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This video is about growing a perennial flower bed in close proximity of your vegetable garden. The flowers will attract pollinators to your garden and other beneficial insects.
Wednesday, July 11, 2012
Tuesday, July 10, 2012
Prime Weather For Garden Diseases: Early Blight, Blight, Leaf Spot
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In Maryland, we battle Leaf Spot and Early Blight. This is what 9 days of good weather for tomato disease looks like (below). First you need rain to help the spores splash onto the leaves CHECK. You need continuous moisture in the form of rain or humidity to help the spores establish and spread upwards on the tomatoes DOUBLE CHECK. You need warm temperatures with a day an night temperature averaging in the mid 80's CHECK.
I have been spraying my tomatoes with wettable sulfur (switched from baking soda). I have sprayed them with a standard does (weekly for July) and will spray the bottom leaves every other day with a milder dose. I have had very little disease thus far. However, July is when EB arrives to our Zone 7 gardens. Good Luck! If you don't spray preventatively... now is the time.
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In Maryland, we battle Leaf Spot and Early Blight. This is what 9 days of good weather for tomato disease looks like (below). First you need rain to help the spores splash onto the leaves CHECK. You need continuous moisture in the form of rain or humidity to help the spores establish and spread upwards on the tomatoes DOUBLE CHECK. You need warm temperatures with a day an night temperature averaging in the mid 80's CHECK.
I have been spraying my tomatoes with wettable sulfur (switched from baking soda). I have sprayed them with a standard does (weekly for July) and will spray the bottom leaves every other day with a milder dose. I have had very little disease thus far. However, July is when EB arrives to our Zone 7 gardens. Good Luck! If you don't spray preventatively... now is the time.
Today Jul 9
90°F 75°F
PM T-Storms
Chance of rain: 50%
Tue Jul 10
82°73°
Scattered T-Storms
Chance of rain:50%
Wed Jul 11
82°72°
T-Showers
Chance of rain:60%
Thu Jul 12
83°73°
Scattered T-Storms
Chance of rain:40%
Fri Jul 13
85°74°
Scattered T-Storms
Chance of rain:40%
Sat Jul 14
87°74°
Scattered T-Storms
Chance of rain:30%
Sun Jul 15
90°75°
Scattered T-Storms
Chance of rain:40%
Mon Jul 16
90°75°
Scattered T-Storms
Chance of rain:60%
Tue Jul 17
90°75°
Scattered T-Storms
Chance of rain:60%
Monday, July 9, 2012
Video: Mid Summer Garden Tending - Tomatoes, Peppers, Cucumbers & Melons
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Mid summer heat can take a toll on your garden. The weeds grow like well... weeds. The heat beats down plants and the bugs come out from everywhere. I know it is hot when you get record breaking heat.
I spent about 8 hours in the garden yesterday battling everything to win it back. Vacation is good but 7 days of an untended garden creates a lot of work. I am amazed at how much can change in 7 days. Anyway... I won the battle and reclaimed my garden for the most part. The video shows the progression of one vegetable bed.
Here is a video on some tending ideas and how to use transplants to save you a lot of time.
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Mid summer heat can take a toll on your garden. The weeds grow like well... weeds. The heat beats down plants and the bugs come out from everywhere. I know it is hot when you get record breaking heat.
I spent about 8 hours in the garden yesterday battling everything to win it back. Vacation is good but 7 days of an untended garden creates a lot of work. I am amazed at how much can change in 7 days. Anyway... I won the battle and reclaimed my garden for the most part. The video shows the progression of one vegetable bed.
Here is a video on some tending ideas and how to use transplants to save you a lot of time.
Sunday, July 8, 2012
Recipe: Large Zucchini - Breaded, Fried or Parmesan
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You can find zucchini in the grocery store but it is usually small. Breaded and fried zucchini or zucchini Parmesan or Parmesian is a great way to utilize large (I mean large) zucchini. You can only grow these. I typically use this recipe when I go away on vacation and return to find mega zucchini in the garden.
This what I found when I returned from a 7 day vacation to the Outer Banks.
The recipe is a basic recipe that you can follow and adjust to taste. This recipe provides you the basics for breading and fry the large zukes. You can add tomato sauce and cheese right at the end too, for a Parmesan preparation if you like.
Slice the zucchini up into approximately 1/4 inch slices. You can go thinner but you don't want to go to much larger because it won't cook through and the breading will over fry.
About 4 or 5 eggs will be plenty of batter base for a large zucchini. I use two kinds of bread crumbs. A basic seasoned type and Panko bread crumbs for the extra crisp. I mix them to equal parts and make enough to cover what I am frying. I do not add season to the bread crumbs. You can salt and pepper the egg batter lightly to taste. They will get seasoned as you fry them.
Whisk the eggs together. Soak both sides of the zuke slices in the egg for a few seconds. Coat them in the bread crumbs and stack them. I don't use flour. If you want a better crust... add a dousing of flour in the steps. That would be soak the zuke, dip them in flour, soak them in egg again and proceed with the rest of the steps.
