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Post by mich64 on Jul 25, 2022 16:55:43 GMT
Fabulous vegetables Tod!
I enjoy beets very much. I always have a bottle of pickled beets in the fridge and find them delicious roasted on salads.
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Post by kerouac2 on Jul 25, 2022 17:52:32 GMT
Have you no compassion for all of the people who have peed red over the years and freaked out?
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Post by mickthecactus on Jul 25, 2022 18:12:32 GMT
I think you’re at the wrong end...
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Post by onlyMark on Jul 25, 2022 18:58:24 GMT
I had a group member, a lad in his twenties, who came to me one day in India. He was very worried about his health. He said he'd gone for a shit that morning and his stools were full of blood. I asked him if he was in pain. He answered in the negative. I thought for a second and asked him if he thought it was anything to do with the whole jar of pickled beetroot I seen him eat the day before. He saw the light and went away happy.
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Post by mich64 on Jul 26, 2022 0:15:21 GMT
I must not eat enough beets at one time because I have not experienced either of those issues.
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Post by tod2 on Jul 27, 2022 14:51:46 GMT
Never thought to look......I think I will roast some beets at Micks suggestion and make sure I check the "colour chart" when I go for a pee. Of course you gentlemen have an advantage....
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Post by mickthecactus on Jul 29, 2022 18:40:16 GMT
We have enough courgettes and cucumbers to start giving them away.
Stopped all the tomatoes at 5 trusses this evening. That’s enough.
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Post by kerouac2 on Jul 29, 2022 18:53:00 GMT
I almost regret not eating beets because the red pee stories have always fascinated me and I would like to see it for myself.
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Post by lugg on Jul 29, 2022 19:52:01 GMT
I cannot eat beetroot - strange allergy , inherited from my maternal grandmother.
Mick - yes please
Tod - gorgeous veg - even in your Winter
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Post by mickthecactus on Aug 1, 2022 10:46:53 GMT
Dug up all the potatoes yesterday.
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Post by mickthecactus on Aug 1, 2022 12:22:40 GMT
Pulled some beets this morning and put them on to cook - but forgot them!
It was only when the smoke detector went off that I remembered them...
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Post by onlyMark on Aug 1, 2022 13:31:13 GMT
You were beetan.
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Post by tod2 on Aug 8, 2022 13:31:12 GMT
My beloved started a new veg patch yesterday. He is very proud of his irrigation system.
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Post by kerouac2 on Aug 8, 2022 15:08:33 GMT
Is irrigation always needed or is there sometimes enough rain not to use it?
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Post by mich64 on Aug 8, 2022 17:57:20 GMT
Fine addition Tod! What have you planted so far in this patch?
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Post by tod2 on Aug 10, 2022 7:23:50 GMT
Kerouac, Yes irrigation is always needed. Even a good rain only takes a day or two to dry things up and then the plants show signs of flagging.
Mich there is a row of eggplants, then lettuce, cauliflower and cabbage. All in full sun so will need constant watering. I noticed when the broccoli and cauliflowers lack moisture the huge leaves hang away from the forming vegetable and that starts the plant to bolt.
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Post by mickthecactus on Aug 15, 2022 8:47:17 GMT
First sweet corn
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Post by cheerypeabrain on Aug 15, 2022 10:55:02 GMT
An admirable cob there our Mick.
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Post by tod2 on Aug 15, 2022 15:00:29 GMT
Do you know Mr.Cactus - I have never even thought of growing our own sweetcorn!! What an idea! I have loads of space so thank you so much for that idea.
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Post by mickthecactus on Aug 15, 2022 15:13:37 GMT
You're welcome! I don't find them difficult but they seem to need plenty of water. A very good crop this year, mostly 3 cobs to a plant. In last year's lousy summer there was generally just one.
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Post by kerouac2 on Aug 15, 2022 17:17:54 GMT
Sweetcorn is increasingly considered to be an ecological heresy in places that have any kind of water shortage.
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Post by lugg on Aug 15, 2022 20:33:42 GMT
That looks good Mick
Tod - Looking forward to seeing the fruits of Mr Tod's labour
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Post by mickthecactus on Aug 21, 2022 9:51:22 GMT
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Post by casimira on Aug 21, 2022 13:47:09 GMT
What a gorgeous display Mick. Despite all your erratic and extreme weather conditions you seem to have been able to have a decent harvest.
Friends of mine here have not been as fortunate with their vegetable growing. Largely because of too much rain resulting in rot, mold, mildew and pestilence.
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Post by kerouac2 on Aug 21, 2022 14:28:53 GMT
The problem with a kitchen garden of tomatoes, green beans, asparagus, courgettes and many other items is that you get too much of them all at the same time. My grandmother canned many items for the winter, but when my parents were living in Florida, they had a neighbour who was always giving stuff away because he didn't know what to do with it. Other things like carrots, radishes, cabbages and lettuce can be managed with more serenity.
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Post by casimira on Aug 21, 2022 15:01:32 GMT
There are some vegetables that one can stagger the planting of to avoid an overabundance of. I do this with growing greens when the weather takes a cooler turn. Arugula, mustard, collard, spinach and some others are good candidates for doing this.
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Post by mickthecactus on Aug 21, 2022 16:01:35 GMT
With 6 adults in the family there isn’t a great deal of spare.
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Post by lugg on Aug 21, 2022 20:58:06 GMT
With 6 adults in the family there isn’t a great deal of spare. Well if I was in your family I know which tomato I would have honed down onto ....grabbed and escaped with , taking the pepper pot with me ..but they all look good btw
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Post by mickthecactus on Aug 21, 2022 21:15:02 GMT
Which one?
And not salt?
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Post by lugg on Aug 24, 2022 20:30:07 GMT
2nd row down and 2nd one in - no not salt just pepper . And a slice of sour dough
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