me 
    Gurgle Gurgle
  • Spunkie
    Spunkie i come from downtown. Posts: 7,095
    Spunkie said:
    Loujoe said:
    Yes. That cilantro has tiny flowers if you let it grow. Great for specific pollinators that need those small flowers. a host plant for ladybugs too. Might see their larva crawling all over it.
    Nature is something.
    Sorry about your plants Rob. F..k it all sometimes!  ❤️ 
    Sweet
     Will be hard not to eat them all. Thx for sharing your green thumb tips!
    They flowered! Can I eat them?
    I was swimming in the Great Barrier Reef 
    Animals were hiding behind the Coral 
    Except for little Turtle
    I could swear he's trying to talk to me 
    Gurgle Gurgle
  • Loujoe
    Loujoe Posts: 11,759
    Nice! Yes .   I'd eat the greens and leave the flowers. You could probably eat them too. I don't eat mine. Look out for cute baby bugs before you eat it. Maybe soak in a bowl of water, inspect and release the bugs back to the garden. Like a science experiment. Enjoy.
  • Spunkie
    Spunkie i come from downtown. Posts: 7,095
    edited July 2024
    Planted my own flowers this summer out front rather than buying. I did a bee attractant/food variety blend. My sister gave me some flowers for the backyard but I can see they can't survive the Okanagan sun like the pink ones I usually get. 

    Oh and I killed the aloe vera I got from mother's day when I repotted the growing flower. I definitely have room to grow in this area!
    Post edited by Spunkie on
    I was swimming in the Great Barrier Reef 
    Animals were hiding behind the Coral 
    Except for little Turtle
    I could swear he's trying to talk to me 
    Gurgle Gurgle
  • tempo_n_groove
    tempo_n_groove Posts: 41,474
    Spunkie said:
    Planted my own flowers this summer out front rather than buying. I did a bee attractant/food variety blend. My sister gave me some flowers for the backyard but I can see they can't survive the Okanagan sun like the pink ones I usually get. 

    Oh and I killed the aloe vera I got from mother's day when I repotted the growing flower. I definitely have room to grow in this area!
    Aloe is pretty tolerant.  Something might be up w your soil?
  • lastexitlondon
    lastexitlondon Posts: 14,915
    My aloe died as well . Maybe in pots ain't the way then


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  • Loujoe
    Loujoe Posts: 11,759

  • tempo_n_groove
    tempo_n_groove Posts: 41,474
    Loujoe said:

    Beets?
  • Loujoe
    Loujoe Posts: 11,759
    Yes!  Make every year.

    About 24 beets. Boil maybe an hour.
    Run under water. Skin slides off.
    2 cups sugar
    2 cinnamon sticks 
    1 Tblspn whole allspice
    1 1/2 tspn salt
    3 1/2 cups vinegar (I use white)
    1 1/2 cups water

    I store so boil jars.
    Put cooked skinned beets in jar.
    I also add fresh ginger

    Simmer other stuff for 15 min
    Take out cinnamon Stix
    Pour over beets. 
    Lid and boil 30 mins

    I took my time. Cool way to enjoy them.

    Definitely work, but always happy after I do it. Also learned to do it outside. Otherwise house gets hot and smells like a pickle factory!

    I also like roasting them.

    You get harvest your beets tempo?


  • tempo_n_groove
    tempo_n_groove Posts: 41,474
    Here are some beets. I also sautéed the greens. Tasted amazing. 
    I steamed my beets to eat fresh. I’d like to can them rather than pickle. 
    Those are 17” cukes. 
    Also wanting to plant a second round of beets and see if I can get them bigger. 
  • Loujoe
    Loujoe Posts: 11,759
    Very nice.
  • Loujoe
    Loujoe Posts: 11,759
    Yes. Beets are funny. Sometimes if I leave in too long they get insect damage.. one year they were a lot bigger.  
    Harvested all my garden. Just planted green beans, soy beans, baby corn (for fun), and have a blank row I might do more beets.
    Was reading to not plant them til later in August. They are not the best a quality grown in heat. 
    A l ways a fun experiment.
    My bud turned me on to cucumber sandwiches. Been eating them too.

    Your stuff looks great. 

  • Loujoe
    Loujoe Posts: 11,759
    Stuck a row of golden beet seeds in. Will see. Nothing else germinating yet. Only been a few days
  • lastexitlondon
    lastexitlondon Posts: 14,915



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  • Loujoe
    Loujoe Posts: 11,759
    Awesome. Those sweet pea flowers smell the best. I never get mine to grow that full. Literally picking like 3 flowers.
  • lastexitlondon
    lastexitlondon Posts: 14,915
    It's my favourite scent 


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    Purple Fairy Tree Posts: 2,055

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