I have neglected the blog, and don't remember how to do some things like transferring photos to here, I probably could figure it out but it is to much trouble. Google says I changed my password 4 months ago , I don't remember doing that ??
The garden is growing , slowly , we had a cold April, and did not get the garden planted till mid to late April. Then we did not have rain and it went to 90+ ' in May , many days and now that it is June it is still in the 90's and no rain. I water with the rain barrel water , but it is just to hot. The carrots did not come up , Brad bought me new seeds I have planted those May 21 they did not come up so today 6-6-18 I have planted carrots for a third time. I also replanted Cilantro and Dill as the dill did not come up and there are only 5 tiny plants of Cilantro. My tomatoes and peppers look " great", I got those from Lorri, the pepper have lots of flowers and there are lots of flowers on tomatoes and there are small tomatoes already. Lorri also sent sweet potatoes, french bush beans and Kolhrobi. Those are all planted and appear to be doing well, she also sent cucumbers and if I keep those watered they look great. I planted pie pumpkin 2 hills and 2 hills of giant pumpkins. Only 1 hill of pie pumpkin came up so I went " nuts" and planted 4 more hills of pie pumpkin in flower area by garden and down in a corner of pasture , they are all up and doing well. Then because those were slow to germinate , I got worried and planted the remaining 19 pie pumpkin seeds that I had in cups, and you guessed it they all germinated. So I offered Kaylea some and planted 5 hills at the Boone Master Gardener Community Garden, and so far those look good.
I have tried to expand my herbs, still have Chives, Sage ,mint that are established, I planted new this year, Lemon Balm, Yarrow- Red and yellow , Lemon Grass and Stevia. Then in my herb planter I have Basil, rosemary, parsley , and a small planter with Thyme and Oregano.
So I keep the garden hoed, and weed free, I have used cut up 5 gal pails around the tomatoes and peppers, to help hold water in , also mulched with grass clippings.
Will try to see if I can figure out the photo thing.
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Wednesday, June 6, 2018
Sunday, July 30, 2017
Tomato Time !
The tomatoes are starting to ripen , we have been eating the little yellow pear tomatoes just off the vine and in salad, or as a snack, but then the other tomatoes have started to ripen and it was time to get to work. So I now have 5 pint jars of salsa and 2 Qt. jars of little roma tomatoes ! I need a " prep chief", Nikole has an excellent one that she " trained"!!! I found a canned spaghetti sauce recipe in my Taste of Home magazine, I need 25 lab's of tomatoes, I think I will try it and half the recipe. I just need to stay on top of the ripening tomatoes. And there will be more tomorrow.
I have been digging potatoes , carrots , and beets. I have made beet cake and chocolate beet cupcakes. Both were quite good. The garlic is braided and hung to dry, the onions were dug up and are drying on the picnic table, I will attempt to braid them as I saw on pintrist, and if it does not work I have mesh bags I will put them in and hang up . The beans are not doing much , I will make sure that I don't pick up pole beans again. The kale is doing well, and the cilantro is fading fast. I have lots of JalapeƱo peppers , and some red and green bell peppers.
My pumpkin patch was moved to the pasture by the barn, and I have only a few pumpkins. So next year I will plant them back in the garden and then I will try some back there again. But after talking with Nikole maybe I need flowers that will attract bee's for pollination. So I need to start planning that area.
Saturday, May 20, 2017
A rainy week, my new rain barrel is full !
The garden is starting togrow, beans,beets, kale, cilantro, potatoes, pumpkins are up. The green lettuce mix is looking good and I will start to pick that this week. Also planning to move my row net to the beet rows just to make sure they will be safe. So far I have not noticed any evidence that a bunny has been in the garden.
The herbs from Lorri are looking great- the small planter in front with the Thyme and Oregano is growing , it looks good. I trimmed the Sage bush some more, I trimmed it in early spring but was not sure how much to trim, but there was a lot of new growth so I trimmed up the long stems to a more reasonable length. I will know now for next year that I can cut back farther then I did this year. The wooden herb planter on deck is doing well also, the lemon Basil looked really sad for several days but is doing well now, so it was just in shock from being moved from it's safe pot to this bigger area. Can't wait to make recipe that calls for fresh basil !! And I have a couple of experiments that do need it .
The garden is starting togrow, beans,beets, kale, cilantro, potatoes, pumpkins are up. The green lettuce mix is looking good and I will start to pick that this week. Also planning to move my row net to the beet rows just to make sure they will be safe. So far I have not noticed any evidence that a bunny has been in the garden.
The herbs from Lorri are looking great- the small planter in front with the Thyme and Oregano is growing , it looks good. I trimmed the Sage bush some more, I trimmed it in early spring but was not sure how much to trim, but there was a lot of new growth so I trimmed up the long stems to a more reasonable length. I will know now for next year that I can cut back farther then I did this year. The wooden herb planter on deck is doing well also, the lemon Basil looked really sad for several days but is doing well now, so it was just in shock from being moved from it's safe pot to this bigger area. Can't wait to make recipe that calls for fresh basil !! And I have a couple of experiments that do need it .
