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August 2, 2018 | #106 |
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August 1st
Been a while since I updated this page, been pretty busy with other stuff.
Food Pics
I gotta say that I like the Listada di Gandia better than the black beauty, taste is better, cooks better, skin is not as tough. This is a winner.
July 28th OK Vacation is over ... back at home...
Garden woes... gave up on the Table Dainty and pulled them. Spaghetti squash plants are dying, got a few SVB in the squash, pulled the Zucchini plant (SVB), have a few tomato plants that aren't doing well (pulled one, may need to pull two more), asparagus didn't grow hardly at all and a few pepper plants are pretty stunted.
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August 2, 2018 | #107 |
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August 2, 2018 | #108 |
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Looks great! Everything looks so neat. And yummy. That's one really big slug!
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August 2, 2018 | #109 |
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I love this thread. The photos are great and I enjoy reading your story. Your food and plants look amazing.
No need to clean the pond filter. That water lettuce will take hold in a hurry and keep the water sparkling clear.
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Thanks, yeah my daughter calls her a dirty Q-tip. Quote:
Thank you I appreciate the kind words. The pond water is clean it's the solids that collect in the filters. I usually pull out the submersible filter and spray it down real good with a garden hose once a month, the dirt pours out like mud. |
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August 2, 2018 | #111 |
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The food pictures are making me hungry! Looks delicious!
Beautiful harvest you're getting in, with a nice variety of produce. I have never grown spaghetti squash before, but started some plants for my son's girlfriend, so kept a couple for myself. Do you wait til they get a yellow cast before they can be harvested? What on earth is that poor warped thing above the maypop picture? I can't even identify the kind of fruit -- pepper???? Looks like you are having a great summer, both on your vacation trips and at your lovely residence.
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August 2, 2018 | #112 |
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Spaghetti squash should be hard when picked. It appears you can't go by color alone. Usually you pick them when golden yellow.
The two that were yellow were actually much younger than the tannish ones. Sometimes they look Green like a zucchini, then you need to wait for a yellowish hue and test the outside with your fingernail. It should be hard. I will put them out in the sun for a few weeks after picking to harden off. The squash vine borers love destroying the fruit also. The alien plant is sunflower, curious to see if it opens our not. |
August 7, 2018 | #113 |
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August 6th
Pulled the last of the Spaghetti squash, got two more squash that are free of SVB's Everything in the garden is in its, what I like to call, "weird stage", Crickets have taken over, plants seem to be frozen in time, the grass is even getting funky, my lawn is overcome with this weird looking grass (Bermuda?) that grows by runners, happens every year, lots of heat, rain and humidity. This runner grass is in most of my beds, planters and pots, it's even coming up through the pavers. I cut back a lot of the Chia plants that I had inter planted for green manure. The Hugelkultur beds are sinking significantly this year, that's a good thing, I have been direct composting in these low spots and filling in with green manures, shredded paper, cardboard and grass clippings. I'm basically just letting everything do its thing.
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1) Don't ever double a recipe until you have tried it. 2) Don't can in the house when its 95°F outside.
After work today I strained the remaining Puttanesca sauce and rinsed real well, put back in the pot, added a few quarts of Crushed tomatoes, basil, garlic, oregano and a pinch of red peppers and simmered for 30 minutes. Processed in a water bath using 1.5 liter jars adding a teaspoon of citric acid to each jar. I think this will make a fine sauce for pizza |
August 9, 2018 | #114 |
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August 8th
It's too hot and humid to do any serious gardening other than some maintenance. Still getting rain every few days. Heavy rain in the forecast for tonight and rain Friday, Saturday and Sunday.
Laura made some Cole slaw from the cabbage and it was a fail! I have one head left still growing, if it's still good were going to make Galumpkis
I removed most of the Basil, it took over the Asparagus bed, I am very disappointed in the asparagus.
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August 9, 2018 | #115 |
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Interesting! I think I have a different variety of Spaghetti Squash, mine were never green, just sort of pale solid cream colored from the start. I have one squash that is hard, and it hasn't changed to yellow yet, so maybe it never will. Maybe I'll just pull it as is.
(And thanks for the 'where's waldo" turtle photo! )
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Pull the squash if it is hard and Cure out in the sun for a few weeks, it will turn yellow. Just check it real good for SVB holes, I had a few and poked a shiskabob thingy in there then poured in vinegar, I'll deal with it when I cut it open but its at least dead . lol. Yeah, the turtles are grubs, as soon as I'm in the yard, they're looking for handouts, I always end up tripping over them. Weed whacking the yard is a PITA, I have to take my time and check every nook and cranny before I can wack an area. I only had one that was green, the rest were cream colored. |
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August 14, 2018 | #117 |
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August 14th
Removed a few tomato plants that were struggling, the plants on the hill have exploded. I pruned the Hardy Kiwi there were several main stems that were twining, so I cut them at the base and started the tedious task of unwinding the cut stem from the main trunk. I'm going to cut them just below the trellis and hopefully get a couple cardons.
I cut back all of the perpetual spinach and my daughter took the cuttings to the AARK for the animals, also pulled my old woody beets to feed to the AARK animals. Added some fertz (Leftover Milorganite, yeah, yeah I know!) to the flowers and shrubs and 10-10-10 to the potted plants. I dont add any type of fertilizers to the non-potted plants with the exception of the flowers and shrubs, only compost. The yard is loaded with critters, more so this year than any other year, the Carpenter Bees look like they're getting drunk on the Passion Flower. The oregano and Mint is loaded with insects.
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August 14, 2018 | #118 |
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Great shots of the pollinators. In my area what we call mud daubers are shaped like yours but they are gold with dark stripes.
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August 23, 2018 | #119 | |
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They can be a bit intimidating and I do see the occasional nest on window sills and door jams, even in the attic sometimes. but they don't seem to bother anyone. |
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August 23, 2018 | #120 |
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August 23rd The garden is doing fairly well, all the peppers are really starting to produce, some smaller plants are growing fruit as tall as the plants and rotting as they touch the soil, I have some plants 14" tall and some are near 5' tall, go figure. I am loosing one of my Eggplant Plants, it's being shaded out by a poblano, which blows my mind. The funky rutgers tomato plant is putting out a lot of tomatoes, there is definitely something wrong with this plant, some tomatoes look beautiful and some look scarred. I'm eating and giving away a lot of eggplant and freezing a ton of tomatoes. The Thai Purple Podded Yard Long Beans have escaped and are climbing the hedges in the neighbors yard, I'm going to let these die off and harvest the seeds for pulses. I have been using the water lettuce from the pond for fertilizer/mulch for some plants, the pepper plants aren't doing too good in the veggie filter, the jalapeno is the only one that looks decent, the poblanos look a little better than the Jimmy Nardellos, they all have peppers but small in size. No signs of the Detroit Red Radishes I planted. I have been messing with my Rainwater setup, I'll post that on my Rain Harvesting page when finished. Other than that I've just been tweaking the garden and doing a lot of trench composting. |
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