Gardening

We were just talking about gardens today. We both grew up in Southern Ohio (Appalachia) and her parents loved to garden, and my folks not so much. I have two millennial grandsons, 30ish, and I suspect neither one of them has ever been in a garden, let alone tried to plant one. They both live in apartments, and think the produce aisle at Kroger is what a garden looks like. Is that typical for them and Gen Z folks?
 
Hoot Crawford said:
We were just talking about gardens today. We both grew up in Southern Ohio (Appalachia) and her parents loved to garden, and my folks not so much. I have two millennial grandsons, 30ish, and I suspect neither one of them has ever been in a garden, let alone tried to plant one. They both live in apartments, and think the produce aisle at Kroger is what a garden looks like. Is that typical for them and Gen Z folks?
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We don't have grands as old as yours @Hoot Crawford but I have sons in that age range. The one in Omaha has a small garden and had a pretty big garden when he lived in Kansas City. My youngest son married a lady who swore she would never homeschool, has no interest in gardening and never wanted animals. She now has raised-bed gardens, chickens and she homeschools her elder son (her younger is only 3 ). She is also quilting and now does canning and freezing of garden produce and fish. She is turning into a regular homesteader.
 
Don Alaska said:
We don't have grands as old as yours @Hoot Crawford but I have sons in that age range. The one in Omaha has a small garden and had a pretty big garden when he lived in Kansas City. My youngest son married a lady who swore she would never homeschool, has no interest in gardening and never wanted animals. She now has raised-bed gardens, chickens and she homeschools her elder son (her younger is only 3 ). She is also quilting and now does canning and freezing of garden produce and fish. She is turning into a regular homesteader.
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I feel sort of sorry for those who have never had the joy of seeing their first seedlings come up nor picked their first ripe tomato, let alone tasted it. Even if armaggedon does not come, they missed something great.
 
about 12 years ago a close friend gave me tomato seeds from his uncle who had gotten them from a trip to Italy. The tomatoes look like the Italian horn (cornicello). They were one of the most meaty, Juicy, and Delicious tomatoes that I've ever had.

I saved the seeds year after year these tomatoes were always a part of my Garden, until we had a fire they were lost.

I just found some seeds from Italy online that resembled the ones that I grew I will be trying them this year.
 
Yvonne Smith said:
That is a beautiful Rhodie, @Faye Fox ! I used to have them when I lived in Washington. I have some azaleas here, but don’t know how a Rhodie would do.
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I think too much heat. Humidity is good like on the Oregon coast. If you could keep them in the shade, they might do good. I have to plant any rhodie in the shade on the north side of the house. My Endless Summers were my favorite, but way too sensitive to late fall warm periods followed by frost. This rhodie was given to me and it only blooms in early spring, so ugly most of year. It is not so sensitive to warm/ cold changes. I am in desert country so a lot of care in watering and keeping soil acid high. Also if you have clay soil. that might be an issue.

Here are my Endless Summers several years ago
before the fall had drastic temp changes and killed the buds.
You probably know without heavy acid, these are pink.

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Tony Page said:
about 12 years ago a close friend gave me tomato seeds from his uncle who had gotten them from a trip to Italy. The tomatoes look like the Italian horn (cornicello). They were one of the most meaty, Juicy, and Delicious tomatoes that I've ever had.

I saved the seeds year after year these tomatoes were always a part of my Garden, until we had a fire they were lost.

I just found some seeds from Italy online that resembled the ones that I grew I will be trying them this year.
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I grow Pink Fang tomatoes @Tony Page but I don't know if they have Italian heritage or not. I have tried San Marzanos but they don't do well here even in a greenhouse.
 
Faye Fox said:
I think too much heat. Humidity is good like on the Oregon coast. If you could keep them in the shade, they might do good. I have to plant any rhodie in the shade on the north side of the house. My Endless Summers were my favorite, but way too sensitive to late fall warm periods followed by frost. This rhodie was given to me and it only blooms in early spring, so ugly most of year. It is not so sensitive to warm/ cold changes. I am in desert country so a lot of care in watering and keeping soil acid high. Also if you have clay soil. that might be an issue.

Here are my Endless Summers several years ago
before the fall had drastic temp changes and killed the buds.
You probably know without heavy acid, these are pink.

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My hydrangea plant looks just like your picture. It got so big I had to divide it. A lot of my neighbors got a little section of it.
 
Beth Gallagher said:
My cucumber plants are really growing fast. I set up the trellises yesterday so they can start climbing. I have a bunch of radishes in the raised bed so I guess my accidental raking of the seed didn't bother them much. They are scattered in random patterns, though.
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"Thanks" for the "reminder", Beth. I had forgotten that I will need to do a trellis, for the cucumbers. :)
 
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