Posted on 10/12/2018 7:21:23 PM PDT by greeneyes
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Augie, really enjoyed the pics on the last thread. Quite a nifty project there.
We are supposed to get down to freezing on Monday, so this weekend, I'll chop off the tomato branches that still have green cherry tomatoes and blossoms and stick them in a pot of dirt. Hoping that some will develop roots.
This has worked in the past, and a lot of the blossoms have wound up developing into tomatoes during the winter. Lemon tree and aloe vera and herbs are in the green house.
I will be planting the garlic and rye this weekend - later than usual. Raised beds are finally cleared of tools from hubby's projects, but will not do too much this weekend, because I have to finish taxes. Ugh.
Hope all is well with you. Prayers up for all. God Bless
Hi Greeneyes!
((((HUGS)))
We are in “High Color Autumn” right now in SE MA. Really beautiful...when it’s not raining.
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It seems to me, that we went straight to brown this year. We’ve had loads of leaves, but not the fall color we usually get.
Very concerned about our butternut tree. Usually our best producer for nuts. This year=zero, and it lost all the leaves before the other trees had hardly begun.
The oak tree over my house did exactly as you describe.
The maples are beautiful though.
I wonder what’s going on?
I don’t know - haven’t even had time to do a search to find out. LOL
I didn’t get my garlic in yet either. Going to try and get the raised bed ready this weekend though.
I’m hoping that the raised bed are dry enough tomorrow to get it done.
Everything outside has frozen already. The two tomatoes indoors in containers seem to be doing well. Forecast for this weekend has a cold front coming with 3-5 inches of snow each day and a low temp Saturday of 12F and Sunday 7F.
Planting bulbs for spring bloom....daffodils, crocus.
Picking my last watermelon tomorrow. Should be nice and "chilled". We're in the high 40's for a couple nights and high 50's during the day.
Will take a ride for photos of the trees for my winter paintings.
we've already had a good frost, down into the 20s but days very sunny.....
still very dry here in eastern Washington.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZD_3_gsgsnk
Nebraska retiree uses earths's heat to grow oranges in snow (Title). Amazing what a retired postal worker, a dream, an idea, and determination can do. Financed it himself, initially at least, because ag colleges and the like said it couldn't be done or impractical.
I did some more canning this week.
16 lbs of untrimmed tri tip.
I trimmed off the fat and got 5 lbs of rendered fat that I poured into soap molds to make it easier to use later. It’s bagged up in the freezer. I’ll use it in soap and cook with it.
I saved the cracklings to make beef hash with and made 18 pints of roast. No waste at all! Took about 12 hours.
Next week I want to do some chicken and gravy fixings and strawberry jam.
Eastern Washington.
Nice!
I’ve got a thing for Idaho now. I’d like to retire there.
My daughter and I went there over the summer to look at U of I Moscow. We hopped the border to hit some thrift stores in Pullman, Wa.
Eastern Washington is looking good too.
Has the smoke cleared from all the fires yet?
I’m glad we don’t get that cold as fast as your area.
Thanks for the link. We have a couple of books on making year round grow houses.
Sounds delish. Makes me tired to think about it. LOL
I am building a kit green house. pretty flimsy, but it’s anchored on 4X4’s maybe try late tomatoes and zuchini here near philly
I still have to build one. I did a couple kind of funky hugelkultur deals last year, not very tall. One has been compacted because it’s in the only spot where I could hang the clothesline... But I want to put a frame up and fill it with nice loose topsoil, manure, compost and mulch, fertilize it real good and plant garlic.
I was thinking about garlic on the outside and spinach and chard on the inside using garlic as a barrier against snails and the like.
My other hugel bed got really dry in the summer and I think that’s why I had BER on the San Marzanos. I tried calcium, powdered milk, milk, etc. I think the ground just got too dry.
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