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Been away from the garden for three days, tomatoes are doing super.
Zucchini are going away, peppers just sitting there, I may set the central ohio record for sweet potatoes later on. So much garden work needed now to plant for fall.
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alexs
Limestone bluffs of the Scioto
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My onion harvest was rather modest. But I have a nice assortment of peppers and tomatoes beginning to ripen.
The goldfinches have learned to hang upside-down and pick the seeds out of the nodding sunflower. Cute little white butts.
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alexs
Limestone bluffs of the Scioto
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Hah, I have pineapple/hab sauce in the fridge.
I've made many hab sauces over the years with various thick bases. I've used carrot juice, and/or onions, or pineapple, or yellow winter squash. I placed second in the North Market hot sauce contest with a hab sauce thickened with rasins and prunes. Could have gone into tamarind with that one.
One thing I haven't tried could be based on the "salsa" at Los Guachos - chunky red onion and orange habanero. What do you get when you combine orange and red..?
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shmack
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this might be my favorite thread on all of CU. quick question for you folks: i had to cut and toss my basil plants last month due to what i suspect is fusarium wilt. can anyone confirm for me? i cloned a friend's plant and am trying to figure out if i can put it in one of the containers i used for the infected plants.
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murfmurphy
Westgate
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alexs said:
Hah, I have pineapple/hab sauce in the fridge.I've made many hab sauces over the years with various thick bases. I've used carrot juice, and/or onions, or pineapple, or yellow winter squash. I placed second in the North Market hot sauce contest with a hab sauce thickened with rasins and prunes. Could have gone into tamarind with that one.
That sounds like something the CIA would torture terrorists with. Don't get me wrong, it sounds delicious, but that feels a little cruel.
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Porky
C-Bus' East Side
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shmack said:
i suspect is fusarium wilt. can anyone confirm for me? i cloned a friend's plant and am trying to figure out if i can put it in one of the containers i used for the infected plants.It sure looks like it to me.
I would not use the same container, it's my understanding that fusarium is a soil-borne pathogen, which can live in the soil for long periods of time, so I would start anew with a new container, new soil, etc.
It's also important to clean up all the dead plant material, I would not compost it, throw is away or burn it.
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Jay Schmidt
Italian Village
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Just picked my first "hab" from the garden yesterday. I geek out over them because they are so versatile, plus I give them to a friend who uses them in a homemade tequila mix.
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Jay Schmidt
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Porky that tomato is the truth and your habanero peppers look stellar. Nice work.
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alexs
Limestone bluffs of the Scioto
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Jay Schmidt said:
Just picked my first "hab" from the garden yesterday. I geek out over them because they are so versatile, plus I give them to a friend who uses them in a homemade tequila mix.Yep, done that too. Use a smoked hab and the tequila picks up a smoky flavor that will remind you of scotch.
ETA they do not need long to infuse, maybe a day.
Strange, I like peppers and I like vodka, but I can't gag down pepper vodka.
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Porky
C-Bus' East Side
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It has been a really bad year for bugs.
Why is it that the pests seem to be the ones who thrive when conditions are not ideal?
Butterfly numbers are down, bee's have taken a beating but those darn pests, more of them than ever.
I assume it has to do with the mild winter, followed by a really hot, dry summer.Posted 9 months ago #
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