Looking at all the recipe posts made me think about it. I do have a good sized
garden out back for herbs and vegetables. I'm most proud of the strawberries
that I have grown. Right now since I'm in Zone 8 of course the ground is too
cold now.





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>
>Looking at all the recipe posts made me think about it. I do have a good
>sized
>garden out back for herbs and vegetables. I'm most proud of the strawberries
>that I have grown. Right now since I'm in Zone 8 of course the ground is too
>cold now.

That's warm... my garden is in hardiness zone 5.


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PENMART01 wrote:

>>Roseb441702)
>
>
>>Looking at all the recipe posts made me think about it. I do have a good
>>sized
>>garden out back for herbs and vegetables. I'm most proud of the strawberries
>>that I have grown. Right now since I'm in Zone 8 of course the ground is too
>>cold now.
>
>
> That's warm... my garden is in hardiness zone 5.
>
>
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>
Ditto... hard as a rock. Temp's around 5dF now and goin' down for the
count.

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In article >,
ospam (Roseb441702) wrote:

> Looking at all the recipe posts made me think about it. I do have a good
> sized
> garden out back for herbs and vegetables. I'm most proud of the strawberries
> that I have grown. Right now since I'm in Zone 8 of course the ground is too
> cold now.
>
>
I've had bad luck with strawberries, but the thornless blackberries are
taking off nicely, as are the mustang grapes. :-) Now I need to plant
some edible grapes. <G> I planted the wild grapes as fence cover for
privacy fencing. The honeysuckle just does not grow dense enough.

Too bad grapes lose their leaves in the fall.

We have yet to have a hard freeze! ;-P I wish we would, to kill the
bugs. I was out back just a bit ago working on cleaning up the dead
tomato and bean vines, and plucking the rest of the dry bean crop for
the year, and lo and behold, some of the bean vines were still alive and
producing! Sheesh! ;-) There were even some fresh sprouts, probably from
some mature pods that I missed harvesting earlier this year and they
popped and planted themselves...

I miss snow!

K.

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"Katra" > wrote in message
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> In article >,
> ospam (Roseb441702) wrote:
>
> > Looking at all the recipe posts made me think about it. I do have a
good
> > sized
> > garden out back for herbs and vegetables. I'm most proud of the
strawberries
> > that I have grown. Right now since I'm in Zone 8 of course the ground
is too
> > cold now.
> >
> >
> I've had bad luck with strawberries, but the thornless blackberries are
> taking off nicely, as are the mustang grapes. :-) Now I need to plant
> some edible grapes. <G> I planted the wild grapes as fence cover for
> privacy fencing. The honeysuckle just does not grow dense enough.
>
> Too bad grapes lose their leaves in the fall.
>
> We have yet to have a hard freeze! ;-P I wish we would, to kill the
> bugs. I was out back just a bit ago working on cleaning up the dead
> tomato and bean vines, and plucking the rest of the dry bean crop for
> the year, and lo and behold, some of the bean vines were still alive and
> producing! Sheesh! ;-) There were even some fresh sprouts, probably from
> some mature pods that I missed harvesting earlier this year and they
> popped and planted themselves...
>
> I miss snow!
>
> K.
>
> --
> >,,<Cat's Haven Hobby >,,<
>
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I'm in my oWn z0nE down here in AustinTexas but my garden seems to be doing
fine. Right now I have oregano, marjoram, thyme, arugala, romaine,
broccoli, cabbage and cauliflower. At some point I need to pull everything
so I can turn the soil for the spring veggies. That will probably wait
until I harvest some broccoli...

Tom

>Steve Calvin wrote:
>
>PENMART01 wrote:
>
>>>Roseb441702)
>>
>>>Looking at all the recipe posts made me think about it. I do have a good
>>>sized
>>>garden out back for herbs and vegetables. I'm most proud of the
>strawberries
>>>that I have grown. Right now since I'm in Zone 8 of course the ground is
>too
>>>cold now.
>>
>> That's warm... my garden is in hardiness zone 5.
>
>Ditto... hard as a rock. Temp's around 5dF now and goin' down for the
>count.

Yeah, 5dF was my high for the day, now (7:15 pm) down to 1dF... still a virtual
heat wave compared with the -10dF of last night, but the night is still very
young. Somehow I just knew the temps would be significantly low here abouts
when my tractor arrived equipt with a plug-in block heater. Oops, it's now
0.9dF. Albany area weather is like Miami compared with Lung Guyland. Now
0.7dF.


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PENMART01 wrote:

>>Steve Calvin wrote:
>>
>>PENMART01 wrote:
>>
>>
>>>>Roseb441702)
>>>
>>>>Looking at all the recipe posts made me think about it. I do have a good
>>>>sized
>>>>garden out back for herbs and vegetables. I'm most proud of the
>>
>>strawberries
>>
>>>>that I have grown. Right now since I'm in Zone 8 of course the ground is
>>
>>too
>>
>>>>cold now.
>>>
>>>That's warm... my garden is in hardiness zone 5.
>>
>>
>>Ditto... hard as a rock. Temp's around 5dF now and goin' down for the
>>count.
>
>
> Yeah, 5dF was my high for the day, now (7:15 pm) down to 1dF... still a virtual
> heat wave compared with the -10dF of last night, but the night is still very
> young. Somehow I just knew the temps would be significantly low here abouts
> when my tractor arrived equipt with a plug-in block heater. Oops, it's now
> 0.9dF. Albany area weather is like Miami compared with Lung Guyland. Now
> 0.7dF.
>
>
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>

Trust me, Poughkeepsie ain't that much better. Last I looked, we were
at .9dF I'm not lookin' any more!

