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Skriven 2008-06-10 18:23:23 av Carol Shenkenberger (14797.cooks)
   Kommentar till text 8642 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
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 >  CS> Well, my plans are later to build up a sort of long tall box along the
 >  CS> back porch area and fill with dirt.  Raised garden effect.  Then we
 >  CS> can fleaspray with no problems and i can get it raised up a good 2ft.
 >  CS> I'm thinking to start with one 16ft loong, 2ft tall but leave the
 >  CS> posts taller so I can drop in more wood to make it higher if it seems
 >  CS> good.  Going in 8ft sections, I can extend out to 36feet the following
 > 
 > Yes, now that you are settled there permanantly, you can do such things.
 > We know we've got at least one more move ahead of us before we can think
 > about tearing up a yard that we don't own. It sounds like you are really
 > doing a lot of work out in the garden spot this year tho.

Not so much this year.  Just a few plastic containers really.  Fun but no
hassle to maintain at all and no weeding needed.

 > (G) Steve is the one that usually puts some water on our kitchen herbs.
 > I've got to pull out the dehydrator (probably tomorrow) and dry some
 > oregano and basil; those two have really taken off!


The rosemary is HUGE!  I need to dry some of it already.

 >  CS> I like salads, but more apt to get them at work.  Kinda partial to the
 >  CS> KFC chicken one and the Wendy's 'BLT salad'.
 > 
 > I've not had the KFC one at all and it's been a few years since I had
 > the BLT one. We are finding that more and more of the burger places are
 > letting you order a salad as a side in a combo meal instead of fries or

I noticed that and like the shift.

 >  >  CS> The strawberry shows some small green fruits already.  I'll be dryin
 > 
 >  > Sounds good to me.  I know it's a bit late for strawberries but you'll
 >  > be enjoying them when others are long gone. (G)
 > 
 >  CS> As I started from a plant vice seeds, we'll be ok on that score.  But
 >  CS> it's just one plant so I expect to just get 'munchies for fun' out of
 > 
 > That's what counts.  Deborah planted a few seeds from a 4th of July
 > watermelon our first year in AZ.  Got only one eatable melon out of it
 > but she had the fun of growing it.

We've had a few munchies now each day from it.  Birds got some but others
were fine.

 >  >  CS> 6 cucumber plants, later added.  They've grown bigger and now are
 >  >  CS> about 6 inches tall.  First time I've tried them.  Probably supposed
 >  >  CS> to stake them or something later?
 > 
 >  > No, they don't get staked; they're runners.
 > 
 >  CS> See, first timer at some of these <grin>.  I did not grow up on a farm
 > 
 > I didn't grow up on a farm but had a serious gardener for a dad.  We
 > were out talking to one of our neighbors the other night while Steve was
 > grilling some chicken; her daughter got some pumpkin plants that are
 > taking over the little "official" flower bed in their back yard. Steve
 > pointed out that she has a couple of small pumpkins starting to develop
 > so it will be interesting how they survive the Georgia summer.
I tried those but got no 'fruit' development.  They had to polinate with
another and had only one?

 >  CS> Lets see how many we get.  Like several of my items, it's just one
 >  CS> plant (tomatoes and cucumbers are the exception).
 > 
 > You will be surprised at how many you get from just one plant. (G)

Well either bugs or improper watering got some of the yellow squash but more
are still forming.

 >  CS> The tomatoes now have from 3-6 little green ones on almost all the
 >  CS> plants.  I need to add more stakes in around them.
 > 
 > Next year, buy cages and plant them in the cages.

I've always done stakes but multiple ones to make a sort of cage.  Eaiser to
work around that way.

 >  > Did you ever get the last of the blue flowers you were intending to?
 > 
 >  CS> Nope, but we can get the one missing plant next spring to finish out
 >  CS> the pattern.  For now, I have a small container planter with flowers
 > 
 > It works. I know, with your back, and work, the time ran out on you.
 > 

Yup, happens.  I'm in TAP class this week (class on retirement bennies etc). 
I've filed for 31MAY2009.
            xxcarol
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