What Did The Garden Give Me Today?

@paigea (36317)

Canada

August 8, 2020 7:43pm CST

My garden may have too many weeds, but the food tastes good any way. Today I used onion in the Butter Chicken recipe and cilantro on top. Boiled beets and peas on the side. And raspberries for the dessert. My most favourite time of the year- when I can gather my supper from my garden.

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@shaggin (72136)

• United States

9 Aug 20

Everything you listed besides the butter came from your own garden?

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@paigea (36317)

• Canada

9 Aug 20

I mainly mentioned the things from the garden. The butter chicken recipe has several ingredients. Only the onion and cilantro came from the garden. The side veggies came from the garden and the raspberries. A short time we get to do this, so I enjoy it.

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@shaggin (72136)

• United States

9 Aug 20

@paigea I meant basically did you grow the onions, cilantro, beets, peas and raspberries. We didn’t water the raspberries enough this year so it didn’t bare any fruit.

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@paigea (36317)

• Canada

9 Aug 20

@shaggin yes, those are the things we grew. We have a huge raspberry patch and it is not producing well for the second year

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@jaboUK (64354)

• United Kingdom

31 Aug 20

That sounds good. I only grow flowers.

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@jaboUK (64354)

• United Kingdom

31 Aug 20

@paigea I don't eat many vegtables so concrentrate on the flowers

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@paigea (36317)

• Canada

31 Aug 20

Flowers sound lovely. Hubby used to grow flowers. I was always a broke single parent so focused on growing food. When we were first together, I enjoyed the flowers a lot. Now, he likes growing the garden and only has a few flowers in pots.

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@paigea (36317)

• Canada

1 Sep 20

@jaboUK What?! Eat your vegetables!

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@rebelann (112879)

• El Paso, Texas

9 Aug 20

I hope to be able to get more large planters, maybe that way I can get the kind of soil all these delicious veggies like .... I want to grow turnips, potatoes and garlic.

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@rebelann (112879)

• El Paso, Texas

9 Aug 20

My potato plant is in a not so big planter but I have no clue when to harvest them if there are any @paigea

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@paigea (36317)

• Canada

9 Aug 20

@rebelann a few weeks after they bloom. And you can wait longer so they get bigger. We are eating our potatoes, but leaving the rest in the ground, so far.

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@paigea (36317)

• Canada

9 Aug 20

My brother grows potatoes in a big pail. He says that works well. Lots of people are doing raised garden beds. As I get older I may start that. We do have strawberries and small tomatoes in large pots.

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@moffittjc (121590)

• Gainesville, Florida

12 Aug 20

Isn't that wonderful to be able to harvest your own food? I would love to grow a garden if I didn't have such a heavy tree canopy (and shade) throughout my entire yard.

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@moffittjc (121590)

• Gainesville, Florida

13 Aug 20

@paigea I’m pretty sure tomatoes need full sun to grow their best.

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@paigea (36317)

• Canada

13 Aug 20

Our yard gets more shady every year. Maybe why the tomatoes are not doing well.

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@paigea (36317)

• Canada

15 Aug 20

@moffittjc I will have to think where to put them next year. I should have done a sun study all summer.

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@DianneN (247186)

• United States

10 Aug 20

That's a wonderful supply of homegrown yummies you have! I've only had cauliflower, leaf lettuce, beets, red peppers, and some herbs. I'm hoping my tomatoes make it.

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@DianneN (247186)

• United States

14 Aug 20

@paigea Neither are mine.

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@paigea (36317)

• Canada

15 Aug 20

@DianneN A few others have mentioned that. Tomatoes are one of the things that are do much better from the garden than from the store.

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@paigea (36317)

• Canada

11 Aug 20

Sounds lovely. My tomatoes are not producing as well as usual

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@amitkokiladitya (171927)

• Agra, India

9 Aug 20

Wow...I can imagine the happines associated with eating the self grown food

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@paigea (36317)

• Canada

9 Aug 20

@amitkokiladitya it is hard work for my old knees

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@paigea (36317)

• Canada

9 Aug 20

We only have it for a short time. We enjoy it.

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@amitkokiladitya (171927)

• Agra, India

9 Aug 20

@paigea yes. . the fruits of your hard work

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@bunnybon7 (50973)

• Holiday, Florida

10 Aug 20

that sounds wonderful good for you. Makes me hungry just hearing about it. yum

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@bunnybon7 (50973)

• Holiday, Florida

11 Aug 20

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@paigea (36317)

• Canada

11 Aug 20

We enjoy it. I guess we could try growing even more variety. I enjoy gathering enough for supper. But today I need to do a thorough picking of beans and peas. Then shell peas, blanch and freeze peas and beans. That I do not enjoy. I do appreciate pulling them out if the freezer in the winter

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@changjiangzhibin89 (16764)

• China

9 Aug 20

You definitely had a sense of achievement.They are really organic vegetables.

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@paigea (36317)

• Canada

9 Aug 20

Yes, organic is another good thing.

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@RebeccasFarm (89883)

• Arvada, Colorado

7 Sep 20

Isn't it lovely to pick your own stuff? It must taste so much better.

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@paigea (36317)

• Canada

7 Sep 20

Delicious!

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@Tampa_girl7 (50258)

• United States

9 Aug 20

You are blessed to have a garden.

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@paigea (36317)

• Canada

9 Aug 20

I enjoy this part of having a garden. And the treasures I have in my freezer for the winter.

@RasmaSandra (79886)

• Daytona Beach, Florida

9 Aug 20

That all sounds very delicious. It is good when you can grow your own things. Back in my garden in Latvia, we grew tomatoes, cucumbers, and potatoes.

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@RasmaSandra (79886)

• Daytona Beach, Florida

9 Aug 20

@paigea nope no more garden. I can try growing things in pots but I haven't yet.

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@paigea (36317)

• Canada

9 Aug 20

@RasmaSandra Tomatoes would be nice at least. That is one thing that tastes so much better than at the store.

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@paigea (36317)

• Canada

9 Aug 20

We also have potatoes, but today we had rice. Tomatoes are not ready yet. Cucumbers we did not grow this year. Can you grow things where you live now?

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@MarshaMusselman (38865)

• Midland, Michigan

22 Aug 20

My garden only had flowers and weeds not any produce. No time for that at present. Enjoy your harvest.

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@paigea (36317)

• Canada

22 Aug 20

I enjoy the days I can gather my food from the garden. Not so fond of preserving stuff.

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@JudyEv (340055)

• Rockingham, Australia

9 Aug 20

It's always satisfying eating produce from your own garden.

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@paigea (36317)

• Canada

9 Aug 20

I know, and our season is short.

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9 Aug 20

Okay now I'm already hungry. and yeah I can't harvest our corn here there's so many worms tho. We're not fond of pesticide or somethin

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@paigea (36317)

• Canada

9 Aug 20

Insects and other animals can be annoying. I don' t know if we've had enough heat for our corn to thrive.

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9 Aug 20

@paigea yeah we just leave it there.

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