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Posted: 3/28/2021 9:29:19 PM EDT
[#1]
Bamboo, once it grabs hold, you won't be bored anymore
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Posted: 3/28/2021 10:52:47 PM EDT
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Four or five varieties of sunflowers.
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Posted: 3/28/2021 10:56:16 PM EDT
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If you haven't grown them before, watermelons, pumpkins, cucumber, squash. One or two plants will take over the garden when they start to run and produce.
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Posted: 3/28/2021 11:00:37 PM EDT
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Cotton, just for giggles.
A buddy got it to where you could see the fibers forming. This was in WI 35 years ago so you should be able to pull it off now that we all live in the banana belt. |
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Posted: 3/28/2021 11:05:42 PM EDT
[#5]
Artichokes.
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Posted: 3/28/2021 11:16:04 PM EDT
[#6]
Aunt Molly's Ground Cherries
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Posted: 3/29/2021 12:04:22 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: If you haven't grown them before, watermelons, pumpkins, cucumber, squash. One or two plants will take over the garden when they start to run and produce. I probably should have said what we do grow Pumpkins Sweet corn Pop corn Carrots Beets Acorn squash Butternut squash Zucchini Swiss chard Green beans Peas Watermelon Cantaloupe Okra Broccoli Cauliflower Cucumber Peppers Jalapeño Bell orange red green Habanero Tabasco Cayenne Tomatoes all kinds heirloom and otherwise Onions Kohlrabi ETA eggplant ETA2 salsify We have grown different kinds of turnips and rutabaga and had no use for them  Some strange peppers would be OK if anyone has a favorite sweet that's not your normal |
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Posted: 3/29/2021 12:44:00 AM EDT
[#8]
Cucuzza
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Posted: 3/29/2021 12:52:49 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Four or five varieties of sunflowers. Apparently, you can eat the immature flowers of sunflowers like an artichoke, or roast them when they're a bit bigger, but before they're fully developed. Made me think about planting them. |
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Posted: 3/29/2021 7:11:54 AM EDT
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Ever do Seminole/Cherokee pumpkins or Everglades tomatoes? Both are considered US natives through naturalization.
Duck potato and Chinese water chestnut are a couple you probably haven’t tried if you don’t do water gardens. Goji berries. Fruit trees and bushes? |
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Posted: 3/29/2021 8:11:53 AM EDT
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If you do plant cotton, please be considerate and place boll weevil traps. It won't affect a few plants in your garden but the boll weevil is extremely invasive and all efforts to kill every one possible is an act of kindness to the rest of society.
My suggestions are okra, tobacco, watermelons, and in late June plant pumpkins to come in around Halloween. I like to plant greens for the winter. Collards, mustards, and the usual lettuces and cabbages. |
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Posted: 3/29/2021 8:21:02 AM EDT
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My vote for unusual "new" veggies: Leeks and parsnips.
Leeks: You can pretty much think of these as onions that you grow like potatoes. Hill soil up round them to get longer, white stems. Water loving. Will tolerate cold making them a cold season veggie that last well into the fall. Potato leek soup is a fave Parships: Plant EARLY. germination is VERY slow. If you want big well developed root, consider speicalized planting. Drive a pipe or iron rod into the soil, wiggle it around some to make a deep, tapered hole. Will loosely with light soil/sand. Plant your seed in the top of the hole. The preformed hole really seems to encourage good root development. Like leeks, these are a veggie that is best last Fall/Early winter. Dig, don't pull. These buggers will be feet deep in the soil. |
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Posted: 3/29/2021 8:31:32 AM EDT
[#13]
Corpse Flower that only blooms every 35 years and smells like death?
Covers up the smell of the dead bodies from your unlicensed graveyard in the rest of your garden. And gnomes, lots of gnomes doing S&M. |
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Posted: 3/29/2021 10:05:09 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Ever do Seminole/Cherokee pumpkins or Everglades tomatoes? Both are considered US natives through naturalization. Duck potato and Chinese water chestnut are a couple you probably haven’t tried if you don’t do water gardens. Goji berries. Fruit trees and bushes? We do have a few apple and pear trees will be planting 200 raspberry plants 8 different cultivars this year |
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Posted: 3/29/2021 10:43:03 AM EDT
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Posted: 3/29/2021 2:29:49 PM EDT
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Chinese Yard-long beans are kind of cool.
Malabar "spinach" is an easy-growing vine and handles summer heat better than the real stuff. Hatch Chiles are always a good time. |
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Posted: 3/29/2021 2:36:47 PM EDT
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I don't see eggplant on your list.
