Rebecca commented on the post, Spring Is Coming Giveaway 4 months ago
Hello Elisse,
Nice to meet you. I love your outlook. It sounds like your spring garden is well underway :).
Rebecca commented on the post, Spring Is Coming Giveaway 4 months ago
Thank you Karen.
Rebecca commented on the post, How To Grow Armenian Cucumbers in Texas 4 months ago
Hello Jay,
They sound interesting. I would like to try some.
Rebecca commented on the post, How To Grow Armenian Cucumbers in Texas 4 months ago
Hello Linda,
It looks like Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds has some Armenian cucumber seeds in stock: https://www.rareseeds.com/catalogsearch/result/?q=Armenian+cucumber. Happy gardening.
Rebecca wrote a new post, How to Protect Your Winter Vegetables from Freezes 6 months ago
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Rebecca posted an update in the group Gardening 1 year, 3 months ago
Sweet Basil seedlings emerging. When these have two or three sets of leaves on them, I will lift them from the dirt using a dinner fork (super handy garden tool), and transplant them into the garden and pots to give away to friends. Everyone likes basil.
Rebecca posted an update in the group Gardening 1 year, 3 months ago
Heavenly Blue Morning Glory seedlings. The plastic collar is a section from a sports drink bottle. I call them plant moats. They help to protect young seedlings from slugs, snails or other crawling bugs.
Rebecca posted an update in the group Gardening 1 year, 3 months ago
Two native varieties of milkweed seeds that were soaked overnight (following the LadyBird Johnson instructions). I was surprised to see that some of the orange milkweed (Tuberosa) seeds sprouted after just an overnight soak!
Rebecca posted an update in the group Gardening 1 year, 3 months ago
This is the second step of the LadyBird Johnson instructions for germinating the milkweed seeds that did not already sprout. This step involves putting the pre-soaked seeds in equal amounts of moist perlite and vermiculite and storing in the refrigerator.
Rebecca posted an update in the group Gardening 1 year, 3 months ago
I call these cilantro cooking bouquets. It is just some cilantro in a glass of water (vase), that is ready to use for cooking. The cilantro looks a little elongated because the plants are getting close to bolting or producing flowers/seeds.
Rebecca posted an update 1 year, 3 months ago
I don’t care for Fruitless Pear trees, but they are pretty when in bloom.
Rebecca posted an update 1 year, 3 months ago
A Swiss Chard harvest on March 18th. These were boiled for 5 minutes and the water drained (to reduce oxalates). Then they were returned to the pan and sauteed with garlic in olive oil with some red pepper flakes and garbanzo beans (at end).
Rebecca posted a new activity comment 1 year, 3 months ago
Hi @littled, welcome to the site
Rebecca posted a new activity comment 1 year, 3 months ago
Hi @gametime7355gmail-com, thanks for joining us
Rebecca posted an update 1 year, 3 months ago
A pretty Gavota tulip. It was nice to see this tulip, since several of them that tried to bloom a few weeks earlier during the Texas snow apocalypse were damaged.
Rebecca posted an update 1 year, 3 months ago
Create ready-to-eat individual salads when you have too much harvest from your garden and want to encourage your family to eat more salads. If you don’t have plastic containers, just put the salad in a zip lock sandwich bag. Then it can be emptied into a bowl when ready to eat.
Rebecca posted an update 1 year, 3 months ago
A few of the tatsoi plants were allowed to bloom for the bees and to make seeds for the next fall/winter garden. The flowers are covered in bees.
Rebecca posted an update 1 year, 3 months ago
The weather has been so warm that my winter lettuce has reached the bolting (making flowers/seeds), point of no return. So, I had to harvest any that had not started to elongate (start to make a flower stalk). I left 2 plants of each variety to make seeds for next year.
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