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Post by mundacormeum on Jun 30, 2016 21:55:32 GMT -5
Haven't done a single thing for a week, since we haven't been home. We will be home late tomorrow afternoon. Hopefully, I will find a still thriving garden, and not a dead one! According to the weather radar, there was rain at my house during the past week, but we shall see....
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Post by jen51 on Jun 30, 2016 22:00:09 GMT -5
Haven't done a single thing for a week, since we haven't been home. We will be home late tomorrow afternoon. Hopefully, I will find a still thriving garden, and not a dead one! According to the weather radar, there was rain at my house during the past week, but we shall see.... If you're like me, when you get home after being gone for awhile, you'll be amazed at how much everything has grown. That's one of my favorite parts about coming home- seeing the garden changes. |
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Post by jen51 on Jun 30, 2016 22:00:38 GMT -5
Rita, you should try your hand and making blueberry wine! The recipe I'm using calls for 15 pounds of blueberries.
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Post by RitaMarita on Jul 1, 2016 18:16:55 GMT -5
Rita, you should try your hand and making blueberry wine! The recipe I'm using calls for 15 pounds of blueberries. Hmm... Finding time is tough with all the work we have to do on the farm. Maybe I will one day though... Thanks for the suggestion!!!  |
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Post by mundacormeum on Jul 1, 2016 19:43:42 GMT -5
Rita, you should try your hand and making blueberry wine! The recipe I'm using calls for 15 pounds of blueberries. Sounds delicious! We only have 3 bushes, and we usually are able to eat them all each season....either raw or in pancakes, muffins, and crisps. But, we hope to plant more, and there a many blueberry farms near us that we could visit and pick from. |
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Post by mundacormeum on Jul 1, 2016 19:47:53 GMT -5
Well, I inspected the garden today, and it looks like we didn't get as much rain as I'd hoped :/ my partial shade plants did fine, and have grown a ton (cucumbers, cantaloupes, watermelon), but my full sun plants look rough ((tomatoes and jalapenos). Kids and I found 7 nice cucumbers that ripened while we were gone. Not sure if my tomatoes and peppers will make it, but I will try to revive them with fertilizer and a good soaking tomorrow.
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Post by Clotilde on Jul 1, 2016 20:36:23 GMT -5
My son discovered some wild blueberries and a russula mushroom, which are not edible btw, and I'm doing a spore print to see if I can determine the type. I checked the blueberries I planted for pests too.
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Post by Marya Dabrowski on Jul 1, 2016 21:49:46 GMT -5
I would come to your blueberry party if I lived closer. The 3 tiny blueberry plants I planted this year died. What do you plan do do with all of your blueberries? Our blackberries are halfway ripe. Well, we freeze most of the blueberries and then use them in smoothies, pies, fruit roll-up, or crisps, later on during the year. We have been trying to encourage other friends and family to pick some of them though because there are only 5 of us left at home now, and we don't seem to be able to make it through all the berries we freeze anymore... Blueberry plants need lots of acidic soil. So, we planted ours under a couple big pine trees. The pine needles fall down every year to help create the proper soil environment. Sometimes we get cedar chips to help too though and keep the weeds down. This is helpful to know. |
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Post by Marya Dabrowski on Jul 1, 2016 21:51:24 GMT -5
Well, I inspected the garden today, and it looks like we didn't get as much rain as I'd hoped :/ my partial shade plants did fine, and have grown a ton (cucumbers, cantaloupes, watermelon), but my full sun plants look rough ((tomatoes and jalapenos). Kids and I found 7 nice cucumbers that ripened while we were gone. Not sure if my tomatoes and peppers will make it, but I will try to revive them with fertilizer and a good soaking tomorrow. Do you have any suggestions for peppers? Mine always look sickly. |
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Post by Marya Dabrowski on Jul 1, 2016 21:57:46 GMT -5
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Post by Clotilde on Jul 1, 2016 22:29:16 GMT -5
The lemon balm on was hard because I've usually seen the variegated kind, but mints are hard to determine from pictures anyways. I missed that one. |
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Post by RitaMarita on Jul 2, 2016 5:35:02 GMT -5
I also only knew about the same number, and picked the others at random... |
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Post by jen51 on Jul 2, 2016 7:03:43 GMT -5
Fun quiz, Marya! Everyone seems to have blueberries but me.  I should try harder to keep my plants alive next year! |
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Post by jen51 on Jul 2, 2016 7:06:54 GMT -5
Currently it is raining. We're forecasted to get quite a bit. I'm thanking God! Our garden was in real need of it.
When they baby goes to sleep I'll be heading out to the garden to pick the tomatoes that are near ripe so they don't split. I'll do some weeding at some point because weeding is easiest after a good rain.
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Post by jen51 on Jul 2, 2016 7:11:31 GMT -5
Well, I inspected the garden today, and it looks like we didn't get as much rain as I'd hoped :/ my partial shade plants did fine, and have grown a ton (cucumbers, cantaloupes, watermelon), but my full sun plants look rough ((tomatoes and jalapenos). Kids and I found 7 nice cucumbers that ripened while we were gone. Not sure if my tomatoes and peppers will make it, but I will try to revive them with fertilizer and a good soaking tomorrow. Sorry about your tomatos and peppers, munda. I was surprised at the number of cucumbers I had on when I came back. I started a jar a fermented pickles, drank cucumber water yesterday, and made a cucumber salad with them. |
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I should try harder to keep my plants alive next year!