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Wow! :ep That's a lot of nice maters! Well done! Birds? They love to peck tomatoes just enough to ruin them and move on to another victim. :rolleyes: A friend of mine in Austin used to hang red Christmas tree balls on his plants early on. The birds tried them, got disappointed and then ignored...

Good day all, DH is the gardener here. He came in yesterday with his first, freshly picked tomato of the season, a Marion heirloom. Proud as punch! Promptly going to make a sandwich, poor guy was mighty disappointed to find the situation as shown below. Any advice and/or help appreciated!

Hey Ridgerunner! I have no clue about pepper varieties, but I do know about roasting peppers. I think a slight change to your method is worth a try. First off, I recommend not oiling them. I usually roast mine directly on a gas stove burner, but when I have a big batch I roast them on a...

Yes! to all of the above and, at my house, we also blanch tham them stuff them into bottles of vodka. Makes a very lively Bloody Mary! :P

I grew the Malabar spinach in Texas, and boy did it grow! Climbed up the 6' fence and on into the trees. Reseeded EVERYWHERE! But very tasty and I would definitely grow it again! :thumbsup

HAPPY BIRTHDAY BEEFY! Are the vultures following you around now? :lol:

Absolutely stunning plants AND photos! :rainbow-sun

I knew it started with the luscious and lovely veg, but I have never seem them flower! I can't wait, I have some crowns I want/need to plant. A friend in Austin has grown it for years- maybe he just hasn't noticed? And I'm not there anymore. :hit

I'm in! Same ole ranchand both places, and on Sufficient Self, too.

I'm confused, but that's nothing new! :P are you talking about asparagus the vegetable or asparagus fern, more of a houseplant? Sound like both are being discussed.

I took some dried anch peppers one day, ground them into a killer chile powder. Forgot to let the dust settle before I took the top off the processor- you can imagine the weeping and sneezing!

I do wear gloves when I'm doing a lot of them- but after a while I am weeping and sniffling! I have one of the simple metal vegetable peelers, it works GREAT at coring larger peppers! You can cut the top off a jalapeno or serrano, core it and be done in a few seconds.

Very punny! :lau These peppers are no bigger around than my teeniest finger, so seeding is not a real attractive idea. Ow, ow, ow. Of course, eating the seeds isn't either! :rolleyes:

Such beauty!

:drool Don't care for this smiley, but that's what I'm doing right now! DH didn't think he liked beets. I put them in with pickled eggs, and all of the sudden he likes beets!

I wonder.... if you could stuff and roll them as galumpkis and freeze them? Then thaw, top with sauce and bake? Also, perhaps freeze some leaves, then thaw, rough chop and steam with a peanut sauce on top. Sounds weird, but when I lived in Ecuador it was one of my favorite meals!

Our tomatoes didn't survive the drowning spring, but DH took cuttings- and stuck them in beer bottles on the picnic table. Nothing like a beer bottle garden! :lau

Thanks for all the great ideas, I think the salsa and pesto ideas will be easiest. But Davaroo, what is this "snow" you speak of? :lau My ancient sled hasn't seen any action in 8 years! bid- All the okra has died too, we had a really bad spring in terms of rain. Root rot everywhere. I still...

DH was bemoaning the unhappy death of all his pepper plants, so a co-worker kindly brought him this big basket of green cayennes. (the co-worker calls the "cheyenne" peppers :P " Besides pepper vodka, what can I do with these? Thanks in advance! :rainbow-sun

Glad you made it back! Luckily, I'm the only computer user here, and this one will hopefully hold up a while longer! *ranchie knocks wood*