Texas Spring/Summer Thread

[farmgirl19]

The bottle that I bought at Dillard's about 2 weeks ago of the concentrate is 16oz, and makes 8 gallons. Gave $15.95 for it. They have a website, but if you need their number to call ahead before you travel to purchase, let me know.

 

[two_bit_score]

I put flood on mine,cause I figured flood meant flood,either by mother nature(not in flood area) or something like a toliet,water was water to me,may need to check further into,thanks

All water is NOT the same when it comes to insurance.

 

[jinman]

Guess what I had for lunch, besides squash....Yep, TOMATOES!

Wow! You've got some nice ones, FG19.:thumbsup: Are they early girls? The biggest tomatoes in my garden are better boys. They're the size of baseballs and still very green. All garden tomatoes in May are a cause for celebration.:licking:

 

[pacerron]

. All garden tomatoes in May are a cause for celebration.:licking:

Geez,
First tomatoes from the garden up here are middle of July to early August.
Our sweat tater experiment is doing well. We saved a couple from last year and put them in a little water on the 23rd of March.
Pulled off starts and put in foam cups with water a week ago to develop roots.
Roots are looking good. Plan to plant tomorrow in the garden if it isn't too wet.
Ron

 

[jinman]

Wow, those are healthy looking slips, Ron. I can grow good potatoes here, but I don't do it every year.

 

[Western]

Her tomatoes are nice! I only have green cherries so far (that I've seen)

Ron, those do look like strong slips, I have never grown sweet potatoes since I am the only one that will eat them. We grew them when I was a kid though.

 

[pacerron]

Ron, those do look like strong slips, I have never grown sweet potatoes since I am the only one that will eat them. We grew them when I was a kid though.

We really prefer them over Irish Spuds. Since they don't bloom there are no potato bugs, they keep all winter, and taste great with "can't believe it's not". My real favorite, which Jim probably can't eat anymore, is to candy them in the skillet with brown sugar and butter.:licking:
Ron

 

[jinman]

As a kid, my uncle used to grow lots of great sweet potatoes in his deep sandy loam soil. They were big and beautifully shaped. Back then, I hated them, but help grub them out of the ground and air cure them. It was in my 20s that I could stand candied yams and in my 30s before I found a taste for baked sweet potatoes. Now, I like them about anyway you can do them and love candied yams at Thanksgiving, but I think my favorite is oven baked so the peel gets crunchy and the middle hot and steamy for some nice butter. Microwaved are good too, but the small ends get a bit overdone.

 

[farmgirl19]

Wow! You've got some nice ones, FG19.:thumbsup: Are they early girls? The biggest tomatoes in my garden are better boys. They're the size of baseballs and still very green. All garden tomatoes in May are a cause for celebration.:licking:

Nope. I haven't planted Early Girl in years. One was a Jet Star, one a Red Defender, one Oxheart and one Charger. The Oxheart and the Jet Star were the smaller ones, and had deep red meat and full tomato flavor, especially the Jet Star. The others weren't as good, after having the smaller ones, but were still good, home grown tomatoes. I plant a variety each year, as some do better some years, than others. Weather, rain, even soil differences each year make some happier than others.

I have a dog that loves tomatoes, so he and I are having a race to the plants every morning. He has gone to picking them GREEN and eating them. I keep telling him, it is too early to think about fried green tomatoes!

 

[farmgirl19]

Geez,
First tomatoes from the garden up here are middle of July to early August.

Ron

I'll be putting in fall varieties by then, because most of these will have burned up in our heat, in August.