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My goodness, that's a lot of growing space. I get overwhelmed with my 700 sq ft of growing space as it is. Not everything I harvest, prep, and cook gets started by me each year. There are many fruit trees and berry bushes in the yard that don't require much effort on my part except for the...

Ciao Michael- Happy New Year. I can help you with the purple tomatoes part. There are other purple vegetables that you didn't mention: Purple Tomatillos Purple (regular non-sweet) Potatoes Purple Corn Purple Shelling/Soup Peas Purple Cauliflower Purple Radishes Purple Kohlrabi Purple Kale...

Ciao all- For me, I agree with AJ's wife..I REALLY fell in love with the Billy Biker Jalapenos made into bacon-wrapped poppers this summer. I never expected to like those as much as I did, but Duane's agreed to grow 4 pots next year to make sure we have enough (we didn't). I also agree with...

Ciao Srin2- The top photo you show looks just like how my Mrs. Burns Lemon Basil looks right now. It's really the end of my season, although I'm still picking a few leaves here and there before we get frost. I've left it to flower and it has long racemes like yours. When it's younger, the...

Patrick, you're a nutbar and you're ok... :dance:

Ciao Silver Surfer- Duane got something like what you have for Father's Day. It has less holes and is shaped like a pepper, kind of cute, with a nice twisty corer. The holes are the same size as yours, so thank you for the tip about running a toothpick or bamboo skewer through them to help...

Well said, Smokemaster. It's not like any of us will be starting seeds before the new year. Let's cut the guy some slack. These things take a lot of work to get off the ground.

Ciao cheezy- You might delete some of your messages so people can message you privately with proprietary home brewing secrets.

Ciao all- BC, the plant growing along the side of the house isn't basil at all, but Amaranth. Amaranth is a grain plant which produces large fluffy spikes filled with very small seeds. I believe the entire plant is edible, but I don't know of any uses for the leaves. Native North Americans...

Ciao Chris- I'm so glad you had such a successful season! I think most of us really benefited from the hotter, drier conditions. I love the furry and stripey tomatoes, too and try to grow a couple every year. The Roughwood Golden Tiger has excellent flavour. I really like that one a lot. I...

For fuel, Duane used a combination of natural charcoal and hickory chunks that he soaked overnight. Here is the pork shoulder 3 hours after starting. The ribs are about ready to come off. He cooked the pork shoulder a total of 10 hours at 200-225F, turning every 2 hours. This is the...

Ciao all- Duane spent a lot of the recent Ontario Civic Holiday babysitting his smoker. He wanted to do something big with it and settled on a large pork shoulder for pulled pork. Not wanting to devote a lot of fuel to one thing, he also smoked 2 racks of pork ribs we had in the freezer...

Ciao all- I absolutely vote for "share your best smoker recipe" as Cheezydemon said. I got Duane a smoker for his birthday and he had to make ribs to start things off, but I'd be extremely interested in all of your favourite recipes. We don't have a "smoker cookbook" per se, but the experts...

Ciao qbvbsite- I have no clue why my PMs are not working right now, nor do I know why my entire inbox and sent items have been deleted. I have sent you an email with my mailing information. Let me know if you did not receive that. Worse comes to worse, there are several people here who have...

Ciao siling- There are many scary-looking nightshade members out there. Most are tropical types with thorns that can get several centimetres in length. Not all of these are edible, but some are. Some of the eggplants I've seen in the tropical rooms in conservatories get 3 metres or taller...

Ciao Avon- Wow, growing from seed, eh? I think you're really better off getting plants. Garden centres and nurseries carry them and should still have them now, although spring is the best time because there will be more of a choice. If you're fortunate to know people who have currant bushes...

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Ciao Paul- We have the exact same thing happening here. I'm almost completely sure it's the triple mix we got to help amend our beds because some of the things I've seeing, I either haven't grown in a few years or I just plain haven't grown. Also, the winters here are so cold that seeds to...

Ciao franz- Hey, that's great, good for you and very resourceful! I'm growing some soybeans out in the front yard this year in between ornamental millet. They're just starting to emerge now, so I've got some time before I get pods.

Ciao Matt- Your Jersey Devil plant looks just fine, but he would probably benefit from having a larger container. Indeterminate paste tomatoes can get well over 6 ft tall. Let me know how you like that one. I have seeds for it, but I've never grown it. It should give you some very meaty...