Posted on 09/03/2022 5:58:30 AM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin
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Lucky! Fig jam is great poured over a block of cream cheese and with a knife spread on crackers. Yum!
We have a decent sized patch that comes up every year. Planted just on the outside of the fence so the goats could much when they wanted. It is good for their digestion. We don’t have issues so I never made any tea to try it.
I wouldn’t mind if the deer liked it, instead they have been chowing down on my hostas!
That looks a lot like what my Dad called “tomato mix”. He said he invented it in the 1950’s. I still make it with garden leftovers. Very versatile.
Thanks for the comfrey info!
Woo-Hoo! We made the Big Time, LOL!
I have my Shishitos chopped and frozen. Will parcel them out throughout the winter.
I’m up to my butt in tomato-gators, tater-gators, green bean-gators and apple-gators thee days. Making progress!
Still waiting on more tomatoes to ripen; cooler temps ahead this coming week, so that’ll do the trick.
Beau wants tomatoes to take up to the cabin for guests this coming week, too. There have been requests! I’ll send some pies along and other canned goodies, too. Bear Season ‘For Reals’ starts on the 12th, I think?
BIG RAIN coming Saturday night and all of Sunday. (Baby Shower to attend on Sunday - seems fitting, LOL!) Spent the morning filling jugs from the rain barrel as it only takes 1/2” of rain to fill 55 gallons back up to the top again.
Please tell Beau for me that when he found you, he hit the jackpot.
(Why do we call it Canning if we use Jars??? :)
Figs from this year:
Black Madeira fig from last year:
I have some very nice ones!
Just beautiful!
Nice! Beautiful front porch view! (Hope you have time to enjoy it!)
Best tasting and most productive varieties I have are: Black Marseille VS, Violette d Bordeaux, Red Lebanese Bekka Valley, Maltese Beauty, and Bordissot Griese!
The first 3 are pretty hardy to zone 6. Chicago Hardy, Valle Negra, Florea and Olympian would be good choices for pretty good figs that are hardy into zone 6, maybe 5 with a lot of winter protection.
Woo-Hoo! Sticking THAT one in my back pocket to pull out as needed, LOL!
We’re equally matched, but on opposite ends of the skills spectrum. I feel extremely blessed, too. He is smart, handsome, funny, kind and generous; to everyone, not just me. :)
My Thorburg Terra Cotta, late planted, has produced its first tomato! 3 plants! Very productive, it has set a bunch of fruit! (I have started removing any additional flowers and suckers. Small cut tomato on plate! A beautiful terra cotta red and deep river green tomato!
(I am also using LTs to protect previously planted cabbage and brussel sprouts from cabbage loopers.
(Sorry picture is on its side!)
Question; Jungs has a thornless raspberry, Raspberry Shortcake.
I have one and I wonder when to prune and how many canes should I leave?
I have ‘Heritage’ raspberries. I cut all canes back to the ground on that first March day when the sun is shining and I NEED TO DO SOMETHING IN THE GARDEN.
My reason being: Yes, Heritage bloom on old and new canes, but I want just ONE crop, late in the season (I have raspberries to pick right now) because by then the Japanese Beetles and the ‘Picnic Bugs’ (also a small beetle) are dead and gone and won’t bother my fruit.
As R.S. is a dwarf cane, I would probably leave all canes for now but when they all start to leaf out next spring, cull out any dead or damaged canes.
I read up on it - sounds pretty carefree, actually.
Thanks! I have only one; Its in a gardening bag inside a 10 gallon black trade pot so I can move it around. I never saw any June bugs on it. They seem to prefer my 2 plum trees more than anything else! (If they bloom in the spring I have bags to cover them and keep the Japanese beetles out.)
I did have problem with grasshoppers. They probably ate about 25% of the berries. They seem to like rhubarb leaves peppers and tomatoes too.
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