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  • Leezestarr313Leezestarr313 Temple of the cat Posts: 14,432
    It's also fun in salads or salsa style things, to freshen the flavors a bit.
    I got tomatoes in the ground, the herbs are coming, all fruit trees bloomed. Some squash, some melon, some corn (not showing yet) and baby okras that will go in the ground after Pittsburgh. Nasturtium and wildflowers are seeded and sprouted too. And I planted two paw paw saplings last fall, and at least one of them is alive! I am rooting (no pun intended) for the other one as well.
  • LoujoeLoujoe Posts: 11,286
    Great variety going there as always. Paw paw tree. Do you plan to eat the fruit? I'm pretty sure certain butterflies use it as a host plant.

    I finally got my potatoes in. Purple and yukon gold. Put them in bags and covered with dirt. Might have crowded them too much but at least they are in. 
    All plants look happy!
  • Purple Fairy TreePurple Fairy Tree Posts: 2,036
    Last year’s strawberry plant has come back, so far there are two green strawberries growing.  The small parsley plant has come back too. 
  • Leezestarr313Leezestarr313 Temple of the cat Posts: 14,432
    Loujoe said:
    Great variety going there as always. Paw paw tree. Do you plan to eat the fruit? I'm pretty sure certain butterflies use it as a host plant.

    I finally got my potatoes in. Purple and yukon gold. Put them in bags and covered with dirt. Might have crowded them too much but at least they are in. 
    All plants look happy!

    I would love to eat the fruit but I am aware that it may take a couple of years. Butterfly host is even better! Yay on the potatoes, we still have to get ours in too. All after Pitt.
  • soph189soph189 Posts: 546

    Baby artichoke. There was a bigger one (as you can see from cut stem), but forgot to take photo before eating it 
  • LoujoeLoujoe Posts: 11,286
    soph189 said:

    Baby artichoke. There was a bigger one (as you can see from cut stem), but forgot to take photo before eating it 

  • LoujoeLoujoe Posts: 11,286
    edited June 5
    Never tried to grow them. 1 per plant? Assuming it will grow another. Maybe try next season.

    Just harvested a bunch of lettuce. Onions are not doing well in my community plot. At home look pretty good. Plan to plant stringbeans in their place.  
    Cucumbers at home got munched by slugs. Put out a beer 'trap'.
    Put cucumber seeds in com garden. Those germinated.
    Should be eating peas kinda soon. Beets and turnips in about a month. 
    Then garlic should be ready to harvest too.
    Basil seeds are slow to start.
    Potatoes look good.

    Will see. Every year is a little different.
  • LoujoeLoujoe Posts: 11,286
    those long things are garlic scapes. The stalk before it becomes a flower and uses the energy that is better spent growing better garlic bulbs. Have more scapes to harvest soon.
    I grilled them up a bit. Chopped and added to butter to use later. Really delicious mellow garlic flavor.
    Had a few onions that weren't doing well. Consolidated the good ones then planted stringbean seeds. 
    A handful of turnips ready.
    Peas are producing.
    Good season so far!

  • lastexitlondonlastexitlondon Posts: 14,672
    kept these snacking cucumbers indoors for now.  I guess it's time to put them out asap
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  • LoujoeLoujoe Posts: 11,286
    Wow. That is nice Rob!
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