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really awesome ac!!!:D

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http://i556.photobucket.com/albums/s...n/000_0261.jpg
front garden

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Red,
That is just so wrong of you to dangle those awesome mater plants in front of us Northerners who haven't even put any in the ground yet. he he

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Lol. Nice pics Red! :)

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I love English angoras. Use to raise show bunnies and these where one of them.Lot of work keeping them groomed but they are great bunnies if you want one for good temperament.Never had one that tried to bite.Now some other breeds that's another story.And then you get fertilizer for the garden.

Kevin

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:p:p:p:p


Kevin

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One of our favorites from the garden last year ... :)

http://i304.photobucket.com/albums/n...erries2010.jpg

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Beautiful Red! How about a pic of that monster compost pile? :D

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http://i1202.photobucket.com/albums/...ening004-5.jpg

Sungold F1

http://i1202.photobucket.com/albums/...rdening015.jpg

Dana's Dusky Rose.

http://i1202.photobucket.com/albums/...ening005-2.jpg

Tigrovy

http://i1202.photobucket.com/albums/...ening007-3.jpg

Bloody Butcher

:)

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Plants come in a wide range of colors, from chartuce to purple-;)

http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u...s/DSCN0727.jpg

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Whaaaaaat?

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@Blanesgarden, very nice tomatoes you have. I see you have the P20 / OSU Blue tomato. Having acquired a few seeds, I will also be attempting to grow some blue tomatoes this year.

here is a picture of my purple corn last year.

http://i1010.photobucket.com/albums/...1/SUNP0001.jpg

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Purple corn....Darth will love you for this!:D

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I didnt studar brudda....LOL;)
Check yer leaves...I know you have something off the wall Captain!:cool:

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I have some Gildo's that have popped up. :D

http://i1187.photobucket.com/albums/...e/DSCF5091.jpg

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Red, Yours are definatly bigger than mine! They look Great! :D

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OHHHH drats ---- my toms are just now blooming!

Hey red ya gonna have fried green maters fer dinner tonight.?????

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smiles:D

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lol these is going the full course....

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Our first flowers of the year.

http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f3...n/GEDC0031.jpg

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Great looking batch of starts there Earl!

Bet that is not even a 1/3 of what you are going to grow this year though. :D

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still trying to load....LOL

Looks like 314, so far :p

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awesome pics ya'll...........smiles

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Y'all might as well go home...
Behold! the Mystery Seed from the Death Star...
http://i1187.photobucket.com/albums/...e/DSCF5187.jpg

http://i1187.photobucket.com/albums/...e/DSCF5186.jpg

http://i1187.photobucket.com/albums/...e/DSCF5185.jpg

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smiles good luck ww pretty plant.

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Gadzooks man! You called a plant from the Death Star "pretty"? Better erase that before Darth [or Ursula] sees it. :D

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ahhhhhhhhhh but my redneck mater minions will save me.lol

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Not exactly veggies, but still awesome pictures I snapped yesterday.

Makes me want to look into photography.
:)




http://i610.photobucket.com/albums/t...7/102_1473.jpg


Took me a few tries to get this shot. :D

http://i610.photobucket.com/albums/t...7/102E1509.jpg

http://i610.photobucket.com/albums/t...7/102_1477.jpg

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:D

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Nice pics Deb.

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Willy and Deb ---great pictures. :D

That shot of the bee visiting the flower is precious.

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Pretty Deb. That looks like the clover I find in my lawn sometimes.
I always dig them out because they bloom so pretty. My sister has
a lot of them that she has found in my yard.

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nice pics!!!

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Nothing to brag about yet. One of the first veggies to plant in
ground today. On the right is Ichiban eggplant that I bought at
nursery, and on left is Black Beauty and Applegreen eggplant that I
grew from seed.

http://i663.photobucket.com/albums/u...DSCN0431-1.jpg

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grow lil guys growwwwwwwwwwwwwww.smiles

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Red, do you think your ticker will be able to handle it if you win? I don't want you to be pullin' a Fred Sanford on us yellin', "I'm comin' Elizabeth, I'm comin'!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=stdi-...eature=related

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is it okay to brag about mid 20s and snow....

I do have tables full of maters....I'll post those soon :)

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be jest fine........
course i don't know nuthin bout growin maters............smiles

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hope it warms up for you earls................smiles

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We had 2-3 inches of snow yesterday morning. It was gone by suppertime. It's just like Texas weather here... wait ten minutes and it'll change. :mad::D

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Then don't lean a double barrel shotgun agin a tree. You'll get rust from rain/snow in one side and dust in the other.

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Ya is really rubbing it in with those maters aren't ya!!!!!!:p


yanking yer chain there a bit. Just wait surely mine will soon have babys soon then nice big eating ones . :D:D:D:D

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Lovely red.

I just barely planted some tomatoes about a week ago.
We're all pretty far behind compared to you it seems. :p

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smiles hope we all get some biggyuns this year.smiles

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these went out in feb...........
roll the dice every year smiles

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A few more Texas picks before we melt.Marigolds direct seeded Feb. Ferry Morse(I know) long thin cayenne started inside Jan. beans pretty far along. and a few black krims started inside Jan.Oh yeah the cherries

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Texbullnettle, great pics! :D its all looking good. Its a wonder what one zone difference can make in the garden. ;).


Welcome to Idig!!!!

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Thanks for the welcome Marie L. Zone 9a is the warmest zone in metro Houston

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so far the svb's and stinkbugs have left the punkin ark alone.they are hitting the front zukes and cushaw and pattipan.
the redneck bug spay mix has killed around 200 stinkbugs in that area and two svb's are mia.
they will continue to pay a heavy toll for their bugly deeds.
this year i can actually nuke em good.............yeehawwwwwwwwwww.........

