Simply random stuff

[DuncanS]

I try to grow potatoes, tomatoes, cucumbers, aubergines & butternut squash in pots on my patio, and carrots, radish, & lettuce in my raised Trug planter. Last year wasn't very productive, the year before was. I wonder what this years crop will be like!

 

[somethingcleveridunno]

I don't know how many folks here like to work some home-grown crops, (I know our bud @beerking does.) But just came across this YT video of a berry I'd never heard of before and I'm intrigued! I've grown hundreds of varieties of tomatoes over the last few decades, but for some reason I've never heard of these things called "Ground Cherries" Looks like a miniature Tomatillo. I haven't grown Tomatillos, but I have tasted them; now I'm wondering what these little darlin's taste like?

Here's what Google says they taste like:

"Ground cherries taste like a sweet and slightly tart mix between a tomato and a pineapple, with a tropical flavor profile, often described as a blend of sweet, sour, and umami notes; they are sometimes compared to a tomatillo with a grape-like texture."



This year I'll attempt to grow a few more tomato varieties from my fried in southern CA. 'Laurel Garza'.
She ships the starts out in the mail and they are very strong plants about a foot+ high when you get them.

The starts should get to me in early April, here's the varieties (some I've never grown before)

1884
Amish Rose
Ananas Noir
Black Goose Creek
Blue Chocolate
Brandywine OTV
Purple Zebra
Ruby Gold

and here's her web page for those that are interested in reading about the tomatoes.

https://www.heirloomtomatoplants.com/Heirloom -Tomato_Plants_Heirloom_Tomato _seeds.htm

Oh yeah, Cape Gooseberries!

Which aren't gooseberries at all!

Yup, they're very related to tomatillos. I've tried one but never grown them. I seem to have the worst luck with nightshades.

Growing the true gooseberries (ribes genus), though? Oh heck yes. I've got two red currant varieties and two gooseberries going, including an unknown heirloom my grandfather grew that is amazingly sweet and has sort of the gooseberry equivalent of a muscat grape flavor.

 

[GOS]

 

[cbmmm3]

the calm before the storm. Polar Vortex on the way. Shite hits the fan starting tomorrow morn...................nice day today in North New Salem

 

[GOS]

 

[somethingcleveridunno]

Oh man, that's the shit right there! Jim Fox, Dale Peters, Joe Walsh, and Bill Szymczyk's production arguably made for a 3-album run as the best power trio in the US.

Got lucky enough to see them at the Beachland Ballroom and the State Theater during their mid-'00s reunions. Definitely bucket list shows.

Yer' Album, Rides Again and Thirds would be perfect for making new quad mixes of.

 

[Owen Smith]

the calm before the storm. Polar Vortex on the way. Shite hits the fan starting tomorrow morn...................nice day today in North New Salem

You may have to dig a tunnel through the snow to get from the house to the AV barn. Can't live without your music.

 

[Sonik Wiz]

You may have to dig a tunnel through the snow to get from the house to the AV barn. Can't live without your music.

Remember I did suggest elsewhere he should have a tunnel going between house and barn. Or maybe he will just hibernate in the barn till April...

 

[somethingcleveridunno]

Tunnel will definitely be warmer than being exposed to the wind.

 

[GOS]

Remember I did suggest elsewhere he should have a tunnel going between house and barn. Or maybe he will just hibernate in the barn till April...

barn animal..

 

[ar surround]

You knew all of this abuse was coming. Didn't you Ricky @cbmmm3 ?

BTW, I did go back and correct my English: