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Gag me with a snap pea

I just can’t get over how great our gar­den is doing! I just knew that hav­ing to replant most every­thing did us in, but you’d never know it by looking.

The thing I’m most excited about is our okra.  They are beau­ti­ful and we have 2 long rows of those babies!  We gonna be pick­lin’ and eatin’ and pick­lin’ and…[wipe drool]…sigh. I do love okra!

Liv­ing in NW Ohio, I saw my fill of acres and acres of corn, but I swear they were not as spec­tac­u­lar as OUR corn.  Just look at that silk!

I think the only thing I’m regret­ting is the num­ber of snap pea plants we have. I’m so tired of eat­ing snap peas. Yes, I’m freez­ing them too, but I’m just tired of pick­ing them!

We’ve started “puttin’ up” which is so satisfying…well, until we start can­ning all those toma­toes.  I’ll have to live on Pep­cid just to stand being around myself!

Tags: Garden

5 Responses to “Gag me with a snap pea”

1. Mango Girl says:

   July 9, 2009 at 8:10 am

   How incred­i­ble!!! I dram of a fab­u­lous gar­den like yours…

   I will be there soon to help har­vest in exchange for a doggy bag!

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   Come on over, girl! I’ll hook you up!
   ~Jen

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2. Rachel says:

   July 9, 2009 at 10:24 am

   Your gar­den is beautiful!

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   Thanks, Rachel!
   ~Jen

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3. Alea says:

   July 9, 2009 at 11:19 am

   Wow, your gar­den is doing well! I don’t like okra, but I can see myself plant­ing it just for the beau­ti­ful flow­ers. Great pics!

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   I would love to have a vine that put on those kind of blooms. They’re just gor­geous.
   ~Jen

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4. Lori (The Book Lady) says:

   July 9, 2009 at 12:55 pm

   Your gar­den is grow­ing so well. We are okra eaters, too. My favorite is pick­led okra and dh loves it in gumbo. Yummy! There are fields and fields of corn around here and I must agree with you — your corn looks much bet­ter )

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   Oooo…I for­got about Gumbo. My hus­band loves it too.
   ~Jen

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5. Elaine H says:

   July 9, 2009 at 10:59 pm

   I would love to grow corn but it is just not some­thing that grows well, or eas­ily, this far north. I have heard that some are work­ing to develop one that can han­dle our long sum­mer days and short grow­ing season.

   Your gar­den looks great. I would sug­gest that if you need to find a home for some of your abun­dance that is too much for your fam­ily you could donate it to a local food bank.

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   What a won­der­ful idea to use a food bank for extra veg­gies! I’ll have to call them this after­noon to see what their require­ments are.
   ~Jen

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