Not as pretty as store bought, but they are edible.
/johnny
Posted on 03/28/2014 12:39:07 PM PDT by greeneyes
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/johnny
Any more rain on the way?
/johnny
LOl. Then I have to wait so that he gets enough money to pay for it.
I once had a herd of five horses. Got my fill of shoveling poo during that time. Now I use plants for my fertilizer and organic compost.
Hubby still gets manure from his friend, but he usually spreads it on in the fall.
Waiting, waiting, waiting...
Eventually waiting ends!
We are looking at some rain Thurs, and the weekend.
I have not done much today to justify my O2 consumption. Mounting the new easy read rain gauge was the big event. I also de-constructed a Chinese made pallet that was 100% plywood, even the corner blocks were laminated ply. Got some plywood pieces and nice 3” brass plated screws.
We love green beans too. I’ve planted 5/6 beans in my Keyhole garden, I know where one is, ‘cause I have a little
tower over it, I think 2 are in the outer corner of the V
in the garden, to protect the smaller plants when the sun
gets hot. Where the others are???????????, who knows. T
radishes, I transplanted didn’t even know they had been moved, the red onions are doing very well.
This past Saturday, we had a great Community Garden Day. Everyone of the “raised” gardens were taken and planted. We
served hot dogs at lunch with water and soda. Now we’re
in the process of making more raised gardens. I’m going
to take a bunch of pictures then follow the season with more
pictures until whenever. That was the best time. I had set
aside 3 gardens, shaped in a H, but someone wanted all 3 for
their plants. So now all I have is a syrup pot and my Keyhole garden. I’m thinking of taking some of the empty
syrup pots.
I just read to grow sweet potatoes, one should cut a piece and when it grows some “stems”, carefully remove the stems
and plant them in the soil. Does that sound right? My
potatoes rotted. GRRR. I’m going to plant some fingerlings and see what happens. My squash is doing what
squash plants are supposed to do.
Tomorrow I’m going to fill my home raised garden with the
fingerlings, squash, tomatoes, cucumbers, and in a home
syrup pot, I’m going to put in my canteloupes. My Kandy Korn is beginning to show. I planted some hybrid sweet
corn, especially treated to grow in pots. I guess the seeds
are still deciding if they want to grow, ‘cause nothing is
going on in that pot.
Stack the wood and sell it in the fall. The brush makes
good kindling, mix it with the wood when you sell it.
We caught one in the trap last summer. It didn’t mind it
at all. When we picked up the trap, it was laying on it’s
side eating a squash and another squash on the floor of the
trap. It didn’t fuss, it was quiet and content with it’s
haul.
Now, can I make these seedlings produce food? I don't know.
I transplanted six kinds of tomatoes out of the little cups into larger containers. There are three to four tomatoes in each larger container. I had to get them out of those little cups. The roots on all those seedlings were extensive.
sockmonkey, I transplanted four Tycoon tomatoes from the seed you sent me and they look strong. There are 4th of July tomatoes and Sweet Million tomatoes, and Mortgage Lifter, and Cosmonaut tomatoes, and Better Boy. Also transplanted hot pepper mix.
I have four Cherry Punch tomatoes coming up from seed now. Those are the ones that have three times more Vitamin C than other tomatoes. That is also the one I want to try to grow inside in the winter. These are suggested to be container tomatoes and they produce to eating size in 40 something days. They are also indeterminate so will produce throughout the winter if I get them to go inside. The ones coming up now will be outside in containers and it will be interesting to see if they produce all summer.
I think you guys told me tomatoes have to be protected from extremely hot sun a part of the day. Is that right? Johnny, did you tell me that in regard to Texas sun?
I checked outdoor containers today and those four grow bags with carrot seed in them “may” be producing little green plants but I am not sure those are carrots. That potting soil was there last year and these teeny tiny plants could be there due to the trees back of me getting their children in those grow bags. I put gobs of carrot seed in those bags and planted them like it said, but I'm not at all sure I have carrots growing in fact, as I think on it, I don't think those are carrots coming up. Darn.
The green shoots of the Walking Onions are as tall as 12-16 inches tall. They are kicking butt. I can see teeny, tiny, lettuce up in the long wood planter. They don't appear to be growing as fast as I think they should (but what do I know).
I have placed blooming Lantana close to the strawberries that also have blooms so I hope some flying insects find them. I have bumped the blossoms of the strawberries against each other, hoping to spread pollen where it needs to be.
I just looked at the Fingerling potatoes in the paper bag in the pantry and there is growth out of the eyes but it is tiny so it's going to take a while to get enough growth to plant those.
I am ordering larger containers today for all these tomatoes and for four Tromboncino and for the tobacco and for all the cucumbers in smaller pots outside. This should complete the containers I need.
Then, it's sit and wait and hope food grows. I have hemlock poison (Socretes drank that) to take if I get no food. :o)
So the hemlock is doing good, huh? :)
Did you ever get a hummingbird feeder? We have had some hummers hanging around the last few days, but she just filled the feeder, so they may have been around anyway.
No, don’t have the new hummingbird feeder yet - have not been out to shop in a while. Have to do grocery shopping in next few days, so will go to Lowes then for the feeder. I should get more potting soil mix at the same time. Thanks for reminding me to do that.
I’m not growing hemlock, will have to convince someone to sell me some ready to drink if I get no food. :o)
It's cool having a live-in chef. ;)
/johnny
It’s a pity we don’t close closer to each other. Neither of us wants company, so we wouldn’t have to see each other except for emergency reasons, like you made donuts.
/johnny
Not as pretty as store bought, but they are edible.
/johnny
Oooo...Fresh donutz, Mmmmm.
It’s definitely an emergency - I need those.
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