[AT] Off topic but tractor related

Ralph Goff alfg at sasktel.net
Thu Jul 8 20:05:02 PDT 2010


Lincoln Homesteader is a popular name brand here for garden peas. They and 
other brands are readily available in most stores in spring planting season. 
Although with my poor luck growing peas of any kind I can't comment much 
further on them.
Ralph in Sask.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Al Jones" <farmallsupera at earthlink.net>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Thursday, July 08, 2010 6:55 PM
Subject: Re: [AT] Off topic but tractor related


> Pink eye purple hull is a good one.  A GOOD farm supply/feed/garden center
> should have several.  Believe brown crowder is another one.  My dad plants
> the pinkeye/purple hull and another pea that is black.  I can't remember 
> the
> name of it though.  They're ALL good to me, boiled fresh in a big pot with
> some country ham or bacon in them!
>
> Al
>
>>
>> On Jul 8, 2010, at 5:34 PM, charlie hill wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Al,  Do you know where I can get some field peas to plant?  They
>>> used to
>>> grow volunteer on our layout land back in the soil bank days but
>>> when the
>>> Nixon years and plant from hedge row to hedge row came along and
>>> then later
>>> when folks started growing cotton about everything un-intended went
>>> away.  I
>>> don't know when I last saw field peas.  Is there another name for
>>> them?
>>>
>>> Charlie
>>>
>>> --------------------------------------------------
>>> From: "Al Jones" <farmallsupera at earthlink.net>
>>> Sent: Thursday, July 08, 2010 5:28 PM
>>> To: "Antique tractor email discussion group"
>>> <at at lists.antique-tractor.com
>>> >
>>> Subject: Re: [AT] Off topic but tractor related
>>>
>>>> Charlie, field peas would be a good late summer/early fall crop too.
>>>>
>>>> Al
>>>>
>>>> --------------------------------------------------
>>>> From: "charlie hill" <charliehill at embarqmail.com>
>>>> Sent: Thursday, July 08, 2010 4:55 PM
>>>> To: "Antique tractor email discussion group"
>>>> <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
>>>> Subject: Re: [AT] Off topic but tractor related
>>>>
>>>>> It was officially 99 here yesterday but I saw 100 on my truck
>>>>> thermometer
>>>>> while driving down the road at 60 mph.    I was stopped with the
>>>>> engine
>>>>> idling for a while talking to a fellow and it went to 111.  I
>>>>> realize
>>>>> that
>>>>> was engine heat but still.  Today it is cooler by about 10 to 15
>>>>> degrees
>>>>> but
>>>>> it's humid today and actually feels just as hot.
>>>>>
>>>>> I guess some sort of mixed greens would do well for a winter cover
>>>>> and I
>>>>> like all of those things raw in a salad but I don't like the bitter
>>>>> greens
>>>>> cooked.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> --------------------------------------------------
>>>>> From: "David Bruce" <davidbruce at yadtel.net>
>>>>> Sent: Thursday, July 08, 2010 2:23 PM
>>>>> To: "Antique tractor email discussion group"
>>>>> <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
>>>>> Subject: Re: [AT] Off topic but tractor related
>>>>>
>>>>>> I use a mixture of turnips, mustard, radish, rape and kale as my
>>>>>> winter
>>>>>> covercrop for pat of the garden.  I like the greens and in
>>>>>> addition I
>>>>>> get the covercrop.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> My few potatoes didn't do squat, my onions are ready to harvest
>>>>>> but with
>>>>>> near triple digit temps it won't happen today.  My unofficial
>>>>>> thermometer reads 104 but it is usually + 5.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Heard a noise and my Chow and I looked out.  She went to make
>>>>>> sure the
>>>>>> UPS man wasn't bothering my mom and I said "no way".  Hot, humid
>>>>>> and by
>>>>>> these conditions should be late August.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> David
>>>>>> NW NC
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On 7/8/2010 1:50 PM, charlie hill wrote:
>>>>>>> Thanks David.  I'm not fond of turnips (at least the greens) or
>>>>>>> mustard
>>>>>>> so
>>>>>>> I'll probably pass on those.   Of course I could plant them just
>>>>>>> for
>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>> heck of it.   I am tempted to try some fall potatoes.  I'll look
>>>>>>> for
>>>>>>> one
>>>>>>> with some eyes and give it a try.  I don't have any certified
>>>>>>> potato
>>>>>>> sets
>>>>>>> but I have some I grew and I have some sulfur to coat them
>>>>>>> with.   I
>>>>>>> planted
>>>>>>> my onions late and with the dry weather they didn't do well.
>>>>>>> The tops
>>>>>>> were
>>>>>>> big but limp.  They wouldn't stand up like they should.  The
>>>>>>> onions
>>>>>>> (bulb)
>>>>>>> didn't grow well and none of them ever reached a size bigger
>>>>>>> than a
>>>>>>> golf
>>>>>>> ball.  Then the strangest thing happened.  I noticed the tops were
>>>>>>> dying
>>>>>>> back so I decided to go ahead and dig them.  The next day I went
