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Larro Darro
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Looking good Jarrod. DFB, here in a month or two, I would gladly exchange some of my heat for your cool.
How does your garden grow?
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Larro Darro
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First peas of the season, first corn, and first Iraqi cucumber.
KevT
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Those look like "Acre Peas" are they? Lori just put up 17 pints of them. They were the best growing crop in our garden this year and still coming in
farmer2009
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Must be a regional thing. As those look like black eye peas.
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Kinda, the people around here grow "Acre Peas" which are a Texas Cream Pea, or Texas Field Pea. I have heard them called both. They are a white pea where Blackeyes are a brown pea (the color of the water you cook them in). They do have a very unique taste. One of the big farms around here grows and sells "Acre Beans" which are different still. PM me if you want some pea seeds, they are a bush plant with great tolerance to heat and lack of moisture... guess that is why mine did so well this year.
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Larro Darro
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They are Pink Eyed Purple Hulls. I like them because you have a helpful color reminder to let you know they need picking. Also good peas.
Are any of you guys having trouble uploading pictures? The last couple of days I have had to post to Face Book, then copy them over to TBN.
Are any of you guys having trouble uploading pictures? The last couple of days I have had to post to Face Book, then copy them over to TBN.
farmer2009
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Yea. I've had pictures just not appear once they're uploaded. The link is there until you hit send.
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Larro Darro
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The silks on the field corn are getting a little color. I picked two ears of sweet corn yesterday, and three today. If that progression would keep on, that would be cool.
I found a couple of worms in the tomatoes today, so I gave everything a good spraying. The rain did it's part by passing us by. Last week when I sprayed we had a big thunderstorm which washed it all away.
PS: it seems the photo uploader is back to normal.
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Larro Darro
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I planted two rows of acorn squash yesterday. The saved seeds had been in the ground a couple of weeks with no sprouts, so I picked up a few packs of seeds in town last week. I've been playing with the idea of cooking some of the Filipino pole beans whole, and tonight I did it. They look impressive on the plate.
Sawyer Rob
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My gardens are doing great, all the plants are up and really starting to grow now. NOW, it's time for weed control, so I got started "mulching" in the gardens! Here's the front garden,
All the mulch will get tilled down in the fall, to "feed" next years plants...
I don't use any chemical ferts or sprays of any kind, so the mulch really works great for weed control and also my gardens need MUCH less watering!
Did I mention, little to NO WEEDS??
SR
All the mulch will get tilled down in the fall, to "feed" next years plants...
I don't use any chemical ferts or sprays of any kind, so the mulch really works great for weed control and also my gardens need MUCH less watering!
Did I mention, little to NO WEEDS??
SR
