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[JW12]

I would prefer the extra crispy package for myself. While I enjoy composting, it's not a very welcoming thought for my remains.

My mother has always said the thought of being buried smothers her lol

 

[vehve]

Quote: I want to be cremated and placed in a antique coffee can, and then buried in the rocks out at our cottage, with a view over the sea.

 

[superchemicalgirl]

I like cabbage, but so do the bugs that we have all the way up to the first heavy frost. I haven't tried green beans or peas in cooler months. I can remember shelling peas and snap beans with my grandmother when I was little. Purple hull peas are a hot weather crop, I think.......yummmmm............but I digress.....

I want to put some food crops in now, or later in the summer. I have grown broccoli and it was awesome. I will likely do that again. No one here will eat greens (but me) so I am looking for something different. What kind of beans and peas do you grow in the cooler months?

Like someone said before, get a row cover to prevent bugs. You don't have to worry about keeping bugs out because there's nothing to be pollinated for greens. I plant pole beans and sweet peas in our cool weather up here. Like someone else said you could do a late crop of cukes or summer squash.

You could come here and pick some for me too! I don't know why, but I'm the laziest picker in the world. I love eating them, but picking, not so much. Even with a berry picker.

I think I could easily be a migrant field worker. There's something satisfying about picking your own food, even though it's hard work. But the reward to me is just worth it. If you're willing to put me up in Finland, I'll be there!

I've got my first batch of blue-ribbon winning blueberry spice jam cooking slowly on the stove right now.



Next season is apple season, and I pick bushels then, too. I bring along BF because he's a giant and can reach lots of unpicked apples that others can't get to. The bushels fill up much quicker when he's there!

I have a recipe for peach amaretto jam that I have been wanting to try for years and years, but there's just not good peaches here.

 

[vehve]

Quote: I have a spare mattress and a separate sauna partition that you can sleep in. You'll just have to take care of airfare

 

[ChickenCanoe]

That's creepy. A hole in the cemetery just waiting on you.

There was a small town mortuary near our farm that had a huge billboard in the middle of town that showed a pack of cigarettes and someone smoking.
The text read, "What brand do you smoke? It doesn't matter, we serve them all eventually."

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I think green beans are a summer crop but like someone else suggested, greens... lettuces, spinach, that kind of thing. Leafy stuff that take a lot of water. Summer heat wilts them in a hurry.

A lot depends on climate. Here it's zone 6 with extreme heat and extreme cold.
Cool season crops are Leafy greens, like leaf lettuce, spring greens and spinach which will bolt quickly in the heat of summer so it's a spring fall crop. Head lettuces are also a cool season crop.
Other cool season crops are:
Brassicas (cabbage, broccoli, cauliflower, Brussels sprouts, kohlrabi, collards, kale, mustard, rutabaga, turnips)
Alliums (onions, shallots, leeks, scallions, garlic) Chives are a perennial
Cichoriums (endive, escarole, radicchio)
Peas
Radishes
Carrots
Celery and celeriac
Fava beans
Cresses
Beets

Basil and dill are warm season annuals that won't withstand a frost
Most other herbs are perennial most places.

Warm season crops:
cucurbits (melons, cucumbers, pumpkins, squash)
beans including lima and snap
tomatoes
peppers
chilies
potatoes and yams
cowpeas
corn
okra
peanuts
Malabar and New Zealand spinach are warm season crops

Arugula, chard and collards can handle warm or cool weather.

did I miss anything?

I want to be cremated and placed in a antique coffee can, and then buried in the rocks out at our cottage, with a view over the sea.

How about just sprinkled over the rocks. Some of you can have the view and some of you will be part of the sea.

 

[vehve]

Quote: Us Finns are notoriously law abiding, and that's something that isn't allowed. No dumping of bodies in the sea, whole or extra crispy.

 

[ChickenCanoe]

I have a spare mattress and a separate sauna partition that you can sleep in. You'll just have to take care of airfare

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[ChickenCanoe]

Us Finns are notoriously law abiding, and that's something that isn't allowed. No dumping of bodies in the sea, whole or extra crispy.

That's why you have such a pleasantly civil society.

We have a lot of rebels, not to mention the inbreds.
We also have a lot of violence. Check the murder rate in many of our bigger cities. They're working so hard to prevent overpopulation.

 

[vehve]

Quote: I think we've got you beat with our suicide rates though. What I find interesting, is that I think we're number three when it comes to gun ownership in the world, but we still have pretty strict legislation when it comes to them, and usually we prefer blades when it comes to acts of violence. Or fists. And in most cases, alcohol plays a crucial part.

 

[vehve]

Quote: That kind of things would be cool to do if we had a proper spare bedroom. We do keep a lot of potentially dangerous stuff around here though, like (legal veterinary) drugs and weapons, so I might be a bit weary about who I'd want to share my home with.