Preserving The Harvest

November 13th, 2009

It’s been forever since I’ve posted, I know (I know!). Busy summer and busy fall. We are finishing up the canning…just apples and squash left. I’ll post more on the garden totals next time. A really good harvest this year.

I am making it a goal this year to update both this and my And Another Thing blog on a regular basis.

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Diggin’ in the dirt…

May 24th, 2009

Putting in the garden.  Some of the plants got a little nipped by a rogue frost last week, but seem to have survived.

We have doubled the size of the garden this year.  The DR Power Tiller has made this possible.  We have sections of the garden area that are very heavy in clay.  I don’t think we could have increased the size in time for plant with our walk behind tiller.  I’ll post pictures later, but here’s a run down of what is planted in the ‘big’ garden so far:

Peas and Beans

Alaska peas (6)

California Black Eyed Cow Peas (9)

Kentucky Wonder Bean (11)

Misc. Veg

Brussel Sprouts (3)

Cauliflower (3)

Golden Acre Cabbage (3)

Green Comet Broccoli (3)

Onion (2)

Peppers

Baby Bell (2)

Excusion II (2)

Flamingo (2)

Garden Salsa (4)

Jalapeno (2)

Marcato (2)

Summer Sweet (2)

Sweet Banana

Valencia Orange (2)

Corn

Honey Pearl (6)

Peaches & Cream (27)

Ruby Red (19)

Sugar Dots (12)

Eggplant

Fairy Tale

Gretel

Tomatos

Alaska Fancy

Amish Paste (7)

Berkley Tie Dye

Big Rainbow (4)

Black Sea Man (4)

Black Zebra

Caro Rich

Carolina Gold (2)

Celebrity

Purple Cherokee (2)

Dr. Wyche

Glacer

Green Zebra (2)

Husky Gold

Jubilee

Mortgage Lifter

Mr. Stripey 92)

Northern Lights (2)

Old German (3)

Primo Red (2)

Red Currant (2)

Roma (2)

SubArctic (3)

Super Bush

Waspinicon Peach

Yellow

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Remembering Mama

May 10th, 2009

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Alpacas and tomatoes

May 3rd, 2009

As I twittered yesterday, Dennis & I went out and about on a couple of errands yesterday. We went back to the farmer who we had bought those tremendous tomato plants last year. You know the ones, they grew about 5 feet tall and 4 feet wide and gave us tomatoes well past the first frost. You remember:

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On Spring and Dogs and Frogs

April 25th, 2009

Has spring finally arrived in Northern Ohio?

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