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ok so here is a harvest up to date until today- 1 1/2 bushel cucumbers 4 lbs tomatos 1 bushel peppers 1/2 bushel yellow squash 1 1/2 bushel zucchini 3 lbs onions 2 quarts strawberries 10 quarts blackberries 3 store size harvests of dill for canning 3 garlic bunches for canning (harvested early...

hmmmmmm so curious

Any new growth yet?

Thank you for the suggestions!!!!!

pretty cool to wait and watch and see what you have there....;)

I am curious as to how this works for you too!!!

I have some teeny little black bugs that are about the size of the head of a straight pin and look similar to a ladybug but miniaturized and totally black. They are munching on the leaves of my eggplant, and tomatillo plants. They leave a tiny little hole int he leaf. Anybody have a clue what...

That was funny lol!!!!:D

I am just writing it down and posting on here mine probably will not be as organized but will show what I spent on what and what I got back!!!! Whew we have blackberries galore gonna figure out some new things to do with them I guess !!!!

ok had a small harvest yesterday : 2 - 1 gallon bags of blackberries 1 - quart bag size of peppers 1 - tomato cost wise I figure if I bought these at the grocery: 14.00 for the blackberries .79 for peppers 2.29 for tomato (big one)

Now THAT is funny...a doorknob of all things!!!!!!:D

Well I did not know that about glass eggs......I put golf balls in there to encourage laying in the boxes instead of the floor and sometimes I get a broody so she can sit on the golf balls until I put the eggs I want to hatch under her. I have used plastic easter eggs before lol lol........I...

Oh I so totally understand the benefits of having a few non venomous snakes around.....It was dark in the barn and the view we had of it's head was triangular denoting a venomous snake in our region ....it resembled a huge water mocassin that is why it was killed...plus it was in the rafters in...

Well I killed my first snake of the season. Hubby had killed a couple but not this close to the house. Oldest son came from the barn screaming "Momma snake momma snake" I am thinking ok a little copperhead better get him while he is little. Nope I go to check it out, wobbling on my bad leg...

I keep pouring straight vinegar on the foliage and it kills it but also everything else near it and as a double duty I sprinkle salt around the vine roots as well. So far for a year it has kept it off my fence row here by the house. Works in a pinch if money is tight !!!! It is also nontoxic...