Comments on: Someday I’ll Grow Broccoli http://byufan.net/index.php/2009/03/25/783/ The day-to-day life of a BYU fan - only occasionally discussing BYU sports Thu, 05 Aug 2010 21:02:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: BYUFan http://byufan.net/index.php/2009/03/25/783/comment-page-1/#comment-833 BYUFan Sun, 12 Apr 2009 15:40:59 +0000 http://byufan.net/?p=783#comment-833 Unfortunately, it hasn't sprouted yet and I don't think it will sprout. I'd ask for my money back from the seed company, all $2.59 of it, if it wasn't more hassle than it was worth. Unfortunately, it hasn’t sprouted yet and I don’t think it will sprout. I’d ask for my money back from the seed company, all $2.59 of it, if it wasn’t more hassle than it was worth.

]]> By: anne http://byufan.net/index.php/2009/03/25/783/comment-page-1/#comment-831 anne Sat, 11 Apr 2009 03:37:08 +0000 http://byufan.net/?p=783#comment-831 I really hope that the broccoli does sprout... I've always wanted to compare home-grown broccoli to the frozen, store-bought kind my mom always gets. I bet it tastes better. And yes, that Vietnamese style cauliflower does taste good...even though I like it better without anything on it. I really hope that the broccoli does sprout… I’ve always wanted to compare home-grown broccoli to the frozen, store-bought kind my mom always gets. I bet it tastes better. And yes, that Vietnamese style cauliflower does taste good…even though I like it better without anything on it.

]]> By: BYUFan http://byufan.net/index.php/2009/03/25/783/comment-page-1/#comment-829 BYUFan Sat, 28 Mar 2009 23:25:33 +0000 http://byufan.net/?p=783#comment-829 Pine needles make the soil more acidic which is a good thing in our Utah alkaline soil. You might be successful at growing blueberries which prefer acidic soil and do well in shade. Raspberries are also usually grown along the north side of houses where they get a few hours of sunlight a day. I would love our yard to have more shade but there is only so much you can do with two year old trees. You can come pull weeds any time you like. In the event that I actually ever harvest a strawberry (something that's never happened with kids, birds, hot summers, and an inexperienced gardener all conspiring against it) you'll be the first to know. Pine needles make the soil more acidic which is a good thing in our Utah alkaline soil. You might be successful at growing blueberries which prefer acidic soil and do well in shade. Raspberries are also usually grown along the north side of houses where they get a few hours of sunlight a day. I would love our yard to have more shade but there is only so much you can do with two year old trees. You can come pull weeds any time you like. In the event that I actually ever harvest a strawberry (something that’s never happened with kids, birds, hot summers, and an inexperienced gardener all conspiring against it) you’ll be the first to know.

]]> By: Lori http://byufan.net/index.php/2009/03/25/783/comment-page-1/#comment-828 Lori Sat, 28 Mar 2009 20:06:23 +0000 http://byufan.net/?p=783#comment-828 I'm reading a book I think you might like, Animal,Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver. She moves her family to a 100-acre farmstead in West Virginia and they make a one-year commitment to eating only local or homegrown food. She has a good 20-page chapter on asparagus alone. The book makes me want to plant a little something (or maybe just makes me want to want to plant something) but I just don't know where to begin. Our yard is so shady and so fulla pine needles. Maybe I could be your co-op lady and come pull weeds once a week in exchange for a strawberry. I’m reading a book I think you might like, Animal,Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver. She moves her family to a 100-acre farmstead in West Virginia and they make a one-year commitment to eating only local or homegrown food. She has a good 20-page chapter on asparagus alone.

The book makes me want to plant a little something (or maybe just makes me want to want to plant something) but I just don’t know where to begin. Our yard is so shady and so fulla pine needles. Maybe I could be your co-op lady and come pull weeds once a week in exchange for a strawberry.

]]> By: BYUFan http://byufan.net/index.php/2009/03/25/783/comment-page-1/#comment-827 BYUFan Fri, 27 Mar 2009 01:52:28 +0000 http://byufan.net/?p=783#comment-827 I love eating Cauliflower (especially when Nancy cooks it Vietnamese style with fish sauce and green onions) but it's too hard to grow so it's not worth planting in that sense. It's definitely worth having on the planet but I agree with you that if zucchini and squash somehow went extinct I wouldn't even notice it. I love eating Cauliflower (especially when Nancy cooks it Vietnamese style with fish sauce and green onions) but it’s too hard to grow so it’s not worth planting in that sense. It’s definitely worth having on the planet but I agree with you that if zucchini and squash somehow went extinct I wouldn’t even notice it.

]]> By: Kelly http://byufan.net/index.php/2009/03/25/783/comment-page-1/#comment-826 Kelly Thu, 26 Mar 2009 06:03:23 +0000 http://byufan.net/?p=783#comment-826 zucchini, (yellow) squash and cauliflower are very smart things to have on the not worth planting list. They are top on my not worth on this planet list. zucchini, (yellow) squash and cauliflower are very smart things to have on the not worth planting list. They are top on my not worth on this planet list.

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