All paint colors are from Sherwin-Williams from their 'Historic Houses' pallet.
Posted on 10/02/2021 5:44:15 AM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin
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You have been BUSY! LOVE The new flooring and all of your meat-related projects. I made 144 meatballs to freeze the other day, and picked up the 1/4 beef from the meat locker. We are set for a while and will probably push Weber’s visit to ‘The Spa’ until next Spring when we’ve got the freezers emptied out some.
Hurray for Pawpaws! You’re getting to be our Pawpaw Expert! :)
Your veggies are playing catch-up! When will your first freeze be? Mine usually hits about October 15th, but we’re very warm this fall, so hopping it will be delayed. It has snowed on October 31st two years that I can remember, in the past.
Those memories always motivate me to really clean out the garden before October 15th. (Zone 4/5)
HAHAHAhaha!
Everything looks very pretty! I don’t think things are looking shaggy at all!
Morning Glories. So BEAUTIFUL, but they are related to Bindweed, so while it takes some effort, here’s some help:
“Vigilance and persistence are the two most useful weapons in your arsenal against bindweed. Watch for signs of this vine, and remove it as quickly as possible.2 The best way to get rid of bindweed is to cut it off at soil level. Don’t bother pulling it up; it will just sprout wherever you tore the roots—and it is virtually impossible to get all the roots out. By continually cutting it off at ground level, and doing it as soon as you possibly can, you will eventually starve the plant (since it will be unable to photosynthesize), and it will die. Be patient! You may have to do this many times, but it will eventually do the trick.”
https://www.thespruce.com/controlling-and-preventing-bindweed-2540090
I have some bindweed that needs cutting in my front landscaping. Now that all the scaffolding is down from the house-painting project, I can get at it. It has wrapped itself around one of my Karl Foerster grasses and has pretty much brought that stately grass down to the ground. Evil stuff!
Not exactly beauty, but productive at low cost (all grown from seed), praise God, while the squash covers both shorter tomato plants and weeds.
Usually before the end of Oct., though not steadily at first. Zone 6 but in a colder section. At temps below 50F (or over 90) toms do not set fruit i am told, and also that we should pick off the flowers with such temps coming so as to tell the plant to focus on ripening the fruit it has.
Before you close see if the selling owner knows or can identify the varieties. If he can't neighbors might know. It Can be helpful in knowing what to expect. (Does it tolerate rain or will it split? Does it drop fruit every other year? Does it produce an early Breba crop? Is it early ripening or late? )
Some resources:
https://mountainfigs.net/ (In WV near Morgantown, north of you, but still in the mountains.)
https://www.figdatabase.com/ (If you get variety names you can research them here!)
What variety of fig did you buy?
Thanks for the advice.
I planted a beautiful snail flower vine years ago that did the same thing - had no idea that it was invasive. Took a lot of effort to get rid of it but I finally did. Honeysuckle can do the same thing.
I also have English ivy that was planted long before I got here, it was very popular in landscaping in the 60’s - it is near impossible to get rid of and it still sprouts up.
Vigilance is the key here.
Of the horses I used to have, there’s one that I know would have gotten into the feeder (hummer or otherwise) if they could have reached it. :-)
My mom lost a wig (can’t remember why in the heck she was wearing one!) to one of the horses a couple of decades ago - she was weeding/trimming next to the fence & the next thing she knew, her wig was off her head & in the pasture. At least the horse didn’t take off running with it.
All paint colors are from Sherwin-Williams from their 'Historic Houses' pallet.
We ran to the farmer’s market this morning before the rain came in. I bought a whole lot of roma tomato there for freezing because our plants did not produce enough this year. I got a really good price on them!
Hubby is in charge of the garden here. (I am in charge of using or preserving the harvest. )He decided not to put compost into the soil this spring and our harvest sure noticed. He said that next spring he will not make that mistake!
It is a black fig tree. I had a choice between that and one called Isabela. I chose this because they are supposed to be productive and, in my case more important, better suited for pruning.
Neil is still Young.
How do you make capicola?
I have never seen a tree like that! How beautiful!
Wow, everything looks great!
I know next to nothing about pawpaws. What do they taste like? Any similarities to other fruits?
Do you know the song “Way Down Yonder in the Paw Paw Patch”? Sounds like your hard work turned out for you!
Wheat is coming up.
Squash, pole & runner beans, and the okra are finished, and ready to be shredded and/or tilled under. All that left are leeks, rutabagas, and the Fall pea crop.
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