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Post by spike on Jul 15, 2022 19:19:27 GMT -6
So I followed hmoosek here! Very excited to meet everyone! My garden this year was horrifyingly awful  I do have lots of peppers, carrots, cukes and squash that are doing great. Ify on the tomatoes and potatoes? Needless to say I am plotting for next year! |
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Post by hmoosek on Jul 15, 2022 19:24:42 GMT -6
This is a very special friend of mine. Give her a nice hello! That goes without saying , EVERYONE here is nice. You’ll fit right in, girl.
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Post by woodeye on Jul 15, 2022 19:25:54 GMT -6
Welcome to the forum, spike!! You will love it here.
You are one giant leap ahead if you are good friends with hmoosek!
Best of luck with your garden this year, and your plans for next year... 
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Post by Deleted on Jul 16, 2022 0:23:06 GMT -6
How wonderful and exciting to meet a friend of moose! Big welcome to ya, Spike.
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Post by heavyhitterokra on Jul 16, 2022 2:55:10 GMT -6
You are very welcome here, Spike. We'll all be looking forward to reading your posts. Any friend of Hmoosek is a friend of ours! 
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Post by chrysanthemum on Jul 16, 2022 5:57:34 GMT -6
Good morning, Spike. My in-laws lived for many years in North East Ohio (near Cleveland), though it’s been probably ten years since I’ve been to that area. They moved to Virginia to be closer to kids and grandkids, but our family ended up having to move to Texas about five years ago. I have a numbered of raised beds down here and try to grow a lot of different things. This year has not been a good one for me either.
I am sorry to hear that your garden has been “horrifyingly awful” this year. A lot of us have had some difficult seasons this year. I’ve had heat and drought the entire growing season, and that is now hitting the Oklahoma folks as well. Some of them have plagues of grasshoppers to boot. We share our failures here as well as our successes. It’s a nice community of folks who love to grow plants of all sorts, and we understand the disappointment when things don’t go the way we’d hoped.
Tell us more about your garden. We’d love to hear. Pictures are always welcome, too.
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Post by macmex on Jul 16, 2022 7:13:47 GMT -6
Spike, welcome aboard!
My wife was just up your way. She got back home Monday of this week after attending a camp reunion at Cedarbrook Camp, near the lake. She grew up a significant part of her life, just North of Columbus, so we know the area a bit.
Well, come on in, take a gander of the forum and jump right in!
George
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Post by spike on Jul 16, 2022 11:04:57 GMT -6
Thank you for the very warm welcome! I am positive I will be happy here! hmoosek speaks very highly of all of you. Things are total chaos around here right now but I will hop right on in as soon as I get a breath!
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Post by rdback on Jul 19, 2022 8:13:36 GMT -6
Well hello Spike! Great to see you here as well. Following HMK around can kinda be fun....sometimes lol. There's lots of great folks here. You'll fit right in!
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Post by triffid on Jul 20, 2022 9:17:35 GMT -6
Welcome, spike! Horrifyingly awful, with good peppers, carrots, and squash?! You're too harsh on yourself. I can relate to planning for next year already, though. In fact, even before this season began I was thinking about 2023. People who don't garden think we're nuts. Looking forward to reading of your horticultural escapades. |
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Post by spike on Jul 20, 2022 13:29:55 GMT -6
Horrifyingly awful, with good peppers, carrots, and squash?! You're too harsh on yourself. |
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Post by chrysanthemum on Jul 20, 2022 13:46:27 GMT -6
Do you know what went wrong with the beans? Floods, drought, critters?
Most of what I’ve planted has grown this year (except for some corn problems), but it just hasn’t produced much food for us. I’m still working hard at keeping plants alive and starting some new crops for fall. @trifid, sometimes I even wonder myself if I’m nuts for working so hard on it with so little to show at this point. (It’s a good thing I have good photos and even some food still in the freezer from last year.)
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Post by spike on Jul 20, 2022 14:24:59 GMT -6
chrysanthemum in all honesty I have no idea what happened? Just about the time I got them all planted, my husband started having some medical issues. Was in the hospital 8 days etc. (No idea, many tests, still testing, nothing life threatening) So I didn't really have time to deal with a huge garden anyway, so technically a blessing in disguise, but still heartbreaking. Fortunately we live near many many Amish and I am still able to get fresh picked, home grown veggies. Like these beans that are ready to be cleaned and canned!! 
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Post by heavyhitterokra on Jul 21, 2022 20:00:40 GMT -6
Kudos, Spike!
Nice score on the fresh snap beans. We used to live near the Amish community when I taught school up in Chouteau. I remember buying a bushel of tomatoes up there once, for $5.00 once, while they were inundated with freshly harvested produce. We canned nearly 30 quarts that weekend. Amish are the bomb! I loved it up there!
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Post by spike on Jul 28, 2022 15:32:50 GMT -6
I have peppers coming out my ears but LOOK!! My first cherry tomatoes and my first cucumber! So proud  |
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I do have lots of peppers, carrots, cukes and squash that are doing great. Ify on the tomatoes and potatoes? Needless to say I am plotting for next year!
