On 8/3/2016 8:06 AM, Gary wrote:
> Nancy Young wrote:
>>
>> Gary wrote:
>>
>>> lol. We've all seen the size of his garden. I seriously doubt he had 100
>>> to give away. Not only that, he lives in farmville. Probably no golf
>>> course near him either.
>>
>> Every year I plant ONE cucumber plant. I cannot eat all the cukes
>> I get and I could give away a couple dozen without a thought.
>
> I actually looked up cucumbers this morning. From what I read one plant
> generally yields about 15 cucumbers? I don't doubt you got more
> though...many different conditions change things.

If I picked them all they would cover the counters. Maybe I just
have a good spot. I've eaten 15 already and I haven't checked in
days. Still has flowers, but it will stop producing soon.

> For a couple of summers, I grew tomato plants. It was either 6 or 8
> plants.

That's a lot. I grow 3 ... one cherry and two other kinds.
I can't keep up with all of those once they start.

> Regardless, once they started ripening on the vine, for about 3
> weeks I was picking approx. 14 tomatoes per day, every day. After the 3
> weeks, the harvest slowed down but I still got many more. Then at the
> end of season, I picked quite a few green ones (and we ate them like
> squash).

Nothing wrong with a green tomato, but I usually let them sit
until they turn red.
>
> I do miss my vegetable garden. My back balcony gets way too hot to grow
> much even in pots.

Bummer. Maybe there's a community garden you could join, but you're
probably not that interested.

nancy

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On Wed, 03 Aug 2016 08:51:09 -0400, Gary > wrote:

wrote:
>>
>> On Wed, 03 Aug 2016 08:08:52 -0400, Gary > wrote:
>>
>> >Nancy Young wrote:
>> >>
>> >> Other than that we do the same as you do, just toss ripe tomatoes
>> >> into a bag and into the freezer. We don't blanch or peel them.
>> >> Sauce tastes extra fresh come December.
>> >
>> >Same with me. No blanching or peeling. I chop them up and freeze in bags
>> >and you've got that fresh taste in the middle of the winter. No canned
>> >or commercial frozen tomatoes compare in taste.
>>
>> That's a good tip, must remember to do it when there is a glut of
>> fresh local tomatoes.
>
>Do it...you won't be sorry. When is season for local tomatoes for you?
>Probably not time yet, is it?

No, we still have mainly Mexican ones here but I would think another
month and they will be very plentiful. My supermarket highlights
local produce but for that I might take a trip up the valley where
it's all grown. There's a nice vineyard tour there also I hear and I
have several non-drinking pals, so they can do the driving

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Some of the toms in my greenhouses have flowers, but no toms yet.


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"Nancy Young" wrote in message ...

On 8/3/2016 8:06 AM, Gary wrote:
> Nancy Young wrote:
>>
>> Gary wrote:
>>
>>> lol. We've all seen the size of his garden. I seriously doubt he had 100
>>> to give away. Not only that, he lives in farmville. Probably no golf
>>> course near him either.
>>
>> Every year I plant ONE cucumber plant. I cannot eat all the cukes
>> I get and I could give away a couple dozen without a thought.
>
> I actually looked up cucumbers this morning. From what I read one plant
> generally yields about 15 cucumbers? I don't doubt you got more
> though...many different conditions change things.

If I picked them all they would cover the counters. Maybe I just
have a good spot. I've eaten 15 already and I haven't checked in
days. Still has flowers, but it will stop producing soon.

> For a couple of summers, I grew tomato plants. It was either 6 or 8
> plants.

That's a lot. I grow 3 ... one cherry and two other kinds.
I can't keep up with all of those once they start.

> Regardless, once they started ripening on the vine, for about 3
> weeks I was picking approx. 14 tomatoes per day, every day. After the 3
> weeks, the harvest slowed down but I still got many more. Then at the
> end of season, I picked quite a few green ones (and we ate them like
> squash).

Nothing wrong with a green tomato, but I usually let them sit
until they turn red.
>
> I do miss my vegetable garden. My back balcony gets way too hot to grow
> much even in pots.

Bummer. Maybe there's a community garden you could join, but you're
probably not that interested.

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You must be in a wonderful growing place) Where I am it is a late and
short season Still I like to grow our veg so I work at it)



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On 8/3/2016 9:52 AM, Ophelia wrote:
> "Nancy Young" wrote in message ...

> If I picked them all they would cover the counters. Maybe I just
> have a good spot. I've eaten 15 already and I haven't checked in
> days. Still has flowers, but it will stop producing soon.

> You must be in a wonderful growing place) Where I am it is a late and
> short season Still I like to grow our veg so I work at it)

I do something you're not supposed to do, I grow them in the same
spot on the side of the garage. So far they seem quite happy there.

Also I start them inside, you're supposed to sow them outside
but I don't. I grow a handful of plants and save the hardiest
looking one.

nancy

Ophelia wrote:
>
> Some of the toms in my greenhouses have flowers, but no toms yet.

hmmm...in your greenhouses? Do you keep it open to let in bees and other
insects to pollinate those flowers? If not, you can do it yourself using
a very soft artist brush. I've done that and it works.

"Nancy Young" wrote in message ...

On 8/3/2016 9:52 AM, Ophelia wrote:
> "Nancy Young" wrote in message ...

> If I picked them all they would cover the counters. Maybe I just
> have a good spot. I've eaten 15 already and I haven't checked in
> days. Still has flowers, but it will stop producing soon.

