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RE: SAINFOIN - AN INCREDIBLE PLANT TO HELP BUILD OUR PASTURES?
I just went and read some more on Sainfoin. It sounds like an awesome plant to introduce to your pasture. Best of all it's something different. I love trying out new things. I have no need for a pasture but I've tried some different types of vegetables in my mom's garden.
We live in the city. They are out in the country and have tons of garden space. I buy them some varieties of seeds that you don't find in the stores. This is a picture of some of the different varieties of cucumbers that we tried. I try to buy heirloom seeds of varieties of vegetables that are less common and we try them out. It's great fun.
I hope your animals like the cool new addition to their pasture.
Very cool! Are you in the States? If so, I could get you some interesting seeds that you might not have.
No. Unfortunately I'm not. I'm in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
I really appreciate the offer though. Thanks.
I love this seed sharing idea, we used to do it when we had a large garden and space. pape-pepper is into the seeds thing big time and I'm sure he has some exciting new ones you haven't tried. I do like the effort you make into growing. So valuable and if you know of a seed for Ridged cucumbers I'd be happy to hear that one as we can't find them in the U.K. and like to make Bread and Butter pickles. Happy Steeming, happy growing!
My mother and grandmother traditionally just used a boston pickling cucumber for all of their pickles including bread and butter pickles. It's only been the last few years that we've been trying some different types of cucumbers. I think my mom may have tried a type of english cucumber before but those were for eating fresh, not for pickling.
She has been experimenting with some of the new cucumbers as pickles and has been finding out which ones make a good pickle and which ones are better eaten fresh in a salad or just eaten by themselves on the side. I mostly stuck to cucumbers that looked like they were well suited for pickling just for the fact that you can only eat so many fresh cucumbers in a season.
There were some white cucumbers called white wonders that look just like a boston pickling cucumber but they are white. Mom made dill pickles with them and they turned out a really light green, I'm assuming from the dill. As far as taste and texture go, I couldn't tell the difference from her regular pickles. I assume if they work as dills they'd be fine for bread and butters as well.
Thank you for your informative and interesting reply.