The frozen georgian tundra
Posted on January 15, 2009 - Filed Under animals, dog, donkey, frost, goats, horse, spring, sunflowers, weather | Leave a Comment
Now I know, I know, it’s cold everywhere, even in the frigid south, but hey, it’s my blog, get you’re own!
These are the times when being 40 minutes north of the Florida line and 7 hours above south Florida really count. It’s freakin’ freezing (literally, below) here! Which is bizarre considering last week, we had [...]
It’s not just the economy seeing a downturn
Posted on November 3, 2008 - Filed Under compost, cost of living, economy, frost, pecans, planting, seeds, spinach, sunflowers, trees, vegetables | Leave a Comment
Our gardens and our pecan trees seem to be following in the footsteps of our economy. Not much there.
Summer gardens did really well. Just about everything grew well and bore fruit. My pepper and eggplants are still going strong. Yet we had meager returns on seeds planted this fall. Out of 15+ seeds planted for [...]
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 [...]
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