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[pennyJo1960]

Like when they did my ACL used my hamstring for the material.
I am the oldest person they where able to use their own.
Physical therapy was more reworking the hamstring to bring it back.
I have fallen so many time since but that acl is strong.

 

[Smokerbill]

Processing carrots today. Clean, cut, blanch and freeze on a cookie sheet. That's the plan. Hens get the greens.

And it's time to start picking the climbing rattlesnake beans. Gonna have to leave my step ladder in the garden until they stop producing.

I've heard others who have had strange things grow from seed packets.

One of my Baker Creek collard seeds grew into a plant that has leaves more like turnips, not collards. I eat them just the same.

 

[pennyJo1960]

Good morning state folks hope it finds us all well.
Dry here again no rubber boots maybe set a pair in the garden.
Need to weed eat around the tires.

 

[Smokerbill]

Carrots are in the freezer. The only "vegetable" brush I had to scrub grit off of the carrot skin was a new toothbrush that was in my SHTF supplies. Took a while but it worked. I think I'll end up with about a half gallon's worth.

The late carrots I plant will be left in the garden all winter, mulched over to prevent a hard freeze. I probably won't need carrots in my freezer unless the late season carrots don't produce.

 

[pennyJo1960]

I am patiently waiting on my beets to grow they are really tiny still.

 

[Smokerbill]

I've never had luck with beets here. Some kind of bug in the soil has always destroyed them. Same thing with chard since it's in the same family as beets.

 

[pennyJo1960]

They are developing slowly, another have radish that has bolted right?
We did get like 3 to eat rest are super tiny.
Figure that one out.

 

[Kmaria187]

The sky is clear and really nice out this morning. The weather report is that we are gonna hit the 80's today and this weekend. great time to get ready for a BBQ

 

[Smokerbill]

Going to be hot today, probably 95 degrees. Still have to water the garden. House is already closed up to hold in the 71 degrees it is now. Might try out my portable AC today.

I picked all the pickable kale and collard leaves and saw no more aphids. I pulled up all the kale and collard plants and gave them to the chickens. Left two kale plants for seed. I picked a nice head of cauliflower (6 inches in diameter) and gave the big plant to the chickies too.

 

[pennyJo1960]

I went out we moved the tractor banty in so moved the shade.
Turned the fans on in all three coops.
Closed the windows we had open in the night.