Posted on 08/16/2013 12:42:15 PM PDT by greeneyes
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Corn cob jelly? Lol
New one on me.
One bright exception with my grain experimenting was the Einkorn wheat. My first pilot plot in has been cut but not threshed. The second plot (much bigger) will need a mild fall to ripen. Looking forward to making bread Christ might have eaten. Also, a gluten intolerant god-daughter may be able to eat it. We’ll see . . .
I am just now in a severe thunderstorm warning with winds 60+ and hail possible. Warning says to report any tornado sighted. Rain has now started. The warning unless they extend it should be over in 30 minutes - this thing is headed into north Houston from here.
I liked those travelers that I planted last year. I had some started this year, but they didn’t survive the delayed transplanting, and then I ran out of room to plant more.
Haven’t ever had any marions.
The rain is blowing sideways, not coming down straight - lots of wind out there and lightning.
I may lose power due to lightning - the thunder is very loud.
My Dad made all the pies at my parents bar and grill and for thanksgiving too.
If you can read a cook book, you can make pies, providing you want to tackle it.LOL
me too.
No chokecherry jelly yet, but my wife’s Nero Aronias are bearing a few berries for the first time. Next year we should have some.
Rubarb went into pie with strawberries back in June. Feeding it manure for the coming year. I put the Star and Tribune on it - just kidding (sort of).
No fishing. Haven’t wet a line in nearly fifteen years. Kids, job and homestead keep me pretty busy. However, we’ve been discussing what we really want to do and our priorities are being shifted to the family instead of projects. Maybe I will get a line in the water soon with the family. Sunny filets fried with cracker crumbs are, indeed, gourmet fare. The bite like crazy in the early summer in the shallows while beginning their spawn. I used to catch them on a bamboo pole with a spider fly - great fun.
The fig tree in the pictures is an unknown variety. It was sent to me, bare root, 3 or 4 years ago by FReeper gardengirl. It is from coastal North Carolina. I named it Gardengirl. I also have a Brown Turkey and a Celeste tree but they are not doing as well as the Gardengirl.
Looking forward to hearing more about it as you go along. I am wanting to get some non gmo non-modern wheats that are nutritious that will do well in our area.
Stay Safe.
Those look so yummy. I’m going to get a dward brown fig tree, an olive tree, lemon and orange. They’ll all grow in large decorative pots near the front door.
Think I’m out of the worst, have gentle rain now and ten minutes to go before this area is okay. Darn, this is almost 5 pm when Houston cars will be leaving work. Their roads flood easily.
I did and thought it would have been great if they’d raided our community garden. Everything needs to be pulled so we can begin the fall and winter garden. We’d even stand there in handcuffs and tell them where to put the pulled plants and vines. Even offer them tools to trim the trees.
How could you have forgotten his last name??? LOL
That’s sounds good.
Clarify good for you - not the flooding.
The Marion is a good heat tolerant tomato great for the heat here in Mississippi. It is an heirloom like the Traveler.
Go to the hunting dept at some place like Wal Mart get some red fox pee, that will keep them away.
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