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re: The food that is incredibly superior out of a garden compared to store purchased
Posted on 12/4/19 at 6:28 am to Degas
Posted on 12/4/19 at 6:28 am to Degas
Potatoes on the day you dig them have a fleeting fresh taste that goes away by the next day. You can taste it even if they are fried.
Sweet corn. The sugars start to convert to starch as soon as an ear is pulled, so the quicker you eat it the better. I've shucked an ear of silver queen early on a June morning and eaten it right in the field.
Peas (field, like purple hulls). The frozen veg industry does a pretty good job, but their frozen field peas don't hold a candle to the ones we raise or buy local and eat fresh or freeze ourselves.
Sweet corn. The sugars start to convert to starch as soon as an ear is pulled, so the quicker you eat it the better. I've shucked an ear of silver queen early on a June morning and eaten it right in the field.
Peas (field, like purple hulls). The frozen veg industry does a pretty good job, but their frozen field peas don't hold a candle to the ones we raise or buy local and eat fresh or freeze ourselves.
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Posted on 12/4/19 at 6:52 am to Twenty 49
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Peas (field, like purple hulls).
Went to a LSU Master Gardener plant sale at the beginning of the year. Bought some Chackbay field pea seeds.
Without a doubt better than anything store bought. One of the most productive vegetables I’ve ever planted.
Will do again.
Posted on 12/4/19 at 8:54 am to KosmoCramer
Neighbors who are corn wizards make sure to share their earliest sweet corn pickings and tell us to cook them up within two hours of coming off the stalks. They are right.
Tomatoes vine ripen and then are picked. Problem is beating the critters to the peak of ripeness.
Sour cherries made into a pie or jam quickly
Strawberries, raspberries,
Black seeded Simpson lettuce.
Tomatoes vine ripen and then are picked. Problem is beating the critters to the peak of ripeness.
Sour cherries made into a pie or jam quickly
Strawberries, raspberries,
Black seeded Simpson lettuce.
Posted on 12/4/19 at 8:57 am to Degas
pretty much everything 
carrots are infinitely better picked fresh than the old arse carrots you buy in the store
I can't eat store bought spinach or kale anymore
the best broccoli are the little shoots that come up after you cut off the main head
carrots are infinitely better picked fresh than the old arse carrots you buy in the store
I can't eat store bought spinach or kale anymore
the best broccoli are the little shoots that come up after you cut off the main head
Posted on 12/4/19 at 9:35 am to Degas
Bananas.
Posted on 12/4/19 at 9:51 am to Degas
Obvious choice 1: Tomatoes
Obvious choice 2: Everything
Non-obvious choice: Kohlrabi. Can't even find it in a store most of the time.
Obvious choice 2: Everything
Non-obvious choice: Kohlrabi. Can't even find it in a store most of the time.
Posted on 12/4/19 at 1:25 pm to gumbo2176
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gumbo2176
I need a friend like you
Posted on 12/4/19 at 1:31 pm to Degas
Parsley
Posted on 12/4/19 at 3:48 pm to colorchangintiger
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I need a friend like you
A man can't have too many friends. I probably give away about 1/3 or more of what I harvest since my garden makes more than I can use, and I can, pickle, cook down to freeze and dry some of what I grow to have when things are out of season.
Right now I have collards, kale, Swiss Chard, broccoli, sugar snap peas, onions, garlic, beets, many varieties of leaf lettuce, cabbage and cauliflower growing and that is only growing in half my garden. I'll put in some of the same for a succession harvest when the ones in there now are done and gone.
This post was edited on 12/4/19 at 3:49 pm
Posted on 12/4/19 at 6:01 pm to Degas
Celery.
It’s a huge time investment, but holy shite it’s a game changer, especially old wold varieties.
Herbal and intense, it completely changes traditional dishes.
It’s a huge time investment, but holy shite it’s a game changer, especially old wold varieties.
Herbal and intense, it completely changes traditional dishes.
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