Two pickings of Diva cucumber within 3 or 4 days produced about 110 that are as hard to give away as Zucchni
This years tomatoes are a bit of a disappointment as there is a few rotting and they are not a tasty as years past
Posted on 09/04/2015 12:31:29 PM PDT by greeneyes
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Bought from Dollar General closeouts last year. American Seed packets.
Recognized them, but had no idea how good they are.
The type 2 is not the one that resembles Romano tomatoes. It is odd shaped pear tomato. Lumpy pear shape.
I plan to save some seed, but mine are planted next to Baxter Cherry tomatoes. Open pollinated. We’ll see if they run true.
The Baxter Cherry tomatoes have been huge producers. All my neighbor got care packages from me.
a dream come true...I could be a full time farmer....jealous of you but you are soooo deserving.....
we have had exactly 1/4 " of rain since the beginning of June....
I’ll ask my wife tomorrow but she may have never used that type lid.
Two pickings of Diva cucumber within 3 or 4 days produced about 110 that are as hard to give away as Zucchni
This years tomatoes are a bit of a disappointment as there is a few rotting and they are not a tasty as years past
Have any of you ever heard of fall blooming Bearded Iris?
Terrifying, too! :)
I talk big, but I’d have died of consumption back in the day, LOL!
With 160 acres, you will be working hard! How much is pasture and wooded?
We could only afford 18 so don’t have the privacy we wanted. But it’s still better than being in a subdivision in Mexifornia! And it’s still a ton of work and I don’t have critters yet!
About 50 is woodland, 10 or so in pasture that Beau currently rents out for Heifers (young milk cows who haven’t gotten pregnant yet) and the rest is in production for hay, soybean and field/seed corn.
I have ONE YEAR to get settled in there, get the house up to snuff and running smoothly, put in more vegetable gardens (fun!) and then Beau is retiring from construction work and he’s going to take over the actual production part of the farm versus renting out the land to others.
We shall see! :)
Sounds like fun!
I found the beginning stage to be the best - planning, hoping, dreaming...
When the hard work starts and everything doesn’t run perfectly, it’s a big dose of reality, LOL! But all worth it.
Keep us apprised of how things go. When do you make the move?
I’m leaving full time employment the end of January 2016, after I train my replacement.
Feb/March will be cleaning out the new (to me) house and deciding what stays and what goes. We’re combining two full households, so something has to give.
April will be spent moving me to the new (to me) house, then a final clean-up of my farm and she goes on the market.
Then the FUN starts, LOL!
I’m excited for you!
We moved to our getaway a few months ago. The house needs an entire remodel though. The 5 acres of woods is a mess and needs cleaning up - firewood! Fruit trees need planting, gardens need getting ready, housing for critters, ... but first, gotta can the wonderful apples from 3 existing trees ;)
That sounds wonderful! I am truly BLESSED to be able to do this. Self-sufficiency is going to be so freeing!
nice....
A Friend of mine had a flowering plum in her front yard that concentrate black knot disease.
Suggestions by horticulturists suggested cutting the tree down.
We chose to judiciously cull injured branches with a pruning shear, sanitized with chlorox after each cut.
Every rainstorm allowed the disease to spread to lower branches , and eventually it overcame the entire tree.
It eventually took the entire tree.
Removal of branches and fallen leaves is essential,as is sanitation of pruning shears after each and every cut,..
but I fear that it is a lesson in futility unless the entire tree is removed, as the spores are carried on the wind , and distributed by rain.
My suggestion : cut your losses !
..or else risk the entire orchard .
Safe, happy, & delicious Labor Day to all a y’all. :-/ Looked like it was gonna cool off & then, it didn’t.
God Bless
Congrats on the new farm, AND the new husband!!!
Out of curiosity, which county are you moving to?
If you have freezer space, peel and freeze some of those cucumbers in chunks. I’ve found cucumber smoothies can work miracles on a sore throat.
San Marzano has always been a 'meh' producer for me in the past. This year, I gave the San Marzano Nano line a shot, and they are doing very well.
Go figure.
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