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Re: Are there any backyard veggie gardeners here?
« Reply #1260 on: December 28, 2015, 09:34:59 am »
Will try and post some carrots from my veggie garden.
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Re: Are there any backyard veggie gardeners here?
« Reply #1261 on: December 28, 2015, 09:38:21 am »
I have tried for years to grow carrots without much luck.  I read recently that if you plant the seedlings close together they will grow straight.  This is what happened. !!
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Re: Are there any backyard veggie gardeners here?
« Reply #1262 on: December 28, 2015, 10:23:46 am »
LOL Chookie!
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Re: Are there any backyard veggie gardeners here?
« Reply #1263 on: December 28, 2015, 11:30:44 am »
I know they are very difficult to peel but they certainly have character.
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Re: Are there any backyard veggie gardeners here?
« Reply #1264 on: December 28, 2015, 11:34:37 am »
LOL, it looks as if they've been having fun Chookie!
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Re: Are there any backyard veggie gardeners here?
« Reply #1265 on: December 28, 2015, 08:18:35 pm »
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Re: Are there any backyard veggie gardeners here?
« Reply #1266 on: December 28, 2015, 09:51:03 pm »
It looks great! Think of all the people who design food, no need with your carrot  :P
Will have my first own carrots too next year in our garden, but winter has only started over here.. I'm not very patient, so I'm in here now to enjoy your harvest until I can start too  :D
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Re: Are there any backyard veggie gardeners here?
« Reply #1267 on: December 28, 2015, 10:52:30 pm »
OzFranny, good luck with the carrots.
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Re: Are there any backyard veggie gardeners here?
« Reply #1268 on: December 29, 2015, 06:06:39 am »
who says you need to have straight carrots.. ;D ;D ;D

looks great, ACW nice and fresh
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Re: Are there any backyard veggie gardeners here?
« Reply #1269 on: December 29, 2015, 03:02:09 pm »
They look like dancers to me.
Are they tasty?  That's all that matters.
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Re: Are there any backyard veggie gardeners here?
« Reply #1270 on: December 29, 2015, 07:53:12 pm »
Quote from: Bedlam on December 29, 2015, 03:02:09 pm
They look like dancers to me.
Are they tasty?  That's all that matters.
Yes, crunchy and tasty.
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Re: Are there any backyard veggie gardeners here?
« Reply #1271 on: January 03, 2016, 08:26:54 pm »
I have started to harvest the 44 garlic plants. The cloves are easy to peel when fresh. I put the peel around the tomato plants to discourage bugs. I am freezing most of the crop.
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Re: Are there any backyard veggie gardeners here?
« Reply #1272 on: January 03, 2016, 11:08:53 pm »
I took my garlic in about a month ago, Chookie and was thinking of confitting them (excuse the word I just made it up on the spot!).  I am thinking the confit should last for quite a while longer than the raw garlic ... does anyone have any thoughts on just how long it would last using this method?
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Re: Are there any backyard veggie gardeners here?
« Reply #1273 on: January 03, 2016, 11:17:24 pm »
I make the confit of garlic all the time Marina, usually do 3 or 4 jars at a time and with the small amount of cooking I do these days, they are fine kept in the fridge for as long as it takes me to get through them which is many months.  Perhaps you could do half confit and half of Chookie's method.
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Re: Are there any backyard veggie gardeners here?
« Reply #1274 on: January 04, 2016, 02:39:24 am »
A great haul Chookie. I have friends who just hang their garlic and it lasts for ever. Whenever I've tried it they seem to go yuck.
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