You're light on lettuce, too. Try romaine. |
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Posted: 3/29/2021 2:38:58 PM EDT
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Turnips my good man.
Very bountiful - both the greens and the globe are edible... in fact, delicious. Also a favorite of livestock/chickens. Similarly, daikon or other radishes. And since we're playing in the dirt, another suggestion would be sugar and/or fodder beets. ETA: saw your note regarding turnips... you need to try them roasted with olive oil and lightly seasoned or mashed... 
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Posted: 3/29/2021 2:48:57 PM EDT
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Plant cranberries, they look nice, provide ground cover, are edible and are perennials. No bog is needed, they actually do well in well drained soil.
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Posted: 3/29/2021 3:12:04 PM EDT
[#20]
Rhubarb and native cane for fishing poles.
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Posted: 3/29/2021 5:00:33 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Aunt Molly's Ground Cherries These were a poor showing for me last year. We upgraded to Gigante to try this year. |
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Posted: 3/29/2021 6:59:34 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I don't see eggplant on your list. You're light on lettuce, too. Try romaine. Oh you are right forgot eggplant on my list we love it fried make sandwiches with lettuce tomato cheese and mayo My wife also makes a lasagna with it in place of noodles it's awesome I like a lot more then the traditional way |
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Posted: 3/29/2021 7:02:18 PM EDT
[#23]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Turnips my good man. Very bountiful - both the greens and the globe are edible... in fact, delicious. Also a favorite of livestock/chickens. Similarly, daikon or other radishes. And since we're playing in the dirt, another suggestion would be sugar and/or fodder beets. ETA: saw your note regarding turnips... you need to try them roasted with olive oil and lightly seasoned or mashed... I grew purple top last year wasn't impressed at all but I never tried them roasted |
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Posted: 3/29/2021 8:33:55 PM EDT
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Have you grown any of those gourds that people make birdhouses out of. Believe it or not, there is quite a market for those things.
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Posted: 3/29/2021 8:38:47 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Have you grown any of those gourds that people make birdhouses out of. Believe it or not, there is quite a market for those things. No I haven't |
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Posted: 3/29/2021 9:55:37 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: No I haven't https://www.edenbrothers.com/store/gourd_seeds_birdhouse.html https://www.amazon.com/Burpee-Ornamental-Large-Bottle-Heirloom/dp/B078GXD9ZY The crafters love them. |
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Posted: 3/29/2021 9:57:29 PM EDT
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Soup beans/peas.
Like black beans, navy beans, black eyed peas. Bird house gourds. People might still pay decent $$ for them after they dry and get painted. Like for bird houses. They vine out a lot though Try turnips in stew or pot roast. Very original colonial American ingredient for pot roast. Last year was a bad year for my garden due to a July and August with pretty much zero rain. But for pumpkins I like the heirloom charantais variety. Very thick and orange flesh. Beans I like the fortex pole green beans. Usually the do very well, vine like crazy and very productive. I need to get a patch of asparagus growing again. I bought new roots last spring but never got them in. Probably have to order new ones. |
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Posted: 3/30/2021 5:51:18 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Cucuzza I have not hear this in 40 plus years, my dad would plant it every year and our back yard would be like a scene from Jumanji, it would take over everything, including the clothes line |
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Posted: 3/30/2021 10:16:46 AM EDT
[#29]
Dandelion, mizuna, chijimisai, napa, pak choy, Kohlrabi?
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Posted: 3/30/2021 2:44:44 PM EDT
[#30]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Dandelion, mizuna, chijimisai, napa, pak choy, Kohlrabi? I'll have to look up what some of those are but kohlrabi is a must have in our garden for sure |
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Posted: 3/30/2021 4:42:58 PM EDT
[#31]
Quote HistoryQuoted: I'll have to look up what some of those are but kohlrabi is a must have in our garden for sure Yeah, I missed that on your list. I love it pickled. |
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Posted: 3/30/2021 9:39:03 PM EDT
[#32]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Yeah, I missed that on your list. I love it pickled. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: I'll have to look up what some of those are but kohlrabi is a must have in our garden for sure Yeah, I missed that on your list. I love it pickled. Well now you have my attention. I love all things pickled we just eat it fresh right out of the garden and often while we are out there working |
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Posted: 3/31/2021 10:51:45 AM EDT
[#33]
Couple new ones we got for this year:
Tiger melon Sorghum Broomcorn Potato cucumber Banana melon Romanesco Broccoli Indian corn- wife wants it for decorations Double red sweetcorn |
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Posted: 3/31/2021 9:08:24 PM EDT
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Quoted: Hey guys got anything unusual to recommend I can plant in the garden? Looking for anything really just bored with the same old same old. Veggie garden? Flower garden? Landscape beds? Something oddball? I have suggestions. Okay veggie garden. I suggest edible flowers to go on salads. In particular, nasturtium. They aren't that easy to germinate, but you can do it. Scratch the seed with a file (they're big seeds), soak them in water overnight to hydrate them, and plant them. More than you think you want. The blooms are gorgeous, and edible, with a yummy, peppery flavor. 
