Our First Garden

[JaiJai]

Well Jacx and I have planted our very first garden! :yay:


It was a bitch getting it all plowed and then rotilled up and stuff, but in the end it'll be worth it we hope.

After stuff starts growing I'll post some pics of it...cuz I know you're all really interested in seeing our lil' blossoms :)

So far we planted Cantelope, Watermelon, Squash, Cucumbers, Peas, 3 types of Onions, Corn, Radishes...hmm there's more I just can't remember.

We also started a lil' greenhouse in our laundry room/back porch.... we have several different plants there too, like tomatoes and peppers...just waiting till the threat of frost has past before puttin them in our garden.

We also have a cool herb garden that John planted in an old fashioned radio flyer lil' red wagon :hehe: It's cute.

Welp that's our garden update .. till next time

Peace
:peace:

[JMouse]

lol synz hates it when i get flowers, it always means work for him :bubbles:

[Jacx]

shit u mean those were tomato plants...damn it i thought it was weed!

[Pirate Hooker with Monkey]

Um, can I come stay with you and Jacx when California is quarantined because of swine flu?


I'll be eating good!!! :)





*psst* I'll bring the weed.....

[TJ60]

I think I'm going to actually pass on the garden this year. It's been hell to just keep up with trimming the hedges and mowing the grass this year.

[BRR]

this responsibility will be good practice for when John plants his seed.

srsly.

still patiently waiting.

can't it be stork tiem nao? :(

[JaiJai]

Hey where'd my tomato plants go? :tantrum:



lol mouse /me sends you lots of lil' veggie plants for synz to set out :whistle:



Maija... you're always welcome...we have lots of pig farms in this part of the country though!


Jock... I know it's gonna be alot of work... Just mowing our yard last night was a job :heat: ah well.. I can't wait for all the fresh veggies :jumpy:


BRR.. We're still trying!! :jim1:

[JMouse]

yes now that you brought it up when is the next gen of OT going to be sprouting?

sorry i forgot my :bubbles: cant have flowers with out :bubbles:

[SYNZ]

Hey where'd my tomato plants go? :tantrum:



lol mouse /me sends you lots of lil' veggie plants for synz to set out :whistle:



Maija... you're always welcome...we have lots of pig farms in this part of the country though!


Jock... I know it's gonna be alot of work... Just mowing our yard last night was a job :heat: ah well.. I can't wait for all the fresh veggies :jumpy:


BRR.. We're still trying!! :jim1:

damnit... synz wait by the mailbox to sabotage jai jai's evil plans :glare:

[T.c.a.]

gardens pwn :D

apart from the work with keepin them weeded etc

good luck wanting to do it 2 years in a row :P

[JaiJai]

Weed it? Isn't there like some kind of spray that kills weeds only? :shy:

[T.c.a.]

:haha: no :P

[6m$SexGod]

Not really a garden, more of a vergetable patch! But sounds mighty fun. You wait till you get your first harvest, food will taste so good!

[JMouse]

Weed it? Isn't there like some kind of spray that kills weeds only? :shy:

if there was i think more ppl would do it :haha: as soon as you find some that wont kill us let me know

[T.c.a.]

Would be a hell of a good seller :P

[6m$SexGod]

Im so bored!!!!!!

[T.c.a.]

that explains the spam streak :P

[6m$SexGod]

I know i was trying to fill last updated threads, but jen, you and now aussiebitch, are ruining it for me!

[T.c.a.]

oh sorry, i'll leave lol

[6m$SexGod]

Damnit Jesse!

[JMouse]

I know i was trying to fill last updated threads, but jen, you and now aussiebitch, are ruining it for me!

:bubbles::bubbles::bubbles:

sorry

[Sir Brian]

:hah:

the Good Life does America!

:hiya:

[SYNZ]

Weed it? Isn't there like some kind of spray that kills weeds only? :shy:

there will be no killing of weeds, smoke it like everyone else does... will be gone before u know it :bubbles:

[Spork!!!]

Thats great Resa. You have a weedkiller... his name is Jacx. You cant go spraying poison in your veg. patch., or you might as well buy commercially produced produce. Mine is pretty well fin. for the summer (frost time now) but we had great harvests of corn, beans, cucumbers etc. and looking forward to winter crops of cabbage and shit. Speaking of shit, you can't have too much manure. Pity you can't compost most of the threads in this forum... ;)

[JaiJai]

OMG! :yikes:

So today I went out and picked a bunch of radishes in the garden...
Brought them in and put em in the kitchen sink...Washed them all.

