On Apr 11, 7:14 am, Boron Elgar <boron_el...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> On Thu, 10 Apr 2008 19:38:51 -0700 (PDT), Dana <dcarp...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> wrote:
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> >On Apr 10, 6:43 pm, Boron Elgar <boron_el...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> >> On Thu, 10 Apr 2008 14:39:38 -0700 (PDT), Dana <dcarp...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> >> Let me know how the lasagna turns out. I find it interesting. Don't
> >> have room to try it here as I have spent a lot of time improving the
> >> beds I have or grow in tubs or pots on the deck to defeat the
> >> critters.
>
> >My neighbors are world-champions at this stuff -- see
> >http://www.permacultureactivist.net.
They've been teaching me. So
> >far I've planted spinach, lettuces, arugula, mizuna (a mild relative
> >of mustard, grown for the greens,) carrots, and a couple of forms of
> >pod peas.
>
> May I recommend radishes of all sorts. They grow quite quickly and you
> can then replant.
Excellent idea. I'll do that. Thanks.
>
> I envy you your early crops. I won't even put spinach or other greens
> out for another couple of weeks. I'm trying baby bak choi this year.
My neighbors gave me some last year; the resulting stir fry wound up
in the new book. Good stuff.
>
> >> Do be wary of over planting unless you want to learn to can or
> >> preserve or freeze an enormous amount, especially from fruit and nut
> >> trees.
>
> >I'd like to try canning, and I bought a food dehydrator for $7 at the
> >Goodwill recently. But easier, I think maybe I'll try turning part of
> >my cellar into a root cellar. Worth a shot for storing turnips,
> >rutabaga, carrots and such.
>
> You might also want to drop in on rec.food.preserving.
>
>
>
> >> What sort of nuts are you going to try?
>
> >Hazels for sure, probably in a hedge. Black walnuts are like weeds
> >around here, so I'd think the thinner shelled varieties should do
> >well, though they'll take a while to bear. There are pecans that are
> >hardy this far north -- they're a close relative of hickory, and we've
> >got those. There are even some almonds that are hardy through zone 5,
> >which we were until recently -- thanks to global warming we're now
> >zone 6. They seem to have the shortest time to bearing; re****tedly
> >3-5 years.
>
> >Long term investment for sure, but then I plan to live here till I
> >die.
>
> That'll be a lot of nuts.
What I don't eat can nourish the local squirrels. :-D But we do eat a
lot of nuts around here. Since we don't buy chips or pretzels or the
like, we snack on nuts instead. Plus I use nut meal in place of flour
in many recipes. Oh, and I usually add some sort of chopped nuts to
cauliflower "rice" dishes. Can get pricey.
>
> >Oh, and I have to put in asparagus!
>
> I am jealous. I cannot grow them in tubs and the critters would feast
> on the spears. You don't have deer or groundhogs there?
Deer for sure. That's why God invented old wire fencing. I inherited
a big roll of it when I bought the house next door. Just the thing
for blocking the deer from my veggies. I'm also thinking of
scattering bulk sunflower seed at the back of the yard. I hear deer
love 'em, and maybe they'll go for the easy snack instead of trying to
get past my deer barriers.
Also thinking that when we get a few bucks we'll run the invisible
fence wire around the garden, too, and install a dog door. Jed loves
chasing deer, and I can certainly think of worse things for him to be
doing at 3 am.
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