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A87753856 - NO-PLANT, DIG ONLY VEGETABLE PATCH
Deety Started conversation Apr 17, 2012
Entry: NO-PLANT, DIG ONLY VEGETABLE PATCH - A87753856
Author: Deety - U767438
For those of you who like growing vegetables but have a problem with consistency and end up feeling disappointed with the outcome.
A87753856 - NO-PLANT, DIG ONLY VEGETABLE PATCH
Deety Posted Apr 18, 2012
Giggles and Snorks… sounds like a party..
Statistically more people use the NO-PLANT method than the tradition one. Even after the heavy publicity by the Queen, her son and Mr Obama’s wife.
Last year I actually followed their example to the letter:
Step 1: I dug some holes,
Step 2: I put in the plants,
Step 3 :I watered them
Step 4; I went away until they were supposed to be ripe.
Unfortunately, my budget didn’t allow me to implement step 5: Hire a team of gardeners to look after it during my absence.
A87753856 - NO-PLANT, DIG ONLY VEGETABLE PATCH
sprout Posted Apr 18, 2012
I have planted this year, but if it is too hot during the family holiday, we might return home to some very parched looking plants...
Might convince friends to come in, by offering whatever is ripe during the period...
sprout
A87753856 - NO-PLANT, DIG ONLY VEGETABLE PATCH
Dmitri Gheorgheni, Post Editor Posted Apr 18, 2012
Should you live in an area which permits the growing of okra, you might follow the advice my mother used to give me when my folks went on holiday and left me in charge of the vegetable patch:
'If you miss picking the okra, and they get too big (=a foot long and suitable for woodcarving material), put them down the garbage disposal so your dad doesn't find out.'
A87753856 - NO-PLANT, DIG ONLY VEGETABLE PATCH
Deety Posted Apr 19, 2012
okra... wow maybe I should plant one... sounds likemit will fill up the veggie patch on its own....
ps: what is it
A87753856 - NO-PLANT, DIG ONLY VEGETABLE PATCH
Dmitri Gheorgheni, Post Editor Posted Apr 19, 2012
Here's a picture:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Abelmoschus_esculentus_(cropped).jpg
It grows in the South, but my dad had no luck with it in the North. You can boil it, use it in soup, roast it, or cut it in pieces and fry it. It's what makes gumbo - in fact, 'gumbo' is an African name for it.
A87753856 - NO-PLANT, DIG ONLY VEGETABLE PATCH
Dmitri Gheorgheni, Post Editor Posted Apr 22, 2012
You won't regret it.
This is your notice - I have grabbed this gem for . (I even have a good picture.) Look for it on the 30th.
A87753856 - NO-PLANT, DIG ONLY VEGETABLE PATCH
aka Bel - A87832164 Posted Apr 22, 2012
Wonderful advice - I wish you had given it years ago and saved me from being frustrated by slugs eating all my plants.
A87753856 - NO-PLANT, DIG ONLY VEGETABLE PATCH
Deety Posted May 7, 2012
Hi Dmitri, picture looks great... thanks...
ps: There has been quite a bit of intrest (especially by young kids ) so I have posted a follow-up on AWS...
http://h2g2.com/entry/A87757618
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A87753856 - NO-PLANT, DIG ONLY VEGETABLE PATCH
- 1: Deety (Apr 17, 2012)
- 2: Lanzababy - Guide Editor (Apr 17, 2012)
- 3: Dmitri Gheorgheni, Post Editor (Apr 17, 2012)
- 4: Deety (Apr 18, 2012)
- 5: sprout (Apr 18, 2012)
- 6: Dmitri Gheorgheni, Post Editor (Apr 18, 2012)
- 7: Deety (Apr 19, 2012)
- 8: Dmitri Gheorgheni, Post Editor (Apr 19, 2012)
- 9: Deety (Apr 21, 2012)
- 10: Dmitri Gheorgheni, Post Editor (Apr 22, 2012)
- 11: aka Bel - A87832164 (Apr 22, 2012)
- 12: Deety (Apr 22, 2012)
- 13: Deety (May 7, 2012)
- 14: Dmitri Gheorgheni, Post Editor (May 7, 2012)
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