Jogeephus":lbfk4jai said:
Jogeephus":lbfk4jai said:Picked some melons today. Charleston Gray and Yellow Doll's. Yellow Doll's sometimes bring funny looks on people's faces when they cut into them and see yellow flesh.
Jogeephus":1gorlb7g said:The yellow fleshed taste about the same only a little different. Some people say they like them better. Some say they are sweeter. IDK, but they taste good to me. My daughter's friend's mother bought one the other day and spent nearly $8 for it. My daughter gave her three of them.
Sky here is something you might like to try growing. Its a Cherokee Purple tomato. Its an heirloom and first recorded around 1890. This is what the Indians used to grow and a Cherokee indian gave some seed to some fella around 1890. From the size you can see its a big tomato and is a type of Beefsteak tomato. It will produce continuously till frost and will get over eight foot tall if you tend to it but you have to train it since the tomatoes are so large they can break the vine.
Growing heirlooms here is difficult due to the tobacco virus so my three experimental plants were grafts and they seem to be doing well. The flavor is a lot different than regular tomatoes as they are not as tart and they are super juicy and are very fleshy.
Weird shapes, lots of ridges, deep stem set, are the hallmarks of all the heirlooms I've grown and they usually have a shelf life of one day or less. If it weren't for their outstanding flavor and texture, there wouldn't be anything to like about them. I don't think the ones I've tried were low acid though. At any rate I've never had enough heirlooms at one time to can anyway.Jogeephus":3nlkf4tn said:
ga.prime":27facc55 said:
Jogeephus":2i3s3rg5 said:Some garden goodies. Shame it all comes in at the same time because we can't eat it fast enough and I can't seem to give it away unless I pick it, process it and deliver it.
Everything is better fried. I miss having fresh fried squash and zucchini out of the garden.Jogeephus":3svu6ex6 said:
Kinda the same way greybeard. I like em small, I pick a lot of zucchini with the flower still open. If I wait a day it would take a week to finish eating one cause the get so big. I don't like the seeds either.greybeard":2yxlwam8 said:Jogeephus":2yxlwam8 said:Some garden goodies. Shame it all comes in at the same time because we can't eat it fast enough and I can't seem to give it away unless I pick it, process it and deliver it.
The wife fusses if I let them grow and bring yellow squash in that big.....seeds are too big she says.
They don't bother me.
