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03-07-2011, 09:09 PM
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Re: Are You Planting A Food Garden?
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Plant every year. I've expanded from about 1/4 acre garden to just a tad less than a half acre.
Corn, tomatoes, pinkeye and purple hull, and crowders. I will be planting snow peas, potatoes, watermelon (Black Diamond and Dixie Queen), Cantelope, Carrots, onion seed and bulbs too. Crooked neck squash, and LIma beans along with an assortment of other things too.
Love to garden. My fingers always start itching for the dirt about this time of the year. I'm happy that there are others here that garden too. I'm thankful for some good equipment too.
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My father in law is a produce farmer and once grew over 500 acres -now about 70, a year of sweet corn, several types of tomatoes, potatoes, onions, squash, and pumpkins. I generally do not like corn, but very VERY few people have ever tasted fresh sweet corn just 24-48 hours picked. You don't even need butter on it when you roast it!
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03-07-2011, 09:29 PM
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Re: Are You Planting A Food Garden?
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My father in law is a produce farmer and once grew over 500 acres -now about 70, a year of sweet corn, several types of tomatoes, potatoes, onions, squash, and pumpkins. I generally do not like corn, but very VERY few people have ever tasted fresh sweet corn just 24-48 hours picked. You don't even need butter on it when you roast it!
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We have the Fraser Valley on the outskirts of Vancouver where there are hundreds of farms that grow food for the local market.
Fraser Valley Sweet & Peaches & Cream are some of the best corm ever.
We have a mother of one of my kids in school that when corn is in season up here she gets up in the morning & drives out there and then comes into the city and sells it by the roadside! 
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03-07-2011, 09:30 PM
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Re: Are You Planting A Food Garden?
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We have the Fraser Valley on the outskirts of Vancouver where there are hundreds of farms that grow food for the local market.
Fraser Valley Sweet & Peaches & Cream are some of the best corm ever.
We have a mother of one of my kids in school that when corn is in season up here she gets up in the morning & drives out there and then comes into the city and sells it by the roadside! |
Over 90% of the American population have never tasted fresh sweet corn. It is nothing like the 2-3 month old swill served in restaurants or grocery stores.
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03-07-2011, 09:30 PM
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Re: Are You Planting A Food Garden?
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My father in law is a produce farmer and once grew over 500 acres -now about 70, a year of sweet corn, several types of tomatoes, potatoes, onions, squash, and pumpkins. I generally do not like corn, but very VERY few people have ever tasted fresh sweet corn just 24-48 hours picked. You don't even need butter on it when you roast it!
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When we were cooking corn to freeze or can, that was all we would eat for lunch. I remember personally eating 13 to 15 ears of corn at those meals.
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03-07-2011, 09:49 PM
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Re: Are You Planting A Food Garden?
I grow all of my veggies at the local farmer's market! Tried to grow some tomatoes a couple years ago and was a total failure! Much cheaper to go to the farmer's market. We have a great network of local farmers that sell their produce at several locations. It is fresh and great tasting!
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03-07-2011, 10:08 PM
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Re: Are You Planting A Food Garden?
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03-07-2011, 10:12 PM
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Re: Are You Planting A Food Garden?
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03-07-2011, 10:42 PM
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Re: Are You Planting A Food Garden?
I'm not the best gardener. I have perennials including strawberries, mulberries, oregano, thyme, chives, lambs ear, mint, and gooseberries. I'll also get a handful of asparagus, grapes and cherries (the plants aren't mature yet). I also plan to plant broccoli and some sorts of leaf vegetables--spinach, lettuce, or kale probably.
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03-07-2011, 11:06 PM
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Re: Are You Planting A Food Garden?
Yep, already have my seeds coming up in a planter thingy. First time I used one of those things.
When I get back in town and the weather is good I will have it tilled and get it planted.
My favorite part is the harvest. My sisters is planting.
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03-08-2011, 10:37 AM
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Re: Are You Planting A Food Garden?
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Half an acre! Yikes! Do you can all that?
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Oh no. However, I do can a lot of it. This year I am going to try my hand at dehydrating. Not sure how that is going to work out. I also give a lot away to some of my neighbors. I suspect this year, I will probably use a turning plough to turn some of it under to add nitrogen to the soil.
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