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kristin sherrill
True Blue Farmgirl
11303 Posts
kristin
chickamauga
ga
USA
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 Posted - Sep 15 2010 : 10:21:45 AM
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Hey Lisa! You have been a busy farmgirl. I am so happy for you about the new salon. That's great. You sure won't have far to go to work now. You will be so happy with your own place. It will make such a big difference. I wish I lived closer so you could do something with my hair. I always do my own because I hate sitting right in front of everyone else.
I love your rooster names. They are funny for sure. The 3 new chicks that I thought were hens are not. I heard one out back a few days ago trying to crow. I have not heard the others yet. I am still hoping that one of them is a hen. I just stuck 8 Buff eggs under a hen that is insisting on becoming a mother. So in 3 weeks we'll have yet MORE chicks. I have had 24 chicks hatch this spring and summer. And now 8 more. I only had 14 make it and there are now 11 because I sold a few. The rest died or were eaten by something.
And the garden is one big sried up mess. I bought 9 Brussel sprout plants and some late sweet onions. I don't know where I will put them yet. I got a bunch or sweet red bell peppers awhile ago. And a few cherry tomatoes. If we don't get rain I don't know what we will do. We are 11" below normal here. And no chance of rain in the next 10 days either. So not good. So please do a little rain dance for us here.
Kris
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Lida
True Blue Farmgirl
157 Posts
Lida
Rochester
NY
USA
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Posted - Sep 16 2010 : 03:04:09 AM
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Hi LisaLu, Life is good! I always love hearing about people's dreams coming true. Your dog and rooster story was a hoot!
Kris- Water prayers for you. The kale and Swiss chard are still going strong. They may make it through the winter. Last year the chard wintered over because we had a milder than normal winter.
My 3 volunteer squash plants yielded about 20 small orange squashes of some variety that I have never planted. My granddaughter is looking forward to painting some of them. I need to dig the potatoes but I don;t have a cool place to store them. I knew this would be a problem when I planted them. I plan on putting them under the back porch until it is too cold, then move them to the attic stairs. Our basement is heated because our daughter's bedroom is down there.
Happy gardening!
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kristin sherrill
True Blue Farmgirl
11303 Posts
kristin
chickamauga
ga
USA
11303 Posts |
Posted - Sep 16 2010 : 4:56:41 PM
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I got my onions and Brussel sprouts planted this afternoon! After pulling out all the weeds and grass. I was dripping wet. I have room for some cabbage now.
My collards and turnip greens are coming up!!!! I went to water the dirt and saw green! I am so excited to see that. I thought it might be too late to plant them. Yippee!
Lida, sounds like your garden is still going strong. You need a root cellar. MJ had something about that in her weekly project email a few weeks ago. Even digging a hole and planting them in straw and covering with dirt works. We have done that. You can also leave them in the ground and mulch really deep to protect them. You can also dig a hole and put a cooler in it to keep potatoes. We used to put all the potatoes on the ground and cover with straw then with dirt. When I needed potatoes, I'd go and reach in and grab them.
Kris
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kristin sherrill
True Blue Farmgirl
11303 Posts
kristin
chickamauga
ga
USA
11303 Posts |
Posted - Sep 18 2010 : 08:30:46 AM
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I got my 2 raised beds all planted and tucked in now. I had to go to Lowe's and get some t-posts and netting to go around the beds to keep chickens out. I think I have done it! Now the plants can grow big and tall without being pushed down with netting on top of them. I need to mulch really good now. But they are nice and watered and ready to grow now. I love fall gardening. It's so much nicer than the summer gardens. I have more energy to do more. I am still sweating but that's ok now.
Kris
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LisaLu
True Blue Farmgirl
126 Posts
Lisa
Wildomar
Ca
USA
126 Posts |
Posted - Sep 18 2010 : 7:44:17 PM
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Thanks for all the kind words, yes, I plan to keep you all posted. Tomorrow is my big garden day, I have help from my man! I will let ya know how bad the pain is...lol...
Kris: your garden sounds wonderful as usual. My plan this year is to plant Hollyhocks....everywhere! wish me luck...they take a full year to bloom, so it will be awhile before I know if I can grow them.
talk to ya all soon!