Fry each side of your zucchini for about 4 minutes on medium high heat. I have an electric stove and the setting I use is 7 on a 10 setting scale.
I make a seasoning of salt, pepper, onion powder and garlic powder. I sprinkle each side lightly while in they fry in the pan.
This is what it looks like without flouring the zuke. I prefer a lighter breading as to get less oil soaked into my meal. You want to put enough oil in the pan as to allow each side to oil up and fry. Don't over due it with oil.
Add some grated Parmesan cheese after the first flip. You can use Mozzorella. You can put some tomato sauce on them before the cheese is added. This is a great basic way to bread and fry up your large zucchini.
Enjoy!
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You can find zucchini in the grocery store but it is usually small. Breaded and fried zucchini or zucchini Parmesan or Parmesian is a great way to utilize large (I mean large) zucchini. You can only grow these. I typically use this recipe when I go away on vacation and return to find mega zucchini in the garden.
This what I found when I returned from a 7 day vacation to the Outer Banks.
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| Large Zucchini for Breading - The Rusted Garden Blog |
The recipe is a basic recipe that you can follow and adjust to taste. This recipe provides you the basics for breading and fry the large zukes. You can add tomato sauce and cheese right at the end too, for a Parmesan preparation if you like.
Slice the zucchini up into approximately 1/4 inch slices. You can go thinner but you don't want to go to much larger because it won't cook through and the breading will over fry.
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| Sliced Zucchini for Breading - The Rusted Garden Blog |
About 4 or 5 eggs will be plenty of batter base for a large zucchini. I use two kinds of bread crumbs. A basic seasoned type and Panko bread crumbs for the extra crisp. I mix them to equal parts and make enough to cover what I am frying. I do not add season to the bread crumbs. You can salt and pepper the egg batter lightly to taste. They will get seasoned as you fry them.
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| Egg Batter for Fried Zucchini - The Rusted Garden Blog |
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| Bread Crumbs for Fried Zucchini - The Rusted Garden Blog |
Whisk the eggs together. Soak both sides of the zuke slices in the egg for a few seconds. Coat them in the bread crumbs and stack them. I don't use flour. If you want a better crust... add a dousing of flour in the steps. That would be soak the zuke, dip them in flour, soak them in egg again and proceed with the rest of the steps.
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| Coat the Zucchini in Egg - The Rusted Garden Blog |
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| Bread Both Zucchini Sides - The Rusted Garden Blog |
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| Bread Zucchini for Frying - The Rusted Garden Blog |
Fry each side of your zucchini for about 4 minutes on medium high heat. I have an electric stove and the setting I use is 7 on a 10 setting scale.
I make a seasoning of salt, pepper, onion powder and garlic powder. I sprinkle each side lightly while in they fry in the pan.
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| Fried Zucchini Side One - The Rusted Garden Blog |
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| Fried Zucchini Side Two - The Rusted Garden Blog |
This is what it looks like without flouring the zuke. I prefer a lighter breading as to get less oil soaked into my meal. You want to put enough oil in the pan as to allow each side to oil up and fry. Don't over due it with oil.
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| Finished Fried Zucchini - The Rusted Garden Blog |
Add some grated Parmesan cheese after the first flip. You can use Mozzorella. You can put some tomato sauce on them before the cheese is added. This is a great basic way to bread and fry up your large zucchini.
Enjoy!
Saturday, July 7, 2012
Was on Vacation: My Transplant Beans Are Ready for the Garden!
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I took 7 days to visit the beach. We had 100 degree temperature while I was gone on vacation. The weeds have over-grown my garden but for the most part it looks pretty good. The cabbage loopers got a week without Bt and did eat holes in my kale.
But... that is how it goes. I did start beans in cups before I left that sprouted nicely while I was away. Starting warm season crops in cups is a great way to create transplants that can go into spaces in your garden or replace a spent crop. Tomorrow I will be removing my carrots and will put in some beans. Of course there is a rabbit in my yard that ate down all (yes all} my young bush beans before I left.
Below are 2 great varieties of beans. I grew them last year. Don't think green beans are the only beans you can grow.
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I took 7 days to visit the beach. We had 100 degree temperature while I was gone on vacation. The weeds have over-grown my garden but for the most part it looks pretty good. The cabbage loopers got a week without Bt and did eat holes in my kale.
But... that is how it goes. I did start beans in cups before I left that sprouted nicely while I was away. Starting warm season crops in cups is a great way to create transplants that can go into spaces in your garden or replace a spent crop. Tomorrow I will be removing my carrots and will put in some beans. Of course there is a rabbit in my yard that ate down all (yes all} my young bush beans before I left.
Below are 2 great varieties of beans. I grew them last year. Don't think green beans are the only beans you can grow.
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| 'Christmas Pole' Lima Beans - The Rusted Garden Blog |
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| 'Black Turtle' Beans Bush Type - The Rusted Garden Blog |
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