Hope to plant some winter rye is some of the beds. This spring I hope to plant some triticale shademaster.
That's a cross between wheat and rye, if I recall correctly, but will grow in partial shade. The lemon tree continues to put out beautiful blooms.
The aloe vera is also getting ready to bloom. The turmeric sitting on the table next to the crock pot is doing well, the other turmeric is struggling a bit. The bay leaf has 6 new leaves.
One of the tomato branches I stuck in a pot has rooted and has flowers. One of the flowers has tiny green tomato starting to grow.
Here's a link on growing ginger and turmeric courtesy of Black Agnes. https://www.tyrantfarms.com/how-to-grow-organic-turmeric-and-ginger-anywhere/
Hubby has a long list of seeds to order from Bakers Creek Seeds. Good thing they will last longer than a year-I don't think we have room to plant them all LOL.
Have a great weekend. Prayers up for all. God Bless.
Pinging the list.
Good Morning!
Cold and Windy here, after a day of torrential icy rain.
Brrrrr
It was sunny in the Piedmont yesterday. I was able to work on my dad’s front property removing fallen branches and stacking them up. Come Monday I’ll put everything in the truck and take it to the top of the hill - the city should pick up everything. The whole area is covered with ivy and the trees are almost overcome with vines. The next thing I’ll do is take the chainsaw and shave the trees that are affected then when the weather is fair for a stretch I’ll apply brush killer all around the area of the trees. This is something I’ve been wanting to do for a long time. In the summer time I’m always worried about encountering snakes (last year we found a young rattlesnake on the property). In the winter time I can see the shape of everything so much better.
It was sunny in the Piedmont yesterday. I was able to work on my dad’s front property removing fallen branches and stacking them up. Come Monday I’ll put everything in the truck and take it to the top of the hill - the city should pick up everything. The whole area is covered with ivy and the trees are almost overcome with vines. The next thing I’ll do is take the chainsaw and shave the trees that are affected then when the weather is fair for a stretch I’ll apply brush killer all around the area of the trees. This is something I’ve been wanting to do for a long time. In the summer time I’m always worried about encountering snakes (last year we found a young rattlesnake on the property). In the winter time I can see the shape of everything so much better.
Guess I should get back on the ping list so please reinstate me. I’m finally getting the big tree in the middle of the currently defunct garden pruned waaaay back so that should help with the sunshine. The ol’ knee is still bad but I need to get outside more so might as well go back to trying to garden.
Have some indoor plant shelves set up recently so can get some veggie seedlings started.
DANG!!!!! What’s the world coming to? Hubby happened to walk out the front and caught some workers from down the street loading their truck with the logs from our tree trimming. Thieves!!!!! Right there in broad daylight. He told them he’d have given it to them if they’d asked but you don’t steal.
He called the neighbor so they’re out loading it up into the neighbor’s trailer before it disappears again.
We never had problems until recently. In October, some weirdo meth head had jumped the fence and was in the yard and refused to leave. Just the day before, we’d always kept the front door wide open, but blocked with a cattle panel so the old blind dog could go out that way rather than going down the back stairs. Since that day, the door is shut and locked and I’m keeping a little friend with me.
Good grief, we’re going to have to start nailing everything down.
May have to have the company of that little friend if I get back to gardening this spring. Geez. Times have certainly changed. This is ridiculous.