Slick 60's

that recipe does sound good
i will ask some of the more serious gardners if they can get some seeds
hopefully if we get it to grow it wont do to Kansas what Kudzu did for the south

slick4x4 wrote:that recipe does sound good
i will ask some of the more serious gardners if they can get some seeds
hopefully if we get it to grow it wont do to Kansas what Kudzu did for the south

We could send over some Cane Toads to help get rid of that Kudzu, they did bugger all to get rid of the sugar cane beetle!.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gYUHnf7Uy1k

Alan/Pat: Sure I'll be glad to send some...if I can find them. I'll check the local markets to see if they're available here. (I've never cooked them, only eaten them in restaurants in South Louisiana.) If I can't find them here I can contact my friends in the N.O. area.
As far as growing them, my research shows you don't plant seeds. The seeds germinate inside the fruit so you must plant the entire fruit. Another problem with growing them is most of what you find in the U.S. now are grown in Costa Rica at altitudes of more than 3,500 feet, which apparently do not grow well here. Most of the Louisiana Mirliton's (the majority of which were grown in backyard gardens and had been for more than 200 years) were wiped out during the one, two punch of Katrina and then Gustav. There is an effort underway to resurrect these "heirloom" plants.
Maybe Pat has a "green thumb" (like my Grandmother, who could root a toothpick ) and make anything grow.
BTW: Pat, how much rain did you get? Enough to make a difference?

Gerald, Your right about the way they germinate( I think!), the only way I've seen them grown, is by planting a sprouting fruit in a shallow hole, on their side with the vine sprout facing up. They will die back each season, but will come back for 3 or 4 years with the same plant, they are a very tough plant as mine are starting to grow again!, so the chooks may have shade after all!

so this is not like a squash that you plant every year....
it grows year after year... if i am reading this correctly
but what about the harsh Kansas winters ?
it get below zero here during the winter....

total of about 2.5 inches of rain
the soybeans & milo are really looking healthy now
but the ground was so dry we will need more to make a crop
but at this time its looking good !

slick4x4 wrote:so this is not like a squash that you plant every year....
it grows year after year... if i am reading this correctly
but what about the harsh Kansas winters ?
it get below zero here during the winter....

total of about 2.5 inches of rain
the soybeans & milo are really looking healthy now
but the ground was so dry we will need more to make a crop
but at this time its looking good !

Is that zero/c or zero/f ?, I`d say that you may have to replant every year!, and like every thing else!, if you get it in early enough, you should get a good crop!. I've had these things growing in my yard on a paling fence, a chicken wire fence and even out houses, once the flower germinates, you`ll be eating it in about 10 to 14 days, some times they just over run you with fruit. A good vine will give you up to 10 a day!, so I hope all the family will like them!

man is the wind BLOWING AGAIN !
about 22* F outside & wind @25 mph
i hate to work in the shop because it takes a LOT of fuel on days like this
if the wind isnt blowing.... no problem
kids home from college & school is out
been playing lot of card games (pitch , hearts , spades)
ready for santa too !

Well.... The wind has been blowing all over the USA lately.....
Voting today
After this the wind will go down

but atleast it is mostly hot air today

winds been blowing all day today. careful or all that rain we got will be blown away.

Yep.... Sure wish I had a wind charger....
Or a sail on my truck

Yesterday it was 65* sunny and VERY nice
Today ? Snowing and a heck of a wind !

Welcome to SPRING! The "unstable weather season"

Boy, this is an old post revival (August 2011) but it reminds me I never followed through on trying to get some Mirliton's for Pat to try.

R A I N !!!

Been raining all day.....
I'm not complaining... It's making the soybeans HAPPY
Over 5 inches in the last 3 days ......

"Nuff yet, Pat?
Paul

Why do I get uneasy, seeing Pat so quiet? I know he has A LOT of cool trucks to be tweaking, what is he up to?

I've been in the shop getting tractors & machinery in good shape.....
Have not did ANY field work at least 3 weeks
Rain rain rain.... We are WET
Going to be balls to the walls when it drys up.....
Corn & soybeans to harvest
And have to get fields ready to plant ( disc, cultivate , ect...)
I did have time yesterday to drag a 66 f100 home
It had been rolled & motor tranny pulled
But it did have moonies rims on it
$150......

Glad to hear the monsoons haven't affected the ever-growing slick crop
Paul

I wanted to talk about the wind again .....
I see I originally wrote this post nearly 10 years ago .....
Guess what ???
Winds blowing again
Relentlessly !
About the last week or so
I don't believe I've ever seen it blow this hard , this many days in a row !
.....
Only about 4 things guaranteed in life
Death
Taxes
Wind blowing in Kansas
Rusty cab mounts

About 6 weeks ago the wind blew relentlessly for about 10 days straight
Then we got some VERY. Warm weather ... broke a record in western Kansas
Hit 91* ... WAY too hot at the time
Then yesterday it got down to 11* here ...too cold !
We are in a drought... which is actually a good thing for wheat farmers
The wheat was so small & underdeveloped ... the freeze didn't damage it much
But we are gonna need a good amount of rains for a decent crop

I think men must be much more organized than women
Father Time never gets mixed up
But mothe nature ? .....
She's all over the place