Odjob
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Back to the old green thumb thing again.
Gardeners are a different breed
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Some of us have green thumbs, arms, torsos, or bodies. Some just show green when they bruise. All of us here have that green gene popping out somewhere though, I've seen itBack to the old green thumb thing again.
Odjob
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This is Calendula Resina. My wife makes salve from the flower.
The hens and chicks are in flower, looks like candy corn to me!
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Just beautiful such warm autumn colors. Is this particular to your area? What does she use the salve for specifically? I love salvesThis is Calendula
This is Calendula Resina. My wife makes salve from the flower.
The hens and chicks are in flower, looks like candy corn to me!
Gorgeous. Funny story about mine. I went out back one day and they were gone 2 with babies in a pot. Pot was there soil was there but they were gone. I'm really missing this beautiful bloom.
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We grow it in a greenhouse but it spreads everywhere. Fall colors are on the way soon. We get the same show as the New England States. Like the last hoorah before the snow flies. I'm in Nova Scotia. Salve gets used for general skin things and works great.
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Awesome! I've got psoriasis do maybe that will help, I'll try to run some in the spring!
African Daisies
Hey krissi Garden all froze up like mine? I ended up with one 8 lb melon only. Got a whole mess of habaneros, chili peppers, ate a ton of cucumbers, & 20lbs of grapes. Also ended up with over a lb of oregano. What the heck am I going to do with a lb ? Maybe I will try to extract some oil from it. I read it is good for joint pain so maybe mix some in with my cannabis pain cream. At least I don't mind the smell
Was busy most of the summer working on my concrete patio. Poured a 5x10 & 5 x12 mixed all the concrete ourselves, from scratch. almost killed me, glad it's over. Good thing I had some help from my bro
Moved a cord of firewood into the greenhouse & should be ready for winter
Was busy most of the summer working on my concrete patio. Poured a 5x10 & 5 x12 mixed all the concrete ourselves, from scratch. almost killed me, glad it's over. Good thing I had some help from my bro
Moved a cord of firewood into the greenhouse & should be ready for winter
Was looking for a pic to post in the contests & found this from couple years back
Thought you might get a kick out of them. They are call cucamelon , mouse melon, a cross between watermelon & cucumber. Tastes like a lime cucumber
Thought you might get a kick out of them. They are call cucamelon , mouse melon, a cross between watermelon & cucumber. Tastes like a lime cucumber
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Hi Brew! Not yet frozen but almost done. No more red hot chilis or cucumbers or zucchini-my Zucc had PM all season. Only got 4! So saddening
lmao I had to chop my oregano down, it was trying to take over-same mentality-how much oregano can I possibly dry! I use it sparingly cooking...
Extract oil from oregano? I'm curious.
Bet it came out amazing. Does bro grow, too?
It all looks so good. I've been eating those chili's straight. One a day helps keep the inflammation awayMoved a cord of firewood into the greenhouse & should be ready for winter
Omg they are ADORABLE! Do they have as much zing as a lime or more subdued with the cucumber in there?Was looking for a pic to post in the contests & found this from couple years back
Thought you might get a kick out of them. They are call cucamelon , mouse melon, a cross between watermelon & cucumber. Tastes like a lime cucumber
My African Daisies are still blooming. Planted 4 in the backyard, one was not getting much light and I've been waiting all season for it to bloom. Finally got the first flower opened up
In the 4 pic won't tell me, always had contacts, don't think so
cucamelon not as sour as a lime. Tough skin more for ornament I did make some pickles out of them (big job trimming both ends)
My lisianthus are still blooming
Odjob
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Got these popping up all around my yard.
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Pepper growing is so good! I'm buying like 5-6 pounds of fresh habaneros from a neighbour every year. Dry freeze half, usually making sauce from the other half. Enough to get me through the year without needing to restockHey krissi Garden all froze up like mine? I ended up with one 8 lb melon only. Got a whole mess of habaneros, chili peppers, ate a ton of cucumbers, & 20lbs of grapes. Also ended up with over a lb of oregano. What the heck am I going to do with a lb ? Maybe I will try to extract some oil from it. I read it is good for joint pain so maybe mix some in with my cannabis pain cream. At least I don't mind the smell
Was busy most of the summer working on my concrete patio. Poured a 5x10 & 5 x12 mixed all the concrete ourselves, from scratch. almost killed me, glad it's over. Good thing I had some help from my bro
Moved a cord of firewood into the greenhouse & should be ready for winter
Some 23 garden pics
Romain lettuce
ready to pick
Beans gone wild
A little color
Cucumbers on the fence
Snap peas are 5' and falling down think about 10 lbs + of peas
Watermelon Spaghetti Squash (pulled it through the fence, first one got stolen in the alley )
Romain lettuce
ready to pick
Beans gone wild
A little color
Cucumbers on the fence
Snap peas are 5' and falling down think about 10 lbs + of peas
Watermelon Spaghetti Squash (pulled it through the fence, first one got stolen in the alley )
Must have missed this, so I will post again hope this lifts your spirit
Get well soon
Get well soon
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Oh Brew yummy! Thank you 
You know beautiful produce will always cheer me up! I'd love some of that fresh lettuce or any of your crops right now, I'm eating cold hashbrowns currently...yuck.
You know beautiful produce will always cheer me up! I'd love some of that fresh lettuce or any of your crops right now, I'm eating cold hashbrowns currently...yuck.Just from the pictures, they look like they could be from the amanita family (deadly), if there is a bulge at the bottom of the stipe that's pretty definitive, for amanita's.Got these popping up all around my yard.
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"The clinical manifestation related to ingestion is characterized by central nervous system (CNS) symptoms such as confusion, dizziness, tiredness and visual and auditory perceptual changes"
Apparently it is ate after being double boiled in some places in Europe...I guess for its psychedelic purposes? You would never eat one wouldn't you Phtyo? Even after boiling, I would be afraid of the lingering toxicity
That's crazy, there are very few wild mushrooms I would collect/eat uness with an expert. The only Amanita that has psychedelic properties (that I know of) is Amanita Muscaria, HOWEVER, the psychoactive ingredient makes some high, makes others deathly ill (everyone has a different tolerance). The psychoative ingredient is not broken down by the body, it is just excreted, and can be "recycled" (YECH!!). As I recall, the toxic poison (not psychoactive) in most Amanitas is not heat labile, so boiling it will do nothing to break down the poison. The poison will destroy your liver, most people who survive eating them end up having liver transplants. Just read an article today about 3-4 people in Australia dying after eating "Death Angel's", which are Amanitas. When I lived up in Humboldt Co. there were amanita muscaria mushrooms everywhere in the redwood forests, some were huge. I spent an hour trying to convince someone not to eat one, hope I was successful!
I remember my old mycology professor used to say "There are old mushroom hunters, and there are bold mushroom hunters, but there are no old, bold, mushroom hunters!" Word to live by.
Watermelon update end of August If you want to see explosive growth, you need to grow some of these watermelons.Watermelon End of July
They started fruiting about 2 weeks ago. Looking at easy 15 pounders
You can see a little one at bottom of pic, I think a bird pecked it
Thought it was dying but took off growing the other day
Now for the big ones, 2 of themSome corn big as my forearm
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