Got the Gravenstein planted in the half barrel. Dug out a section of the chicken run compost for the soil in the barrel. Got nice and deep so it was mostly sandy loam. Added a bunch of pearlite and growmulch to the mix. There were so many worms in the soil I got from the chicken run.... It was...
I'm not sure why I didn't think about using BLO. I need to buy a container to just have it on hand so I use it for my outdoor projects. That's a great idea. Thank you!
I think California poopooed real turpentine. I'll have to check. We can't get MEK here, or real Jasco, or TSP. But, we're...
We planted an apple tree in the orchard today, to replace the dead cherry tree. Sierra Beauty. Need to prune it today. Planting two more apple trees in half wine barrels. We have one of them, Gravenstein. But we'll be buying another, Granny Smith. We have a multi graft tree that has done very...
My chickens eat everything we can and then some... It's a blessing and a curse. I like the lizards, I wish they'd leave the lizards alone. I wish they'd eat all the weeds..... But no, they would rather eat all my fruit tree leaves, my scraps, my garden, my sandwich, my coffee.... 🤦🏻♀️
But you have to eat Chard... To get the benefits. 😂😜
The only way I eat it is with a crazy amount of garlic. I assume you have recipes that make it taste better. I was fooled by Luke from MIgardener saying you can eat it like celery. That was a mistake.
Oh yes, I've had that happen too. Haha! But with honeydew melon.
I just removed the heat mat on Monday. Because so many other seeds had sprouted. I was mistaken, 4 rows of jalapenos. Chile de arbol have all come up. One eggplant. One diamond bell.
I went to miners today, they were sold out of...
I'm starting to think that my jalapeno seeds aren't viable. I started 3 rows in my seed starting tray and not a single one has sprouted. If they haven't started in another few days I'll buy seed and try again. The only other stragglers are, chile del arbol, diamond bell, and Casper eggplant. No...
It's been dumping rain here. Gale force winds, hail, thunder. I love it, but it's unusual here. We've gotten 5+" since Sunday night. Supposed to get more. I expect another 3"over the next two systems. Get a break over the weekend. Hooray!
Time to start tomatoes! And various other things! Yay!!!!
Thank you dear. He's very loved. I feel for my mil who has been taking care of him over the last three years. Hospice started back in November. It's been a roller coaster for everyone, especially Mom. My husband is holding it together for now. When he sees his mom I know he'll lose it. He's...
Long weekend.. Had a great time riding with family and friends. Got the call yesterday that Grandpa passed away. We were out on a trail, luckily we told everyone to get back to camp before we got the call. So we stopped and took the call, we drove for a minute while I started to wind up, we...
It wasn't asparagus... It was a nasturtium! I dropped a 3" pot I had seeds in, into my seed starting mix. Those seeds are pretty big. I dunno how I missed two of them. I transplanted it outside. There's another one in the pepper tray.
I staked in 3 20' waddles at the property yesterday. That...
Some seeds sprouted today! Asparagus, French thyme, hyssop, violas.
Looks like more will come up soon. Never started asparagus from seed. Was excited to see one. I didn't get photos. Was raining cats and dogs so I left all my pocket contents in the house while I did chores in the rain...
Waiting to start my tomato seeds.... It's so hard to wait.... I hate waiting...
I've been feeling unusually depressed the last few days. I yelled at my spouse last night. I'm not sure what I need to do to feel better, but I'm sure it'll pass. Hopefully sooner rather than later. I get in my own...
Yeah. Exactly. I could see saying something if there was a legit risk to life and safety, but this was literally just fixing a dangerous rut off of the main road and smoothing out where the water ran where the guy didn't put in waddles or hydro seed.... Where he was supposed to.
I can't keep up right now. Someone called the county about us fixing the road on our property. We didn't even move 30 yards of dirt .... Just fixing the erosion the previous contractor caused, but hired a pro this time, so it didn't take me months to do myself. The county inspector was pretty...