This is a little orphan rose bush that I rescued from the neighbor several years ago. It usually only blooms once in the spring. Re-blooming Iris Roses Mums Cottage Garden Photos

Other Bloomers

Technorati . . . → Read More: Gifts from the Garden]]> I was outside today doing some Fall garden clean up and I was given some surprises.

This is a little orphan rose bush that I rescued from the neighbor several years ago. It usually only blooms once in the spring.

Re-blooming Iris


Roses


Mums


Cottage Garden Photos

Other Bloomers

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And we”re canning.  Northern lights, Amish Paste and Romas.

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Whole tomatoes – 11 quarts

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Today marks the first round of tomato canning from the garden.  A small batch,  10 1/2 quarts.

Tomato Puree

I hate it while I’m doing it, but I love it when I can grab a big jar out of the pantry . . . → Read More: Tomato Canning Season Begins]]> Ah, the joy, the satisfaction, the aching back and legs.

Today marks the first round of tomato canning from the garden.  A small batch,  10 1/2 quarts.

Tomato Puree

I hate it while I’m doing it, but I love it when I can grab a big jar out of the pantry on a snowy winter day.

Onward…to the Advil bottle.

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I am making it a goal this year to update both this and my . . . → Read More: Preserving The Harvest]]> 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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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.  . . . → Read More: Diggin’ in the dirt…]]> 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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However, global warming has not arrived in . . . → Read More: On Gardening and Global Warming]]> I keep saying to myself that I need to sit down and plan out the expanded garden.  It will be roughly 4 times the size of last year and I need to figure out what will go where and when things need to get in the ground.

However, global warming has not arrived in Northern Ohio as yet.  And although it is not snowing, there’s a cold rain falling that is right on the edge.

It’s hard to map out the garden when it does not appear it will ever be warm enough to plan anything.

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Here’s how we are going to make that happen:

Out with the old Troybilt tiller, in with the tow-behind DR PowerTiller.

Oh. Yeah.

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We haven’t seen the big 3 or 4 pounder yet, but we have gotten some big. freakin’. tomatoes.

A one pound seven ounce Ele (or Elie or . . . → Read More: The American Four Square Tomato Farm]]> We spent a great deal of time processing veggies this weekend. The tomatoes are coming pretty fast & furious now….we are just trying to keep up.

We haven’t seen the big 3 or 4 pounder yet, but we have gotten some big. freakin’. tomatoes.

A one pound seven ounce Ele (or Elie or Ely). It’s a beautiful yellow orange tomato. Few seeds and a nice semi-sweet flavor.

The big Purple Cherokee. One pound five. I like the smaller ones better, it seems to me they have a richer flavor.

Making tomato puree. Psychedelic!!!

Dennis smoked a pork shoulder and a kielbasa which turned out just delicious.

After the pork came out of the smoker, we sliced some of our eggplant and then vacuum packed them and popped them in the freezer.

Oh, I also made spiced blueberry jam.

I think I might have slept at some point too……….

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