Filed under: 'I Don't Remember Planting THAT!' It's my cat, Boyd.
One more. Boyd is also the reason we can't have nice things!
Posted on 08/05/2023 6:43:11 AM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin
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Filed under: 'I Don't Remember Planting THAT!' It's my cat, Boyd.
One more. Boyd is also the reason we can't have nice things!
I don’t even LIKE goats (had to tend them as a kid on my Aunt’s farm every summer) but those are some fine lookin’ goats! :)
There was a convenient store near where we lived in FL and they sold chunked goat meat so I tried it once. Made Brunswick stew using the goat meat and chicken breast. The kids asked for more of that sweet dark meat.
I’ve also got that Alpha-Gal mammalian meat allergy that comes and goes depending on how long it’s been since I last got bit by a Lone Star tick. The Alpha-Gal is a sugar in the fat and goat meat is very lean. That and being a bit of a prepper, I figure it’s good to grow meat to go with grown veggies.
Just headed out to work on the new goat shed and it’s raining a little, again. No rain in the forecast and I see no sign of it on the radar so I guess I’ll ignore it. Just a sprinkle and will probably go away in a minute. Weird Ozarks weather. Sun came back out as I was typing.
Goats on the Roof, Al Johnsons' Swedish Restaurant
Sister Bay Wisconsin with Green Bay in the back ground! (No goats when I looked.)
I also like their Pork on Limpa bread Sandwiches!
And another 1” - 1.5” of rain tomorrow. I’ll have to pull any tomatoes that are showing signs of ripening after work today.
Shade cloth, new water pumps, drip system, new water tanks. I made Summer cool and rainy.
We just started our day at 7 a.m. with a double rainbow! It’s also raining lightly - only spot in the state with anything showing on radar, small green blob.
Interesting info. I still dislike them, but no more than raccoons, LOL!
A guy I used to work with ended up leaving Jung’s to start a Dairy Goat milking operation; they’ve been incredibly successful and sell at market, and privately and have their own label of cheese products from the goats and sausages and he’s also a huge market gardener. I don’t know where he and his wife get all of their energy, but they love what they do, so that’s a big part of it.
I just mention that because he ‘composts’ his goats in the same manner.
One morning not long after I moved here, I started my day and there was a HUGE white Billy Goat, dead, in the driveway! Nice thing to wake up to! Turns out someone dropped it off for Beau as he wanted to use it to lure in Eagles to feed on - which it certainly did! He moved it to a far tree line - he didn’t just leave it in the driveway, LOL!
Re: Potatoes.
Remember when ‘Yukon Gold’ was the New-New Thing and everyone wanted them, but no one sold them commercially, yet?
Well, we moved out wood pile, and of course it left behind an AWESOME spot of rich humus, just PERFECT for growing potatoes. I got a hold of those Yukon Golds and planted away.
Everything was fine for us until harvest. You’d dig up a hill and those were the most GORGEOUS mouth-watering potatoes for 100 miles around. But, turn each one over and they were totally demolished on one side.
Lesson Learned. The vermin that lived in and under the woodpile returned to defeat us! :(
But, that was the one and only time that ever happened in all my decades of tater growing. ;)
This year I planted an 8x4’ bed of ‘German Butterball.’ The plants are dying back now, so I’m going to dig around in there and see what I’ve got that’s ready to harvest.
Is there SOME REASON that everything is ready at the same time? Yeesh! I’ve got more grapes than ever before - they’ve loved this dry season. Tomatoes are coming on fast and furious, as are the peppers and Jalapenos. I have peaches up to my ears, and I’m dreading the future apple harvest!
Wasn’t I the one that insisted on making life EASIER for herself as she aged? I need Minions! :)
Your garden looks great, Pete! Glad you’re having such good results even through all of that HEAT.
I follow a gal who does junk/grafts/furniture rehab on You Tube. She’s in Kansas and she’s talked about the heat a LOT in her videos this summer. ;)
Been to Al Johnson’s many times. It was one of my Grandpa Elmer’s favorite restaurants, and of course we girls just LOVED seeing the goats on the roof. :)
With your affliction, doing that work is exceptional. Praise God.
Everything ready at once is the main reason I scaled back my spring plantings compared to previous years. There’s just not enough of me to go around these days so I have to pick my battles more carefully than I did in years past.
I’ve been thinking for awhile that I need to switch my entire garden over to raised beds. A visit to a friend’s garden a few weeks ago has me thinking harder about that switch. He built his beds at just the right height to sit on the edge of the frame while working in the bed. To make doing so a bit more comfortable he used 2x8 boards to cap the rails, with triangular gussets underneath to support the overhang.
I think my worn out knees might appreciate less bending and kneeling. I know for sure my worn out back would approve.
How about pickling your cherry tomatoes? Full disclosure ... I have never done it, but my brother let me know he pickled some of his this past weekend. He did not give me a link to his recipe, but gave me some ingredients. This recipe has similar/same ingredients & looks easy - I am going to try it with the next batch of Sweet 100’s that is too large to take care of by eating.
“How To Pickle Cherry Tomatoes
A step-by-step guide for quick-pickling cherry tomatoes for salads, sauces, and snacking.”
https://www.thekitchn.com/how-to-pickle-cherry-tomatoes-234385
I have all raised beds (16!) and they’ll keep getting ‘taller’ as I get older.
I’ll never go back to just gardening in the dirt again. :)
National Sneak Some Zucchini Onto Your Neighbor’s Porch Day – August 8, 2023
It’s that time of year when keen gardeners have way too much zucchini on their hands, and so August 8 is National Sneak Some Zucchini Onto Your Neighbor’s Porch Day. Those tasty zucchini plants are so rich in produce that even the most hardcore zucchini muncher will struggle to eat it all. With that in mind, this cheeky day is your chance to sneak up your neighbor’s garden path and leave a little surprise for when they open the door.
History of National Sneak Some Zucchini Onto Your Neighbor’s Porch Day
Whilst we now have such an abundance of zucchini that we can afford, and in fact need, a holiday where we sneak it onto our neighbor’s porch, this hasn’t always been the case. It’s believed that zucchinis never really made their way across to the United States until the 1920s, and were brought across by Italians and then cultivated in California.
Zucchinis originated in Italy and have been traced back as far as the 1850s. The first written record of zucchini can be traced back to Milan in 1901. As global travel has increased so has the popularity of the zucchini. It is now used in cooking all across the world.
We’re not sure exactly when the first National Sneak Some Zucchini Onto Your Neighbor’s Porch Day was celebrated, but we do know that it was the brainchild of Thomas Roy, who also invented National No Socks Day and Humbug Day. He sounds like our kind of guy.
https://nationaltoday.com/national-sneak-zucchini-onto-neighbors-porch-day/
PING To Post 76! :)
Mrs and I went to Door County in spring back in the 1980s. The goats were not out yet, but we managed to hit the Winnebago Fly hatch! As we were leaving to go home the Cherries were blooming, but it was foggy did not see a single tree!
Door County is a blast. I also love the Bayfield area, and taking the ferry to Madeline Island.
I need to get off the farm, LOL! Maybe after Canning Season? ;)
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