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05-11-2011, 06:43 PM
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Purple veggies
Since I love the color purple, I like planting purple veggies (besides the fact that purple veggies and fruits are good for you). So today I went out and planted:
purple carrots
purple kohlrabi
purple (okay, red) onions
The purple sweet pepper plants are in the greenhouse. The purple aspargus is in the ground. The purple potatoes (Russian Blues) are waiting to go in. I also have some purple tomato plants, and of course, eggplant. And, also in the greenhouse are some purple cauliflower plants.
I also planted some strawberry aspargus seeds--we'll see if those germinate, lemon cucumber seeds, arugala, peas, radishes (3 varieties), and italian parsley. The weather has been warm, so I'm hoping that I'm not overzealous and the seeds will germinate.
I'll plant purple bush beans and a heritage variety I picked up in WI that is varigated purple...
What purple veggies do you plant?
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05-11-2011, 07:45 PM
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as many as the 'iggle's got!
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05-11-2011, 07:51 PM
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purple cabbage
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05-11-2011, 07:51 PM
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Originally Posted by luvs
as many as the 'iggle's got!
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05-11-2011, 08:51 PM
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I like purple, too!!
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05-11-2011, 09:17 PM
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hm, pink would be cuter
like, pink taters, or a pink carrot casserole. hm.....
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i believe that life would not be complete without cute 'lil jeans, comfy 'ol tee-shirts, the Golden Girls, and the color pink....laughter doesn't hurt, either
rock on, PITTSBURGH-
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05-12-2011, 08:39 AM
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Oh--yes, I forgot purple cabbage! The DH plants the cabbage...I'll have to check if we have purple cabbage seeds!
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05-12-2011, 08:43 AM
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hm, pink would be cuter
like, pink taters, or a pink carrot casserole. hm.....
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I do plant a pink tomato...and, some varieties of purple cauliflower turn "pink" when cooked. And, the purple bush beans turn green, except if you pickle them, then the vinegar turns pink...I just like the infusion of color in the veggie garden...all my flowers are either purple, white, pink, fushia, or red (the red rose bush). I ban yellow from my flower beds...
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05-12-2011, 08:59 AM
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But, yellow and purple look pretty together, but I guess not with pink. LOL
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05-12-2011, 11:39 AM
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you can alter the coloring of veggies by adjusting ph ph levels in the cooking liquid, using alkalis & acidic ingredients. kinda neat. makes (red) cabbage bluish if you cook it w/ an alkali & that sorta thing.
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