Bob how's your garden?

i love lego sets. did 2 of them recently.

Sweet Travis, I'm not sure how well tomatoes will do because they are a big plant. I asked her yesterday if she wanted to get some different herbs to start but we decided to wait and see what happens with these and we don't use a lot of fresh herbs

Wags could use that as a knee scooter...?

aualum06 wrote:Sweet Travis, I'm not sure how well tomatoes will do because they are a big plant. I asked her yesterday if she wanted to get some different herbs to start but we decided to wait and see what happens with these and we don't use a lot of fresh herbs

So you’re looking for those plants to bear fruit indoors? That makes sense because I was thinking you were starting early for transplanting outside.

Dwags, my wife finds building Legos completely therapeutic. Some days she might only work on it for a few minutes because it helps her clear her mind. She might go a few days without working on it. I want to get her the Titanic set but I know it might be on our dining room table for a year. lol

tGreenWay wrote:

aualum06 wrote:Sweet Travis, I'm not sure how well tomatoes will do because they are a big plant. I asked her yesterday if she wanted to get some different herbs to start but we decided to wait and see what happens with these and we don't use a lot of fresh herbs

So you’re looking for those plants to bear fruit indoors? That makes sense because I was thinking you were starting early for transplanting outside.

Yes you are supposed to be able to do a garden year round inside

aualum06 wrote:

tGreenWay wrote:



So you’re looking for those plants to bear fruit indoors? That makes sense because I was thinking you were starting early for transplanting outside.

Yes you are supposed to be able to do a garden year round inside

My wife and I really want to get a greenhouse. That would be so fun.

We got this one for Christmas.

tGreenWay wrote:

aualum06 wrote:

Yes you are supposed to be able to do a garden year round inside

My wife and I really want to get a greenhouse. That would be so fun.

My mom actually did one but it doesn't have any heat so can't use it in the whole winter

aualum06 wrote:

tGreenWay wrote:



My wife and I really want to get a greenhouse. That would be so fun.

My mom actually did one but it doesn't have any heat so can't use it in the whole winter

So, late fall, early spring? That’s still pretty good. Has she tried growing kale even without heat?

Motown Spartan wrote:We got this one for Christmas.

That’s pretty cool. Does it come with lighting or do you set up your own?

tGreenWay wrote:

aualum06 wrote:

My mom actually did one but it doesn't have any heat so can't use it in the whole winter

So, late fall, early spring? That’s still pretty good. Has she tried growing kale even without heat?

She hasn't tried kale ever I don't think

tGreenWay wrote:

Motown Spartan wrote:We got this one for Christmas.

That’s pretty cool. Does it come with lighting or do you set up your own?

It comes with it's own lighting that runs on a timer, well the one Travis and I have so

tGreenWay wrote:

Motown Spartan wrote:We got this one for Christmas.

That’s pretty cool. Does it come with lighting or do you set up your own?

It comes with its own lighting and has an app that can either control it for you or you can control it yourself. We’re total newbs so we opted for the app to control it. Starting next year we will do it ourselves.

DWags wrote:

InTenSity wrote:You want Legos OTPT?

My future SIL offered a Spartan Stadium Lego set if I wanted one to build in my recovery. I’ve never done them. What do you guys think? Therapeutic or frustrating?

My almost five year old is into LEGOs and she doesn't have a problem. I can't imagine it would be too frustrating.

Cultivating Thimbleberries In The Homestead Garden/

Current live view of our tower hydro garden. We’ve been eating tons of salads lately right off of this.

Does that produce produce all year long? Asking for me.

Floyd Robertson wrote:Does that produce produce all year long? Asking for me.

It produces produce all year long! Not 100% sure how well it transitions once one of the plants bolts but if you look in the bottom of the second picture you can see a little dish. That's a mini greenhouse that I'll start sowing the next crop in once this crop starts to transition. You can't have plants that are too young and mature plants going at the same time because they require different feeding, watering, and lighting. I'll add, we had to add a fan on a timer and a humidifier in the room that it's in to "boost" the harvest. The plants really like the air movement and without the proper humidity (hard to get inside during UP winters) the edges of the leaves with brown.

wife and I were sitting on the deck yesterday having a drink.. discussing what to plant in our garden this summer. The discussion hit an impasse when she suggested that we shouldn't plant both cherry tomatoes and regular tomatoes.

I reported her to the Michigan Tomato Growers Association and as of this morning at 9:00 she's on a watchlist.

Know a few that don't like raw tomato. Love them, but don't care for cherry/grape tomatoes.

Robert J Sakimano wrote:wife and I were sitting on the deck yesterday having a drink.. discussing what to plant in our garden this summer. The discussion hit an impasse when she suggested that we shouldn't plant both cherry tomatoes and regular tomatoes.

I reported her to the Michigan Tomato Growers Association and as of this morning at 9:00 she's on a watchlist.

Cherry tomatoes are great in salads and require minimal effort. Regular tomatoes are great in sandwiches, or fried green. Doesn't she understand?

