Posted on 11/06/2015 5:06:11 PM PST by greeneyes
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I want to take a minute to thank good neighbors. We moved to our land a year ago but do not own a tractor yet. It will be another year or two (or three) before we’re able to purchase one. Our sweet neighbors plowed up the garden for us in exchange for a few canned goods that I managed to put away this year. They accepted such a small amount for a job that only took him a matter of minutes but would have taken us days! I’m so grateful and wanted everyone to know even though they’re not Freepers. :0)
I picked a bucket of green cherry tomatoes and will paper bag them for a few weeks to make something of this last harvest.
Tomorrow, the last of the peppers and Roma tomatoes come out. Our poblanos and big Berthas did very well this year.
Sunday, clean out the vines and other plant material and get some leaves turned into the raised beds.
It’s been an excellent garden year.
Should a rose bush’s bud union be over or under the ground? I’ve read pros and cons on the internet, but would like to hear about someone’s personal experience in an area similar to mine, if possible. I live in northwest Florida where freezing does occur on occasion; for the last couple of years, we have been getting week-long freezes during the night. A winter’s day is rarely below 40.
Rural neighbors are the best!
Thanks for sharing. With all the dismal news in the media, crooks, and terrorists, it’s always nice to be reminded that there are good people in our world.
You have had a good year. We had good corn and potatoes, with a smattering of other stuff. We hope to have better tomatoes and peppers next year.
I only have Swiss chard left, and some baby lettuce I planted a month ago. They are growing slow, so I hope I get enough for a few salads before frost gets them!
My Tommy toe tomatoes keep putting out tomatoes even though it’s been down to the 30’s at night. I’ll keep picking them when they get big enough and let them ripen in the basement. I have all colors of tomatoes down there!
Anyone know- if I plant seeds from the few yellow tomatoes will I get more yellows than reds?
I hope someone with experience will answer. I personally don’t know, and like you have seen different theories. I was late getting this posted, so it might not be seen by everyone who might have been here earlier.
If no answer this week, check back next Friday afternoon around 2 or 3pm, and repost the question.
It’s called Remay and I ordered a big roll from a catalog (remember catalogs?) years ago. When we grew more diverse crops I made hoops with small black plastic tubing and the Remay to promote growth and protect from bugs…
Plant them and see!
I will! I saved the seeds from the few mutant yellow tomatoes separate from the reds, just in case.
My wife made some great habanero sauce this year. Potent stuff. She included some cantaloupe to tone it down.
Anyhow, my older kids love the stuff. They’re blending it with some mild salsa, and they think it’s great.
Pretty sure she fermented it for a bit before she canned it.
Most of the summer plants have been pulled. There are a couple of impatience which are blooming nicely and look so pretty I could not bear pulling them up. Lettuce, kale, and mustard growing nicely, as are peas. Pansies blooming profusely.
Thank you
Does anybody here run a CSA? I’m thinking about starting with ten shares not this upcoming season, but the next. I’m curious about FReeper experiences.
I don’t have experience in your climate. I do know a bit about roses. I would advise a partial cone (lower part) or ring of some kind and fill with straw or leaves to shelter the bud union.
Good morning gardening FRiends. It’s been a beautiful sunny mild week here in west Michigan. I finally dug my potatoes and also got the last of the carrots and a couple last hanger-on ancho peppers. Our compost bin is turned over and wet down before we stored our outside hoses. Haven’t had a hard freeze yet. Leaves are mostly down. Going to bring in some wood this weekend. Looking back it was our best garden ever this year. The warm weather has not been good for my sauerkraut! I have a big #8 crock that is still good. I did not put up the #6, I usually fill both. I had enough cabbage left to fill a small gallon crock which I figured would be done pretty soon but I lost it this week. Best place to do it with our climate is in the garage. It’s just been too warm at a bad time. Now I am thinking I should look for some cabbage at the store and do a second batch. The top layer of the #8 does not look good and I am going to scrape it off today. Michigan had a great apple year and bumper crops. Honey crisp were cheap 1.29 a pound and I just saw fujis, buy one bag get one free. Hubby is doing great on is chemo. Not getting sick and his numbers are way down. (chronic leukemia). So we are in good shape headed into the holidays. Having canned garden goodies makes for a nice Thanksgiving. Our favorite - pickled beets. Holiday blessings to all!
Last month , Joe Bastardi in his Saturday Summary on weatherbell.com
where said that there will be a snow-belt from Virginia ,curving South thru N. Gerorgia , all the way to Texas .
He accurately predicted the warmer November more than a month earllier ;
and then he said that January thru March will be colder , and snowier than normal .
So , when in doubt , protect those plant roots and grating buds.
Can you grow things like tomatoes?
I haven’t posted much here lately. My job was taking most of my free time. But, that’s over with, because starting Monday I’ll be at a different job! And this one will let me telecommute!!!
On the garden front: I’m still threshing out sunflowers. I have it down to 3 grocery bags now, when I’m done threshing it will probably all fit in one, but it’ll be a heavy one. Then I get to figure out how to shell all those seeds, oh boy!
I also harvested 2 bags of wild amaranth and one of lambsquarters seed. Lambsquarters is essentially wild quinoa, they’ll even cross if you plant them too close. Those are both next on my threshing list.
I baked up 2 pumpkins this week, one from each plant. One had yucky-tasting flesh and small, fibrous seeds, although the seeds were still hull-less. The other had sweet flesh and big, tender seeds, also hull-less. I think I’m seeing some progress here!
Later today I’ll be looking at a tractor on the other side of town. Someone’s offering a lawn tractor with tiller attachment, and it’s in my price range. I don’t like how top-heavy it is, but I think I can figure out how to attach weights so it can handle my hill. At the very least, it’s a start.
I had a shot at a freeze-dryer this week, but was outbid at the last minute by one dollar! The last time the university auctioned off a freeze dryer, it had several in succession, so you can bet I’ll be watching them closely.
Ok, I think I’ve rambled enough.
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