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Gardening

jpak

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8. This is the second year of the garden (new house)

Reply to handmade34 (Reply #5)

Wed Aug 1, 2018, 06:08 PM

Aug 2018

And I don't think any of my neighbors grow Brassicas (just cannabis )

Nothing has really touched the kale, brussels sprouts or red cabbage

So I think I just lucked out.

But the freakin' deer ate all my beets, dry beans and half my squash -

The tomato plants broke down ALL my tomato towers.

Lots of tomato-basil-oregano-garlic sauce in my future

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I just harvested the most massive crop of broccoli evah [View all] jpak Aug 2018 OP

I like chopping up raw broccoli and adding it to chicken salad. It adds applegrove Aug 2018 #1

No connection, but bad to post this, as you used the words... LakeSuperiorView Aug 2018 #13

Classic. Thanks for the trip down memory lane. applegrove Aug 2018 #14

Oh yum. What is your address again ? magicarpet Aug 2018 #2

Bring a 30 pack and I will tell you jpak Aug 2018 #3

Okay... I'll PM you. Let me grab the hollandaise sauce. magicarpet Aug 2018 #6

Awesome! Good job, green thumb! PearliePoo2 Aug 2018 #4

awesome! handmade34 Aug 2018 #5

This is the second year of the garden (new house) jpak Aug 2018 #8

I had the same problem. femmocrat Aug 2018 #15

'Foul weed!' Newman California_Republic Aug 2018 #7

Newman... jpak Aug 2018 #9

I'm moving to live with my girlfriend that is quite the gardener. She cans, freezes and dehydrates brewens Aug 2018 #10

I planted apples, grapes, cherries, blueberries, raspberries and plums last year jpak Aug 2018 #11

Freezer space would definitely be an issue... GeoWilliam750 Aug 2018 #12