Not a Gardener
I blogged my first attempt at gardening about 3 gardens ago. At first I was excited to try my hand at it so I planted a variety of veggies. In the tropics bugs and fungus thrive and beat me up. Gave a feeble attempt at the second planting but even more so the fungus among us was too much. I threw the towel in and quit trying to grow food. Much cheaper to buy.Naturally the yard begs to differ with me. A tomato plant that should have died off with the rest stayed alive and is now full of little green tomatoes. In another part a tomato spung up all buy itself, it also havs little maters all over it.
In the house I had one sweet potato and one white one that for some reason I never cooked, they grew eyes. I couldn't make myself throw them away so I went out and threw them undersome dirt in an empty raised garden box. When I watered it the first time I noticed the greenery they started growing looked mighty healthy. This morning the greenery has taken over the box looking healthy and beautiful. One of those potatoes grew vines which are down on the ground. I know NOTHING of growing or how to harvest potatoes. I watched some you tube but forgot everything. It will be interesting to see if the potatoes grow into the ground or just in the garden box. Truth be told I never expected them to take I just figured they would turn into compost. Oh and I have a bell pepper plant & one collard green yielding too. No help from me. They grew on their own.
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Green fingers. Your fingers have turned green.
Just a couple questions --
Do you have a Crushable Sea Grass Hat you could model for Fay to wear while working her spread?
If so ... Is it the Girlie Style? With upturned brim?
One more thing ...
Do you know the difference between poisonous & venomous?
Just curious, you understand ...
My tater observations above pertain to White taters.
Sweet Taters? -- You're on your own.
Generally things just want to grow. They don't need to much from us. Just food and water.
Open pollinated (non-hybrid) varieties grow true to type -- what they were is what they'll produce. That's Good.
Hybrids are different. Seeds saved (or volunteers) from hybrids will likely produce plants that revert to one of the parent varieties. God only knows what they'll produce.
Maybe Not so good. Sweet corn grown from saved seeds of hybrid corn is horrible.
Trust me.
Every seed is an experiment.
If your volunteer tomatoes sprung from ...
San Marzano plants -- Absolutely non-hybrid .... You're Good .
Roma -- Probably(!) non-hybrid .... You'll Know(!) shortly.
...
Potatoes are especially & remarkably gifted in this regard.
The White/Irish kind, I mean.
Sweet potatoes
Nope I don't know how to make that pizza probably because I don't eat pizza except maybe once a year. I have made a mariner sauce a couple of times.
The monthly community dinners (every one brings a dish) stopped with the virus. I hope they start back up. I miss everyone. Some of us only get to see other when we walk around or they pass when I'm in the yard.
I need a hat - I love hats.
My tomato's last year only a few ripened as i had put them in wrong place, ate green tomato chutney all winter.
This year in a sunny spot so i will see what surprises i get. always some it is a lovely feeling eating anything you have grown anyway.
stay Safe
Have you even LOOKED at your Pic??
Are works pests?
Depends on how one defines "worms".
Strictly speaking, as in Earthworms -- Definitely NOT a pest. Very beneficial.
When referring to certain insect larva, as in Tomato Hornworm -- Pest!! Bad!!
I love me worms. I have thousands of pet ones
... You couldn't BE more correct, Fay And more heartbreaking
Nothing ... NOTHING beats fresh grown pasta
Sadly, of course, pasta can't be grown in Florida
Spaghetti is especially climate specific, requiring a cool mountain climate ...
Also -- The trees are prob'ly waayyy too big for your garden boxes.
Please allow me to acknowledge, Fay, your Wise hat ad vote
It's obvious you're a smart cookie & didn't get to your age being foolish.
'Course, you bein' Italian (and me married to one) We know how Things get done.
Cast youse all's hat ad votes in, let us say, a Wise Guy like manner. Like Fay heah.
Capiche??
I used to plant Marigolds to repel insect from tomatoes, guess I should buy a couple more.
Q) Who's the perfect wife for a fisherman?
A) A woman with worms.
A Tapeworm is the Perfect Pet -- Goes where you go ... Eats what you eat.
just imagine, if you have taken a simple weed, and placed it in a pot! if you notice how the plant behaves, you reach to know what it needs.
but over internet, different climates, - or, why not?! different chances!
you would be amazed, how many things are still to be learnt, even by the experienced gardener!..
Here's info on the tree form of spaghetti grown in Europe's cool Alpine climate ...
MAKARONOWA WARSZAWSKA
Use the English Translation - WARSAW SPAGHETTI
Molly you are right - I see a worm in my garden then I'm happy as it aerates the soil.
My neighbor has the greenest of thumbs with beautiful flower gardens but I can't convince her to grow herbs or veggies. She doesn't want to fight the bugs and diseases.
I'm keeping my fingers crossed for the San Marzanos to yield as that fresh tomato knocked my socks off.