Was putting them in a bag and OMFG a HUGE!! Black furry spider ran out of the radishes
across the counter! :O:O:O OK so yea..my biggest phobia is spiders ... and so I screamed (I think it was a pretty loud scream) and John came running and he had to
move stuff off the counter to find it and he squished it. Gawd I just got chills even typing this :(

OMG I bet I touched it while I was washing them! *shiver*

Anyways... needless to say, I duno if Im gonna be able to work in the garden anymore cuz that spider's family is surely still out there :shy:

[$treet pharmaci$t]

OMG! :yikes:

So today I went out and picked a bunch of radishes in the garden...
Brought them in and put em in the kitchen sink...Washed them all.

Was putting them in a bag and OMFG a HUGE!! Black furry spider ran out of the radishes
across the counter! :O:O:O OK so yea..my biggest phobia is spiders ... and so I screamed (I think it was a pretty loud scream) and John came running and he had to
move stuff off the counter to find it and he squished it. Gawd I just got chills even typing this :(

OMG I bet I touched it while I was washing them! *shiver*

Anyways... needless to say, I duno if Im gonna be able to work in the garden anymore cuz that spider's family is surely still out there :shy:

I heard spiders are loners. Big black furry ones are almost always hermits. It is a safe bet that he was the only one out there. Resume gardening :D

[joker]

i feel for JaiJai : why do damn spider like gardens for, tell them it not thier so go find another place

[kizkiz]

Haha
Try the australian outback for finding spiders, horrible killing you poisonous spiders :D
You get used to not putting your hands under a chair, table, basket, anything, without looking first.
You get used to sleeping with a redback nest in the house and hoping you wake up :D:D

[Cracker4Life]

OMG! :yikes:

So today I went out and picked a bunch of radishes in the garden...
Brought them in and put em in the kitchen sink...Washed them all.

Was putting them in a bag and OMFG a HUGE!! Black furry spider ran out of the radishes
across the counter! :O:O:O OK so yea..my biggest phobia is spiders ... and so I screamed (I think it was a pretty loud scream) and John came running and he had to
move stuff off the counter to find it and he squished it. Gawd I just got chills even typing this :(

OMG I bet I touched it while I was washing them! *shiver*

Anyways... needless to say, I duno if Im gonna be able to work in the garden anymore cuz that spider's family is surely still out there :shy:

:wow: How big was the spider?

I can picture john coming to the rescue. to bad for him I heard killing spiders was a bad omen :yikes:

Street is correct, spiders are loners. You should be safe to continue gardening. but you do have a big garden so just be cautious :whistle:

:temper: Where are my radishes Ive been waiting by my mailbox for weeks now.

[pinzNneedlz]

spiders like gardens because they hunt smaller bugs which are attracted to the vegetation. sorry Jai Jai, but dealing with bugs, big and small is part of having a garden. when i got home from one of my last outings this spring picking mushrooms, i was cutting them in half and a spider popped out of the middle of one. scared the shit out of me too, but you have to just move on. just be a bit more observant when you're gathering. you should be able to at least keep them out of the house...

[NightMare]

spiders like gardens because they hunt smaller bugs which are attracted to the vegetation. sorry Jai Jai, but dealing with bugs, big and small is part of having a garden. when i got home from one of my last outings this spring picking mushrooms, i was cutting them in half and a spider popped out of the middle of one. scared the shit out of me too, but you have to just move on. just be a bit more observant when you're gathering. you should be able to at least keep them out of the house...

exactly cant have a garden without a few bugs, my wife is deathly afraid of spiders too i am often having to murder some poor spider when we pick our cherries

[JaiJai]

Yea yea I know bugs and gardens go together, but jesus H. ... that big fat furry black
spider climbing on my counter was a little over the top dontcha think? :shy:

Cracker...it was about the size of a 50 cent piece, and it was fat and furry with a white dot on his back!

and KizKiz... no way... I'd have to move to a diff country than to live like that!! :yikes:

[joker]

damn someone was looking out for u

[JaiJai]

Todays Pick:

:jaijai:






http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a354/tweesa/Tomatoes2.jpg


http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a354/tweesa/Tomatoes3.jpg

[Zeus]

nice looking squash you have there.

[pinzNneedlz]

Ahhh it's always nice to see the fruit of you labor isn't it? I have cucumbers that are growing like the ones up top right. Short fat little buggers. It really makes ya think when ya go to that grocery store to pick your veggies from a wall of produce. Hey what kind of tamatoes are you growing? I have beef-steak ones growing. I have picked 6 so far. I have one on the plant that's the size of a softball. It's huge. I can't wait to pick it and turn that SOB into a plate of BLT's. Enjoy your garden!!! :pinz:

[trailerpark ninja]

Nice haul. I got my plants in a couple of weeks late and I am just starting to get tomatoes.

