Gardening for Old Folks (Adaptative)

[jvls1942]

today we got the grape arbor completely done. It is two wires tall and 50 feet long. there are three grapes growing there already that I planted last year. I have three in pots that will be planted soon.
My nephew did 90%of the labor. I did all of the supervising...
......jiminwisc.......

 

[jvls1942]

I went back out after lunch and pruned the three grape vines. tied them to stakes to train them to be the main trunk.
today I got the power steering repaired.
I spliced in a piece of steel brake line. Had to use some WD40 to get the flanges into the hoses, .
Then I punched out 4 pins and removed the bucket from the loader arms. Ehat will make it easier to get at all the stuff we have to remove from the front.
.......jiminwisc......

 

[jvls1942]

we did our first canning of the season. 7 quarts of tomatoes. we run them through the food processor to liquify them , and then cook them and pour them into jars and give them a boiling water bath. we do not peel them, just cut out the stem.
we plan on doing about 100 quarts.
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[Molpet]

I just used the last of 2019 onions.
Copra are supposed to last 8-10 months. Some started growing in the box at 8 months, but some lasted 13 and might of lasted longer if I didn't need them.

 

[bruceha2000]

Green bell peppers are just immature red bell peppers.

Or yellow peppers
Or orange peppers.

 

[jvls1942]

I had an acquaintance tell me that they went from green, to red, and then to yellow..
all I know for sure is that the red one was delicious in my salad..
........jiminwisc.........

 

[jvls1942]

I just used the last of 2019 onions.
Copra are supposed to last 8-10 months. Some started growing in the box at 8 months, but some lasted 13 and might of lasted longer if I didn't need them.

onions and potatoes should not be stored close to each other.. I don't know how this is accomplished in a fruit cellar..

 

[Molpet]

onions and potatoes should not be stored close to each other.. I don't know how this is accomplished in a fruit cellar..

I put the onions and garlic in a back nw unused bed room in open boxes.
The potatoes go in the basement in a dark corner. If I have a lot of taters I put them in buckets of sand.

I have a better longevity when they are separate. Always wondered about that in a cellar too

 

[wyoDreamer]

A good root cellar has enough ventilation to prevent the build-up of the ethylene gas, plus you separate them as far a possible. Onions low to the floor, apples higher.

I need to figure out a venting system for our root cellar. I put a bunch of squash in there a couple of years ago and they all rotted. Too much moisture I guess?

 

[jvls1942]

last fall we put a huge buttercup squash out in our unheated sun porch. It dried up like a gourd . tough as leather.
today I got the hydraulic shaft off of the tractor hyd. pump. I managed to get it off without dismantling the whole loader. however, I did have to remove the radiator.. No big deal, that.
now I don't know how to measure the shaft for a new splined coupler.
I don't understand the term "bore" in the description...
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