What did you do in the garden today?

[BReeder!]

Would an overhead ceiling fan be sufficient? It's about 10-12 ft away from the plants but it is always running on low speed.

Yep!

 

[BReeder!]

there are also vegetables named chickory.View attachment 2975323

I planted a red stalk variety similar to this:
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Anybody grow or even eat radicchio? It looks appealing to me, but I have no clue what it tastes like or how to prepare it. Is it better raw or cooked? Treat like cabbage? Is it bitter or sweet?

 

[Sueby]

Speaking of stainless steel appliances... the finish on my (relatively) new stainless stove is peeling. It's 2 years old & it wasn't cheap. I contacted LG & they got back to me immediately saying they'd send someone out - haven't heard from them since.

Who knew stainless was a painted on finish!? I didn't pick stainless, it was here when we bought the place. Knowing what I know I'm debating if I want to buy a stainless dishwasher when we do the remodel.

 

[WthrLady]

I AGREE!
One tiny component fails, and it's dead in the water.
Look at how far back the car industry has been set back, being held hostage, by the lack of computer chips.

 

[WthrLady]

Speaking of stainless steel appliances... the finish on my (relatively) new stainless stove is peeling. It's 2 years old & it wasn't cheap. I contacted LG & they got back to me immediately saying they'd send someone out - haven't heard from them since.

Who knew stainless was a painted on finish!? I didn't pick stainless, it was here when we bought the place. Knowing what I know I'm debating if I want to buy a stainless dishwasher when we do the remodel.

The "stainless" coating on my yeti mug is peeling off. I MIGHT use it once a week, and have owned it for 54 weeks (never use it in the hot months).
THey were all concerned, and even took my address. I expected a new mug in the post. Nope. have heard nothing back.

 

[chickengr]

Anybody grow or even eat radicchio? It looks appealing to me, but I have no clue what it tastes like or how to prepare it. Is it better raw or cooked? Treat like cabbage? Is it bitter or sweet?

if you like bitter taste eat it raw with salt, olive oil and lemon as a salad. it is less bitter if cooked but I prefer it raw.

 

[Sueby]

Everything is just crap these days. I work in IT - we buy new printers & they poop the bed in a couple years, if we're lucky, yet I have ones 20 years old still cranking away like the day we bought them.

We need to go back to making chips here in the US. We used to, but then it was all shipped over seas - lesson learned there, Intel is on it in Ohio. I hope they follow thru & everyone follows after them.

Chickens are all buttoned up for what is now supposed to be a full on blizzard. I stuffed some filters in the vents, pulled outdoor feeders & filled food & water. I'll close run doors too when they go to roost to try & keep the snow out. They should be fine till I can dig them out in a couple days. DH now has to work on Sun, so much for help cleaning up!

 

[jerryse]

if you like bitter taste eat it raw with salt, olive oil and lemon as a salad. it is less bitter if cooked but I prefer it raw.

I read once the ability to taste bitter is genetic . Some people can't taste bitter and others a little or a lot . Depends on genetics . I can't even stand endive .

 

[WthrLady]

Guys, I may have just does something that starts the end of the world as we know it, but it was a step that had to be taken. I just had to.
The horseradish plant I set 5 years ago, which was 2 feet across at the ground and grew to 4 feet high and leafed out to over 5 feet across, had to be moved. It was going to end up on the north side of the hoop house and, in season, would rub the house and block the walkway. I had to move it. Just had to.
I never spread in its 5 years, just grew larger.
I moved it 4 feet from what will be the west wall of the hoop house. In the process I did divide it into 2 plants. My concern is the number of GIANT and normal roots I left in the ground in it's old hole. I'm afraid each one is going to take off in anger and start a new plant. There will be hundreds of them.
They will take over the world.
You might want to start banking water, stockpiling food, and sending your children off to live further out in the country before it's too late.

 

[Sueby]

Lmao @WthrLady! I was so afraid I would do the same with my horseradish plant that I made DH dig it up & plant it in a 5 gallon bucket (with holes drilled for drainage) & then bury that.