Another greenhouse???

I figured there had to be one to put the plants when they are put into bigger pots…  since there will probably be snow on the ground until May!!!!

Trees and tea

SO excited!!!  Ordered the following and will plant them in pots to move inside in the cold months!!

Cold Hardy Avocado
Brown Turkey Fig
Key Lime Tree
Tea Plant (Camellia Sinensis)
Papaya Tree 
Clementine Tree
Arbequina Olive Tree

Seeds–one week later…

Tomatoes are up…  some of the lettuce in the window box (plan is to plant one every 2-3 weeks…..  no peppers (second shelf) yet… and I popped the celery in there that was on the kitchen windowsill.

If I’m planting seeds…

how can spring be far away???  Plant seeds…  put lights on …  getting dark…  cover with electric blanket and other blanket..  oh NO..  100 degrees …   70 degrees …. better!!

                   

It’s ALL good!

TOMATOES ---- LETTUCE ---- PEPPERS ---- EGGPLANT ---- CARROTS ----
SQUASH ----WATERMELON ---- CANTALOUPE ---- CUCUMBERS ---- 
GRAPES ---- STRAWBERRIES ---- KIWI ---- RASPBERRIES ---- BLACKBERRIES ---- BLUEBERRIES ----
PEACHES ---- PLUMS ---- PEARS ---- APPLES ---- CHERRIES ----
MINT TEA ----

some worked  ---- some didn’t ----
some fed the birds ---- some fed the rabbits ---- some fed the dogs ---- some fed me ----
some were just planted this year ---- some are very old ---- some didn’t make it through the winter ----

I can’t wait until next year ----
planning it already and lots of stuff to do over the winter ----
including planting seeds really early and not procrastinating! 

Grapes!!

It’s about that time….

…. gonna be chilly tonight… not probably cool enough to cover the plants so this is a run-through… tomorrow will attach the plastic to the fences so it’s easy to remove and to put back over the plants!

The next day..

           

YUM… when there are too many….

……bake ‘em with garlic!

One little ole cherry (black) tomato plant!

Clothes pins!!

What a great way to hold tomato plants to the fence . large plastic clothes pins!!

Perfect night for a fire!

So here’s the plan..

…move the wood pile to the cardboard and put the twigs to start the fire in the blue container.  Fires have been few because wood has been too wet or it’s been too windy OR I didn’t want to FIGHT the mosquitoes!!!  OH.. and I’ll cover it with a tarp. This will give that area more room for the picnic table!   The white posts and green webbing on the blueberry bushes are ugly but serving the purpose…  no dogs are lounging in it or running through it.   I have other plans for that!!

Dog’s hunting!!

I tell ‘em…  “get that rabbit” because rabbits are eating my stuff!  Remember those carrots I planted….

      

It’s really not smart…

…to collect ripe cherry tomatoes and then collect big tomatoes and put them in the bag on TOP of the small, ripe cherries!

Yep! I grew it all!

Just too hot!

How to Freeze Peaches

Add 2/3 cup sugar to 1 quart of cut up fruit. (you can add Fruit Fresh to the sugar if desired, this is a citric acid which is a natural Vitamin C)

Mix gently with a wooden spoon, just until it draws a juice and the sugar is dissolved.

Package in freezer bags or containers, leaving headspace. Freeze immediately.

 

…….some day I’ll have enough to freeze…  in the meantime the peach from my tree was delicious!

huh?

A perfect example of “if you want to know the weather, look out the window instead of the TV”!!

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yea!!  no getting up early to water the vegetables!

August update!

Well…. I picked my first PEACH from my tree!  Been eating a few blueberries and raspberries but no blackberries so far.   There are only a few strawberries but at least the plants now have a home and I look forward to more. There are bunches and bunches of grapes.   Have picked 5 or 6 eggplant and a few more cucumbers.  A billion tomatoes will ripen real soon... probably during this next heat spell.  I've had a few peppers and 2 carrots are growing (the tomatoes pushed them out..  have to find another place for them). The squash, melons and watermelons have suffered because I'm a procrastinator but there is still hope. Most of the apples are rotting on the tree (gotta figure that out) but the pear tree is amazing  I'm looking forward to rhubarb next year and will figure out a way to get to the cherries before the birds do!  Pretty darn cool, huh?