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Posted: 3/31/2021 9:18:02 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Veggie garden? Flower garden? Landscape beds? Something oddball? I have suggestions. Okay veggie garden. I suggest edible flowers to go on salads. In particular, nasturtium. They aren't that easy to germinate, but you can do it. Scratch the seed with a file (they're big seeds), soak them in water overnight to hydrate them, and plant them. More than you think you want. The blooms are gorgeous, and edible, with a yummy, peppery flavor. Now that is different thanks and thank you yall for the suggestions |
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Posted: 3/31/2021 9:45:19 PM EDT
[#36]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Now that is different thanks and thank you yall for the suggestions You are required to let us know how it goes! 
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Posted: 3/31/2021 9:47:00 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Well now you have my attention. I love all things pickled we just eat it fresh right out of the garden and often while we are out there working Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Quoted: I'll have to look up what some of those are but kohlrabi is a must have in our garden for sure Yeah, I missed that on your list. I love it pickled. Well now you have my attention. I love all things pickled we just eat it fresh right out of the garden and often while we are out there working The internet can lead you a whole passel of recipes. I have "The Joy of Pickling". It has 2 different recipes for pickled Kohlrabi. Have you ever hollowed them out and stuffed them? |
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Posted: 3/31/2021 10:34:47 PM EDT
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OP, do you know there is an epic pickle thread right here in our forum?
If you haven't seen it, I will link it for you. |
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Posted: 3/31/2021 10:59:30 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: OP, do you know there is an epic pickle thread right here in our forum? If you haven't seen it, I will link it for you. If you are referring to the BozemanMT pickle recipe thread then yes if something else then no |
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Posted: 3/31/2021 11:34:18 PM EDT
[#40]
Quote HistoryQuoted: If you are referring to the BozemanMT pickle recipe thread then yes if something else then no That's the one! 
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Posted: 3/31/2021 11:42:07 PM EDT
[#41]
Asparagus is fun
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Posted: 4/1/2021 7:03:36 PM EDT
[#42]
One thing we grow that I forgot to list is salsify. Must of got some bad seed last year cause nothing grew so really looking forward to getting some this year.
If your not familiar with it it has an excellent oyster like flavor my grandmother makes it like scalloped potatoes |
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Posted: 4/1/2021 9:52:53 PM EDT
[#43]
Quote HistoryQuoted: One thing we grow that I forgot to list is salsify. Must of got some bad seed last year cause nothing grew so really looking forward to getting some this year. If your not familiar with it it has an excellent oyster like flavor my grandmother makes it like scalloped potatoes I haven't even heard of salsify for....good Lord, I don't know how many years! Okay now I want to grow it. Where did you get your seeds? @Iowaredneck |
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Posted: 4/1/2021 9:55:15 PM EDT
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Red leaf Amaranth is pretty and great in a salad. The seeds can be ground to flour as well.
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Posted: 4/1/2021 11:11:42 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I haven't even heard of salsify for....good Lord, I don't know how many years! Okay now I want to grow it. Where did you get your seeds? @Iowaredneck I just ordered some from seed savers https://www.seedsavers.org/mammoth-sandwich-island-salsify |
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Posted: 4/2/2021 10:41:18 AM EDT
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I have some Komatsuna and diakon seeds coming in on Monday. Will wait to fall for the diakon.
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Posted: 4/6/2021 5:15:07 AM EDT
[#47]
Birdhouse gourds. The dry them, paint them, cut hole and sell.
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Posted: 4/6/2021 8:46:30 PM EDT
[#48]
Pineberries is one i am interested in.
Asparagus is awesome and easy, healthy and a good patch provides a lot forever. |
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Posted: 4/7/2021 8:07:23 PM EDT
[#49]
Planted stuff in the greenhouse last Friday and lot of it is it's up today
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Posted: 4/8/2021 3:00:09 AM EDT
[#50]
Quote HistoryQuoted: I'll have to look up what some of those are but kohlrabi is a must have in our garden for sure My Dad always liked kohlrabi but but plain to snack on I grew a few last year but it was a lousy growing season due to drought. I have a few started again I found a recipe online for mashed kohlrabi (like mashed potatoes) and many people said it’s actually very good. I will try it if they do well this year. |
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