Everything tucked away in the green house. Bubble wrap inside and out (zone 7a). Lemons will be ready to pick soon. Limes are small will pick some just to see. Tomato plants i started about 2 months ago are about 2+ feet high and budding so i loped off the tops so they get bushy. Ready to start my spring and summer crop. I have 5 pallets set up this year for about 125 plants in 5 inch round peat pots. I will do celery as it is still growing. Sweet onions and some regular pepper plants as the jalepeno and poblanos grew like crazy. Of course tomatoes, broccoli, cantalope, marketmore cucs, zuchini and i’ll try corn again. Beans and peas worked pretty good and i have a trellis built for extra tomato plants this year that i will use for peas and beans.
In regards to your post theme (Let Heaven & Nature Sing) & the two accompanying pictures , I ran across this ... beautiful video, scenes from nature & meaningful words, especially if you find God in Nature (which I do).
Still, Still With Thee
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nMIgLwxYTzk
1 Still, still with Thee, when purple morning breaketh,
When the bird waketh, and the shadows flee;
Fairer than morning, lovelier than daylight,
Dawns the sweet consciousness, I am with Thee.
2 Alone with Thee, amid the mystic shadows,
The solemn hush of nature newly born;
Alone with Thee in breathless adoration,
In the calm dew and freshness of the morn.
3 Still, still with Thee! As to each newborn morning
A fresh and solemn splendor still is giv’n,
So does this blessed consciousness, awaking,
Breathe each day nearness unto Thee and heav’n.
4 So shall it be at last, in that bright morning,
When the soul waketh and life’s shadows flee;
O in that hour, fairer than daylight dawning,
Shall rise the glorious thought, I am with Thee.
Well, my garden is put away for the winter and the last couple days mr. mm and I spent traipsing around the property.
We had the chain saws out and the loppers and were clearing out dead wood from the wooded parts. There were lots of dead small trees that you could just push over. I learned quickly to try that before using the chain saw.
We cleared out a bunch of dead undergrowth and got rid of a bunch of the invasive Japanese honeysuckle. Nasty stuff that.
Winter is a great time for stuff like that. The undergrowth is mostly dead and it’s so much easier to walk through the woods. And ticks are not so much a problem at this time of year, although they can still be active to a degree.
I found a great website for buying saplings of various trees very inexpensively. Better than the National Arbor Foundation.
NH State Forest Nursery
https://www.nh.gov/nhnursery/documents/spring2022nurserycatalog.pdf
We’re going to plant native species for the wildlife.
Supper tonight has homemade tomato sauce using the tomatoes from this summer’s garden.
All the outdoor plants are put to bed. We will see them again in spring!
Blessed Advent to all who observe this penitential season.
Christmas Greetings from southern New England!
I have had to stand-down from heavy lifting as I had the cataract removed from my right eye. It was very successful, but I am limited at least until next Wednesday.
That being said, the first winter storm seems to have arrived two hours early, just a few minutes ago. I have the snow thrower mounted on the John Deere 318, but the belt isn’t hooked up and the lift wasn’t working. Low on hydraulic fluid.
Most of the beds are mulched for the winter.
Doing winter equipment maintenance.
Can’t believe the price increases and shortages. An oil filter went from $9.95 to $27.95, even on Amazon. The shelves were empty at Walmart for oil and filters. I’m trying to purchase a few extra to make it through the tough period.
Belgian Malinois
Hey, were you looking for the dog?
Crazy weather here in Central Missouri over the past week. Unseasonably warm temps and a pair of squalls that rolled in from the prairie bringing with them destruction and death. We were lucky here, prayers for those less fortunate.
No gardening this week. I’ve got a couple minor winterizing projects to knock out this weekend before I can get back to work on Mr. Clarence. With any luck I’ll have his hydraulic lift mechanism reassembled and bolted back on by Monday.
I’ve decided to quit thinking about a greenhouse and get busy building a greenhouse. I’m going to do it as a three-sided addition on the south side of my potting shed. I just need to figure out what sort of material I want to use and then go collect it and get to work.
Since I do not have a Kresh scene I think I will post this garden of lights!
"He was the true light which lighteth every man who comes into the world"
Solstice tomorrow and the days will get longer!
I was given a job offer for the civilian job in the town I am moving to in Texas.....with their police department.
Now I have to sell house and move for the 2st time in 25 years.....ugh.
Will be worth it even with the 110k pay cut.
My sister in in labor in hospital with her 1st child at this moment.
This kid has been a long time coming and the result of a 2nd Invitro procedure. Mom to be is 45 years old....and....she just popped positive at the hospital for covid after being sick as a dog for thr last 8 days or so.
Baby Massimo will he totally worth all.yhr pain when he makes his appearance however.
Accepting prayers and well wishes from fellow freepers.
Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, and Happy New Year too!
