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Posted: 4/8/2021 4:47:35 PM EDT

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Red Roselle/Florida Cranberry. Since you're already growing okra, you're familiar with its cultivation.

The greens taste like cranberry spinach salad, the flowers are brief but pretty, and the calyxes left behind can be used to make hibiscus tea ("jamaica"), jelly, etc. The stems are fibrous and can be used for rope/cordage, if'n you're into that.

Tried it a few years ago, and have grown it ever since. My kids run around eating handfuls of leaves like little bald orangutans.

https://www.southernexposure.com/products/roselle-thai-red/

Runner up: Mouse Melons/Mexican Sour Gherkins. These things won't quit when they get started, and are crunchy & delicious in salads. It's something else my kids love snacking on right out of the garden.

https://www.rareseeds.com/store/vegetables/cucumbers/mexican-sour-gherkin-cucumber

Posted: 4/8/2021 11:21:59 PM EDT

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I'll suggest peanuts. Not sure how they would do in IA though.

Posted: 4/9/2021 10:28:03 PM EDT

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My grandmother used to grow them so I think they do ok

Posted: 4/11/2021 4:32:58 PM EDT

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gai lun

Posted: 4/12/2021 11:11:02 PM EDT

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Chinese Broccoli?

I googled it.

How is it different, in taste or any other way, than regular broccoli?

Very interested in this.

Posted: 4/12/2021 11:31:00 PM EDT

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Kudzu

Posted: 4/12/2021 11:35:23 PM EDT

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Posted: 4/12/2021 11:39:51 PM EDT

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whaaat? not a good idea?

Posted: 4/13/2021 12:28:46 AM EDT

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Kiwano

Posted: 4/18/2021 9:29:47 PM EDT

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Planted some red Japanese mustard, dandelions and mizuna last week.

Posted: 4/19/2021 8:38:38 AM EDT

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Horse radish. I love the stuff. Had it growing in the bayou area where I used to live. Need to try some here in Tangi parish.

Posted: 6/2/2021 8:16:47 PM EDT

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@Passgas55 what do you do with it? I mean I LOVE horseradish sauce, but I once tried to make my own homemade for bloody mary mix (I make my own mix) and I could not get it into a form that wasn't stringy.

I would be very interested in how you use it.

Posted: 6/2/2021 11:56:34 PM EDT

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@Passgas55 what do you do with it? I mean I LOVE horseradish sauce, but I once tried to make my own homemade for bloody mary mix (I make my own mix) and I could not get it into a form that wasn't stringy.

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All I did was dig up roots, peel skin off , chop up roots and throw in food processor. Add white vinegar and salt. Process till you get texture you want. I just add a little vinegar at a time as I process. You don't want it too runny. Be prepared for open sinus when processing. I love the stuff added to ketchup for fried seafood .

Posted: 6/3/2021 12:13:49 AM EDT

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peanuts.

Posted: 6/3/2021 8:14:52 PM EDT

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Comfrey
Jerusalem Artichokes
Peter peppers

Posted: 6/3/2021 10:41:00 PM EDT

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Anyone got good deer repellent? Never had this problem but they are ravaging my poor garden one walked down my row of salsify last night and damn near ate every one

Posted: 6/4/2021 1:45:13 PM EDT

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I don't use a repellent but I do have to fence my garden. In fact my garden would be three times the size that it is if I didn't have to protect every square inch. Not just from deer but woodchucks as well. There is a den 15 feet from my garden.

Posted: 6/4/2021 3:06:36 PM EDT

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One of the big permaculture guys swears by "bone sauce".

The process: first, you start with a cast iron kettle and bury it a bit and put a cup of water in the bottom; then fill another kettle with bones, put a screen over it and then plop the bone kettle upside down on the other kettle; pack clay around the edges to make a good seal, pile up some dirt and build a big fire over the whole thing.

Keep the fire going for an hour or two and then let it sit for a day. Then collect the nasty gunk from the bottom. Apparently this smells awful. Smear a little of this around the trunk of any tree and animals won't ever touch that tree.

Posted: 6/4/2021 5:35:41 PM EDT

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Abani berries.

Posted: 6/4/2021 6:43:05 PM EDT

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Jesus I need some deer repellent bad I can put up a electric fence next week but there might not be anything left by then it's just one deer but it's eating EVERYTHING

Posted: 6/4/2021 11:58:26 PM EDT

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Right now I need cattle repellent. When anyone's cattle get out, they make a beeline for my yard and eventually walk through the garden. I've had to reseed crowder peas twice this week.

Posted: 6/5/2021 9:53:06 AM EDT

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Rideyes for days!

Posted: 6/5/2021 10:34:28 AM EDT

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spaghetti

squash.

Posted: 6/5/2021 2:24:43 PM EDT

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Had those and we like them but like Acorn better we cook them halved with sausage cheese and marinara so so good

Posted: 6/20/2021 5:37:06 AM EDT

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Bird house gourds

Posted: 6/20/2021 6:45:16 AM 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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I did not know that.

Posted: 6/21/2021 9:52:24 AM EDT

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I'm a sucker for hardy kiwi vines. They are hardy down to zone 4, and if you get arctic kiwi, they survive even cooler. They grow furless grape sized kiwis that can be eaten like seedless grapes.
https://www.burntridgenursery.com/Hardy-Kiwi/products/25/

Posted: 6/22/2021 6:53:29 PM EDT

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Luffa/Loofa sponge gourd

Posted: 7/10/2021 11:42:28 AM EDT

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The stems are tender, the flavor is mild and you can simply cut the shoots as they get long enough. I love it because I can cut enough for dinner and leave the rest growing, instead of broccoli where you might get a few side heads but generally it all hits peak at once unless you staggered the planting.

Posted: 7/10/2021 9:21:58 PM EDT

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Ginger and Turmeric are easy. Just buy the rhizomes at the grocery store and plant.

Mexican sour gherkins are neat. There are so many interesting varieties of common vegetables.

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