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kittykill
True Blue Farmgirl
608 Posts
Pam
Portland
or
USA
608 Posts |
Posted - Sep 19 2010 : 08:50:40 AM
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I am getting a few tomatoes and some cucumbers but everything else is pretty much done. I'm still getting strawberries too-it's such a nice treat this late in the season.
www.fasterkittykill.blogspot.com
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kristin sherrill
True Blue Farmgirl
11303 Posts
kristin
chickamauga
ga
USA
11303 Posts |
Posted - Sep 19 2010 : 3:41:12 PM
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Darn those stinkin' chickens. I went out to water my 2 raised beds and there's a darn chicken in the one with cabbage. I squirted her really good. Darn it. I can't do anything to keep those darn things out. I had a top on too. I guess now I need to go around the bottom. It's going to be Fort Knox soon and I won't be able to get in.
Lisa, how'd your day go? I guess you still have some daylight left there. I bet you will be tired tonight!
Pam, I can't believe you're still getting strawberries there. I would love some nice fresh ones. Enjoy them.
Kris
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LenaSassafrass
True Blue Farmgirl
69 Posts
Leanne
Hamilton
Montana
USA
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Posted - Sep 19 2010 : 6:56:53 PM
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Well so begins the fall clean-up. I weeded out the strawberry box and put straw down so that we hopefully won't lose any plants this year as we have approximately 70! Some squash is almost matured and my tomatoes are getting closer to being ripened. We've harvested most of our potatoes and onions. Hoping our peppers will come soon and our broccoli is getting bigger! Now I have to over winter our hydrangea, rose bushes and blueberry bushes. Hoping that our frost doesn't come until beginning of Oct! Happy Gardening yall!
Maizy-brownswiss/jersey
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kristin sherrill
True Blue Farmgirl
11303 Posts
kristin
chickamauga
ga
USA
11303 Posts |
Posted - Sep 24 2010 : 06:41:09 AM
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I THINK I have stopped the chicken invasion. I have not seen any messes in the raised beds since I got them all wrapped up in netting. I can't even get in now. I have them mulched with leaves that my mom brought me. And they all seem happy and are growing pretty good. Just waiting on some cool weather now. It's been in the 90's still here. But we are looking for rain for about the next 6 days! Yippee! I hope we are ready for it.
Leanne, it looks like you have been busy. Anyone else doing fall gardens? How are they doing so far?
Kris
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kittykill
True Blue Farmgirl
608 Posts
Pam
Portland
or
USA
608 Posts |
Posted - Sep 24 2010 : 08:27:53 AM
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We are harvesting all our celery this weekend and then cleaning out the rest of the beds for fall/winter. I have SO much celery! I'm thinking of making juice and then freezing it so I can use it in other juice or a veggie stock for soup.
www.fasterkittykill.blogspot.com
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LadyInRed
True Blue Farmgirl
6740 Posts
PeggyAnn
Vancouver
WA
USA
6740 Posts |
Posted - Sep 27 2010 : 3:41:52 PM
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Lisa...I love Hollyhocks! They are one of those very fun old fashioned flowers aren't they? I grew them one year and I think it only took a regular season for me to get blooms but we have a pretty mild growing season in the Pacific Northwest. Longer than yours probably is too.
Pam...my garden is all tucked away for the winter. My focus now will be kitchen composting (in a bucket on the Porch). Sad to see it go but already planning next years Garden in my head.
Blessings,
~peggy
Lady In Red
http://ladyinredsite.blogspot.com
http://pegsmiles7.wordpress.com
A "SMILE" Should Be A Woman's First Accessory, Then Her Purse, Shoes, and Bling! ~p.smith |
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kristin sherrill
True Blue Farmgirl
11303 Posts
kristin
chickamauga
ga
USA
11303 Posts |
Posted - Sep 30 2010 : 4:55:59 PM
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Pam, I have never grown celery. I have seen where you can cut the bottom off of a stalk and plant it and it will grow more. I am going to have to try that soem day.
I got a big basket of pears yesterday that I have got to work up. I also have a tree full of apples I want to start drying.
My 2 raised beds are doing great so far. They really like this cooler weather we are getting now. I hope I get some greens soon.
I went today and got 3 mums for this big tub by the front door. They look so pretty. I want some pumpkins too. I am so ready for fall.
