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2 posted on 01/05/2019 10:35:11 PM PST by greeneyes
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I bet your lemon tree smells divine!

Not much going on here.

Garlic count is up to 51.

It’s been raining all day and night but nothing dramatic.


3 posted on 01/05/2019 10:49:33 PM PST by Califreak (Your Tagline Here)
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Yesterday was beautiful here in Central Missouri. Cloudy today, but nice and warm. Too muddy to do much of anything outside, and I’m feeling lazy anyway.

Might prune a few orchard trees later if I can get motivated.


24 posted on 01/06/2019 12:42:42 PM PST by Augie
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We have had one minor snowstorm, and now a string of 40+ degree weather. It was 100 degrees in the (closed up) greenhouse the other day! Of course, it goes down to freezing each evening.

Beau says I should grow succulents and desert plants in there in the winter; they can take the abuse!

Other than that, I’m still processing winter squash. This week I am making Pumpkin Sauce (for Pasta) and will crank out a couple of Pumpkin Spice loaves, too.

I couldn’t take it anymore and have started a flat of Micro Greens (lettuces, arugula, spinach, chard, kale) for snipping in 35-40 days and a new batch of sprouts for sandwiches and salads. Now I’m hungry for an Egg Salad Sandwich on wheat with sprouts! ;)

A friend and I are doing a ‘challenge’ to see how many days out of the year we can eat SOMETHING either fresh or preserved from our garden/land/animals/hens. So far, I am 4 for 6 days into 2019! She had a remarkable 234 days out of 365 last year from her small suburban garden! I am also including wild game & fish, as we eat so much of it, and also Fungi because I have a lot of wild-harvested Golden Oyster and Morel mushrooms frozen and dehydrated.

Pretty much anything you didn’t have to buy at the grocery store is fair game, IMHO. Should be interesting and will make me think of ways to beat my score next season. ;)


27 posted on 01/06/2019 12:59:02 PM PST by Diana in Wisconsin ( "Why can't you be more like Lloyd Braun?")
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