Life
This is for things pertaining to life (such as plants, animals, food, and health). It's also for biological entities.
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West India burr gherkins are easy to grow. They fruit fairly early, prolifically, often, and all season. They're refreshing to eat. They can have an excellent shelf life. They have edible seeds within.
I'm thinking they're a good candidate for a crop to use to help supplement minerals in peop...read more
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Wonderberries go excellently with ham. They add a nice zesty flavor. If I eat a few right before I bite into some ham, it also enhances the flavor of that ham.
Wonderberries go well with tomatoes. Combined with tomatoes, they're great cooked in frittatas, and on pizza; they're less remarkable...read more
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We're growing Spacemaster cucumbers, this year. They're doing phenomenally well, especially considering that they're in soil that is probably kind of salty (due to being right next to a driveway that is salted in the winter). I don't know if they just like the year, or if it's an especially good...read more
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https://www.theladders.com/career-advice/new-study-reveals-how-much-worse-air-conditioning-makes-the-spread-of-covid-19
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So, I thought garden strawberries just multiplied by runners, or seed. But my plants (which were initially just one plant in each spot) now look like clumps of many plants. I wonder if they'll produce if I split them up. I wonder if they'll all stop producing at the same time, or if splitting th...read more
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Stick tomato
Offsite articles:
• Tatiana's TOMATObase
• Dave's Garden
Offsite forum search results:
• Google: Dave's Garden
• Google: Gardenweb
• Google: proboards.com
• Google: Tomatoville
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We got our first ripe tomatoes, today. There were three altogether: one from the Galapagos Island plant from a seed from a fruit with 5 locules, and the other two were from the Galapagos Island tomato from seeds from fruits that had withstood several hard freezes.
I gave the fruits to someone...read more
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We were gifted a seedless watermelon recently (probably about 20lbs in weight). I cut it open and we ate about a slice of it altogether. Then I cut up the rest and started dehydrating it. Yes, the dehydrator fits about a whole store-bought seedless watermelon, although with thinner slices, maybe...read more
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Our Red-seeded Citron watermelons that we harvested last year aren't getting any younger. So, I decided to cut the two largest ones up, season them like I do for citron watermelon crisp, and dehydrate them! :)
Yes, seeding those watermelons took a nice duration to do.
I figure they can pro...read more
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When you're out of ketchup for your hamburgers you can do any of the following things:
• Appreciate them without ketchup (not my personal favorite, but they are appreciable).
• Make your own make-shift ketchup from canned tomatoes, salt, vinegar, and something like onion greens.
• Instead o...read more
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Tomato variety attributes to consider
Historical information:
Breed names
Ancestry
Breeder, discoverer, and introducer
Location of origin (City, state/province, and country of origin)
History
Is it PVP, PVPAF, or under plant patents?
Is it covered by a utility patent?
Is the breed na...read more
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Alpine strawberries, as you may or may not know, are small. Tasty, prolific, and easy-to-grow, but small (usually; sometimes some bigger ones appear). It takes about two seconds to eat an entire handful.
So, I figured I'd freeze them to make them take longer to eat, and make a bigger impact i...read more
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Dr. Wyche's Yellow tomatillo
Offsite articles:
• Dave's Garden
Vendors:
• Annapolis Seeds
• Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds
• Garden Hoard
• Honeyman Seeds
• Meadowlark Hearth
• Reimer Seeds
• Seed Savers Exchange
• Southern Exposure Seed Exchange
• Victory Seeds
• Wayland...read more
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Purple De Milpa tomatillo
Offsite articles:
• Cuttings; Growing Your Own Salsa Verde (The New York Times, 1993)
• The Plant Lady (blog post; grow report)
Vendors:
• Annie's Annuals & Perennials
• desertcart (has reviews)
• The Home Depot
• Honeyman Farms
• HRSeeds
• Mor...read more
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Cisineros tomatillo
Offsite articles:
• Dave's Garden
Vendors:
• 123seeds.com
• Southern Exposure Seed Exchange
• Tomato Growers Supply Company
Offsite forum search results:
• Google: Dave's Garden
• Google: Gardenweb
• Google: proboards.com
• Google: Tomatoville
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Everona Large Green tomatillo
Offsite articles:
• Dave's Garden
• Smart Gardener
Vendors:
• Seed Savers Exchange
• Southern Exposure Seed Exchange
Offsite forum search results:
• Google: Dave's Garden
• Google: Gardenweb
• Google: Tomatoville
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I tried growing t...read more
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We've got a thriving, but heavily budding, oregano plant outside. I decided to make some herbal tea with some of it, to see what it was like. It was surprisingly good, even with all the buds! If you enjoy mint tea, you'll probably like this, too. The herbal tea had a pleasant floral smell as I d...read more
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Here's a picture of some of our Sempervivum. It may be Sempervivum tectorum, but I'm not certain:
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I read somewhere that the third degree of ramifications on cucumbers (I think that was the species of cucurbit) was more prolific than lower degrees. I kind of wonder if going out more degrees of ramifications increases production for all cucurbits, given a long enough season.
With tomatoes, ...read more
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by Radishrain
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I'm pretty sure this is western salsify (it has yellow flowers that look like that), and I know that's a bunching onion with it (possibly Crimson Forest). This picture was taken on 18 June 2020.
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by Radishrain
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https://www.hhmi.org/news/tomatos-hidden-mutations-revealed-in-study-of-100-varieties
The above article explains a discovery. They now know how to use genetic engineering to change tomato traits, such as fruit size. They figure it'll work for other plants, too, such as ground cherries.
How...read more
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https://www.newyorker.com/culture/kitchen-notes/dont-throw-away-the-marcella-hazan-tomato-sauce-onion/amp
This is a news article that tells what you can do with the leftover onion halves from making Marcella Hazan tomato sauce.
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I've been researching food dehydrators a lot lately. I've decided they're overpriced, even if they're nice and/or very effective. Some of them cost twice as much as a kitchen stove.
Yeah, they don't all cost anywhere near that much, but most of them are still overpriced. The round stackable o...read more
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So, I had the idea to make ketchup leather. I looked it up and found this article, which gives the even better idea of eating it on hamburgers (I was just thinking about eating it plain): https://www.themanual.com/food-and-drink/ketchup-leather/
Anyway, it's fruit leather made out of ketchup....read more
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Here's a volunteer hollyhock from a few days ago or so. It's nice and green, this year.
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