Sunday, May 14, 2017
I received a wonderful Mothers Day present , a wooden rain barrel with a red pumper handle. It is really great, NO more filling watering can with the garden hose. Brings back memories of my childhood at grandma's house , she had a water pump in back yard, that as a child I used.
Also Nikoles mom Lorri has a green house and has produced " beautiful huge tomato" plants , and I was lucky to get some , plus basil, lemon basil, parsley , yellow squash. My garden is complete now, can't wait to have tomatoes to eat , can for use in the winter, salsa. But I know I will need to wait till July/ Aug. I had bought tomato plants at a local green house , they were ok but no where near as nice as Lorri's. My store bought ones are in the back ground with 1/2 gallon milk containers on them.
Also planted Wild Ginger that Brad found at St Paul's farmers market. I love wild ginger , a very pretty green forest wild flower. Needless to say I am going to be busy the next several weeks watering all of my plants at least daily.
So appreciative of my kids Nikole, Brad, A-Lisa and Richard Thank you to all of you .
Also Nikoles mom Lorri has a green house and has produced " beautiful huge tomato" plants , and I was lucky to get some , plus basil, lemon basil, parsley , yellow squash. My garden is complete now, can't wait to have tomatoes to eat , can for use in the winter, salsa. But I know I will need to wait till July/ Aug. I had bought tomato plants at a local green house , they were ok but no where near as nice as Lorri's. My store bought ones are in the back ground with 1/2 gallon milk containers on them.
Also planted Wild Ginger that Brad found at St Paul's farmers market. I love wild ginger , a very pretty green forest wild flower. Needless to say I am going to be busy the next several weeks watering all of my plants at least daily.
So appreciative of my kids Nikole, Brad, A-Lisa and Richard Thank you to all of you .
Saturday, April 15, 2017
We had .31 in of much needed rain yesterday, the grass is really green and we will need to mow soon, the trees are getting leaves. I decided to plant mixed greens and carrots , and next week I will put my row net that Brad and Nikole gave me over the rows to further bunny proof .
Always amazing how after being inside all winter I can't wait to get out there and plant things and play in the dirt. The rhubarb that I transplanted last year all came up but the plants are very very small and the rhubarb stalk is just a little thicker then match stick. I hope that during this summer they will continue to grow and get bigger. I will just borrow rhubarb from my sister. I like to make a pineapple / rhubarb jam and then Nikole has a REALLY good strawberry / rhubarb cobbler recipe and I want to make that at least twice! Strawberry shortcake.
I have been thinking I might go to MN for strawberry picking as the ones I picked down here last year were not at all good. I also have used all but 2 packages of Blueberries so that means a
field trip to WI. in July .
Now just need to wait for about 6 weeks and I will have fresh salad greens.
Always amazing how after being inside all winter I can't wait to get out there and plant things and play in the dirt. The rhubarb that I transplanted last year all came up but the plants are very very small and the rhubarb stalk is just a little thicker then match stick. I hope that during this summer they will continue to grow and get bigger. I will just borrow rhubarb from my sister. I like to make a pineapple / rhubarb jam and then Nikole has a REALLY good strawberry / rhubarb cobbler recipe and I want to make that at least twice! Strawberry shortcake.
I have been thinking I might go to MN for strawberry picking as the ones I picked down here last year were not at all good. I also have used all but 2 packages of Blueberries so that means a
field trip to WI. in July .
Now just need to wait for about 6 weeks and I will have fresh salad greens.
Wednesday, April 12, 2017
I have tried again to change the blog name, I hope I was able to accomplish that this time.
Sort of spring up and down temps, I am ready to plant my garden but I must wait a few more weeks. We borrowed the garden tiller on Mon. and that all done. We made it bigger by about 4 feet, and also tilled a small area in " clover pasture " for my pumpkins , then they can go where ever they want.
My garlic that I planted last fall is up , but not all of it made it , so I have soaked garlic cloves over night and will plant those today.
The tomato and Kale seeds that I started in the house are growing, getting a second leaf on the tomatoes so I will add more dirt to the little cups.
I am still missing Mars and it has been almost a year. We seemed to have been adopted by a
"cat", he lays in the sun in barn stalls and runs inside to hide if we get close, we call it Barney .
Sort of spring up and down temps, I am ready to plant my garden but I must wait a few more weeks. We borrowed the garden tiller on Mon. and that all done. We made it bigger by about 4 feet, and also tilled a small area in " clover pasture " for my pumpkins , then they can go where ever they want.
My garlic that I planted last fall is up , but not all of it made it , so I have soaked garlic cloves over night and will plant those today.
The tomato and Kale seeds that I started in the house are growing, getting a second leaf on the tomatoes so I will add more dirt to the little cups.
I am still missing Mars and it has been almost a year. We seemed to have been adopted by a
"cat", he lays in the sun in barn stalls and runs inside to hide if we get close, we call it Barney .
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