Bring On The Blueberries!
We planted 6 new Rabbiteye blueberry bushes this spring. Two each of Climax, Tifblue and Woodward varieties. It looks like we will still get a small harvest this first year. Not too much longer to wait.
DIY Greenhouse Using Cattle Panels Anyone Can Build.
We needed a quick greenhouse to start seeds in early. Here is my attempt with some of the important points shown below and a link to further instructions. Thanks to TexasPrepper2 on youtube for the inspiration. This greenhouse is built using 3 cattle panels. Each panel measures 16 feet long by 50 inches. The base
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Finishing up the first greenhouse!
Loren and Neil are putting the finishing touches on a 12 by 7 foot greenhouse just in time to get some seedlings going.
Harvesting Turmeric Root
We planted some turmeric in a container this spring on a whim, and we ended up with a fair amount of turmeric root. Unlike Ginger, which is harvested every year, turmeric is best to grow for two years before harvesting the rhizomes. We were impatient and harvested on the first year. We use them in
Sunflowers!
A huge planter full of Dwarf Sunflowers. We’ve seen hummingbirds around the sunflowers, but my chances of getting a picture of them is slim to none. Sarah is relaxing in the garden.
Purple Pole Beans
Purple Potted Pole Beans are a new cultivar that we are growing this year. We used 16′ cattle panels formed into an arch to grow these pole beans. They are a bit larger than the green pole beans (Turkey Craw) we grew last year. It doesn’t look like it , but pictured are quarts of
Making Homemade Pesto
This is how I know it’s officially summer! Cleaning gallons of fresh basil. We have 5 types of basil growing in the garden this year: Napolitano, Genovese, Lettuce Leaf, Lemon, and Holy Basil. We use all but the Lemon and Holy (they are more for teas) in our pesto. Picking the leaves off the stems,
Grape Arbor
We’ve completed a grape trellis and added 3 new grape vines to the garden. This area is a fairly steep slope so we couldn’t put raised beds on it. We are trying to utilize the space with grapes instead…I think it will work, but time will tell. The trellis was easy to build using red
Garden Season Number 3
We are planting out this year’s garden as fast as we can. It is so nice to have the garden fence all done so we can keep the animals out…especially the chickens. We are up to about 15 raised beds, with quite a few additional small and large containers. Within the fenced in garden we