The Outdoor Gardening Thread

[Kadee]

Thanks Medusa. We use freshly sliced tomatoes on sandwiches too but we are picking tomatoes from 37 tomato plants daily.
We are currently harvesting about 50 tomatoes a day which we believe will increase per day.

We have made cucumber relish and zuchinni relish . We recently bought an electric canner, which will save a bit of time in cannng.

I remember I was gonna come for tea one night to taste your cucumber relish
@PeppermintPatty

 

[Kadee]

My peach and apricot have a few blossoms on them

 

[PeppermintPatty]

We call them Butter pumpkins @PeppermintPatty …they are the same as I grow in a very small scale compared to your great veggie patch…..isn’t it nice to walk out the door and pick fresh foods you’ve grown yourself

We aren’t growing any squash this year. The biggest vegetable we are growing is zuchinni.
Next year we are planning on growing some squash though. We’d love to make some squash soups. Next year we won’t grow 37 tomatoes plants. The reason we ended up with so many was due to the sowing instructions. It said to plant 3 seeds per pod. The reason was that one out of three seeds would survive but we had them ALL survive. Next year we’ll only plant one or two seeds per pod.

 

[Medusa]

Thanks Medusa. We use freshly sliced tomatoes on sandwiches too but we are picking tomatoes from 37 tomato plants daily.
We are currently harvesting about 50 tomatoes a day which we believe will increase per day.

We have made cucumber relish and zuchinni relish . We recently bought an electric canner, which will save a bit of time in cannng.

Holy crows! That's a big garden. And it's beautiful too.
Hey, I just read somewhere (on Reddit) that used coffee grounds are good for blueberry bushes. I know you have several and are adept at this. What do you think?

 

[PeppermintPatty]

I remember I was gonna come for tea one night to taste your cucumber relish
@PeppermintPatty

Absolutely come for tea. We will stuff our faces. Next year we will have enough blueberries to make blueberry jam and blueberry muffins. Plus we have raspberry bushes as well as a thriving strawberry patch so I hope you like berries.

 

[PeppermintPatty]

Holy crows! That's a big garden. And it's beautiful too.
Hey, I just read somewhere (on Reddit) that used coffee grounds are good for blueberry bushes. I know you have several and are adept at this. What do you think?

Thanks Medusa. We usually throw our coffee grounds into our kitchen compost but we can and will start using them in our blueberry garden. Thanks for the tip. One thing we DO have is compost. We got almost 2 tons of it for about $80.

 

[Medusa]

Thanks Medusa. We usually throw our coffee grounds into our kitchen compost but we can and will start using them in our blueberry garden. Thanks for the tip. One thing we DO have is compost. We got almost 2 tons of it for about $80.

Yes, they're supposed to improve the soil acidity, among other things. I'm going to try and remember to do this with my grounds. We have a single use coffee machine, so the grounds from my one big mug of coffee should be perfect for our single bush.

 

[PeppermintPatty]

Yes, they're supposed to improve the soil acidity, among other things. I'm going to try and remember to do this with my grounds. We have a single use coffee machine, so the grounds from my one big mug of coffee should be perfect for our single bush.

Your blueberry plant looks REALLY healthy too. I can’t wait to see it next year. Apparently the leaves turn a beautiful pink / red colour in the fall.

 

[Kadee]

We to , have a coffee machine ( only purchased in August ) we add coffee beans in it and it grinds them up ….so hubs puts it in an ice cream container and empties into garden .. ( hubs partially likes the Aldi brand )

I had a blueberry but killed it by planting it in the garden ..it was fine in a pot ..except for the birds snacking in them

 

[Medusa]

Your blueberry plants looks REALLY healthy too. I can’t wait to see it next year. Apparently the leaves turn a beautiful pink / red colour in the fall.

Thank you! I didn't know that about the leaves so I'm looking forward to it now. I'll take some pictures for your lovely thread when the leaves change.

 

[Kadee]

We are just coming into Spring in Australia , while you are in early winter ? ? or is it autumn ?

@Medusa @PeppermintPatty ….

 

[PeppermintPatty]

We to , have a coffee machine ( only purchased in August ) we add coffee beans in it and it grinds them up ….so hubs puts it in an ice cream container and empties into garden .. ( hubs partially likes the Aldi brand )

I had a blueberry but killed it by planting it in the garden ..it was fine in a pot ..except for the birds snacking in them

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Nice machine Kadee. I love the cup little pink cup. Are they for expresso coffee?

 

[PeppermintPatty]

Thank you! I didn't know that about the leaves so I'm looking forward to it now. I'll take some pictures for your lovely thread when the leaves change.

I’d love to see your blueberry plant in the fall. I’ll take pics of ours also.

 

[PeppermintPatty]

We are just coming into Spring in Australia , while you are in early winter ? ? or is it autumn ?

@Medusa @PeppermintPatty ….

We are just turning to the autumn season . It starts in September 22 and ends December 21. Then winter starts.

 

[Kadee]

We have morning smoko ( morning tea) each morning at 10 am or there about , depends on what we have planned

to be quite honest ,I’ve never used the machine ,hubs makes our cuppa chinos……Yes …..it has different choices …like tiny cup / full large cup ….strong / weak / heats and froths milk ( see top row ) of what you want

That container to heat / froth / spit out milk into cup ~ is in the fridge…it attaches to machine near that barcode

The little pink cup is to catch drips we use a double layered glass cup ..( in picture )the drink looks quite nice in the layered cup …I’ll take a photo,tomorrow of my cuppa, with chocolate sprinkles on top of course
@PeppermintPatty


This is it …hubs did hours of research looking for one …he’s the coffee lover …..me ….one cup a day is enough for me ..he has about 3 a day
Magnifica Start with Milk Fully Automatic Coffee Machine ECAM220.63.B Magnifica Start | De'Longhi

 

[Medusa]

We have morning smoko ( morning tea) each morning at 10 am or there about , depends on what we have planned

to be quite honest ,I’ve never used the machine ,hubs makes our cuppa chinos……Yes …..it has different choices …like tiny cup / full large cup ….strong / weak / heats and froths milk ( see top row ) of what you want

That container to heat / froth / spit out milk into cup ~ is in the fridge…it attaches to machine near that barcode

The little pink cup is to catch drips we use a double layered glass cup ..( in picture )the drink looks quite nice in the layered cup …I’ll take a photo,tomorrow of my cuppa, with chocolate sprinkles on top of course
@PeppermintPatty


This is it …hubs did hours of research looking for one …he’s the coffee lover …..me ….one cup a day is enough for me ..he has about 3 a day
Magnifica Start with Milk Fully Automatic Coffee Machine ECAM220.63.B Magnifica Start | De'Longhi

This one's ours. (Well, a picture of the model that we have, not our actual machine. If I did that, I'd probably obsess over every speck on the counter... ooof )

We mostly use grounds, but it takes pods as well and I do, occasionally, have a pod coffee.

@PeppermintPatty, I actually remembered this morning and put my grounds in the blueberry bush's soil. Now that they've cooled, I need to spread them around. I should look up how frequently this should be done.