Posted on 10/12/2019 6:37:48 AM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin
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SE Wisconsin (Zone 4/5) had our first freeze last night - I woke up to 29 degrees!
The best part? Our new furnace works like a charm!
Some things in the garden will survive this - Kale (of course!) and my remaining lone red cabbage, taters still underground and still-ripening Butternut squash.
Sunny, windy and chilly today. I’ll take it over the awful HEAT we’ve had all summer (with NO A/C!)
The Garden Song
Inch by inch, row by row, gonna make this garden grow
All it takes is a rake and a hoe and a piece of fertile ground
Inch by inch, row by row, someone bless these seeds I sow
Someone warm them from below, ‘til the rain comes tumbling down
Pulling weeds and picking stones, man is made of dreams and bones
Feel the need to grow my own ‘cause the time is close at hand
Grain for grain, sun and rain, find my way in nature’s chain
Tune my body and my brain to the music of the land
Plant your rows straight and long, temper than with prayer and song
Mother Earth will make you strong if you give her love and care
Old crow watching hungrily, from his perch in yonder tree
In my garden I’m as free as that feathered thief up there
Inch by inch, row by row, gonna make this garden grow
All it takes is a rake and a hoe and a piece of fertile ground
Inch by inch, row by row, someone bless these seeds I sow
Someone warm them from below, ‘til the rain comes tumbling down
Slug by slug, weed by weed
Boy this garden’s got me t’d
All the insects come to feed
On my tomato plants
Sunburt face, skined up knees
The kitchen’s chocked with zuchinis
I’m shopping at the AP’s
Next time I get the chance
The Ballad of Serenity by Joss Whedon
Take my love, take my land
Take me where I cannot stand
I don’t care, I’m still free
You can’t take the sky from me.
Take me out to the black
Tell them I ain’t comin’ back
Burn the land and boil the sea
You can’t take the sky from me.
Leave the men where they lay
They’ll never see another day
Lost my soul, lost my dream
You can’t take the sky from me.
I feel the black reaching out
I hear its song without a doubt
I still hear and I still see
That you can’t take the sky from me.
Lost my love, lost my land
Lost the last place I could stand
There’s no place I can be
Since I’ve found Serenity
And you can’t take the sky from me.
source: https://www.lyricsondemand.com/tvthemes/fireflylyrics.html
(I wonder if Joss was thinking of your song when he wrote this one?)
‘Firefly’ BEST TV series to ever be cancelled! :(
Might dark for a garden thread, Diana.
Going to grow Buttercrunch lettuce and spinach hydroponically. Just getting supplies together. Pure Science. Should have lettuce in 30 days.
Will let you know in the spring.
Well, you know - to each his own! :)
Its flavor is legendary and is highly sought after by gourmet restaurants. (hat tip Urban Farmer)
My Dad used to buy buttercrunch hydroponic heads at the grocery store for 4 cents apiece that were going to get chucked anywy. He didn’t even know what hydroponics was. He just saw roots. He would get the heads, cut off the tops and plant them in his garden and they would grow all new heads. Tried it myself it works. You might try that for a good root start.
Nice nails Diana! Good to see you taking it easy.
We flipped our geothermal system to “heat” and changed the air filters yesterday in anticipation of cold wx. All seems to be working.
Temp got down to 38 F last night.
Some frost on our shingles but warm water in our lake kept our remaining garden plants alive.
We may have live plants going into mid-November in the Ozarks.
BUT they're delicious...I boil them, add butter and brown sugar.
Next year will also grow some regular carrots for fun....I can get 2 lbs for $1 at Aldi and they're from Canada. I use them in soups and stew so taste isn't a priority. They taste like....wait for it.....carrots! :-)
West central Wisconsin here. Frost last night.So many flowers courting the grim reaper. The potted Hibiscus are now in the foyer; loaded with a batch of their stingy blossoms - finally - just in time to croak if outside. But the field corn is all black layered, so a good frost will speed up the natural drying.
LOL! :)
I am impatiently waiting for my Popcorn to dry. I planted 'Calico' this season, in the hopes that I can find something similar to the type I buy at market - which costs an arm and a leg per pound. Puh-leese! It's not like they're hand-shucking it!
Can anyone give me a step-by-step instruction for planting cauliflower and brussels sprouts?
I'm in cool northern region.
I started both indoor. The cauliflower went straight to seed and the BS languished and produced only a few edible buds.
I can buy giant versions of each from local farmers but I can't seem to get them right.
My father had great success with brussel sprouts and he never invested much effort into any special gardening tricks. He popped the seeds in the soil and they grew.
Thanks for the help.
Best bet is to cook then tops and all......
Martha did this with regular carrots......made an enticing presentation.
Why on earth did they cancel “Firefly”?
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