This is most of the Garlic I planted earlier and I added 2 rows today…
This could be the last serious harvest of the blight infected tomato plants…
Most of the week has been spent working on tax forms. I have quite a few yellowish lemons- not quite ready to pick. I am picking a few persimmons to eat each day - getting better at telling which are for sure ripe-most are not yet ripe.
Getting ready for a trip to Branson and looking forward to that. Feeling better-thanks for the prayers. Neck still has some swelling, but the I finally got the steri strip to let go.
Prayers up for Johnny and Arrowhead. Have a great weekend everyone. God Bless.
Had our first frost last night here in NW Iowa. It was 31.5 degrees this morning when I got up.
Thankfully I’ve got everything harvested, except for some sugar beets and carrots.
It was a great year, praise the Lord. Good weather. Just enough rain.
Pinging the list.
Augie, your picture last week reminded me of the Quarry on last week’s Walking Dead episode-just not as deep, and no zombies - LOL.
Maybe our first frost tonight here in west Michigan. Still have the same potatoes to dig up. I did get the carrots, pulled pepper plants. I waited this summer for second growth broccoli, it was late but has been coming in like crazy. Having some with dinner tonight with our last summer squash. My paw paw trees are too big to cover this fall, hope they don’t get too damaged this winter. I have stakes next to each trunk and have them tied pretty good in case the wind gets bad. The colors are not peak yet, probably next week. Our 37th anniversary is Wednesday, and the colors are usually pretty good then. I’m going to miss the garden!
Just threw some sheets over my lettuce and Swiss chard, since there’s a few nights near-but-above freezing coming, followed by a warm week. As a Newby gardener, I’m experimenting. I put garbage bags over my basil (out of sheets unless I take the ones off the beds) but I think they are toast anyway.
One exciting note - I found some baby cilantro among the weeds where the previous parents were! isn’t nature wonderful?!
Yesterday the weather was wonderful, today not bad. Heading into some 35 degree night weather soon. May get a first frost here in a few days.
Have a pink Camellia Sasanqua shrub about 6 feet tall that is blooming like crazy. Nice.
One more (oriental) persimmon on the tree out back. I forgot to go down by the river and look for paw-paws this year. Lots of those trees on the banks of the James River in Richmond.
A bit of yellow on my lemons as well. Looks like a good crop, somewhere in the area code of 100.
Plenty of blooms on the pumpkins but not a single set. Might be that it's been too hot. It was certainly too hot for the Cillantro to sprout and now I have it coming up in a dozen places.
Glad the recovery is going well. Mrs. Texan goes in next week for the 4th surgery on her broken leg, this time to remove the plate that caused the infection that has required antibiotics for the past 4 months. We are both praying that she will be able to put some weight on it in the very near future. It's been hard for her to get down to the river to do the laundry in a wheelchair and I'm running out of clothes....
Have a great and safe trip.
We’ve got a cold snap coming (front coming through today) with two night that could see some frost. I’m not too worried about the kale, collards & cabbage, but I have 3 Swiss Chards & I’m not sure how they’ll do. This is a “snap” so it will be warmer next week. I have 3 5-gal buckets I figure I can put over the chard at night. I really need to work on my ‘hoops’ for the raised beds to support row cover.
I came upon this website today - might have to try it since I don’t have room to start plants inside:
Website with info on ‘How to Winter Sow Seeds Outdoors’
http://www.wintersown.org/wseo1/index.html
Not everyone goes to see shows in Branson but if you do, consider going to see my sis-in-law, bro-in-law, and my cute niece at the Magnificent 7 Variety Show. It’s super family friendly, very patriotic and, not to brag, but she just won the female vocalist of the year award in Branson. Very entertaining! http://www.mag7show.com/ They also run the TNT Old Time Photos in front of the Walmart if you need a picture taken. :0) Enjoy your trip either way! It’s going to be a beautiful drive for you!
Glad to see you’re back. Our weather continues to be mild and on the pleasant side here on Humboldt Bay. Still getting a few cucumbers and tomatoes and believe it or not I have to pick a few strawberries again. I planted the last of the garlic this afternoon for a total 5 varieties in 11 rows 12 feet long. Mulched most of them with rice hulls and covered them with Remay row cover to keep the skunks and raccoons from digging in the beds. The rice hulls keep the weeds down. We have had a invasion of Pine Siskins and Goldfinches show up a our feeders on their way south for the winter. I counted over 125 in one flock which is most unusual and could point to a bad wet winter . I’ll see if I have any new photos to post...
This is most of the Garlic I planted earlier and I added 2 rows today…
This could be the last serious harvest of the blight infected tomato plants…