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Sunday, April 21, 2013
Tuesday, June 26, 2012
cutest critter ever!
After looking it up I found out it is a caterpillar of the spicebush swallowtail butterfly(Papilio troilus). the caterpillars start out green and turn yellow or orange when they are ready to pupate.
Wednesday, May 23, 2012
from the gardens...
This morning's walk through the gardens gave me favas, carrots, 3 types of salad greens, green onions, garlic and onion scapes, fennel bulbs, rhubarb, various herbs, shiitake mushrooms and a couple lizards. No, we don't eat the lizards. I just take their pictures and let them go on their merry, bug eatin, way.
Sunday, May 13, 2012
Tuesday, May 8, 2012
catching up...
Sorry for such a long delay in posting. The manthing and I both got the creeping crud after the last post and were completely down and out for two weeks. Never in my life have I been that sick for such a long period of time and I never hope to be again!
Last week, though we were both feeling much better, all of our time was spent catching up on things and stuff that we got behind on while ill. Though we will never ever be able to say that everything that needs doing is done, we did get most everything back to a manageable level of craziness.
The greenhouse is emptying out finally and all that is left is a few tomatoes, peppers and tobacco. All the beds are planted but two and the tobacco patch. They are even mostly weeded, which is a rarity. The last two days we got some much needed rain to kick all the plants into growing gear. The very early tomatoes I put out survived the two frosts in April and are flowering already and a few of the volunteer squash are as well.
Early spring crops are already fizzling out due to the overly warm spring we have had. We have had a pretty decent year for greens of all kinds and for a change I was able to even freeze a few bags of peas. We skipped out on spring cabbage this year because we never have any luck with it but the broccoli is looking pretty good so far. Our puny area of strawberries has given us a few snacks and a couple meals of belgium waffles with fresh berries. Today I was able to freeze some rhubarb to make some chutney with after the next town trip. It looks to be a banner year for blueberries, grapes and blackberries but many of the fruits off the trees dropped after the last cold spells.
All in all it is looking like a decent year for the gardens. Hopefully we will have plentiful, but not too much, rain and warmth, but not like last year. Now all we have to do is teach these dogs that bunnies are BAD, even though they look completely harmless, and that they must be chased off. Heck, I will even allow them to eat them if they do.
Last week, though we were both feeling much better, all of our time was spent catching up on things and stuff that we got behind on while ill. Though we will never ever be able to say that everything that needs doing is done, we did get most everything back to a manageable level of craziness.
The greenhouse is emptying out finally and all that is left is a few tomatoes, peppers and tobacco. All the beds are planted but two and the tobacco patch. They are even mostly weeded, which is a rarity. The last two days we got some much needed rain to kick all the plants into growing gear. The very early tomatoes I put out survived the two frosts in April and are flowering already and a few of the volunteer squash are as well.
Early spring crops are already fizzling out due to the overly warm spring we have had. We have had a pretty decent year for greens of all kinds and for a change I was able to even freeze a few bags of peas. We skipped out on spring cabbage this year because we never have any luck with it but the broccoli is looking pretty good so far. Our puny area of strawberries has given us a few snacks and a couple meals of belgium waffles with fresh berries. Today I was able to freeze some rhubarb to make some chutney with after the next town trip. It looks to be a banner year for blueberries, grapes and blackberries but many of the fruits off the trees dropped after the last cold spells.
All in all it is looking like a decent year for the gardens. Hopefully we will have plentiful, but not too much, rain and warmth, but not like last year. Now all we have to do is teach these dogs that bunnies are BAD, even though they look completely harmless, and that they must be chased off. Heck, I will even allow them to eat them if they do.
Sunday, April 15, 2012
Sunday, March 11, 2012
Sunday, January 29, 2012
Sunday, January 8, 2012
Sunday, November 20, 2011
Wednesday, October 5, 2011
Tuesday, September 27, 2011
Sunday, September 25, 2011
Sunday, August 21, 2011
Sunday, August 14, 2011
Wednesday, July 27, 2011
alternative gardens-midsummer update
Here are a few of the alternative planters that I lovingly refer to as my junk beds. All are doing quite well growing what I have put in them and some are doing excellent. The peppers in the tires are hip height already (not saying a whole lot as I am only 5'2) and have little peppers growing. The tomatoes that sprouted from last years tomatoes after I pulled the taters from the hot tub (the first week of July) are already getting blossoms.The tomatoes surrounding the tub are all volunteers too. The vent gardens, bathroom beds, wick and tin can beds are giving us fresh flowers to look at and veggies for eats. Not a one that I really complain about when it gets down to it. They were all completely free, everything was recycled and they require minimal care to maintain. Even watering them daily is not much of a hassle. I quite enjoy wandering about with my coffee, camera, and buckets of water early in the morning when the birds are noisy and the goats are quiet.
Sunday, July 24, 2011
Sunday, July 17, 2011
Sunday, July 10, 2011
Sunday, June 26, 2011
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