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What is in your secret sauce?

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one gallon water.10-12 ciggarettes.soak 24 hours.
strain and add to pump sprayer.
add two teaspoons dawn.
mix and spritz.
watch em all die dead..........
smile dance and laugh in joy.
may repeat as desired.smiles

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Funny, I was thinking of making the same kind of spray for my garden this year, too! except I'm using the Redman chewing tobacco.:D :cool:

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get em gn................!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Blane, dat's one pretty mater.:D

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Looking good, Blane.:):cool:

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niiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiicccccccceeeeeeeeeeeee.... .............smiles

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rotfl.................:D:D

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http://i1187.photobucket.com/albums/...e/DSCF5314.jpg
Left to right from top-left:
Row I:1-3 Mr. Brown; 4-7 Peiping Chieh; 8-10 Grandfather Ashlock.
Row II: 1-5 Flathead Monster Pink; 6-8 Dwarf Red Heart; 9-10 Totem.
Row III: 1 Totem; 2-5 Watermelon Beafsteak; 6-8 Polish (Ellis); 9-10 Spudayellow Strawberry.
Row IV: 1 Spudayellow Strawberry; 2-4 Henderson's Wins All; 5-7 Brandywine Sudduth's; 8-10 Nikolayev Yellow Cherry.
Row V: 1-3 Arbuznyi; 4-6 Matina; 7-10 Blue Fruit.
Notice the varieties that are capable of winning the Giant Mater Contest...

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Looking good, Willie.:):cool:

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Now we know who to get seeds from later this year Ken! LOL
Willies collection!:D
That will take some load off of Darth and Earl!;)

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Thanks a lot Blane :mad: :D I haven't even got them in the ground yet and the pressure's on.
My buddy just texted me and asked when we were going to the farm...It's on! Let the real trash-talk commence.

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good luck ww.......hope you have an awesome season.

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Why yes, yes I do have inspiration for bragging rights!
Read 'em and weep my politely pumpkin people:
http://i1187.photobucket.com/albums/...e/DSCF5317.jpg
Mel, kiss my grits!

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I have eggplants, lots and lots of little eggplants on my Asian eggplant! So many that I can't even count! I was just commenting on how many flowers it had and yesterday I noticed that a bunch of the flowers were now fruits, 2-3 inches long! This eggplant is going on it's third year and nearly died in Feb from a 20 degree, three day freeze but rebounded with tons of growth. It's brother, an Italian eggplant, is also loaded with flowers and some smaller fruits starting. Brother is about 4-5 months younger than his older sibling and was also nearly killed in the big freeze.
Two of my tomatoes are loaded with big, green tomatoes, the Marglobe and Purple Russian. The others are much smaller and two months behind. I planted them a month ago as tiny seedlings. Just hoping I get fruit set before summer or I may have wasted my time on them.

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PHOTOS!?

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Sorry, I'm completely clueless on how to post a photo here. I'm working of an IPhone and IPad so it makes it trickier.
The eggplants are up to my chin, I'm 5 feet tall and they are loaded with flowers. I have a big patch of parsley at the base and the plants get warmth, humidity from the dryer vent and AC unit. Hard to believe they enjoy that in AZ summers but they seem to thrive without any pests and only the occasional seaweed/fish emulsion. I deep water once a week if I remember, much less in winter and get eggplants for all but about four months of the year. I prune about four tines a year when they start climbing higher than my head.

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Redneck seedling tray:
Attachment 12817
Buddha's watchin' over the Thai chilis!

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that is awesome............big grins

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Love the seeding tray. I had some tomato seedlings living in the lid of a big trash can so that I could water them on the bottom. That darn seed starting mix I bought just won't work in AZ when I'm hardening things off.
Oh wait, I'm supposed to transplant them into bigger cups before hardening them off? Well duh! I put those poor, itty bitty tomato plants into the garden with two real leaves each. Well, at least I gave them a day of direct sun to make sure they could take it and only planted the survivors!
I'm thinking about naming my tomato garden the Darwin Garden.

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First ripe pepper for me in 2011 - cayenne.
http://i1202.photobucket.com/albums/...ning002-12.jpg


First Chinese 5-Color flower. It sure is a pretty one.
http://i1202.photobucket.com/albums/...ening003-7.jpg


First winter squash to set on vine for me for 2011 - Of course it's a volunteer in an older compost pile, and therefore I'm not absolutely positive what it is.
http://i1202.photobucket.com/albums/...ening008-5.jpg

Biggest cluster of large slicer types right now - Omar's Lebanese. 7 maters.
http://i1202.photobucket.com/albums/...ning001-11.jpg

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Cool Buddha http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j2...isc1/thumb.gif

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Very nice TX.

Why is it that one or two volunteers get "saved" while all the others get culled?

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great pics tx! i knew spring was around somewhere! :D

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Thanks WWP.

Not quite sure I got the correct gist of your question. I've got volunteers all over the garden. As long as they aren't in the way or disease prone, and can live without feeding or watering intentionally, then they can have at it. :)

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Thanks Bunkie.

Yeah, it's over here. Problem is summer is already coming on like a freight train!

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@@@@#####%%%%$$$$$$^^^^!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!

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:D:D:D:D

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Fall Gold Raspberries. They are a few weeks early!!! ;)

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Look at all the purty squash plants, nice Red!

Buttercup-ooooh raspberries, so jealous...

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Yummy looking.

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Nice garden Red !!!

Great berries Buttercup!!!!!