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[Kassaundra]

A few more pics these are of caster bean and 4 O'clocks

 

[erinszoo]

does anyone have any good peach jam reccipes?

We do it the old fashioned way. Peel and pit peaches, crush (hands work well), measure, mix in one cup less sugar than peaches and 2 Tbs lemon juice. Bring to rolling boil and cook to jelling point stirring frequently. Taste after about 5 mins cooking to make sure you have enough sugar, if not add 1/2 cup at a time. Then can in hot jars.

 

[our 5acre farm]

No pektin?

 

[erinszoo]

Nope.

 

[shelbydog]

Sharing this pic....I got this scrawny little Wyandotte pullet that is like the energizer bunny but at bed time it wants to be under another chicken.

 

[Kassaundra]

I have some sunflower pics to share




















These were from a couple of seed pkts this spring

 

[BetsyOK]

Your pictures are breathtaking! Thanks for sharing. I've never seen castor bean leaves like those ruffled ones; I assume they're something hybridized purposely?

 

[Poco Pollo]

Beautiful photos, Kass. Were you taking pictures at dusk?

 

[Kassaundra]

Coral, yes the dark background pics are really at dusk w/ the flash, but they look like pitch black night. The colors of flowers just pop when you take pics like that.

Betsy, I don't know my caster bean plants have been that way every time I've planted them, and when my Gma planted them years (like about 25 or 30 years ago) they were that way too. These are seeds I got from Okladoo, so maybe he could answer whether they are special hybridized or not, they do come true though these were seeds from last years plants.

 

[Ginger Assassin]

Have any of you grown gooseberry's ?