Found this in a eMail today… 
Posted on 09/19/2014 12:39:42 PM PDT by greeneyes
Precisely the type of cart I was envisioning...no problem moving the EB’s around with that puppy.
I was careless ONCE...but only once. I learned my lesson.
Most of my garden is winding down, but I’m still getting a lot of cut flowers, have brussels sprouts and squash to harvest and a few tomatoes, yet.
I had both a record-breaking (for me) Cherokee Purple tomato, and an ‘accidental’ (compost pile) Kennebec potato the size of a Nerf football. Wish I could post pix; you’ll just have to believe me! I was, however, hoping for that elusive potato that looks like Richard M. Nixon. Missed again, LOL!
I set up my cold frame and have planted spinach and various lettuces and a few pots of Mesclun Mix for some later-in-the-fall harvests. Gotta have my greens. :)
My apple trees did well for me this season, though I didn’t spray. Bonnie Best and Wolf River producing very well, along with my really OLD, un-named trees. Extra apples go down the road to my neighbors for their horses - I can only make so many pies, so much applesauce and apple butter.
Even though we had a cooler than normal summer, production was terrific on just about everything. Lots stored in the freezer and pantry this season. Happy, Happy!
At my Garden Center we are full-up with beautiful Mums and Asters, decorative Kale and all manner of lovely fall-blooming things - Rudbeckia, Sedum, Heuchera, Perennial Grasses, Decorative Hot Peppers and Pansies.
The pumpkins and squash come this weekend - excited! I love Fall best of all. :)
Take 4”-6” strips of rag, hang them around your garden and soak them with a cheap cologne or after shave, the cheaper the better.
Reapply about ever week or 2 and after a rain.
I think I may have related a story about a co-worker whose family brought over some figs(heirloom) from Italy.He lived in Central NY , near Syracuse NY.
In the fall, they would cut 1/3 of the roots to the tree, and wrap it with fall leaves, an overcoat of insulation/comforter,
and keep a 25 watt lightbulb within close proximity of the base and roots. To keep out mice, they liberally used mothballs.
They would then tip the tree over, secure it, and pack more insulation/leaves near the roots/base and mothballs.
Every year, they cut the 1/3 tree roots in a different direction, so that the tree kept 2/3 old roots; in spring, they replanted cut roots and added fertilizer.
The last I knew, it still bore fruit and was over 25 years old, and the 25 watt bulb expense is insignificant.
Quite a bit of work, but worth it if Joe Bastardi's forecast for this winter is true (repeat of last winter).
Joe Bastardi's weather forecast is due out tomorrow (Sat.)
Awesome weather here in Central Missouri today and I’m still stuck at the salt mine.
I hope to get some cleanup done in the garden this weekend, and maybe prep a spot for the garlic to go in later on.
Need to mow the lawn, retrieve my firewood trailer from the sawmill, and get out to the farm for another load of barn siding.
A little bird told me that Mrs. Augie has a chore list for me, but I’m going to do my best to duck out on that. lol
Must be different deer?
My husband’s aunt did market gardening and the deer ravaged her tomatoes!
Just took bites out of most of them.
I was skeptical too, as they haven’t bothered our, when she told me but I went out to check, there were deer tracks and bite marks all over.
That’s very possible. We have white-tailed deer here. I’m not familiar with the habits of other types. Ours will eat hostas, rhododendrons and some evergreens. I believe that they will also eat poison ivy, although we have so much of that it’s impossible to verify.
Certainly the deer tracks are a strong indicator.
Central Texas, second year in a row I grew squat. I dug up my 4x4’s this past weekend. Is there anything I can possibly grow knowing that November it will start to cool off?
Lettuce does very well in cool weather, but I have no experience in central Texas. :)
Cressy is very spicy. More peppery than arugula.
Just to warn you.
Woodchuck was back today. Looks just like the little critter from “Caddy Shack” sitting on my compost pile.
My Fall lettuce is gone as well as many of my remaining beans and greens. The critter is now focusing on the few squash I have that did succumb to the ever present powdery mildew and going after my tomatoes!! Fall radishes, beets, spinach and turnips have taken a taken a hit as well.
Found this in a eMail today…
Starting to get ready for the fall garden. Hope it is as good as the past two years.
Good to hear from you. Fall colors are my favorite. In fact, much of my house is decorated in fall colors. Once the fall flowers bloom I like to bring a few home and it just makes it all look so great.
We didn’t have a huge record breaking produce for any thing, but hubby did get several large approximately 2 lb. potatoes and the good pepper crop helped his spirits. Originally, he restarted his gardening efforts for peppers to make stuffed peppers.
It was a real bummer for him when they didn’t turn out. He’s been trying since 2010, and finally got the type crop he wants. I am really hoping he gets the apples and peaches figured out next.
Too bad you missed the great day for garden work. Sometimes it’s really great to be retired with kids grown.LOL
Speaking of kids, I had a family get together with grandkids and great grand kids. They had such a great time, we didn’t have the heart to break up the play time and go home. So I did forfeit the rest of the sunshine for them, and let the garden go begging.LOL
I have to duck out on my own lists. Between my ducking and hubby’s ducking, the progress is often slow. Ha!
You may have to go all Marcella on the woodchuck. Death to squirrels ya know?LOL
I love it! Wouldn’t it be great if they actually did this.LOL
I’m not even 70 yet, and I struggle to get motivated. I am in awe of all you do.
I once explained to my grand daughter that I spent all my life from about age 10 on doing stuff that I didn’t want to do for my Mom, Hubby, and Bosses.
So for the next 15 or 20 years, the things I am motivated to do are going to have a place at the top of my list - even if it is just sitting in a chair doing absolutely nothing.LOL
I hope so too. With gardening, ya never know.
“You may have to go all Marcella on the woodchuck. Death to squirrels ya know?”
That woodchuck would be dead “by Marcella” already.
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