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Posted on 10/28/2011 5:05:33 AM PDT by Red_Devil 232
Good morning gardeners. We had our first frost last Friday but the weather has been beautiful ever since. I have been gathering leaves and other yard waste to add to my compost pile, which has grown nicely over the last few weeks and it is heating up and cooking nicely.
I hope all your Fall gardens prosper.
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I will be singing it all winter as I make my broccoli soup.
Thanks again for sharing.
Could you call the local state forestry office and let them know? They could cut and clear the trees and brush and use as fire training.
That’s what they do in Northern California.
As a kid, my dad raised chickens in the back yard. Mostly for eggs although we did have fried chicken a lot. Anyway, other than feeding them and cleaning out the coop, I know next to nothing about raising them.
What is the life span of a chicken, anyway? Assuming you don’t eat them.
They cut the oak wilt trees on a regular basis. The biggest problem is that all the trees are on private property. The owners will have to contact the forestry service. If it was state owned, they would cut it on a regular basis.
Some old timers will put fresh cow manure in the cold frame to raise the temperature. You may have to replace it from time to time.
The least expensive thing to do is to go to your local Library and check out the most rented vegetable garden books...
For anyone who has black walnuts and needs a better way to crack them, this looks promising: http://www.durgan.org/2011/October%202011/24%20October%202011%20Cracking%20Black%20Walnuts%20(Juglans%20nigra)/HTML/index.htm
My garden can’t seem to decide what it wants to do next. There have been enough frosts to kill the zucchini, but it hasn’t touched the tomatoes or strawberries. And I had already picked all the green tomatoes ahead of one of those frosts :/
The pile of rolled-up paper towels with dried seeds stuck to them is getting bigger! I’ve got pumpkin, watermelon, cucumber, and tomato seeds in the paper towels. I figure it simplifies cleaning them, just smear the seeds onto the towel, let dry, roll up for storage, then at planting time all I have to do is tear off the bit of towel the seed is stuck to.
I also have almost a cup and a half of bean seeds, and one spike of amaranth seeds.
Here's a website to get you started:
"How I Learned To Stop Worrying and Love Swiss Chard" (Link)
If this doesn't ring your chimes, get back to me and I'll share my favorites!
Welcome! This was my first year gardening.
Start small and learn as you go at first. With easy crops you don’t need to know much at all.
I love lettuce and onions and they are practically foolproof so my first year was a great experience.
Mustard greens and broccoli
The cucumber vine is still chugging along. We harvest 4-5 cukes every 3 days.
New cabbage heads. Now if I could get the Mrs to make kimchi!
Pole beans are budding.
This guy is supposed to be a pumpkin
We've been enjoying fresh lettuce for the past two weeks.
We may get some fruit off of the crazy papaya in the greenhouse if the temperature cooperates!
Good luck on the winter garden. It worked out for me better than I expected, so I hope you have good luck too!
“What is the life span of a chicken, anyway? Assuming you don’t eat them.”
Interesting question. I looked it up and the average seems to be about seven years, but the extreme may be 15 - 20 years. Wow.
Just think. . . if Ruby was still here she could go sledding tonight. They are calling for an inch of snow and ice.
Great song to sing as you go Wandering Through Your Garden.
It is known as “The Happy Wanderer”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nTWpbSHwVjw&feature=related
Do think of doing 3 seasons of gardening in the same space. In other words, you can have a Spring garden, a Summer garden, and a Fall garden, one after another. Some veggies like cooler weather (Spring and Fall) and others thrive in the heat of summer. Typical choices:
Spring: These are somewhat cold-tolerant: beets, broccoli, Brussels sprouts, cabbage, carrots, cauliflower, chard, collards, garlic, kale, lettuce, mustard, onions, parsley, spinach and turnips.
Summer: These really like the summer heat: beans, corn, cucumbers, eggplants, melons, okra, peppers, potatoes, sweet potatoes, squash, tomatoes.
Fall: Do the Spring garden all over again.
Do plant herbs, too. They are pleasant, fragrant, simple, and take up very little space. Try just a couple plants seach of rosemary, parsley, sage, thyme. Chives and garlic are *so* easy to grow. Mint is easy--- almost TOO easy. If you don't use a firm hand, it will run up and down, sneak under fences and invade neighboring territory.
And by all means, plant basil. Tuck it right in among your tomatoes. They love each other! :o)
Is she the one who loves to have a bath and then groomed?
Sweet story.. He does need a card.
have you thought of digging up your jalapeno into a flower pot and let it be the perinial they have in Mexico? I’m going to try it with my sweet peppers my jalapeno and habenaro. I have a sweet pepper right now that I’m putting in a pot to overwinter and see what happens. I’ve been told a jalapeno stock can be as large as a man’s wrist. I want to check that out.
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