Cherry tomatoes are for lazy salad makers.

The Pantry wrote:Cherry tomatoes are for lazy salad makers.

I prefer to think of it as time-conscious.

Floyd Robertson wrote:

The Pantry wrote:Cherry tomatoes are for lazy salad makers.

I prefer to think of it as time-conscious.

I like the way sliced/diced meld with the salad.  Those little fuckers bring nothing to the party. They even try to evade your fork.

My wife cuts cherry and grape tomatoes in half when making a salad. She's special like that.

The Pantry wrote:Know a few that don't like raw tomato. Love them, but don't care for cherry/grape tomatoes.

big tomatoes = chili, salsa, marinara sauce, caprese salads, BLT's (with Dukes mayo, of course), etc.

cherry tomatoes = sliced in half (long ways), tossed into a number of epicurean dishes to add color and a nice, sweet zing.

I'm prepared to sleep on the couch for this.

Took the dahlia bulbs out of hibernations yesterday and put them in some starter boxes to see if I can get a little jump on the growing season. Thinking about doing the same with the sunflower seeds I got, but I don't think they transplant as well.

Motown Spartan wrote:

Floyd Robertson wrote:Does that produce produce all year long? Asking for me.

It produces produce all year long! Not 100% sure how well it transitions once one of the plants bolts but if you look in the bottom of the second picture you can see a little dish. That's a mini greenhouse that I'll start sowing the next crop in once this crop starts to transition. You can't have plants that are too young and mature plants going at the same time because they require different feeding, watering, and lighting. I'll add, we had to add a fan on a timer and a humidifier in the room that it's in to "boost" the harvest. The plants really like the air movement and without the proper humidity (hard to get inside during UP winters) the edges of the leaves with brown.  

I've done a variety of lettuce/spinach variants the last few years. Never all season long. Eventually I get to the point where I have too much and too little time to cultivate it and they start to seed up. Is that what you mean by 'transition'? I've never spent more than a minute researching the best way to grow the stuff. My tactic is seed, water, eat, eat, eat, eat, ohhh fuck it's a mess, winter.

Oh and tomatoes are f'ing gross. Add me to the list.

Nordic wrote:

Motown Spartan wrote:

It produces produce all year long! Not 100% sure how well it transitions once one of the plants bolts but if you look in the bottom of the second picture you can see a little dish. That's a mini greenhouse that I'll start sowing the next crop in once this crop starts to transition. You can't have plants that are too young and mature plants going at the same time because they require different feeding, watering, and lighting. I'll add, we had to add a fan on a timer and a humidifier in the room that it's in to "boost" the harvest. The plants really like the air movement and without the proper humidity (hard to get inside during UP winters) the edges of the leaves with brown.  

I've done a variety of lettuce/spinach variants the last few years. Never all season long. Eventually I get to the point where I have too much and too little time to cultivate it and they start to seed up. Is that what you mean by 'transition'? I've never spent more than a minute researching the best way to grow the stuff. My tactic is seed, water, eat, eat, eat, eat, ohhh fuck it's a mess, winter.

Oh and tomatoes are f'ing gross. Add me to the list.

I was specifically talking about our hydro tower. When some plants bolts, we have to remove them from the tower and start from scratch. In the meantime, we have a dozen or so growing from seeds until they are ready to go into the tower.

I had to google "plant bolts". But, yeah it sounds like the same thing I'm talking about. They start to seed. I've always assumed they were seeding because I'm getting lazy with the trimming. Is there a technique to keep it growing leaves and not seeds? Or is it inevitable?

BTW I just smashed two large bowls of spring mix (store bought).

Floyd Robertson wrote:

The Pantry wrote:Cherry tomatoes are for lazy salad makers.

I prefer to think of it as time-conscious.

It’s Pantry: Consider the source. He’s the fuddy-duddy of the food world.
From a practical standpoint, grape and cherry tomatoes are more fulfilling. Sure, they’re not made for sandwiches, but they work great in salads and are an excellent accompaniment for any lunch or dinner, as is.

Motown Spartan wrote:My wife cuts cherry and grape tomatoes in half when making a salad. She's special like that.

Cut in half is my preferred way. Eating one whole is like eating an eyeball or a zit popping in your mouth.

tGreenWay wrote:

Motown Spartan wrote:My wife cuts cherry and grape tomatoes in half when making a salad. She's special like that.

Cut in half is my preferred way. Eating one whole is like eating an eyeball or a zit popping in your mouth.

How do you know what eating an eyeball or a zit popping in your mouth is like?

Nordic wrote:BTW I just smashed two large bowls of spring mix (store bought).

Weird flex but okay.

Motown Spartan wrote:

tGreenWay wrote:



Cut in half is my preferred way. Eating one whole is like eating an eyeball or a zit popping in your mouth.

How do you know what eating an eyeball or a zit popping in your mouth is like?

It’s like you don’t even know me.

The experiment continues. Have some lettuce in it as well that's turned out pretty good