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You Can’t Keep A Good Garden Down

Despite my best efforts to ignore it, the garden just will not go away! I haven’t hoed or sown or watered in months (just don’t ask), yet still hot peppers, green & yellow bell peppers, chinese eggplant, sunflowers and even tomatoes are still popping up. Amazing.
I also have bottle gourds and one, just … Continue reading »

Categories: Activism, cabbage, farm maintenance, planting, sunflowers, tomatoes, vegetables | Leave a comment

Hello Jack Frost

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 … Continue reading »

Categories: building, cucumbers, farm maintenance, frost, hedges, herbs, pecans, pickles, planting, tomatoes, trees, vegetables, weather | Leave a comment

By the light of the silvery moon

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 … Continue reading »

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Fall Frenzy

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. … Continue reading »

Categories: building, canning, children, cucumbers, farm maintenance, green market, hedges, neighbors, pecans, pet food, pickles, rattlesnake, tomatoes, Uncategorized | 5 Comments

Tricky, tricky garden

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 … Continue reading »

Categories: broccoli, cucumbers, green market, herbs, pecans, pickles, planting, tomatoes, vegetables, worms | 1 Comment