Posted on 12/19/2014 12:49:35 PM PST by greeneyes
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Good excuses for a time eating habit from which I suffer greatly. LOL
Thanks for the link. Added to my prayer list.
It looks lovely. Thanks for the picture. I think I read somewhere that it is also good for ulcer treatment.
Looks great! It’s been several years since Lady Bender and I have done sauerkraut and still have the mandolin slicer that we should give to someone younger...
Thanks, you can always do a small jar and keep it in the fridge. Marry Christmas to you both!
Had not heard tat before but it does not surprise me.
We’ll be preparing the community garden in January, adding more raised gardens, sprucing up the walk ways, and adding compost. The keyhole gardens need quite a bit more soil and compost, and some cool weather seeds. We’ll work on our raised gardens, here, and freshen the molasses pots. The trees we planted are holding their own. One “stick” we planted has buds...lol.
Thank you for posting Arrowhead’s report. Head injuries are sometimes slow to heal.
Just put the poinsettias in a larger pot of good soil and protect if from the cold. They can grow quite large.
Boiling water will kill the tops of weed plants when applied directly ; however it is non-selective,so take care on the application . Another suggestion is a spray bottle of white cider vinegar with a dash of dishsoap applied to any weeds
(will raise temporarily the soil acidity to prevent weed seed germination).
If in a warm climate, use 6 mil clear plastic to sterilize a large patch, with ends held down by dirt/rocks/ stakes. Then reinnoculate the soil with clean compost (+140 degrees)
Does that indoor spinach produce much?
I like to do that too - check out the adjoining state extension services for information, and reccomendations.
Another thing that I will do is to order trees and shrubs from growers that are 2 or 3 climates colder than mine to assure over-winter survival.
But if you want some of the volunteer flower seeds since I don't know what the seedlings look like, I would sometimes kill good plants. I sprayed a spot a few years ago, I think that was vinegar, last year I didn't bother but thought I should yank them out. Turned out they were brown-eyed susans which had drifted here from somewhere. I never thought I liked them but they are cute, glad I didn't yank them and maybe can transplant a couple. I got a new spade I hope will be easier on my back but still won't be able to work too long at a time.
I cut up another of those large Cinderella pumpkins we grew this year and Lady Bender steamed them in 4 batches and put the pulp in butter containers and into the freezer. She got about 1 1/2 gallons for future pies, cookies and candy.
I switch from Metal Halide to Sodium just to get the right mix. it’s a switchable ballast. looks like there are sprouts on the hot pepper and some sprouting on the other pepper plant. haven’t done the seedlings yet. Do you know that plants seem to actually grow at night in the dark? I’ve noticed this last year.
Sounds good. Waste not, want not - still true.
Yeah , plant life is fascinating .
Check out the local library , or Amazon, for a book : "The Secret Life of Plants"
Plants respond to light, music, Wi-Fi, emotional feelings of nearby worker, electro-magnetic waves,length of darkness , etc.
Plants respond and grow best in full-spectrum light; however if you want flowering , you should introduce increased 'red light'.
I don't fully understand the physics or plant chemistry, but if it works,... dont change it .
Not much going on in my garden these days, but I did manage to get some cleanup done weekend before last. Burned off the dead stuff. I still need to pull down the cattle panels and clean those up, but there’s no rush this time of year.
The construction crew is supposed to show up this week to finish the old smokehouse soon-to-be potting shed. Pops came up with a nice double-wide window that’s going to be perfect to install on the south side of the shed.
I ran over one of the sewer line cleanout pipes with Nanner while cleaning up horse poo in the feedlot on Saturday and busted the riser into a bunch of little bitty pieces. I’d been meaning to dig that one up, cut it off below grade, cap it off and rock it in ever since we built the place. It wasn’t on my short list of things to do for this weekend, but now it’s done and there’s one less hazard out there for the horses to get tangled in.
Yeah; early Feb would be the usual “early” bloom. Most December nights were in the 50’s this year.
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