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This is now the compost pile, well until next growing season. I may even have him finish cleaning the barn into this spot so it's closer to me next year. I've always wanted to start one but I have always had one compost pile problem, hubby. LOL! I guess now it's his fault that I have one...

Nice apricots. My apricot tree - nothing 2 apple trees - 1 tree has some fruit, but hit with what looks like rust the other tree nothing 2 pears trees - 1 has a fair amount of fruit, not overloaded and the other only one or two Cherry trees - no cross for the bing so nothing 2 peach trees...

I wish my gardens looked that nice. Great work!

This weekend we set up a couple of raised beds. Added dirt and hubby went to get what should have been old horse manure. Instead he dug out where the horses eat and trample hay. I've raked out all the nasty wet hay and put it in a pile. Will I need to do anything to get it to break down by...

Thanks, gonna make a couple of calls tomorrow and see if I can find some.

Pretty good and they are good for your funny bone too. :D

:welcome Seems most of us are plagued with one sort of tomato problem or another. Chris09 is that something that I can buy locally or on-line only.

Thanks. I think after looking at that site that a couple these trees are goners. :barnie The damage is all the way around the trunks on the 2 Yoshino Cherry trees. It runs about 24" long so that would be some serious grafting. We just planted these 2 trees about 2 weeks ago. I'm wondering...

The pickles were a hit. We ate 6 pints at the July 4 family get together. Good thing the cucumbers seem to be in overdrive, I need to restock my stash. I cheated this round and used the Mrs. Wages seasoning. This is the first year I've attempted pickles and was looking to an easy way to do...

I could see myself eating that. I could see the rest of my family going hungry. I might have to try that as a snack one afternoon, looks yummy. I've never tried bruschetta before.

I have a few different types of tomatoes. With tomatoes that we can slice normally our family tradition is BLT's. I fry up what seems like 10 pounds of bacon and we eat until we bust. I put in more romas this year to make more pasta sauce, but things are looking bleak in the tomato garden...

My lovely sweet goats made my bad day even worse yesterday by getting out and eatting the bark off of a few of my lovely new trees. They pretty much ate the bark off all the way around both of my Yoshino Cherry trees. The Kwanzan Cherry trees also took a hit but nearly as severe. Is there any...

That sounds yummy. Right now hubby and I don't see a problem getting the fruit. When I drive past it everyday I wonder if the tractor bucket up will reach the top so I don't miss out on that fruit too. LOL! The real estate sales lady doesn't see this house selling anytime soon. They are...

LOL! The next time my niece calls me a food hoarder I'm going to tell her I'm a squirrel. I love that comparison. You're right that's the best feeling in the world. Something about providing for the family makes me walk on cloud 9.

I'm also eyeballing a loaded peach tree over there. Both trees are so full that they have branches propped up to keep them out of the way of whoever has been mowing for the bank. My poor fruit trees are only about 4-5 years old so the opportunity get some fruit is always exciting. Besides...

That's terrible. Such an invasion of privacy when someone helps themself to your property. When I was at the house we lived in first things started disappearing out of our barn. We called the police and filed a report. A few days later a detective stopped by and recommended we lock...

The house next door has a pear tree that's absolutely loaded this year. It's bank owned and not looking very promising at selling so I was thinking about picking the pears and canning them (my hubby loves loves loves pears). I've read up on ripening them off the tree but I was wondering if...

I'm starting to think that the biggest part of the problem just might be where they are planted. We pretty much gave up on some of the plants and let the weeds go and were preparing to mow them when low and behold some nice nice plants (mostly romas) in there. Spent the day weeding and...

You aren't kidding about them growing inches over night. I have 15 plants just starting to produce and I bet I get about a dozen a day. I can only imagine how many I'll be getting when the second planting of 15 kicks in. I'm going to stop tasting them and just start pickling. I'm very...

When making pickles do you taste each cuke before cutting up. With the heat and lack of rain I've found a bitter one or two in my group. After this morning I don't care it I never eat another cuke I felt the need to taste each one just in case. :barnie. On a good note I ended up with 3 pints...