Low Carb Gardening 2007

[Chicklady]

I envy you southeners that can garden year round! I'm just drooling over seed catalogues that are spread around the house.

[Sherri]

Originally Posted by FatBottomGirl

I received a Aero Garden for X-Mas which I think is pretty cool... Right now I have herbs in it so I can use to enhance the flavor of my meals. Hubby handles the outside garden.. since we live in San Antonio and have been in drought mode not sure what will grow... However, as of today our jalepeno plants are still producing in large quantaties even though he hasn't tended it

Hello FBG,
Aero gardens are cool! Isn't it wonderful to pick your fresh herbs as your preparing meals. Love it!
Do you have the recipe for Atkins friendly Jalepeno Poppers? You can use some of you jalepenos in your garden to make a yummy appetizer. Here's the recipe-

1.) 8 fresh jalepenos
2).4 ounces cream cheese
3). 8 slices bacon
4). Cut chilies length wise, scrape seeds.
5). Fill each half with cream cheese
6). Wrap each with 1/2 slice bacon, wrap from one end to other, tucking underneath.
7). Place on foiled cookie sheet
. Bake at 375 degrees for 20 25 minutes. If bacon isn't quite brown, broil untill golden.

Enjoy!
Sherri

[Chicklady]

Hi gardeners. Anyone out there? It's about that time for us northeners to start cool weather veggies, so i thought I'd share....
I've decided to grow only what I et the most of....plus some tomatoes, cause what is summer without tomatoes. anyway, I found a couple of spinaches that say they are low oxalic acid.....the stuff that binds calcium. One of them is Viroflay. I forget the other. But it's a non-savoy spinach that grows to 2 feet wide and has 10" leaves.
!! Huge! My seeds should be here by next week. I'm still plugging away at cleaning up the bed that was inside the greenhouse that got blown down. Took on too much last year. I do have a bed of asparagus (that also needs weeding badly) and I'll grow broccoli, brussel sprouts, peppers, cukes and a tub of pumpkin (Seminole)

What's everyone else growing?

[jersey]

Hey chicklady - despite the 1/4" of ice covering everything after the storm yesterday, I too picked up some seeds. Am building a new *kitchen garden* this year with raised beds and a *rabbit proof* fence. Found seeds yesterday for spaghetti squash and armenian cukes...that Spinach sounds nearly decorative!

by the way, love your babies!

[Chicklady]

LOL Jersey--I have to Woodchuck proof mine We have one that hibernates under our front porch and spends the winter dreaming of what my garden will grow for her this coming year
Thank you, I love my babies. A hawk just got my Brabanter rooster Gonna have to get some more. I'll be getting some exercise running from my husband when I tell him I have to get 25 more, cause that's the minimum order

[jersey]

Woodchucks - my front yard is a road map of tunnels. And hawks, yikes. Have noticed some really big ones in the fields lately.

I have Cuckoo Marans, Easter Eggers and Orpingtons....would like some more too and would have ordered from McMurray near me but they're having quite a problems with chicks lately....and my dh is like yours...thinks I have enough birds, lol.

still in the planning stage for my raised beds...zucchinis, eggplant, cukes, squash, tomatoes...maybe some turnips? And greens and tomatoes of course. Spring has not arrived here....*frown*
Catherine

[Porcelain]

I am miffed. I went to my usual seed catalouge place, the one I used when I was in Mississippi because they ship glorious plants. AND THEY WON'T SHIP TO CALIFORNIA!

I had totally forgotten about that. I was going to get this.

[Chicklady]

Porcelain---try territorial seed. They have a nice selection of plants that came all the way across the country in perfect condition They're also 3 bucks a piece instead of 4 and tyou don't have to order any certain amount. Says they ship to the continental US. I was very happy with the mato and pepper plants I got last year. So was the woodchuck.
www.territorialseed.com

Jersey---- of course, our husbands are wrong I have been so tempted by the Marans; nice dark brown eggs. Had easter eggers all my life, until a couple of years ago----people didn't want to buy green eggs

[Porcelain]

It's California law. You can't import plants.

[not2late]

2007 is over!

The 2008 Low Carb Garden thread is now open.