[JaiJai]

Oh yea...after all that work...finally getting to eat the produce Rocks! Had BLT's the other night :hungry:

Pinz.. being our first garden.... we made a few mistakes...Such as planting 4 different types of tomatoe plants but not marking them :shy: So we have small, medium and large type tomatoes.

I know some are the beefsteaks and most of those are just now turning orange, they are bigger ones. We also have Blue boy? and I don't remember the other 2 lol But we also planted way too many for just us 2...cuz we planted 22 tomato plants and we are picking about 10 tomatoes every other day.

We've picked about 12 ish cucumbers so far and a few corn.

Thanks Zeus..it's kinda small but was ready

Hope u guys get lots of good stuff too! :jaijai:

[Quick Chow]

its hard to believe jacx help grew those :glare:

[pinzNneedlz]

Oh yea...after all that work...finally getting to eat the produce Rocks! Had BLT's the other night :hungry:

Pinz.. being our first garden.... we made a few mistakes...Such as planting 4 different types of tomatoe plants but not marking them :shy: So we have small, medium and large type tomatoes.

I know some are the beefsteaks and most of those are just now turning orange, they are bigger ones. We also have Blue boy? and I don't remember the other 2 lol But we also planted way too many for just us 2...cuz we planted 22 tomato plants and we are picking about 10 tomatoes every other day.

We've picked about 12 ish cucumbers so far and a few corn.

Thanks Zeus..it's kinda small but was ready

Hope u guys get lots of good stuff too! :jaijai:

I learned my lesson last year when we had more food than we cared to eat. I have taken no less than 12 cucumbers from one plant so far this year. I though of making pickles but don't care to put that much more work in. I've been taking them in to work for people. This year I only did two tomato plants, a cucumber, and habaneros. My two tomato plants alone have more than 30 tomatoes on them right now. If you have 22 plants, your yield is gonna be massive!!! A thought for ya...make tomato sauce to use through the year. There are tons of great recipes and it's fairly easy to cook and jar to save for months/years down the road. You can only make so many BLT's. :haha:

[JaiJai]

Yea my mom has been canning Pickles and peppers all week. She said she would help me can if we want to make pasta sauce or whatever. I don't know how to do it myself. We may do that..but so far we've been giving sacks of tomatoes to family and neighbors lol

22 plants was wayyy too many lol And john hates fresh tomatoes..He likes them cooked in stew or pasta sauce but won't eat them raw...so I'm on my own there *sigh*.

And yes Chow chow... He did alot of the work!! lol (especially after I seen the huge spider :sad:)

[I Got Priors]

Yea my mom has been canning Pickles and peppers all week. She said she would help me can if we want to make pasta sauce or whatever. I don't know how to do it myself. We may do that..but so far we've been giving sacks of tomatoes to family and neighbors lol

22 plants was wayyy too many lol And john hates fresh tomatoes..He likes them cooked in stew or pasta sauce but won't eat them raw...so I'm on my own there *sigh*.

And yes Chow chow... He did alot of the work!! lol (especially after I seen the huge spider :sad:)

SUPER EASY! I could totally guide you thru it on MSN even. LoL.
You should do it once with your Mom then go to the antique shops and thrift stores and find the old canning equipment. The strainers and old pots work the best! The new fancy stuff just isn't as good. I can stuff all year. Depends on what is in season at the local fruit stands and make Christmas baskets for my friends and family at the end of the year. Keeps the Christmas stress WAY down. Costs way more then a gift would BUT you don't notice because you're making them throughout the year! =D

[JaiJai]

SUPER EASY! I could totally guide you thru it on MSN even. LoL.
You should do it once with your Mom then go to the antique shops and thrift stores and find the old canning equipment. The strainers and old pots work the best! The new fancy stuff just isn't as good. I can stuff all year. Depends on what is in season at the local fruit stands and make Christmas baskets for my friends and family at the end of the year. Keeps the Christmas stress WAY down. Costs way more then a gift would BUT you don't notice because you're making them throughout the year! =D

Thanks Vick... I'll do that...I want her to show me how, so I don't like..poison us :hehe:

You got it made tho...cuz you get good produce year round out in Cali don't ya? I would love to have fresh fruits and veggies all year!

[Quick Chow]

dont get me wrong...its cool having a garden at home. i just like busting john's nuts about weeding and stuff. maybe he's good at handling fertilizers? :P if it wasnt real hot down here, id grow some stuff at me backyard. easier for me to just pick some things i need i when im cooking than go to the market.

[JaiJai]

dont get me wrong...its cool having a garden at home. i just like busting john's nuts about weeding and stuff. maybe he's good at handling fertilizers? :P if it wasnt real hot down here, id grow some stuff at me backyard. easier for me to just pick some things i need i when im cooking than go to the market.

I know .. It's really convenient when you're making a salad and u can just go out grab what u need from your back yard :hehe:
And of course the flavor is uncomparable.

[deadcert]

Todays Pick:

:jaijai:

http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a354/tweesa/Tomatoes3.jpg

The things that grow best in my garden are weeds :$ lol. So I think your garden is great, Resa.

I love the little doodle on the notepad, top right in this picture :)

[I Got Priors]

Butternut squash is YuMMY! I love to cut 1 up in my Candied Yams!

[JaiJai]

The things that grow best in my garden are weeds :$ lol. So I think your garden is great, Resa.

I love the little doodle on the notepad, top right in this picture :)

Hahaha...I admit...I"m a doodler :shy:
Thanks Carol... we have plenty of weeds too... but at least we're getting some veggies lol


Vick... John taught me something about sweet potatoes. Ya know how we candy them and they get all gooey and mega sweet? Well he taught me to simply roast them in the oven. Just peel... splash with olive oil, garlic, a bit of basil.. and roast in a shallow pan in the oven.. I couldn't believe how their natural sweetness comes out!

Most of the time I cut up regular potatoes, sweet potatoes, cauliflour, brocolli, bell peppers, Onions, Parsnips, butternut squash...and Roast the whole Pan together..Omg it's Dilish!! :hungry:

[pinzNneedlz]

here's a recipe for ya for your sweet potatoes...

4-5 large sweet potatoes
3-4 bananas
1/4 cup of bourbon
touch of vanilla extract
1 cup or so of heavy whipping cream
1 bag of walnuts shelled or pecans.

I'm no good writing recipes but here goes.
Cook sweet potatoes til tender. 350 for an hour or so. During the last 15 minutes, throw the bananas in there too. (leave the skin on both)
The bananas will turn brown in a hurry, don't worry, this is normal. Once the potatoes and bananas are done, pull them out and let them cool for about 10-20 minutes. Pull the skins off both and put in a large mixing bowl. At this point you can add your cream and stir mix together. think mashed potatoes here. Once they are done, add the bourbon, and vanilla extract. whip this up and put in a casserole dish. Top with whatever nuts you bought. I like walnuts but that's my personal taste. Bake this for about 15 minutes.

I made this recipe for Thanksgiving last year and it was devoured by my family. Always love to see people enjoy something I've cooked. Hope anybody out there that cooks will check this out. If you like sweet potatoes, you'll love this recipe!!!:pinz:

[JaiJai]

here's a recipe for ya for your sweet potatoes...

4-5 large sweet potatoes
3-4 bananas
1/4 cup of bourbon
touch of vanilla extract
1 cup or so of heavy whipping cream
1 bag of walnuts shelled or pecans.

I'm no good writing recipes but here goes.
Cook sweet potatoes til tender. 350 for an hour or so. During the last 15 minutes, throw the bananas in there too. (leave the skin on both)
The bananas will turn brown in a hurry, don't worry, this is normal. Once the potatoes and bananas are done, pull them out and let them cool for about 10-20 minutes. Pull the skins off both and put in a large mixing bowl. At this point you can add your cream and stir mix together. think mashed potatoes here. Once they are done, add the bourbon, and vanilla extract. whip this up and put in a casserole dish. Top with whatever nuts you bought. I like walnuts but that's my personal taste. Bake this for about 15 minutes.

I made this recipe for Thanksgiving last year and it was devoured by my family. Always love to see people enjoy something I've cooked. Hope anybody out there that cooks will check this out. If you like sweet potatoes, you'll love this recipe!!!:pinz:

OOoOhh...I gotta try that! It's so ... Different lol
Sounds yummy
Thanks Pinz

:hungry:

[Krámse]

I've never had a sweet potato in my life but Pinz recipe is making my mouth water. Not to mention the pics of the tomatoes, they look like the delis toms I've only ever had in Tuscany.

:P

[swiss miss]

I've never had a sweet potato in my life but Pinz recipe is making my mouth water. Not to mention the pics of the tomatoes, they look like the delis toms I've only ever had in Tuscany.

