Texas BYC Cafe

[Ms Jellybean]

It looks great girl!! Hey anything we do with a "garden" is good. Things have gotten so expensive these days. I am just trying to do what I can to help our family. So if I can provide for my parents, Warren's mom, aunt and uncle, my sister and her family then I am doing what I feel I need to do..... eggs, vegies and hopefully.....future dream... beef. We want to have some cows and I want to put a calf on our couple of acres to raise for beef. The rest of them will be on our family farm land. One day!!

Thanks! I would love to have enough land to grow all my own food. I would need to have enough animals that I wouldn't get attached to them. I couldn't eat them if I was attached to them.

Not use..... I would think they grow like regular potatoes so I don't see why not. But I really don't know. I bet I can find out. I live in sweet potato heaven, they grown them all over the place around here.

This is the article I found it from... that web page was acting funny so I just copy and pasted the info here....
~~I bought the laundry baskets at a local dollar store (I have 2 baskets). I filled the baskets with about 2" of soil & compost, then put a seed potato into each basket (each potato was cut into about 3 pieces with 2-3 eyes each). I then covered the potato with soil, and have been gradually filling the baskets with soil as the potatoes grow, simulating "hilling" the potatoes in a garden. The garden center that recommended this method to me said each basket should yield 8-10 lbs of potatoes. So far, so good! It's been fun with our kids too, because the potatoes are growing out of the holes in the sides of the baskets. Be sure to keep the baskets watered well - it takes some patience (ie - slow watering) to not have all the water run out the sides of the basket.

That is neat. I wonder if you could line the basket with moss like you do orchid pots. It would be easier to water them then. Thanks

 

[Ms Jellybean]

I found a new recipe to share.

I'm going to make some rosemary and lemon salts. I'll keep some for me and some to give to neighbours and also to my mom for Mother's Day. I usually make her some jewelry but I haven't had time to do that lately. I was also thinking about making her a scarf from antique ladies hankies but I can't find 6 that are the same width. :/ They look so pretty when you stitch them together. I need to keep looking.

 

[Ms Jellybean]

If anyone wants to order heirloom seeds today is the day. I got this in an email today. I have ordered from them the past two years. I'm going to get some seeds to use this fall. Can't pass up free!

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[henless]

I have my handy panel up for the squash. I've been wanting to do an arch like that for years now. I can't wait to see it covered with my squash. I want to raise my garden bed even more and then fence the whole area around it so the birds can't get at. Maybe I can do that this fall.

Do your squash grow up the panel? What kind of squash do you have? Mine are the yellow crook neck variety.

Not use..... I would think they grow like regular potatoes so I don't see why not. But I really don't know. I bet I can find out. I live in sweet potato heaven, they grown them all over the place around here.

That's a really cool idea! Potatoes take up a lot of room and you need some depth for them to grow good. A laundry basket would be perfect!!! I've always heard you need the taters in by Feb 14th, don't know if that's true or not, but I'll try this next year. Nothing like some new red potatoes. I've never grown sweet potatoes.

 

[Ms Jellybean]

Do your squash grow up the panel? What kind of squash do you have? Mine are the yellow crook neck variety.

That's a really cool idea! Potatoes take up a lot of room and you need some depth for them to grow good. A laundry basket would be perfect!!! I've always heard you need the taters in by Feb 14th, don't know if that's true or not, but I'll try this next year. Nothing like some new red potatoes. I've never grown sweet potatoes.

This is my first year to try the panel, but the idea is the squash will grow up it and take up less space in the garden and the fruit never touches the ground and is easy to pick. Not all my squash is the vining type though (first three are).
I have...
spaghetti squash - home grown is waaayyy better than store bought.
zucchino rampicante - never tried this one before, it intrigued me.
lemon squash - this was a free gift with my order, I was considering it to try so I am looking forward to it.
fordhook zucchini
yellow straightneck
grey zucchini

I think sweet potatoes are a summer crop and the other potatoes are more of a cool season crop. I'll check the Aggie site and my Neil Sperry book. I'd love some baby new potatoes.

 

[Ms Jellybean]

Look what I found.

This is pretty cool. It can attach to a Rubbermaid or Igloo Water Cooler too. (Amazon has good prices.) I think I am going to get one for my chickens when I get them.

 

[lovingmyhens]

That is pretty cool!!

 

[A1momof3]

Ok my friends, I will catch up in a bit, I got to cook dinner for my baby boy (18). Lol but I just had to show you what I did today. I OVER did it I know but so excited. All by my self I did! And with scraps we had here at the house! My hubby was impressed when I sent him the pic!

 

[Ms Jellybean]

Ok my friends, I will catch up in a bit, I got to cook dinner for my baby boy (18). Lol but I just had to show you what I did today. I OVER did it I know but so excited. All by my self I did! And with scraps we had here at the house! My hubby was impressed when I sent him the pic!

I like that. Very nice!! Well done!

 

[Ms Jellybean]

I need to get Trevor's graduation announcement reprinted.
He got it wrong.
He isn't graduating Magna Cum Laude.

He is graduating SUMMA CUM LAUDE!!!!!!!!!

I'm ginning ear to ear right now! So proud of that boy!!