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2020 Victory Gardens
WhistlingBadger:
--- Quote from: Eric Krewson on July 19, 2020, 07:11:20 am ---I am overloaded, I planted a covid 19 sized garden just in case, this is almost a daily picking, I have canned about all I need and my Anasazi beans are just coming in. I try to give the stuff I don't use away but I am running gout of people who want it because everyone is giving stuff away and there is an abundance available.
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Nice problem to have! Do you have a food bank nearby? We've been giving lots of greens and sugar peas away. We're probably another month away from having any tomatoes or peppers, but the pumpkins and watermelons have blossoms, and the oats are almost as tall as my daughter!
bjrogg:
--- Quote from: Marc St Louis on July 19, 2020, 06:42:00 am ---Plenty of Lambs Quarter here plus I harvested the seeds from some mature plants last year. We like them better than Spinach now. It is best to harvest them as young plants but the seeds are also edible. If anyone needs calcium in their diet these are the plants to eat
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Marc yesterday there was a spot my brother dumped a loader bucket full of dirt and the lambs quarters were almost over my head. I ate some of the tops, leaves and young seed buds raw. Not to bad. Would have been better washed off, a bit dusty.
Do you eat the stems to?
Pretty soon the milk weed buds will be just right. I like those to.
Still haven’t got up the nerve to try stinging nettles. Have to many Unpleasant memories of it as a kid.
Bjrogg
Marc St Louis:
--- Quote ---Marc yesterday there was a spot my brother dumped a loader bucket full of dirt and the lambs quarters were almost over my head. I ate some of the tops, leaves and young seed buds raw. Not to bad. Would have been better washed off, a bit dusty.
Do you eat the stems to?
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I eat the stems if they are tender. They are best steamed or in a soup
bjrogg:
Snapped a picture of my sweet corn patch. We freeze a couple hundred pounds. Sell a little and give some away, depending on the yield and how much the coons and critters leave us.
Also my asparagus is finally really getting established good. I get most of my asparagus from the road ditch, but my wife planted this patch years ago.
Bjrogg
bjrogg:
Wild raspberries are ripe. Lots of them but they are pretty small this year. These are really tasty and not to seedy.
Bjrogg
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