:P

youre missing out mark! sweet potato is awesome. I think its best roasted, as Jai Jai described, but you can also just simply mash it as you would normal potatoes and apparently theyre healthier (have never tried it candied or or not as savoury before)

i must remember to take pictures of my patio.... most of my plants die on me but my patio actually looks pretty good at the moment :)

[JaiJai]

Todays Pick! *Omg were getting too many tomatoes :O*


http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a354/tweesa/Maters2.jpg

http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a354/tweesa/Maters4.jpg

http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a354/tweesa/Maters5.jpg

http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a354/tweesa/Maters1b.jpg

[pinzNneedlz]

PM me your address and i'll "lighten your load" :haha:
great job on your first garden i must say. i hope to have something like that down the road when we own our own home. hey is that pepper in the bottom right of the last pic a green pepper? it almost looks like an Anaheim Pepper...

[Jacx]

Looks like im making pasta sauce this weekend lol.


Krámse on what Resa, Swiss and Pins said..sweet potatoes rock. I admit I don't fully think I can ever get used to the typical sweet version of cooking them they do here but as Resa said shes loving the more euro style.

One of my fav things when doing a roast chicken or even some chicken breasts is to get some potatoes, sweet potatoes and parsnips...peel and chop them all into quaters. Quater up a onion for sweetness, shove them all onto a baking sheet all mixed up, sprinkle salt, pepper, dill (rosemary works great too) and drizzle with olive oil and roast..... the bomb...they rock.

Also sometimes for something different, i mix 2 thirds olive oil and 1 third balsamic viniger and drizzle it over...adds some funk.

[Jacx]

PM me your address and i'll "lighten your load" :haha:
great job on your first garden i must say. i hope to have something like that down the road when we own our own home. hey is that pepper in the bottom right of the last pic a green pepper? it almost looks like an Anaheim Pepper...


They are all green peppers Pinz...got to say i love em.

And bollocks...pasta sauce for those tomatoes :glare:

:haha:

[pinzNneedlz]

how much space is your garden on? you guys got a ton of produce!!! you want a good recipe for stuffing those peppers, let me know. i can't be bothered to post it right now. tpynig jsut inst mcuh nuf rghit own. :haha:

[BRR]

can the extra tomatoes. but that's complicated and can be dangerous if you F it up.

throw them at cars instead!

[pinzNneedlz]

can the extra tomatoes. but that's complicated and can be dangerous if you F it up.

throw them at cars instead!

maybe throw them at your "little red retard" :haha::bubbles:

[HellRaiser]

Very nice produce there, good job.
With Jacx talking about pasta and HOMEMADE sauce, I'm hungry now.

[Az]

any pictures of your garden?

[JaiJai]

any pictures of your garden?


Oh I thought I posted them in the beginning of the thread :shy:
I hosted them but then forgot to post em lol

Here are some of when It first started growing:

The corn
http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a354/tweesa/CorninGarden.jpg

Tomatoes
http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a354/tweesa/TomatoesinGarden.jpg

Onions
http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a354/tweesa/Onionsandpeppers.jpg

John working like a good lil' farmer :hehe:
http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a354/tweesa/JohnintheGarden2.jpg

John checking radishes:
http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a354/tweesa/JohninGarden.jpg

Flowers
http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a354/tweesa/Flowerpics.jpg

[Az]

http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a354/tweesa/JohninGarden.jpg

i could sit a beer on that any day

[Brick Shit House]

i could sit a beer on that any day

lmfao any day as in he is always in that position

[Az]

lmfao any day as in he is always in that position

how often is one presented such a fine ass, sir?

[Brick Shit House]

how often is one presented such a fine ass, sir?

His goat must of taught him well :)

[Sir Brian]

Oh yea...after all that work...finally getting to eat the produce Rocks! Had BLT's the other night :hungry:

Big Lazy Turk??

:jacxy: :jacxy:

:haha: (H) :P

[Cheeky]

Resa, Its really interesting what you guys call your vegetables....what you called a squash, we call it a butternut pumpkin, and your peppers, we call capsicum.
Anyways, I have the best tomato relish recipe I got off my great grandmother..I use it when I get a big influx of tomatoes...I just throw all my extras in the freezer, and when I have enough, make the relish :)

[Cracker4Life]

:waiting: I'm STILL waiting for my harvest. whens it coming in the mail?



<3

[hoos]

I hardly read any of this and my only dismay is that John is more countrified than I am, and he's only been in America for 2 years? Hell, next thing you know, he'll be drinking a Budweiser, wheat stalk in mouth, rocking chair on the porch and playing checkers with the older gentleman down the street