>>>>>>> out
>>>>>>> and
>>>>>>> almost all the tops were gone,  completely gone.    I dug up the
>>>>>>> onions
>>>>>>> I
>>>>>>> could find where there were some tops and dug up about half of
>>>>>>> the rest
>>>>>>> of
>>>>>>> the row and never found a thing beyond the few tops I could see.
>>>>>>> STRANGE.
>>>>>>> I would say critters  got them but the row wasn't disturbed and
>>>>>>> there
>>>>>>> were
>>>>>>> no mole trails near the row.  I'm going to dig some more.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I hadn't thought about winter squash.  I don't really have a
>>>>>>> good spot
>>>>>>> for a
>>>>>>> garden here at the house.  Plenty of land but too many trees and
>>>>>>> it's
>>>>>>> terribly sandy and dry here.  The farm is too far away for me to
>>>>>>> really
>>>>>>> tend
>>>>>>> to a garden there so I'm just experimenting here and trying to
>>>>>>> hone my
>>>>>>> skills.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Does anyone know about Jerusalem Artichokes (different than
>>>>>>> regular
>>>>>>> artichokes)?  It's kind of a sunflower type plant with a tuber
>>>>>>> root
>>>>>>> that
>>>>>>> is
>>>>>>> edible.  It's not a fall crop. Just interested if anyone knows
>>>>>>> about
>>>>>>> them.
>>>>>>> Yes, late January is the time to plant onions here but I didn't
>>>>>>> get
>>>>>>> them
>>>>>>> in.
>>>>>>> In March when I went to buy my seed potatoes they still had some
>>>>>>> onion
>>>>>>> sets
>>>>>>> and they were cheap so I decided to try them.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Charlie
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> --------------------------------------------------
>>>>>>> From: "David Bruce"<davidbruce at yadtel.net>
>>>>>>> Sent: Thursday, July 08, 2010 1:26 PM
>>>>>>> To: "Antique tractor email discussion
>>>>>>> group"<at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
>>>>>>> Subject: Re: [AT] Off topic but tractor related
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Charlie,
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> My choices would be beans, squash (both summer and winter
>>>>>>>> squash),
>>>>>>>> cucumbers and later on (maybe late August) turnips and other
>>>>>>>> greens
>>>>>>>> like
>>>>>>>> mustard.  Not sure about potatoes either but if you have room
>>>>>>>> why not?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Lots of people here plant potatoes and onions in February so
>>>>>>>> maybe
>>>>>>>> even
>>>>>>>> in January for you.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> David
>>>>>>>> NW NC
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On 7/8/2010 12:41 PM, charlie hill wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> I have a question for the gardeners and farmers in the group,
>>>>>>>>> particularly
>>>>>>>>> those familiar with the growing season and conditions of
>>>>>>>>> coastal NC.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> I've been growing a small garden this year.  It's really an
>>>>>>>>> experiment
>>>>>>>>> to
>>>>>>>>> see what I remember from my youth.  I haven't grown a garden
>>>>>>>>> beyond a
>>>>>>>>> couple
>>>>>>>>> of tomato plants in 30 years or more.
>>>>>>>>> So far my experiment has done ok.  My potatoes were a
>>>>>>>>> disappointment
>>>>>>>>> but
>>>>>>>>> that was the result of a very dry spring.  The potatoes I got
>>>>>>>>> were
>>>>>>>>> nice
>>>>>>>>> and
>>>>>>>>> healthy but there just weren't many of them.
>>>>>>>>> Only 2 or 3 per hill.  They have been dug now as have my
>>>>>>>>> onions that
>>>>>>>>> didn't
>>>>>>>>> do well at all.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> My question is what plants can I plant now and into the late
>>>>>>>>> summer
>>>>>>>>> to
>>>>>>>>> get a
>>>>>>>>> late summer or fall crop?   I've got lots of tomatoes growing
>>>>>>>>> now and
>>>>>>>>> they
>>>>>>>>> are starting to ripen nicely.  I've got squash and sweet
>>>>>>>>> potatoes
>>>>>>>>> coming
>>>>>>>>> along and some beans I planted late just to see what they
>>>>>>>>> would do.
>>>>>>>>> They
>>>>>>>>> are starting to flower now.   But I want to use the potato and
>>>>>>>>> onion
>>>>>>>>> plot
>>>>>>>>> for some sort of fall crop.  Preferably something that cans
>>>>>>>>> well.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Any suggestions?  I considered trying another potato crop.  I
>>>>>>>>> think
>>>>>>>>> there
>>>>>>>>> is
>>>>>>>>> enough growing season left but I can't find any reference
>>>>>>>>> online to
>>>>>>>>> fall
>>>>>>>>> potato crops.  I'm thinking some cucumbers would work.   When
>>>>>>>>> I was a
>>>>>>>>> kid
>>>>>>>>> we
>>>>>>>>> planted two cucumber crops a year.  Who has an idea?  It doesn't
>>>>>>>>> usually
>>>>>>>>> frost here until at least mid October.  I'm on high sandy loam
>>>>>>>>> so
>>>>>>>>> soil
>>>>>>>>> moisture is my biggest concern.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
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