RIP to the original Freedom Gardening Group, may this new start bring just as many useful posts on self sufficiency, gardening tips, and lively discussions. All gardening, homesteading, foraging, and related self sufficient content is welcome (canning, soap making, herbalism, etc...)
I think my season is a bit too short for them to dry on the vine, though, this spring was a bit odd and started out slow with the cool temperatures.
Well, I processed the green luffahs, stepping on them to break up the skin, and removing it by hand and getting out some of the...See more
Fall Cleanup
The weather has been pretty nice here this fall (although it snowed a bit last night) and it was in the high 50s on Friday so I got some stuff done in the greenhouse. Dug about 15 gallons of compost into the back part of the greenhouse and set up the compost (the...See more
So, amusingly, a lot of garden video content just doesn't interest me that much anymore. I still opt to listen to it more often than music these days but honestly, a lot of it is kind of boring because I know it. That isn't the only issue, I mean there are several, but I won't...See more
All together.
Can you identify any of them?
I'll name the three that are more difficult to identify here.
Bottom left, you can see some wild blackberry leaves still clinging to the canes.
Just above that are some wild rosehips, so they are in the top left quadrant.
Behind those rosehips is a fairly thick trunk, which is a wild elderberry.
Any guesses as to the identy of the flowering plant?
I did a lot to put my garden to bed for the winter today, mulched, took out some tomatoes I had let linger, emptied some pots, put things away, and yes, got some harvesting in.
Some might remember I tried growing peanuts this year. Honestly, it started rough with what I planted...See more
For those of us in the northern hemisphere, another season draws to a close. I for one have some winners from this past season, and a few things I don't think I'll be planting again.
Some star performers:
Beans - both the newly introduced red noodle, and my black turtle beans...See more
Garlic Bed
Not much to look at but it's been a productive weekend. Planted about 200 cloves in this bed. We will be adding straw on top.
We harvested more carrots and did some general garden cleanup. There are still more carrots to harvest as well as the beets. We also have about 14 pounds of eggshells to spread around.
You give, you get.
One of the people in town that we gave tomato plants to gave me this jar of salsa she made from her garden, including tomatoes from the plants we gave her.
RIP to the original Freedom Gardening Group, may this new start bring just as many useful posts on self sufficiency, gardening tips, and lively discussions. All gardening, homesteading, foraging, and related self sufficient content is welcome (canning, soap making, herbalism, etc...)
