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Tomato variety attributes to consider
Historical information:
Breed names
Ancestry
Breeder, discoverer, and introducer
Location of origin (City, state/province, and country of origin)
History
Is it PVP, PVPAF, or under plant patents?
Is it covered by a utility patent?
Is the breed na...read more
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Tip: Freeze alpine strawberries for a more substantial snackin Alpine Strawberry
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Alpine strawberries, as you may or may not know, are small. Tasty, prolific, and easy-to-grow, but small (usually; sometimes some bigger ones appear). It takes about two seconds to eat an entire handful.
So, I figured I'd freeze them to make them take longer to eat, and make a bigger impact i...read more
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Dr. Wyche's Yellow tomatilloin Tomatillo
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Dr. Wyche's Yellow tomatillo
Offsite articles:
• Dave's Garden
Vendors:
• Annapolis Seeds
• Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds
• Garden Hoard
• Honeyman Seeds
• Meadowlark Hearth
• Reimer Seeds
• Seed Savers Exchange
• Southern Exposure Seed Exchange
• Victory Seeds
• Wayland...read more
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Purple De Milpa tomatilloin Tomatillo
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Purple De Milpa tomatillo
Offsite articles:
• Cuttings; Growing Your Own Salsa Verde (The New York Times, 1993)
• The Plant Lady (blog post; grow report)
Vendors:
• Annie's Annuals & Perennials
• desertcart (has reviews)
• The Home Depot
• Honeyman Farms
• HRSeeds
• Mor...read more
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Cisineros tomatilloin Tomatillo
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Cisineros tomatillo
Offsite articles:
• Dave's Garden
Vendors:
• 123seeds.com
• Southern Exposure Seed Exchange
• Tomato Growers Supply Company
Offsite forum search results:
• Google: Dave's Garden
• Google: Gardenweb
• Google: proboards.com
• Google: Tomatoville
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Everona Large Green tomatilloin Tomatillo
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Everona Large Green tomatillo
Offsite articles:
• Dave's Garden
• Smart Gardener
Vendors:
• Seed Savers Exchange
• Southern Exposure Seed Exchange
Offsite forum search results:
• Google: Dave's Garden
• Google: Gardenweb
• Google: Tomatoville
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I tried growing t...read more
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Oregano herbal tea/infusionin Oregano
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We've got a thriving, but heavily budding, oregano plant outside. I decided to make some herbal tea with some of it, to see what it was like. It was surprisingly good, even with all the buds! If you enjoy mint tea, you'll probably like this, too. The herbal tea had a pleasant floral smell as I d...read more
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Our Sempervivumin Houseleek
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Here's a picture of some of our Sempervivum. It may be Sempervivum tectorum, but I'm not certain:
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I read somewhere that the third degree of ramifications on cucumbers (I think that was the species of cucurbit) was more prolific than lower degrees. I kind of wonder if going out more degrees of ramifications increases production for all cucurbits, given a long enough season.
With tomatoes, ...read more
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Salsify and Welsh onions heads, togetherin Western Salsify
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I'm pretty sure this is western salsify (it has yellow flowers that look like that), and I know that's a bunching onion with it (possibly Crimson Forest). This picture was taken on 18 June 2020.
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https://www.hhmi.org/news/tomatos-hidden-mutations-revealed-in-study-of-100-varieties
The above article explains a discovery. They now know how to use genetic engineering to change tomato traits, such as fruit size. They figure it'll work for other plants, too, such as ground cherries.
How...read more
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Ketchup leatherin Domestic Tomato
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So, I had the idea to make ketchup leather. I looked it up and found this article, which gives the even better idea of eating it on hamburgers (I was just thinking about eating it plain): https://www.themanual.com/food-and-drink/ketchup-leather/
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Volunteer hollyhockin Hollyhock
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Here's a volunteer hollyhock from a few days ago or so. It's nice and green, this year.
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Radishrain: Our grape vinesin Vitis vinifera
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Here are our grape vines, this year. There isn't much variegated grape leafhopper damage. There were lots of leafhoppers, but they disappeared, and came back, and I think they might be gone again.
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Grape cutting survived and rooted!in Vitis vinifera
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Here's a grape cutting that survived and apparently rooted! We've had some cool and wet weather that probably helped it out.
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Chilacayote burrito wrapin Cucurbita ficifolia
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I was eating some burritos, today (baked frozen chimichangas), and decided to wrap the last one in some chilacayote leaves from the garden, as I had done first recently. I first put a stack of leaves in the toaster oven on bake for a few minutes (to make them softer). Then I wrapped the burrito ...read more
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Sun Sugar F1 tomatoin Domestic Tomato
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Sun Sugar F1 tomato
Offsite articles:
• Bonnie Plants
• Dave's Garden
• Tatiana's TOMATObase
• Wikipedia
Offsite forum search results:
• Google: Dave's Garden
• Google: freeforums.net
• Google: Gardenweb
• Google: proboards.com
• Google: Tomatoville
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SunGold F1 tomatoin Domestic Tomato
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SunGold F1 tomato
These super popular 1", 1–2oz, cherry tomatoes are supposed to be quite sweet, tart, prolific, and even early. Some say it splits easily. Note that SunOrange F1 is supposed to be similar, except with larger fruit, less prone to splitting. SunGold F1 is often compared w...read more
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Our elderberry bushesin Elderberry
Here are some pictures of our elderberries, from one angle:
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Our beebalm, 2020in Monarda
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Here's a picture of our beebalm, this year. It's at least a few years old. I'm not sure which species it is, but it gets red flowers.
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These pictures were all taken on 8 June 2020.
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Sugar Pod Snow peain Snow Pea
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Here are our Sugar Pod snow peas, today. I ate several first, and they were delicious.
Note that each picture has different plants in it.
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Yarrow pictures, 2020in Yarrow
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Here are some of our yarrow plants, today.
Here's one from April 25th:
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SW Idaho matted weed identificationin Euphorbia
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I think it's some kind of Euphorbia similar to Euphorbia serpens, Euphorbia prostata and Euphorbia maculata, but is seems to grow flatter with smaller, rounder leaves than those (maybe you can't tell its flat tendancy now, with the rain we've had). It's one of the most drought-tolerant p...read more
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Our oregano plant, 2020in Oregano
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Here's our oregano plant, today. It was planted last spring, I believe. That's awesome that it's a perennial. It was a purchased plant, last year, probably from The Home Depot.
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