pō″poo͝-rē′
noun
A combination of incongruous things.
A miscellaneous anthology or collection.
A mixture of dried flower petals and spices used to scent the air.
pō″poo͝-rē′
noun
A combination of incongruous things.
A miscellaneous anthology or collection.
A mixture of dried flower petals and spices used to scent the air.
Interesting year for the veggie garden.
It started out dry and then we have since had LOTS (too much) rain.
Some crops have done great, like the lettuce and snow peas.
Others, like the garlic did fine.
But the onions???? As great a crop as I had last year, this year is bad. The ones in the wettest part of the garden are no bigger than golf balls and the tops are starting to fall over already.
The ones in the drier part are doing better. They are bigger but still not like last year.
I had a devil of a time digging up the garlic, even the ones in the raised bed. some of the bulbs actually rotted in the ground and a few of the plants, when I loosened the soil, and pulled on the stalk, the stalk just pulled off.
The ground was not as dry as it should have been for harvesting them, but it was harvest them or lose the entire crop.
And again the garlic in the drier part of the garden did much better.
My Brussel sprouts are mixed. Some really big plants and some lagging. But nothing to harvest yet.
Good Saturday morning...I was hoping for rain this past week and last night, this a.m. we got some. Yay.
We are getting caught up on rain, which is nice, but they’re predicting some bad storms for us tomorrow. Figures! The peaches are just about ready to pick, so some hail is in order! *Rolleyes*
Yesterday was rather chaotic as the elder Beagle decided to take the younger Beagle and my oldest puppy on a seven hour Volksmarch across the countryside!
Thanks to FB I was able to find the puppy after the other two came home. I also got to see the newest home in our little enclave. The owner was nice enough to keep Arikara in her garage with a blanket, food and water until the owner could be found.
So, we’re changing things up around here and the troublemakers are no longer allowed to roam freely, corrupting my youngster, LOL!
I have the BEST batch of peppers I’ve ever grown. 15 plants, all red bells. Tomatoes are slow to ripen and the newest variety I tried (’Carrie’) is crazy-prone to Blossom End Rot. I treat ALL of my tomatoes the same with the eggshells and bone meal to prevent this and no other variety is suffering, so ‘Carrie’ is not being asked back! The rest are ripening in stages so I’ve been picking, chopping and freezing them every few days for later use.
Beans are on, but too small to pick. Tons of zucchini, but we love the stuff. Plenty of Kale. :) Those broccoli plants keep producing side shoots, so I’m keeping them in until they poop out of their own free will. Will replace them with purple broccoli for the Fall season.
Since we’re having The Calm Before the Storm, I am mowing, today. Light breeze, low 70’s, no humidity, no dew. Perfect conditions. Later! :)
My Celebrity tomatoes are the most beautiful I’ve ever grown. They are extra large this year with some almost softball size. I have not had a single tomato with blossom end rot! The fire department up the road got three boxes last night and those were perfect & the largest ones. I had a countertop full left over so I just canned those up and got six quarts! Five of my jars have sealed and I’m waiting for number six which should happen anytime. I love the sound the jars make when they’re sealing: “canner’s music”!
Headed to the garden to pick red jalapeños. I think I have enough for at least 1 batch of Jalapeño Pepper Jelly and fingers crossed I have 2. Another batch or 2 later on would be great - there is high demand for the jelly in the family & it makes great gifts.
We got 3/4” of rain Thursday/Friday so at least the grass is no longer ‘crunchy’.
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It’s been another blustery week here in Central Missouri. Rain, rain, and more rain. Lots of wind. Big mess but no expensive damage.
I dug the last of the Yukon Gold spuds yesterday. Should have done it sooner. Lots of nice taters half eaten by vermin.
Pole beans are flourishing. Been picking every third day. Got two gallons on Saturday.
The 2nd planting of sweet corn is up ~5” tall. With a bit of luck it will be ready to harvest before we get a hard freeze.
I didn’t plant any zucchini in the spring so I’m thinking that I should stick some seeds in the dirt for a fall crop. No zucchini means none of Mrs. Augie’s zucchini bread during the winter and that just won’t do!
Cukes are done. Spaghetti squash are junk. Vermin chewed all of the Ambrosia cantaloupes. Every tomato that was past the breaker stage exploded from all the rain that we’ve had lately. I loaded the wheelbarrow yesterday and gave them all to the chickens.
I pulled all of the torn up plastic film off of the hoop house yesterday. I’ll wait until the weather cools a bit before installing a new piece.
I’m going to take some cuttings from a couple tomato plants after work today and see if I can get some new ones going for the fall.
A few of the cuttings I took from my Arkansas Black apple tree after the wind broke it off are starting to show signs of root nodule growth. A buddy of mine has a mature Arkansas Black in his orchard and is doing an air layer process on a couple of small branches so if my cuttings all fail to root I’ve got a backup plan that doesn’t involve sending money to Stark Bros.
We are having a family picnic at our Lake Cabin Sunday - sort of a last minute thing. Mom got in the tomato patch a couple days ago & picked/gave away a lot & I did some canning. Hopefully, we’ll have some large tomatoes ripe enough to slice by Sunday. I scoured the cherry tomato vine and barely came up with enough for a 2 pint batch of pickled cherry tomatoes.
The recipe I am using has fresh rosemary sprigs - I cut them out of the herb garden and they smell heavenly. Add fresh garlic & some new peppercorns (had to buy some for this recipe) .... not sure I can wait 2 days to try them! They will barely be infused long enough by picnic time, but I think they’ll be really good. :-)
https://www.thespruceeats.com/pickled-cherry-tomatoes-5186700