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Re: Mourning the passing of this list/Swiss Chard

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*To me swiss chard tastes lind of like a crispy spiach-letuuce- good in
salads. Steamed with a little lemon juice or vinegar- it is much
like"greens" Also great to throw in soup or to chop and put it casseroles or
quiche.-Teri
----- Original Message -----
From: Cathy Crome <ccrome@quixnet.net>
To: Square Foot Gardening List <sqft@listbot.com>
Sent: Tuesday, July 11, 2000 1:42 PM
Subject: Re: Mourning the passing of this list


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> Boy Jen! Sounds like you need to borrow my dog!!!  So far I've been
> extremely lucky that all the "wildlife" has stayed out of the garden.
> (Knocking on wood as I speak!)  I know there are rabbits, groundhogs and
> deer and who know what else out there, but I guess the sight and smell of
my
> dog is keeping them at bay.  The rabbits live not 20 feet from the garden,
> under the shed and the only thing they have bothered are my morning
glories
> and begonias.
>     This is our first summer here so our garden is new, in raised beds
about
> 8 inches in depth.  This may be keeping the rabbits out but next year I
want
> to add at least another 6 inches to them so they are easier to reach.  We
> are in Zone 6-7 (MD)and I'm still picking peas and spinach.  The lettuce
> didn't come up at all (maybe too late getting it in), tomatoes are still
> small and peppers are slow getting fruit started.  Cukes and zukes are
> flowering but only tiny fruits.  We've already had potatoes, broccoli,
> beans, spinach, radishes and a few peas, oh and cabbage.  Can't believe
the
> critters are staying away.  You may want to consider putting some kind of
> fencing around your garden to keep them out.  I know it's not real pretty
> but if it saves your veggies it may be worth it.
>     I know this may sound like a dumb question, but how do you tell the
> difference between male and female flowers on cucumbers?  Zucchini?  Never
> really thought about it before.  We have plenty of bees and other flying
> critters so pollination isn't a problem.
>     What does Swiss chard taste like?  I've never had any and I'm not sure
> if anyone here would eat it.
> Good luck keeping things growing,
> Cathy
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jennifer M. Struwe" <jmstruwe@juno.com>
> To: <sqft@listbot.com>
> Sent: Thursday, July 06, 2000 11:43 PM
> Subject: Re: Mourning the passing of this list
>
>
> > Square Foot Gardening List - http://myweb.flinet.com/~gallus/sqft.html
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > I am a lurker, mainly because I am brand new to square foot gardening
> > (actually to gardening of any kind).  I also got a rather late start, so
> > whereas I see others posting about what is growing I am still looking
for
> > something to sprout.  I have been reading the conversations and gleaning
> > what I can from the rest of you, as I have little to contribute.
> >
> > So, in the interest of drumming up some conversation, I will tell you
> > about my gardening attempts.  My back yard is small and full of roots,
> > and the soil is hard clay, so I decided to try making raised beds.  My
> > husband built the first one out of old patio pavers we had laying
around,
> > and there are four more made of concrete block.  I am mixing my own
soil,
> > but I am not using any particular recipe.
> >
> > I found one female blossom on my cucumber plant last week and
> > hand-pollinated it.  Two days ago it was growing nicely.  Today I went
> > out and some critter had picked it and gnawed at it.  At least if they
> > were going to take it, they could have enjoyed it.  Do squirrels eat
> > cucumers?  Something is also eating my pepper plants.  I only have one
> > left out of 10 that still has leaves.
> >
> > I have four surviving tomato plants that I bought - two surviving
> > peppers, though I am waiting to see what happens with the rest of them -
> > two cucumbers in a pot, two summer squash in pots, two cherry and two
> > Roma tomatoes in pots.  The squash and potted tomatoes don't seem to be
> > doing much.  There are lots of male blossoms on the cucumbers but I have
> > only seen two female blossoms - both have been picked by a critter.  I
> > see a blossom starting to open on one of the bed tomatoes.  I had
planted
> > arugula and bunching onions but the birds got them.  I planted radishes
> > but they did not bulb for some reason.  I pulled them (fed them to my
> > rabbits) and replanted the square with bush beans.  Then I did the
entire
> > second bed in bush beans.  They just started sprouting and already I can
> > see where something has been pulling them up (I presume birds).  I
pulled
> > a sheet of plastic over them until I can make some cages.  I was hoping
> > to get by without them but it doesn't look like I will.  I also replaced
> > the arugula and a pepper with New Zealand spinach, which still hasn't
> > sprouted.  I replaced the onions with Swiss chard which just sprouted.
> >
> > Since I got such a late start I am planning a fall garden.  Weather
> > permitting, we will mix the soil for at least one more of the remaining
> > beds on Saturday and start the July sowings.  I also plan on
> > overwintering some veggies (like kale and cabbage for my bunnies).  I
> > figure I have nothing to lose but a couple of seeds.
> >
> > Jen in PA
> > Zone 6
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