Kris
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LadyInRed
True Blue Farmgirl
6740 Posts
PeggyAnn
Vancouver
WA
USA
6740 Posts |
Posted - Sep 30 2010 : 11:25:41 PM
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Not too many posting on here lately! You can tell that everyone is busy trying to get the last of the gardens harvested and put to sleep for the fall.
I need to go bag up all the vines I pulled out of the Garden. I was hoping our lawn crew would pick them up for me...but no such luck! I did let the vines whither down...so, they won't take up the whole trash-compacter.
I did manage to get 8 Heirloom tomatoes to ripen in the house. Had the first one today on a tuna-sandwich with lots of lettuce and it was so delicious! The Heirlooms seem to have a better flavor than just an
average tomato.
Hopefully next year we will have a better growing season and have a better harvest. 8 Tomatoes out of 3 plants isn't a lot to shout about. But it's better than NOTHING! Like some people got.
Blessings,
~peggy
Lady In Red
http://ladyinredsite.blogspot.com
http://pegsmiles7.wordpress.com
A "SMILE" Should Be A Woman's First Accessory, Then Her Purse, Shoes, and Bling! ~p.smith |
Edited by - LadyInRed on Sep 30 2010 11:29:09 PM |
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kittykill
True Blue Farmgirl
608 Posts
Pam
Portland
or
USA
608 Posts |
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kristin sherrill
True Blue Farmgirl
11303 Posts
kristin
chickamauga
ga
USA
11303 Posts |
Posted - Oct 01 2010 : 7:30:19 PM
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I thought I had posted something on here today but must not have hit submit apparently. But my 2 raised beds are doing great so far. They are really liking this cooler weather. The greens are growing and getting bigger every day. And the cabbage and onions and brussel sprouts are really looking good too. I found a little tomatoe yesterday and some more peppers. I need to start digging around for my beets and potatoes since the ground is softer now.
Kris
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sherrye
True Blue Farmgirl
3775 Posts
sherry
bend in the high desert
oregon
USA
3775 Posts |
Posted - Oct 04 2010 : 07:26:34 AM
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kris we are missing you. is your computer fixed? happy days sherrye
the learn as we go silk purse farm
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kristin sherrill
True Blue Farmgirl
11303 Posts
kristin
chickamauga
ga
USA
11303 Posts |
Posted - Oct 04 2010 : 12:14:09 PM
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Hey, I am here. It's cold. How's your gardens? Have you harvested everything yet? I have got to go find my beets. They are out there somewhere. I want to pickle some. And the sweet potatoes. I have lost them. I had the front garden bush hogged and he ran over the vines. So I guess I just need to start digging where I think they might be. That's the way the beets are. They got lost in the weeds. I know where the rows were. I just need a good fork thing to dig them up with.
Kris
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Dorinda
True Blue Farmgirl
1023 Posts
Dorinda
St. Cloud
Florida
USA
1023 Posts |
Posted - Oct 04 2010 : 6:38:28 PM
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I planted some collards and turnips the beginning of Sep. They did not come up. My husband thinks the seeds were to old. I have had then for about 4 years. Hum I thought seeds stayed good forever if you kept them in a dry place!! So I went to town to get fresh seeds and they are sold out!! So I am thinking of something else to replace them with. Not sure what yet. Maybe I can find some seeds on line or in another town.
Seize The Day!
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kristin sherrill
True Blue Farmgirl
11303 Posts
kristin
chickamauga
ga
USA
11303 Posts |
Posted - Oct 04 2010 : 7:46:49 PM
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Maybe you could plant some lettuce and spinach. That's not good that you can't find seeds. And most seeds have a lower germination each year they aren't planted. I would have thought they would last forever also. Maybe some do.
Kris
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LadyInRed
True Blue Farmgirl
6740 Posts
PeggyAnn
Vancouver
WA
USA
6740 Posts |
Posted - Oct 05 2010 : 01:09:20 AM
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Dorinda...what a pretty name! I think seeds can get old. I planted some that I had around for a couple of years
and they didn't produce either. I know in my area all the seeds are gone too. I bet you will have to go on line to find any. I can see why they wouldn't have them this time of year in the Northwest but Florida...that surprises me. Well, good luck! Hope you can find something. My Garden is all put to bed for the winter and I'm happy...I need the break from it for a few months.
