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September 5, 2018 | #121 |
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August 28th
I have been working on the Koi Pond rebuilding the Faux bricks on the sides, trimmed back a lot of the mints and basil plants. My new rain barrel came in and I played with that a bit, more on that later in the season when its finished.
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September 5, 2018 | #122 |
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September 4th, 2018
Critters
Garden
Canning
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September 5, 2018 | #123 |
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Where to start?! SQWIBB, I want you to adopt me.
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September 5, 2018 | #124 |
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Everything looks awesome!!!
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September 5, 2018 | #125 |
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YUM YUM!
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September 5, 2018 | #126 |
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That's a tiny mantis for September. They are an easy 5" up here by this time.
Cowboy Candy...is this the first year you have made it? First year with canner? Did you try any yet or does it need to rest a month to develop flavor? I've heard of it but never made it. I have a bunch of Jalapenos ready for something. I've been waiting for my Habs to ripen and finally saw some color yesterday. They seem very late this year. I wanted to make some pear/hab hot sauce like a I did a few years back, but the pears are about all and the habs aren't ready yet. |
September 6, 2018 | #127 |
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Thanks for the Kind words folks.
Yes, first year for cowboy candy and I couldn't resist when making it and tried one right away, man was that hot I mean real hot, especially for a Jalapeno, I hope they mellow a bit. From what I have read the wait time should be 6 weeks for best results, I cant wait, I got my cream cheese and crackers on standby. I'll be chopping and roasting some Red Marconi's this week and canning for that Pepper and Buratta cheese dish that everyone loves. Next year I'm gonna grow a bunch more Jimmy Nardello's Habs...hmmm, try a "Roasted Pineaple Habanero sauce, you wont be disappointed. Pineapple Habanero Sauce Ingredients: 4 cups sugar 1 cup apple cider vinegar 1 cup pineapple juice 3 Tbsp lemon juice 3 Tbsp cornstarch (mixed with a bit of water to create slurry) 1 medium to large pineapple, roasted, finely chopped 1 medium onion, finely chopped 1 red pepper, finely chopped 1 yellow pepper, finely chopped 1 mango, finely chopped 5-6 habanero peppers, roasted, finely chopped |
September 10, 2018 | #128 |
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September 10th
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Canning
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September 10, 2018 | #129 |
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Great pictures and what a stone tower!!!
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September 10, 2018 | #130 |
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Looking for Rapunzel?
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September 17, 2018 | #131 |
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September 10th - 16th
The excessive rain has pretty much destroyed my heirloom tomatoes as they are splitting like crazy, usually I can scavenge a few split ones and either eat them right away or, core, cut out the split and freeze, I always smell the cut area because sometime they start rotting underneath the split. Between sight, smell and feel I can pretty much perform a successful surgery. My unaffected tomatoes has been my "so-called" Rutgers tomato plant, not one split at all.
Its been 8 days and every day is has rained to some extent, the Sun still hasn't made an appearance. I've been slowly going through sections of my beds, pulling up the drip lines, chop and dropping weeds, some veggie plants and early season cover crops then adding compost and planting a fall cover crop (Oats and Crimson Clover).
Eggplants are really putting on fruit, I'll be cooking plenty of eggplant dishes and giving some eggplant away, I wont be freezing any eggplant dishes this year. Tomatoes have me totally dissapointed, I have a lot of fruit that has set but most of the fruit that is somewhat red is split, half ripe and infested with gnats and ants, some I can save and some I can't. I definitely will be trying some Hybrids next year, the weather this year has been really rough on my heirlooms.
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September 17, 2018 | #132 |
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This weekend I got some yard work done, cut the grass, while I was cutting the grass I found a little surprise. Let me tell you the whole story, anyone that reads my threads know that we rescue box turtles and have a few full timers in the yard. Last season my daughter had a few she was rehabbing in the yard that wintered over then were released. Well Speedy (full timer) was digging a few months ago and I figured she was going to lay some eggs, I didn't think much of it because the eggs are never viable. June 20th
September 13th
OK back to the garden,
Trimmed and cut back more plants in the veggie garden and have been adding compost and planting cover crops in the beds. Battled some Aphids and Ants on my Concord Grape vine with neem and dish soap.
Garden pics
Garden Breakfast
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September 17, 2018 | #133 |
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Neat on the turtles. If you're sure there was no male in the yard, it was probably a stored sperm type deal. Pretty sure I've read of that in fish and reptiles.
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September 17, 2018 | #134 |
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But you are correct in the fact about reptiles. I think I read somewhere that turtles can be fertile for up to 3 years after doing the deed. |
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