Anyone into gardening? (1 Viewer)

thangbom4321 · Nov 6, 2022

Anyone into gardening like veggies and fruit trees? The big freeze killed most of my plants but I'm slowly starting again. I'm sticking to the cold hardy plants now since I lost so many tropical trees.

I mainly have citrus trees and persimmon trees now. During warmer weather and summer I have a nice veggie garden.

Cody · Nov 7, 2022

Very nice! I’m looking to set up a little elevated garden this coming spring, wife’s orders. There are some particular peppers that she wants that we can’t regularly get at the grocery store so the plan is just to grow our own. That plus some other vegis too!

thangbom4321 · Nov 7, 2022

Raised beds are great! They provide better water drainage than the drank clay we have while makes water bowl effect. It is also better fir the back as you don't have to bend over as much (it's better fir the back once built and filled).

RR-MAN · Nov 7, 2022

We had few fruit trees but freeze kill them all - plus some large palms. It was very costly to remove and plant new palms.

I enjoy plants/gardening - wife has a
garden nothing serious.
She has a raised bed 12 ft by 6 ft.

decimal · Nov 7, 2022

I always have peppers and herbs growing. Some years are better than others but I have to say that fresh vegetables are absolutely delicious and taste nothing like grocery store bought. I also learned a little trick that seems so simple but never occurred to me. One of the challenges is that when it s time to harvest, you wind up with a ton of the same peppers or whatever. I used to dry them out and pulverize then so I could just put it in a shaker to add whenever I wanted to. I friend suggested I just freeze the peppers. Never occurred to me but son of a gun.. works perfectly. I chop up whatever I need. it’s fresh and delicious.

thangbom4321 · Nov 7, 2022

Yes, freezing peppers works great. On years where I grow lots of pepper trees and have a good harvest, we chop em up, add a little vinegar and cook it some in the pot before they go in a jar. That pepper mixture is some potent spicy stuff! Just be warned that cooking it will make everyone cough so do it outside. The pepper paste also becomes exponentially spicier after cooked!

Cody · Nov 7, 2022

thangbom4321 said:
Yes, freezing peppers works great. On years where I grow lots of pepper trees and have a good harvest, we chop em up, add a little vinegar and cook it some in the pot before they go in a jar. That pepper mixture is some potent spicy stuff! Just be warned that cooking it will make everyone cough so do it outside. The pepper paste also becomes exponentially spicier after cooked!

Speaking of which, whatever happened to your eyes watering from chopping onions? When my mom used to dice them up for family meals, my brother and I had to go outside or get hit with tears. I don’t recall that happening in the last 20 years. However, that time also coincides with me starting to wear contacts and not glasses.

Cody · Nov 7, 2022

thangbom4321 said:
Raised beds are great! They provide better water drainage than the drank clay we have while makes water bowl effect. It is also better fir the back as you don't have to bend over as much (it's better fir the back once built and filled).

I’m thinking about building structure out of wood and have them about 36” off the ground. My back yard is light restricted and the extra few feet would drastically increase their sunlight exposure.

decimal · Nov 7, 2022

As soon as that fish room is finished..

Cody · Nov 7, 2022

second_decimal said:
As soon as that fish room is finished..

Tell me about it. I have had one thing come up after the other. I was rocking and rolling on it last month then ran into a brick wall just trying to find reasonably priced gate valves and bulkheads. I got them in last week but have been busy with work since then. After this weekend, I’m back on the grind.

thangbom4321 · Nov 7, 2022

36" is super high!! It took me 6cu yrd to soil to fill 3'x6'x18" boxes. I can't imagine having to pick fruit, veggies, or whatever from that height at the end of the season. The harvest gets more ground clearance as the plant grows. 18-24" is the sweet spot imo. I can sit on the ledge and weed, prune, trim, and harvest while sitting at a comfortable height. I end up standing at the end of the season to harvest. I would hate to have to hop up on the thing to harvest everytime and even fall down!

Cody · Nov 8, 2022

thangbom4321 said:
36" is super high!! It took me 6cu yrd to soil to fill 3'x6'x18" boxes. I can't imagine having to pick fruit, veggies, or whatever from that height at the end of the season. The harvest gets more ground clearance as the plant grows. 18-24" is the sweet spot imo. I can sit on the ledge and weed, prune, trim, and harvest while sitting at a comfortable height. I end up standing at the end of the season to harvest. I would hate to have to hop up on the thing to harvest everytime and even fall down!

I’m 6’2” with bad knees and I already bend over too much to interact with things. It kills my back. I don’t want to bend over to harvest whatsoever. Plus, most of the plants we plan to grow don’t get crazy tall like sunflowers or anything.

thangbom4321 · Nov 12, 2022

Picked my persimmons the other day. This tree really grew this year and gave us 10 large fruits.

Cody · Nov 12, 2022

thangbom4321 said:
Picked my persimmons the other day. This tree really grew this year and gave us 10 large fruits.

"persimmons" is a word that 100% just had me convinced I'm dyslexic

Looks very nice, whatever that fruit is though!

Tangs · Nov 12, 2022

Ya I want to get back into gardening. I want to start off with a grape vine. But they need at least 6 hours of sun to make grapes. I read that grapes alone can add 4 years to your life span....a hand full a day.

thangbom4321 · Nov 12, 2022

There are 2 types of persimmon. 1 kind is hard and crunchy that can be eaten like an apple. These usually are flatter with somewhat of a square shape (just think of a smushed pumpkin like the one on the left). The other is the astringent type that needs to fully ripen before eating. They are bigger and more "v" shaped (the one on the left). These type are super sugar sweet. In a matter of fact they taste like a fruit preserve (like what you eat with PBJ) but in this case persimmon flavor.

The flavor is hinted in the name. It's a slight cinnamon flavor mixed with pumpkin, sweet apple and banana ish.

Tangs · Nov 13, 2022

I found this in my fridge the other day. Looks like a pear. But I have had pear trees before and none looked like this. I am not sure if I should eat it or smash it with a hammer.

thangbom4321 · Nov 13, 2022

That a Chayote. It's a veggie we asians eat. You can make a veggie/meat broth with it or cut up slithers and Sautee it with other stuff.

Tangs · Nov 13, 2022

I thought it might be an avocado... So I cut it open and ate the inside. It was watery cool and refreshing. Thanks for the info. I found another one too. So I can eat the whole thing?

thangbom4321 · Nov 14, 2022

You can eat the whole thing minus the seed. We usually peel them too. It's a good flavor.

My question is how did you end up with it and 1. not know you had it and 2. Eat it without knowing how to eat it?

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