Blessings,
~peggy
Lady In Red
http://ladyinredsite.blogspot.com
http://pegsmiles7.wordpress.com
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sherrye
True Blue Farmgirl
3775 Posts
sherry
bend in the high desert
oregon
USA
3775 Posts |
Posted - Oct 05 2010 : 07:05:16 AM
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goodmorning girls, i looked up seed life in territorial seed co. each seed has a life. it only lasts a certain amount of years. thats why seed savers exchange started. seeds are viable for from 1 to many years depends on seed type. many plants are now extinct because no one grew them and they did not grow in the wild. we used to have over 10,000 seeds for apples. now we have around 1,000. no one grew them. they no longer exist.seed savers has done a fine thing for mankind. saving and growing out seeds to keep them alive. anyone can volunteer to help them. you can grow for them or buy from them. it helps it all keep going. plus you can get organic from them. just a thought sherrye
the learn as we go silk purse farm
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LadyInRed
True Blue Farmgirl
6740 Posts
PeggyAnn
Vancouver
WA
USA
6740 Posts |
Posted - Oct 05 2010 : 09:45:08 AM
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Sherrye...that was a wealth of information in one small post! Thanks So Much!! Is The Web-site called Seed Savers? Can you maybe post the link on here for all of us? I would rather buy seeds from them and keep the
history and horticulture progressing. I hate to hear that plants, veggies, flowers, trees anything like that
would die out because no one plants them anymore. Sounds like the Apples could have used another Johnny Appleseed or two to keep them growing. When you think about it, he did a tremendous service to our Country by planting all
those Apple seeds didn't he?
Blessings,
~peggy
Lady In Red
http://ladyinredsite.blogspot.com
http://pegsmiles7.wordpress.com
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Dorinda
True Blue Farmgirl
1023 Posts
Dorinda
St. Cloud
Florida
USA
1023 Posts |
Posted - Oct 05 2010 : 11:45:44 AM
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Sherry, I have grown all different types of Tomatoe plants in the past 5 years. Most of the time they taste really great. But I swear I can not find one that tasted like the ones my Grandma use to grow in North Carolina.
When i was a young girl I use to walk out and pick one out of her tomatoe garden and eat for a snack. It was always so tasty, sweet, and juicy. None of the tomatoes I have grown reminds me of hers. Some times I wondered if it was some type of Heirloom tomatoe that they don't produce in seeds for any more. Or then I use to think maybe you could only find and grow that tomato in North Carolina. Interesting!!
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sherrye
True Blue Farmgirl
3775 Posts
sherry
bend in the high desert
oregon
USA
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Posted - Oct 06 2010 : 06:34:21 AM
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good morning farmgirls, what you say is true dorinda. the seed you can easily find is the ones folks are used to. veggies we buy in the store are grown for shipping ability and lasting in boxes and store shelves. folks have just accepted this in the past.as consumers learn more about the abuse food goes through things are starting to change. large growers are more concerned with the veggie holding up not flavor. to get tomatoes that are like grandmas you need the heirloom. the reason they sometimes dont do as well in our gardens is we need to look at our climate. growing veggies that like your climate helps a lot. i have a few tomatoes here that are so tough and withstand cold well and taste great. heirloom seeds are naturally resistant to certain bugs and bacterias. researching your plants behavior before you buy can help you accomadate your climate. territorial seed has a catalog that is great. it has the seed specs and descriptions. they are here in oregon. seed savers also has a catalog you can exchange seeds with hundreds if not thousands of other concerned folks. climate has a lot to do with how a veggie tastes. i think you could find one like grandmas at seed savers. hope this helps you all.just a thought or two. happy days sherrye the website is www.seedsaversexchange.com and or www.territorialseed.com
the learn as we go silk purse farm
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HealingTouch
True Blue Farmgirl
3448 Posts
Darlene
Kunkletown
Pa
USA
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Posted - Oct 06 2010 : 08:08:04 AM
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Thank you Sherrye, I requested catalogs from them both. I love to look and look and look and look until I almost wear the print off of them. LOL!
Still have things in the garden. Got wax beans, tomatoes, eggplant,zuchinni and peppers on saturday. Still have more but coming to an end soon. My garden was fantastis this year. I believe it had to do with how I planted it. Can't wait to plan for next year...Only a Gardener gets it!
Blessings and Peace,
Darlene
Sister 1922
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