Yes, we are preparing for Autumn. Even though to us these temperatures make us hardly wince. To Sourdoughs from Alaska, 60 degree temperatures mean either late spring, early summer or early Autumn. Still we try to follow the calendar for this area as it seems so do our plants. I guess they know better than us that it’s time to quit, no matter how hot it still feels to us. Our
It’s been about a month since we received our packages of shitake and oyster mushrooms. So far the oyster mushrooms have been producing about a half a pound every other week. Sadly, the shitake has produced ….nada. That’s right. Zip. Zero. NOTHING. Oddly enough in the past I have found Shitakes to be the EASIEST to grow but once again I am learning that now that I’ve moved to a
This is my second year growing eggplant and oddly enough I did not have issues with flea beetles last year. I don’t know why they suddenly decided that THIS year they will come to my yard to munch on my eggplants and tomatilloes. One day I walked out and just suddenly noticed all these tiny holes in my leaves of my eggplant. Upon closer inspection I found the tiny beetles
Well the housing office FINALLY responded back. I am not allowed to have honeybees because they are not “domesticated” I must admit I’m a bit sad. I was kind of looking forward to trying my hand at beekeeping. Ever since I read the book Farm City by Novella Carpenter I really wanted to try this. So obviously there will be no honeybees in my immediate future. Just wasps. By the
This year was my very first year dealing with these little monsters! I’ve never tried growing Kale, Cabbage, Brussel Sprouts or Kohlrabi before. These types of plants are VERY susceptible to attacks from Cabbageworms. They will actually attack almost any type of brassica plant. Amusingly enough, around mid summer I noticed these lovely little white butterflies with little black circles on their wings. I even commented on how pretty they
I’ve decided to start a running guide on how to deal with pests. My first one was Aphids. Now I’ve dealt with hornworms the past two summers and I’ve done numerous things to get rid of hornworms. Some have worked great and some have had some not so great results. Hornworms LadyBugs: These are only beneficial when the hornworms are still just eggs. The ladybugs will eat the eggs which,
I never thought this would possibly happen but I guess it has. Recently due to a potluck at work I needed some tomatoes but I had none ready to pick in the backyard (wouldn’t you know, the tomatoes were ready about 3 days later. Goes to show you can’t rush a good thing) So I bought some at the grocery store to help top a seven layer dip I made.
Today we FINALLY got around to planting our Fall Garden. We were supposed to do it last weekend but thanks to Hurricane Irene that got put off a bit. So while I worked on shucking and preserving corn from the farm nearby my hubby plowed the bed closest to the house and prepared it for planting. A few weeks ago we purchased some sand, more top soil, and a bit
Well we finally did it. We opened the potato bin so see if we had anything there. And this was the result. What an utter disappointment. No blues, no reds, no any special potatoes. Hardly anything at all. Depressing. Still though, I told Edward that “hey this was our second time growing potatoes, our first time growing them THIS way so we should be happy with WHATEVER we get!
Too exciting! Today we got the rest of our seeds for our Autumn garden. I received the following seeds from Peaceful Valley & Garden Supply. Organic Kohlrabi, Spring Salad Mix for our sprout tray, Organic Bean Adzuki Sprouting beans also for the sprout tray, Organic Mung Bean sprouts also for our sprout tray. I still need to get another sprouting tray. Ours has lost a lot of the little siphons
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