Hello Jack Frost
Posted on November 8, 2007 - Filed Under building, cucumbers, farm maintenance, frost, hedges, herbs, pecans, pickles, planting, tomatoes, trees, vegetables, weather | Leave a Comment
We got the first frost on Tuesday morning. I tried to prepare the best I knew how which honestly isn’t saying much! I potted a few herbs and harvested some more. I covered the most prolific tomato plants, the peppers, bok choy, carrots and some of the lettuces just because they’re so small. I left [...]
Read More..>>By the light of the silvery moon
Posted on October 27, 2007 - Filed Under cats, cucumbers, herbs, moon, paper bags, tomatoes, trees, turkey, vegetables, worms | Leave a Comment
Oh my gosh…did you see the full moon the other night? I don’t know how it looked from your part of the world, but it was big and bright and amazing here. Not only at night, but in the morning too. It took up the whole sky. Our new kitten was definitely digging it. We [...]
Read More..>>Fall Frenzy
Posted on October 25, 2007 - Filed Under Uncategorized, building, canning, children, cucumbers, farm maintenance, green market, hedges, neighbors, pecans, pet food, pickles, rattlesnake, tomatoes | 5 Comments
It’s been a while since the last post. A lot has been going on and I’m having a hard time keeping up not only doing what needs to be done, but writing about what needs to be done. I think it’s a bit of a case of denial or maybe just simply avoidance. [...]
Read More..>>Tricky, tricky garden
Posted on October 6, 2007 - Filed Under broccoli, cucumbers, green market, herbs, pecans, pickles, planting, tomatoes, vegetables, worms | 1 Comment
So far we seem to be getting a pretty good crop of pecans. Last year we had lots of duds mixed in. I may be speaking too soon, but I haven’t come across many duds yet. I’ve already collected two large onion sacks-full and the season’s just begun. I’m going to [...]
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