I will be canning these later this afternoon. They are darn Yummy fresh.
Posted on 08/16/2013 12:42:15 PM PDT by greeneyes
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I will be canning these later this afternoon. They are darn Yummy fresh.
If we could just take an average between us, the weather would be just about perfect for this time of the year.LOL
I see where you got a larger grow light system than you were originally looking at. I actually have 2 of the 2 ft. models, because of space issues.
I use mine year round. Spring sprouting, and winter fruit/veggies that don’t do well outside under cover in the winter time. I especially like to have a little lettuce, spinach and tomatoes to use on sandwiches in the winter.
With my raised beds, I only spend about 10 minutes in the AM and another 10 minutes right at dusk. Almost zero weeds. Stuff is close enough that I can tap on the window to chase off critters.
The other beds are shaded in the afternoon and located next to the fenced play yard. I turn the dog out often during the day which scares the critters. Hubby’s gardening is another story.
He has patches all over the yard and the orchard, as well as the lawn. He loves working out doors, and is heat tolerant, but he is a card carrying member of the Choctaw Tribe-I am just a pale face.LOL
Sorry, I wasn’t online yesterday till zero dark thirty. It has been a busy week, and I have just had to sneak in a few minutes here and there.
Glad you got it all figured out.
Sesame seeds. They are a great source of Calcium aren’t they? I have never grown them, but IIRC, from my research earlier I might have to try it. Non dairy sources of calcium are always of interest to me for a more self sufficient diet.
Sounds good. Do you freeze, dehydrate, or can any of them?
So was that soil amendment Blood Meal or something else?
Thanks for the link. I remembered that his name was Joe and the last name started with a B. How could I have forgotten the rest?LOL
I bet the libs drop the i in his last name when they talk about him. I’ve seen him on Fox News with Cavuto. I like him too. Makes a lot of sense.
Thanks for the pictures RD. I bet you are glad to be back home, and next year, you’ll be eating those home grown maters and stuff.
Have you thought about what kind you’ll plant yet? Stupice or Arkansas Travelers maybe?
Well, I promised to update on some things I was going to experiment with this year.
First, my barley patch was disastrous. I don’t use Round-Up but the plot planted needed more mechanical cultivation before planting. The weed competition was simply too much. The canary grass outstripped the barley and the nitrogen was insufficient to produce stalks any taller than a foot or so. Heads varied on the two-row Conlon with as little as ten grains up to thirty or thereabouts. It was tilled under and we’ll give it another more prepared shot next season.
Hops are coming in and doing beautifully. Some cones are nearly an inch and a half in length and shedding lupulin like pollen. I look forward to some nice ales this winter.
Finally, all my bean plots were literally under water well into the planting season and even after were in a state like oatmeal or play-dough. Genuine tilling condition didn’t arrive until nearly July 7th (the cut-off here for corn). No real dry beans for the table this year (I had 18 varieties I wanted to trial).
Good news is the fantastic green bean crop - tender and sweet! I guess the kitchen garden has really been the success this year (mainly raised beds) and food for garden suppers is in abundance.
Also, despite cold and rain for the pollination period on the apple orchard and the lack of bees, we had good pollination and many set blossoms. The fall crop will be very nice and we’re enjoying Northwestern Greenings (not to be confused with Northwest Greening apples) in pies, sauce and other cooking methods.
One last magnificent crop this year - mosquitoes! Never seen the buggers this numerous or fierce. We go with head nets and spray - always. Looking forward to a good frost . . .
I hope you all are having a wonderful summer and anticipating the best bounty you’ve ever labored for.
No no no .. picked fresh , best et quick born a few days?. I wish I could make pies.
The label says “Dried Blood”.
I purchased it at our local agway in the organic fertilizer department.
Thank God for green beans. LOL Always our most reliable and prolific crop. My experiment with Amaranth was similar to your barley.
Will try it again next year, but a little different soil mix etc.
WeedZ R the enemy. pick a handful and sleep better tonight.
wish I could make pies.
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Why can’you make pies?
I’ve been wanting to get another fig tree. What variety is it? We had one until they dug it up to put in the driveway. I wanted it transplanted but it was trashed before I knew it. They also trashed the blackberry bushes.
Here, we’ve had some sort of strange wetness falling from the skies the past couple days. Almost a inch worth. It’s been so long since we’ve had any that mud was dripping off the roof. The temp has dropped to 99!!! Hey, it’s under three digits so I’ll take it.
I need to put up some pickles tomorrow because the cucumbers are getting ahead of me. I had two gallons of strawberries that had been in the freezer forever so am thawing them in the fridge. Guess they’ll be reincarnated into preserves. I put up some corn cob jelly the other day and have been using it on toast and sopapillas, yum.
Still, the only tomatoes we’re getting are the yellow pears which aren’t my favorite (I’m not complaining). Two are growing up a tree and headed to the roof, well, except for where deer pruned the other night. Still having to yank out the volunteers because I’m out of cages and just don’t want to mess with them. I got a grand total of 4 little black cherry tomatoes this week and saved some seeds just in case. None of the other varieties are doing a thing. Same ol’ same ol’ story all summer - some over my head and some still only a foot or two tall but not a tomato in sight.
Did everyone see the posts on FR about the Arlington, TX SWAT raiding a rural garden? Better keep your garden well weeded, use only government approved planters, use caution when hiding, um, shading your legal tomato and okra plants and don’t tick off your neighbors or else!
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3054645/posts
Geeesh,, rub it it, why dontcha,, got any chokecherry jelly? Rhubarb? Welllll, get cracking..
Native Minnesotan here, grew up around farm and 4 H gardens..
I can search high and low but never find some of the stuff that takes me to my nest. . How the fishing? I used to catch a lot of sunnies in the weeds, .. some nice harvests,, fried in butter. Yummy .
I will definitely be planting Arkansas Travelers and some Marion I will have to think about others.
Thanks for the link bgill. I did see that story. I hope the garden owners sue for all they can get. The laws on this stuff need to be repealed or at least change to be more protective of citizen’s rights.
You mentioned corn cobb jelly, so you know that obligates you to share the recipe-right???
I know.. all my sisters were legitimate crusty gals in the kitchen, I had a few aunts that were just good,, keep in mind my experiences were most memorable as a yout’.. :-)
I miss the smell,, I need to make a hajj to minniesoda and savor lefsa and kolachi. Awww, my yout’ .. lucky I exercised a lot. :-)
I did the tomato leather. LOL..it took about 10 hours. I put the juiced tomatoes in 2 pyrex pans. The pan on the lower shelf became a wonderful dust and chunks, after I pryed it loose from the greased pan. The second came out dampish dry but did curl as I pushed it from one end of the pan to the other. One is in a jar and the other is in a plastic zip lock bag. One on the shelf, labled and the other in the freezer, labeled.
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