HAPPY NEW YEAR-----may all your days be bubbly and bright.
Posted on 12/27/2019 5:16:23 PM PST by Diana in Wisconsin
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This is the longest my winter garden has ever lasted. Still have arugula, Romaine, black Simpson lettuce, and kale. Sure wish I’d planted more beets! But I never know how long they get to grow.
I covered everything with sheets when we had a couple day of low twenties. The sheets were frozen and stiff but still everything underneath survived.
I plant my butternut in a 3-sisters area, with corn, green beans dining up the corn, and squash preventing weeds in between. I don’t remember the particulars, but somehow this variety ends up putting nutrients back into the soil so it can be replanted year after year. Last year was yearfour and everything grew well.
I got 4 hazelnut trees for Christmas! Hubby didn’t have the time to buy anything and I told him that was fine, I’ll get my own. But he would still need to dig the holes.
I have 2 in the orchard now and they are growing the best of all the trees.
my amaryllis is just about ready to bloom.... a little late for Christmas but will be enjoyed just the same....
I’d never had it before last year. It’s gooooood.
We used the last of the bottle and need another one. We’ll probably buy the bigger bottle this time ;)
I love my hazelnut trees! When they start making you’ll have to net them to keep out squirrels. I kept an eye on them this fall and as SOON as they were ripe the squirrels got them. We’d gotten side tracked doing other stuff and I missed looking at them for a week or so. Poof, they were gone! Nothing but hulls with little hazelnut sized holes chewed in them on the ground.
Bah.
They also like more of a neutral PH soil IIRC, I have to lime mine every few years.
just learning about determinate vs indeterminate tomatoes....are there advantages for determinate?
Determinates will save you space, as the plants stay smaller than continuing-to-vine Indeterminates.
Many Determinates have better disease resistance.
You get ALL (or most!) of your harvest at once, so canning goes smoother.
Last year I did mostly Determinates with three Indeterminates and I was very happy with the results. I’m someone that has the room for whatever I want, but it also keeps me in check so I don’t go INSANE and make myself a wreck, versus ENJOYING my garden along the way. :)
I had Hazelnuts at my ‘old’ farm (1906) - Thanks for the reminder to add some out here at my ‘new’ (1900!) farm. ;)
and its more natural....
I've been entertained and enlightened this winter by watching a lot of gardening you tube.....one in particular is Michigan gardener...he's been a round a few yrs but he's down to earth likes to use natural products and reuse other products for his garden.....highly recommend him...
you know, outside Portland Oregon they sell hazelnut shells by the sack.....I guess they would be good for garden pathways and apparently if you have cats they don’t like the shells and they’ll avoid scratching around them...
So your new farm is older than your old farm? Those ages just sound adorable, is that how old the farm house is?
Ditto our gardens in the Missouri Ozarks.
Wife has adopted two feral cats. A Mom and one male baby.
She set out food. They adopted us.
Now we have a cat house, filled with straw.
HAPPY NEW YEAR-----may all your days be bubbly and bright.
Word of warning: keep a close eye on that bag while it’s popping. My dad set our microwave on fire doing that.
My thoughts precisely.......must depend on degrees of hat used........and thanks.
Yes, we base the ‘age’ of the farm on the age of the house. Beau bought this place in the late 80’s, and remodeled the house 99% by himself - he’s so handy!
He wanted the land, of course, and the house had sat empty for five years, so there was daylight coming in through the 3rd floor ceiling and raccoons to move out, LOL!
I was at a point at my old farm that I was going to dig in and start remodeling it. The young couple that bought my old farm are doing all of the improvements to it that I was going to do. I’d lived there for 25+ years, so it was time for new owners. ;) They were thrilled to get a greenhouse and a chicken coop and all of the supplies that went with it. I still need a coop out here!
So, Beau made me an offer I couldn’t refuse, I sold my farm, we got engaged and I moved out here four years ago - and we’ve continued making improvements. He’s been here nearly 35 years, so appliances were dying, new flooring was needed (new carpeting as soon as the old dogs pass away!) and a metal roof - which is nearly done.
We started painting this past Spring/Summer and it should be done this coming Spring. She’ll look brand new and I cannot WAIT! :)
Thank you, Liz! Happy New Year to you, too!
ING pkg Sargento Southwest cheese Slices, 2 Anaheim or poblanos,
roasted and peeled 2 Romas, thin-sliced 2 tb chp cilantro 8 slices multigrain bread 2 tb butter
ASSEMBLY Layer bread slice, cheese slice, 1/4 chiles, tomatoes and cilantro, cheese, bread slice.
FINAL Lightly butter bread. Grill golden over med heat, about 3 min per side.
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