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129 messages, Last post on Aug 01, 2009 at 8:46 PM
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We tossed one sweet potato eye in a corner of the garden this summer. I just dug it all up and here was our surprise. The vines were also very pretty ground cover all summer with flowers that look like morning glories. Our regular potatoes did not do so well. Also shook the walnut tree again and picked up a good basket of walnuts. I cracked enough the other night for a great batch of oatmeal date nut cookies. So good warm with vanilla ice cream on them.  Steve, I think I will pass on the straw bails next year. Plastic barrels cut in half seem to work better in our weather. I imagine the dry heat is much like your area. Got to go plant pansies in the garden for color this winter....
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Replying to: gagrice (Nov 15, 2008 11:07 am) Those sweet 'taters look more like Garnet Yams to me.  We got about two dozen walnuts off our little tree that's about 3 years old. |
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My veggie garden this year was a total bust. Way to much rain here and the area I have it in has gotten way to shady over the years. Glad I didn't spend to much effort on it. On a brighter note (in more ways then one) while wandering around a graden center in June, I happened upon some cactus plants in with the regular perennial stuff. Thought that was interesting so I had to buy and plant one outside. Being curiuos kind of person I had to do some net sufring and to my surprise I found it this species is actually a native in Connecticut (never knew that and never found any in my wanderings). Looking around some more I found a post by somone in michigan mentioning article in my local paper about a place where some have been found and I ended up taking a hike up to the top of a ridgeline to find them (kind of rugged ugly rocky place, but they manage somehow). I ended up knocking down a 50 or 60 year old badly leaning oak tree to give my newly aquired cacti ( and a few others I have obtained since) more sun plus I can try again next year to get some veggies in this new spot.
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Replying to: ray80 (Nov 20, 2008 10:46 am)
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Replying to: steve_ (Nov 20, 2008 1:11 pm)
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Replying to: ray80 (Nov 21, 2008 5:24 am) My wife likes succulents but they don't much like our winters either. The cow blinders and horse cripplers died the first winter.
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I built a temporary hot house for tomatoes and greens this winter. Wife says I cannot build my big fancy greenhouse till our other home sells. That could be a while in this market.   Anyone know what kind of cactus this is? It keeps making these star like flowers. 
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Replying to: gagrice (Dec 01, 2008 9:21 am) Carrion Flower is one of the Stapeliads, a plant group from Africa whose odoriferous nectar mimics the stench of dead animals. Hilton Pond Center for Piedmont Natural History
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Replying to: gagrice (Dec 01, 2008 9:21 am)
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Replying to: ateixeira (Dec 01, 2008 1:08 pm) |
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