Early this morning harvested some nice...
Early this morning harvested some nice Bell Peppers, Red and Green Tomatoes, and Fresh Leafy Basil from our collective retiree highrise apartment 'Victory Garden'. Any other RHP Members have green thumbs (up or down) scratching and asking Mother Earth to give with the goodies? If you prefer the canned and/or frozen stuff, that's okay. Don't be timid, shy or bashful. Speak up. You're among friends.
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Originally posted by Grampy BobbyI consume farm fresh vegetables (and fruit) mostly. Where I live, though, to indulge myself with the hobby of growing [some of] my own food would be a small contribution to depriving others of their livelihood - people who already have industrialized agriculture breathing down their necks. So I don't think I would take too much satisfaction from harvesting my own food early in the morning, although it has been agreeable to do so during other phases in my life, in other locations.
If you prefer the canned and/or frozen stuff, that's okay.
03 Jul 12
i till the drainage ditch across the road,
and the county boys don't seem to mind...
potatoes, squash, beets and radishes,
carrots, cabbage, and tomatoes...
apple trees, and peach trees and one lone grapevine,
zero pesticides grace our food divine...
and volunteer pumpkins...
and tomatillos...
basil, mint, and four other spices i cain't remember she grows...
huge sunflowers guard the compost heap...
onions, kale, and watermelons...
and bugs...
when it comes to grasshoppers, i am anti-buddhist...
Originally posted by FMFgood excuses for being lazy
I consume farm fresh vegetables (and fruit) mostly. Where I live, though, to indulge myself with the hobby of growing [some of] my own food would be a small contribution to depriving others of their livelihood - people who already have industrialized agriculture breathing down their necks. So I don't think I would take too much satisfaction from harvesting my ow ...[text shortened]... ng, although it has been agreeable to do so during other phases in my life, in other locations.
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Originally posted by FMFGive yourself a pat on the back. You are a friend of the farmers whose livelyhood depends on the likes of you. I too live, "in the country" but have to admit to growing a few veggies, as backup for when I run out on say a Sunday or late on another day.
How so? I've given up a hobby and it has been replaced by another, or perhaps the time and effort has been allocated elsewhere. Meanwhile a few local food producers get a little cut from my ill gotten gains.
Originally posted by Grampy BobbyI have Green beans, Onions, spring onions (from seed, and adult ones replanted to grow more), potatoes, carrots, lettuce, chinese chives, and a patch of Xiao bai cai (a chinese leaf like spinnach)...oh, and two tomatoe plants that are not doing very well in the ground (bad idea).
[b]Early this morning harvested some nice...
Early this morning harvested some nice Bell Peppers, Red and Green Tomatoes, and Fresh Leafy Basil from our collective retiree highrise apartment 'Victory Garden'. Any other RHP Members have green thumbs (up or down) scratching and asking Mother Earth to give with the goodies? If you prefer the canne ...[text shortened]... n stuff, that's okay. Don't be timid, shy or bashful. Speak up. You're among friends.
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I also have some strawberry plants.
I failed to grow leeks and cabbage, but i will germinate them first next year, and try to get some horse manure to improve the soil for next year.
I've always wanted to do this, and started my vegetable patch last spring. We only bought our house the september before, so you could say i've been doing it since we moved in. The back garden was mainly builder's backfill and i've gotten rid of bags and bags of rocks including half a dozen half and full breeze blocks (cinder blocks?), and i dug out a full clothes pole that was ditched.
http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g314/sugelanren/20120703_180121.jpg
A picture of this year's crop.
03 Jul 12
Originally posted by huckleberryhoundNice, very nice.
I have Green beans, Onions, spring onions (from seed, and adult ones replanted to grow more), potatoes, carrots, lettuce, chinese chives, and a patch of Xiao bai cai (a chinese leaf like spinnach)...oh, and two tomatoe plants that are not doing very well in the ground (bad idea).
I also have some strawberry plants.
I failed to grow leeks and ...[text shortened]... hotobucket.com/albums/g314/sugelanren/20120703_180121.jpg
A picture of this year's crop.
03 Jul 12
Originally posted by FMFHere in the US 'fresh' fruits and veggies have hardly any food value left in them, less than half of garden grown veggies. They force feed them to make them big early and they pick them way too soon, for instance, I love cantaloupes but the ones they sell as supposedly fresh are hard as a rock and unedible. If you let them ripen they don't ripen, they turn rotten first. Same with avocados AND they are over a dollar and a half EACH. I am from california and they used to have thousands of acres of avocado trees and could buy a whole bag for a buck but they cut down all the avocado forests for housing.
How so? I've given up a hobby and it has been replaced by another, or perhaps the time and effort has been allocated elsewhere. Meanwhile a few local food producers get a little cut from my ill gotten gains.
Now we have to have avocados shipped from mexico or central america but again, picked too early and they don't ripen before they are rotten.
There is no romantic notion of buying to support farmers here.
03 Jul 12
Originally posted by sonhouseSad, isn't it.
Here in the US 'fresh' fruits and veggies have hardly any food value left in them, less than half of garden grown veggies. They force feed them to make them big early and they pick them way too soon, for instance, I love cantaloupes but the ones they sell as supposedly fresh are hard as a rock and unedible. If you let them ripen they don't ripen, they turn ...[text shortened]... n before they are rotten.
There is no romantic notion of buying to support farmers here.
04 Jul 12
Originally posted by rookie54I cant grow a thing on my balcony. The neighbours say its bugs but I dont know.
i till the drainage ditch across the road,
and the county boys don't seem to mind...
potatoes, squash, beets and radishes,
carrots, cabbage, and tomatoes...
apple trees, and peach trees and one lone grapevine,
zero pesticides grace our food divine...
and volunteer pumpkins...
and tomatillos...
basil, mint, and four other spices i cain't remember ...[text shortened]... kale, and watermelons...
and bugs...
when it comes to grasshoppers, i am anti-buddhist...
Something took a big bight out of a damn chilli as well.
Could be possums?