Ted Turner gave me a baby hog as my Secret Santa gift a couple years back. I named him Fareed Zkaria, III. I nurtured that darling little thing, took him from 15 lbs to nearly 150 lbs - I'd salivate every time I saw him in the backyard of my Atlanta townhouse jowling down on some more grub.
I'm still frying up the bacon, and munching down on the ham hocks that remain of Fareed. He was delicious!
We have a small veggie garden in our back yard. Over the years we've grown broccoli, zucchini, tomatoes, cauliflower, radishes, carrots, green beans, snap peas, red peppers, jalapeno peppers, and lots of other things. It's a great excuse to get out in the sun for a while, it tastes great, and it saves us some money.
I used to have an herb garden on my apartment balcony. Cilantro, basil, chives, oregano and mint. I grew them all from $1 saplings from the farmers' market.
I have farmers in my family, therefore some summers I had to be an unpaid intern picking whatever they grew. I do not know if this answers the question. Lived in a small town all my life and big enough backyards are more rare than a truth saying politician around here. F word those asparagus, tomatoes, and vegetarian crap.
My mom grew up on a farm, so we were forced to garden as kids - tomatoes and green beans, mostly. When I lived in Oklahoma as an adult, Mr. F and I did some fairly serious gardening for a few years - potatoes, onions, tomatoes, watermelon, beans, and corn. I quickly learned that subsistence farming would suck - you're stuck eating whatever grows, depending on your luck with the weather. One year would have been all onions and tomatoes if we'd only had what we grew to eat. We also kept chickens for eggs, which is fairly easy once you've got things set up. We never ventured into meat birds, but dang, it would be good eating.
I am a farmer and homesteader so I organically grow about 90% of my own food. All fruits and vegetables, rabbits and chicken for both meat and eggs. We keep bees for sweetener and also tap our maples. We also forage wild food (ramps, fiddleheads). I'm very proud of us but it is insanely hard work, not only to maintain but to plan well enough to get us through winters. I try really hard to practice what I preach.
grew up with guava, gig, plum, and apricot trees in california; raised araucana chickens (no, we didn't eat them!) but their turquoise eggs were fun, plus we had mango, lichee, orange and lemon trees in florida; i grow blueberries, blackberries, corn, tomatoes, lettuce, peppers, apples and herbs these days in upstate new york.
I'm glad you're more successful than we were! It would suck for me personally, as my thumb is only marginally green. Maybe someday when we retire we can try again ?.
Yes. For a couple of years, we had a vegetable garden. We grew corn, tomatoes, green beans, okra, squash, cucumbers, and cantaloupe. Then we put in a pool, so no more garden.
I bought a cherry tomato kit at the groceries back in 2015, but I still haven't grown them yet. I had on/off depression and anxiety and haven't been able to get my shit together enough cook food, let alone grow food...
Thank you , and don't give up on the cherry tomatoes, they are still good! If you are lacking patience, get a growing plant.Cherry tomatoes good for beginners,they ripen quicker and don't split on you when the weather is bad.
Corn on the cob, parsley, broccoli, cauliflower and green beans..all the other veges for some reason don't come out as good for me..
ReplyDeleteI was a big city folk, we didn't have backyards, much less backyards with dirt. Here the squirrels and birds would eat anything that grew.
ReplyDeleteTed Turner gave me a baby hog as my Secret Santa gift a couple years back. I named him Fareed Zkaria, III. I nurtured that darling little thing, took him from 15 lbs to nearly 150 lbs - I'd salivate every time I saw him in the backyard of my Atlanta townhouse jowling down on some more grub.
ReplyDeleteI'm still frying up the bacon, and munching down on the ham hocks that remain of Fareed. He was delicious!
Tomatoes on my apartment balcony. I was afraid to eat them.
ReplyDeleteMy wife tried to grow strawberries. They're supposed to grow well in the desert, but maybe we didn't water them enough.
ReplyDeleteWe have a small veggie garden in our back yard. Over the years we've grown broccoli, zucchini, tomatoes, cauliflower, radishes, carrots, green beans, snap peas, red peppers, jalapeno peppers, and lots of other things. It's a great excuse to get out in the sun for a while, it tastes great, and it saves us some money.
ReplyDeleteTomatoes, peppers and onions planted bacon but it wouldn't grow
ReplyDeleteI used to have an herb garden on my apartment balcony. Cilantro, basil, chives, oregano and mint. I grew them all from $1 saplings from the farmers' market.
ReplyDeleteI have farmers in my family, therefore some summers I had to be an unpaid intern picking whatever they grew. I do not know if this answers the question. Lived in a small town all my life and big enough backyards are more rare than a truth saying politician around here.
ReplyDeleteF word those asparagus, tomatoes, and vegetarian crap.
My mom grew up on a farm, so we were forced to garden as kids - tomatoes and green beans, mostly. When I lived in Oklahoma as an adult, Mr. F and I did some fairly serious gardening for a few years - potatoes, onions, tomatoes, watermelon, beans, and corn. I quickly learned that subsistence farming would suck - you're stuck eating whatever grows, depending on your luck with the weather. One year would have been all onions and tomatoes if we'd only had what we grew to eat. We also kept chickens for eggs, which is fairly easy once you've got things set up. We never ventured into meat birds, but dang, it would be good eating.
ReplyDeleteI am a farmer and homesteader so I organically grow about 90% of my own food.
ReplyDeleteAll fruits and vegetables, rabbits and chicken for both meat and eggs. We keep bees for sweetener and also tap our maples. We also forage wild food (ramps, fiddleheads).
I'm very proud of us but it is insanely hard work, not only to maintain but to plan well enough to get us through winters.
I try really hard to practice what I preach.
It doesn't suck at all.
ReplyDeletegrew up with guava, gig, plum, and apricot trees in california; raised araucana chickens (no, we didn't eat them!) but their turquoise eggs were fun, plus we had mango, lichee, orange and lemon trees in florida; i grow blueberries, blackberries, corn, tomatoes, lettuce, peppers, apples and herbs these days in upstate new york.
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ReplyDeleteNo. The crows forced me out of business.
ReplyDeleteI'm glad you're more successful than we were! It would suck for me personally, as my thumb is only marginally green. Maybe someday when we retire we can try again ?.
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ReplyDeleteYes - Literally tons of it!
ReplyDeleteYes,raspberries, strawberries, tomatoes,herbs, onions, peppers, assorted other things, despite having a groundhog problem and very little space.
ReplyDeleteYes. For a couple of years, we had a vegetable garden. We grew corn, tomatoes, green beans, okra, squash, cucumbers, and cantaloupe. Then we put in a pool, so no more garden.
ReplyDeleteEvery year we plant a garden. There's usually corn, carrots, potatoes, tomatoes, chives, squash, pumpkins, peas, beets and onions.
ReplyDeleteI bought a cherry tomato kit at the groceries back in 2015, but I still haven't grown them yet. I had on/off depression and anxiety and haven't been able to get my shit together enough cook food, let alone grow food...
ReplyDeleteThat's so awesome!
ReplyDeletePlums!
ReplyDeleteDon't you live in Vegas/Nevada? I thought they only grow in cold climate?
ReplyDeleteThank you , and don't give up on the cherry tomatoes, they are still good! If you are lacking patience, get a growing plant.Cherry tomatoes good for beginners,they ripen quicker and don't split on you when the weather is bad.
ReplyDeletethank you for keeping it so real I have the same issues that really encourage courage me to see that I'm not the only one struggling
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