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In article >,
"Tom" > wrote:

> "Katra" > wrote in message
> ...
> > In article >,
> > ospam (Roseb441702) wrote:
> >
> > > Looking at all the recipe posts made me think about it. I do have a
> good
> > > sized
> > > garden out back for herbs and vegetables. I'm most proud of the
> strawberries
> > > that I have grown. Right now since I'm in Zone 8 of course the ground
> is too
> > > cold now.
> > >
> > >
> > I've had bad luck with strawberries, but the thornless blackberries are
> > taking off nicely, as are the mustang grapes. :-) Now I need to plant
> > some edible grapes. <G> I planted the wild grapes as fence cover for
> > privacy fencing. The honeysuckle just does not grow dense enough.
> >
> > Too bad grapes lose their leaves in the fall.
> >
> > We have yet to have a hard freeze! ;-P I wish we would, to kill the
> > bugs. I was out back just a bit ago working on cleaning up the dead
> > tomato and bean vines, and plucking the rest of the dry bean crop for
> > the year, and lo and behold, some of the bean vines were still alive and
> > producing! Sheesh! ;-) There were even some fresh sprouts, probably from
> > some mature pods that I missed harvesting earlier this year and they
> > popped and planted themselves...
> >
> > I miss snow!
> >
> > K.
> >
> > --
> > >,,<Cat's Haven Hobby >,,<
> >
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> atra
>
> I'm in my oWn z0nE down here in AustinTexas but my garden seems to be doing
> fine. Right now I have oregano, marjoram, thyme, arugala, romaine,
> broccoli, cabbage and cauliflower. At some point I need to pull everything
> so I can turn the soil for the spring veggies. That will probably wait
> until I harvest some broccoli...
>
> Tom
>
>

I'm in San Marcos. :-)
The Herbs winter over in their own bed on the West side of the house.
All except Basil... <sigh>

K.

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In article > , Dog3
> writes:

>The ground here is rock solid from the cold temps. I may have nothing left
>anyway. While I was incarcerated in the hospital, SO had a huge old oak
>tree removed. It was located right in the middle of everything and
>naturally branches fell as the tree was taken down. It destroyed part of
>the lawn and took out my dogwood tree. The dogwood had to be removed as
>well. On a brighter note, I get to redecorate the back yard come spring.
>
>Michael <- thinking a Japanese maple tree

Noooo... not unless you have a very tiny yard, those things take forever to
attain any size... they're okay set in a corner as an accent piece but I'd not
want one as a main specimen planting. And none of the various Japanese maples
tolerate full sun, they need partial shade. I'd replace the dogwood, but
those are also better as an accent planting. Depending on how large a space
you may want to consider one of the flowering pears, those grow rather quickly
and each type with a different configuration. Or if you don't mind the wait
an American beech is magnificent (they grow huge, but very slowly, so in any
case you'll be long gone to fertilizer before space becomes a problem). To
help you decide go to <arborday.org>


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: ospam (Roseb441702) deliciously posted in
: :
:
: > Looking at all the recipe posts made me think about it. I do
have a
: > good sized garden out back for herbs and vegetables. I'm
most proud
: > of the strawberries that I have grown. Right now since I'm
in Zone 8
: > of course the ground is too cold now.
: >
: >
: >
: >
: >
: > Rose's Web Page Designs
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:
: The ground here is rock solid from the cold temps. I may have
nothing left
: anyway. While I was incarcerated in the hospital, SO had a huge
old oak
: tree removed. It was located right in the middle of everything
and
: naturally branches fell as the tree was taken down. It
destroyed part of
: the lawn and took out my dogwood tree. The dogwood had to be
removed as
: well. On a brighter note, I get to redecorate the back yard
come spring.
:
: Michael <- thinking a Japanese maple tree
===========

We do (well... during the summer!).

I'm not sure what we'll plant this year but more than likely it
will be:

Tomatoes
Basil
Zucchini
Melon (maybe cantaloupe or honeydew)
cucumbers (they produced like crazy in 03)
Dill
Sage



As far as trees are concerned, when we first moved here (almost 3
yrs ago) we only had our huge evergreen out back and 3
"volunteer" trees that are at the very back corner of the
property. Since then we have planted a Wisteria tree, weeping
cherry, weeping Wisconsin willow, Golden Raintree (?), and I
think Rick recently planted a couple of Japanese Maples (freebies
through Arbor Day...). I'm hoping the Wisteria will bloom this
year. It has to be trained/trimmed on occasion so that it
doesn't resort back to being a vine.

Cyndi

Roseb441702 wrote:

> Looking at all the recipe posts made me think about it. I do have a good sized
> garden out back for herbs and vegetables. I'm most proud of the strawberries
> that I have grown. Right now since I'm in Zone 8 of course the ground is too
> cold now.

I have a small herb garden beside my patio, making it very handy to the BBQ. There
is enough room in there to grow a few tomato plants. I can reach over and grape a
fresh tomato, chop it in half and lay it on the grill and sprinkle some fresh basil
on it. Last year I planted a bunch of raspberry canes. I hope that these canes do
better than the last batch. They had been the favourite feeding area for my
neighbours free ranging chickens. No wonder the yolks of their eggs were such a
bright orange.