Oh, how delightful to hear from you, dearest Nida. Thanks for commenting and I'm not surprised that you looked up new words. That is why you are so good at learning. Please tell me about how your life is going when you can. You are one of the few of the old crowd of friends I have left and I do miss hearing from you.
I had the regular Bok choy with sukiyaki. These baby ones only have a green Stem and not white. I bought the seeds not really knowing what I would get except it did say one thing in English aNd that was Pok Choy. So I was surprised it didn't grow very big.
Baby bok choys are good. Have you tried having Sukiyaki with baby bok choy in it? I love it especially when you dip it in freshly whipped raw egg. Oh and that's not my strawberry in the picture. Stranger in the Night just sent me that photo of his harvest.
Those in foreground are another kind of lettuce. The last row of greens ending near the car has a baby Bok Choy which tastes exactly like mustard greens. If I had known I would have planted much more. I saw your Texas strawberry, Ohnie. Mine aren't doing so well and when I was in Corpus Christi my garden consisted of mango and banana. I dig get some good strawberry crops back in College Station and Baton Rouge.
My soil here would work for strawberry if I planted right at the last frost or used a floating row cover.
AReality, the soil does have some ashes in it and the garden seems to be over a prehistoric midden or else some very hot fires with a (reducing atmosphere) were burned there. When I dig down I hit the darkest soil I've ever seen. In other words lots of heat but no oxygen is present. Oxidizing atmosphere turns things like pottery red and reducing atmosphere allows a natural color or a black color.
Noas, the soil is black because it has a lot of organic material in it.
Old fields and the stems or husks of rice are often burned in the field. The ash then returns carbon and other nutrients to the soil.
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Oh, how delightful to hear from you, dearest Nida. Thanks for commenting and I'm not surprised that you looked up new words. That is why you are so good at learning. Please tell me about how your life is going when you can. You are one of the few of the old crowd of friends I have left and I do miss hearing from you.
Nice conversation, Sir Bob and Ohnie!
Btw, I googled Bok choy and Sukiyaki to know what they were. :)
Baby bok choys are good. Have you tried having Sukiyaki with baby bok choy in it? I love it especially when you dip it in freshly whipped raw egg. Oh and that's not my strawberry in the picture. Stranger in the Night just sent me that photo of his harvest.
My soil here would work for strawberry if I planted right at the last frost or used a floating row cover.
AReality, the soil does have some ashes in it and the garden seems to be over a prehistoric midden or else some very hot fires with a (reducing atmosphere) were burned there. When I dig down I hit the darkest soil I've ever seen. In other words lots of heat but no oxygen is present. Oxidizing atmosphere turns things like pottery red and reducing atmosphere allows a natural color or a black color.
Good looking greens there, Bob!
Old fields and the stems or husks of rice are often burned in the field. The ash then returns carbon and other nutrients to the soil.
The soil here is also black!
Hey, Mr. Bob, do you need any help? I'm willing to do the garden job together with you!
;-) Enjoy your weekend!
Why the soil is black? Is it the soil from some volcano?