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Inchworm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-07-08 01:38 PM
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Dude! Gardens are so freakin cool!
Did you know zucchini grows separate squiggly arms to grab onto stuffs?!?

There are soo many cool ass bugs there too! I hope they are good ones hehe

Tomatoes come from flowers! If thats true for all that stuff I'm gonna have hella zucchinis.

It makes beer or iced tea taste sooo good!

Thought I'd share hehe

:hi:
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Gormy Cuss Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-07-08 01:43 PM
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1. Zucchini makes beer or iced tea taste good?
Who'd thunk it?

Actually tomatoes and zucchinis both come out of the flowers' butts.:+
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Inchworm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-07-08 01:49 PM
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2. hehe
Curious...

It seems bannana peppers pop out of what is the equivilant of a "sucker" on a tomato plant.

Learning as I go :P

:hi:
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VenusRising Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-07-08 02:04 PM
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3. You think it's cool now?
Edited on Mon Jul-07-08 02:04 PM by VenusRising
Wait until you eat the bounty! There's nothing like eating something that you grew yourself. It just tastes so much better and is way more satisfying.

:hi:

OE: Pictures, please!
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Inchworm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-07-08 02:08 PM
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4. I can't wait
Oh, my garden is not quite ready for prime time. I'm experimenting with methods and right now it looks like a toss-up between Shelob's web and something Granny from The Beverly Hillbillys designed.

:D
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VenusRising Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-07-08 02:20 PM
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6. Aww.
:(

We don't have room for a garden at our new apartment. I just have to envy other people's gardens until we move again.
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Inchworm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-07-08 02:26 PM
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8. I'll take some and post em for ya
They do look kinda cool. Here is one from a week or so ago of the tomatoes.



I'll try harder :D

:)
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VenusRising Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-07-08 02:36 PM
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9. Yum!
Tomatoes are so good.

We were at my uncle's house for a party on Saturday, and he loaded us down with red potatoes, peas, green beans, and zucchini from his garden. We grilled steaks and had the potatoes, beans, and peas for my birthday dinner last night. It was AWESOME! :9


Just be you. No need to try harder at that. You've perfected it completely! :hug:
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SteelPenguin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-07-08 02:12 PM
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5. We grew too much Zucchini
We had to give away 2/3rds of the plants pretty early on so they didn't take over the rest of our garden. Got some nice grub growing up. It's cool to wake up in the morning and see that the plants are bigger than the day before.
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Inchworm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-07-08 02:24 PM
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7. I have 2 "piles" of zuccini
and 3 "piles" of cucumbers. The cukes are growing much slower than zukes.

I was also told that it was ok to let them grow on the ground. Too late because I've already made a net system to help 'em reach the sun :P

:hi:
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yellowdogintexas Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-07-08 03:03 PM
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10. beware: the cukes and the zukes will suddenly triple in size overnight
pick when small for best flavor. HOWEVER

if your zukes get out of hand, pick, grate and freeze in the portion size needed for your favorite zucchini bread recipe.

just keep picking the small cukes daily, and serve up with tomatoes and onion in vinegar. YUMYUM
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