> You must be in a wonderful growing place) Where I am it is a late and
> short season Still I like to grow our veg so I work at it)

I do something you're not supposed to do, I grow them in the same
spot on the side of the garage. So far they seem quite happy there.

Also I start them inside, you're supposed to sow them outside
but I don't. I grow a handful of plants and save the hardiest
looking one.

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So long as it works for you


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"Gary" wrote in message ...

Ophelia wrote:
>
> Some of the toms in my greenhouses have flowers, but no toms yet.

hmmm...in your greenhouses? Do you keep it open to let in bees and other
insects to pollinate those flowers? If not, you can do it yourself using
a very soft artist brush. I've done that and it works.


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We have bees aplenty They have been covering our climbing Hydrangea and
Logan berries. They are now concentration on the blackberries)


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On 8/3/2016 8:06 AM, Gary wrote:

> I actually looked up cucumbers this morning. From what I read one plant
> generally yields about 15 cucumbers? I don't doubt you got more
> though...many different conditions change things.

I just picked another 12 cucumbers off my plant. They're
overgrown since we haven't been picking them as we have too
many already.

Definitely depends on conditions and variety.

nancy

Gary wrote:
> Sqwertz wrote:
>>
>> I think I'm gonna take a road trip to
>
> How about the Bay Area....invite sf out to lunch. Take pics. :-D

I heard Honduras is nice this time of year

Stagger Lee expressed precisely :
> On 8/2/2016 5:24 PM, Brooklyn1 wrote:
>> Gary, I gotta be *** like my ****ed up
>> brother, my wife divorced me, she caught me taking big
>> dick up my ass, same as my brother's wife caught him and divorced
>> him in a NY minute. Gary, I don't do women, I don't want any
>> net friends, I'm deathly ascared of phone calls, I've no doubt
>> whatsoever that I'm a flaming faggot. I've been living alone a
>> long, LONG time... I'm a typical pick-up faggot who meets
>> strangers for quickies at roadside toilets.
>
>
> You come from a whole line of fruit cakes, brooklyn butt pirate!
>
What's wrong with that, homophobe?

On Wed, 3 Aug 2016 16:48:29 +0000 (UTC), tert in seattle
> wrote:

>Gary wrote:
>> Sqwertz wrote:
>>>
>>> I think I'm gonna take a road trip to
>>
>> How about the Bay Area....invite sf out to lunch. Take pics. :-D
>
>I heard Honduras is nice this time of year

Yes and he'd enjoy the Honduran coke, too.

On Wed, 03 Aug 2016 08:06:49 -0400, Gary > wrote:

>Nancy Young wrote:
>>
>> Gary wrote:
>>
>> > lol. We've all seen the size of his garden. I seriously doubt he had 100
>> > to give away. Not only that, he lives in farmville. Probably no golf
>> > course near him either.
>>
>> Every year I plant ONE cucumber plant. I cannot eat all the cukes
>> I get and I could give away a couple dozen without a thought.
>
>I actually looked up cucumbers this morning. From what I read one plant
>generally yields about 15 cucumbers? I don't doubt you got more
>though...many different conditions change things.

15 sounds about right. Although I don't think I got that many last
summer, but then I did plant them a bit late. How good is fresh picked
cucumber in a salad...

>For a couple of summers, I grew tomato plants. It was either 6 or 8
>plants. Regardless, once they started ripening on the vine, for about 3
>weeks I was picking approx. 14 tomatoes per day, every day. After the 3
>weeks, the harvest slowed down but I still got many more. Then at the
>end of season, I picked quite a few green ones (and we ate them like
>squash).
>
>I do miss my vegetable garden. My back balcony gets way too hot to grow
>much even in pots.

I'm looking forward to spring this year, I've done a lot of soil
preparation in the past 18 months and now the soil is incredible...
the garden bed is weed free and mulched, ready to go. I plan to grow a
lot of pumpkins and cucumbers this year and less tomatoes. Lots of
peas and beans this time too.

Currently there is only kale, spinach, rainbow chard, garlic, broad
beans and green manure crop in the garden as we are still in winter
here.

On 8/2/2016 11:50 AM, Gary wrote:
> Sqwertz wrote:
>>
>> On Tue, 02 Aug 2016 11:22:12 -0400, Brooklyn1 wrote:
>>
>>> Cucumbers are flooding in too, just dropped a hundred off
>>> at the local golf course. There's a table there where members leave
>>> their overage and people take what they need, works very well.
>>
>> You golf? Or just go to ogle the old ladies in their short skirts?
>> Do you personally hand them some long cucumbers and offer suggestions
>> on how to use them?
>
> lol. We've all seen the size of his garden. I seriously doubt he had 100
> to give away. Not only that, he lives in farmville. Probably no golf
> course near him either.
>
Gary, I guess you've never grown cukes. It doesn't take many plants for
them to be very prolific. My dad had a garden that was much smaller
than Sheldon's. He wound up with more cucumbers than anyone in the
neighborhood wanted.

Jill

On 8/3/2016 7:59 AM, Gary wrote:
> FAIL #5: Not afraid of phone calls but annoyed by most of them.
> Still mad after all these years that I didn't want
> to talk to you on the phone. It wasn't personal.

Sadly, he's obsessed with talking on the phone. I don't mind an
occasional "how are you doing?" phone call. A couple of times a year.
That's about it.

Jill