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I froze 21 pints of corn today and Mom froze 27 quarts of green beans. That makes well over 50 of each total so we won't starve this winter if the power doesn't go off. I also added sugar to the 14 day pickles and put another quart of raspberries in the freezer. I have got to do something with...

We are digging today! Our harvest is not as good as last year because of the triple digit temps. We should have dug them two weeks ago. We are a little more than half finished and have 3 crates full. We are throwing away several that are black from the heat I suppose and some are even rotting...

:pop Just wondering if anyone has good suggestions of what to do with Japanese beetles that are eating my raspberries. They are everywhere!

I did 7 raspberry jams yesterday and I am in the 9th day of 14 day pickles. Mom did 45 pkg. green beans and 33 corn.

Good story! I sometimes say, "chickens don't have brains". I have 3 chicken tractors inside my big run to put mom and babies into or separations of different kinds. My new buckeyes have been staying in one until recently. I opened the door to let them out but once or twice it blew shut so i...

My herb raised bed isn't doing well. Chives and oregano and sage are OK, but rest NOT. Cucumbers are producing very slowly but taste wonderful. My sugar snaps were not the best, low production. But, after I had posted on that earlier I learned from others to try to just harvest the entire plant...

My husband just bought the "New Square Foot Gardener" and we really like his changes and good suggestions to improve what we have in raised beds. Looks like you are already productive. I don't do real well with composting. I bought the double barrel composter and can never get it to heat up to...

Happy 4th to everyone! No holiday here, we are freezing corn and making raspberry jam today. lol LOVE it!!

Way to go! Guess you remembered a lot. Keep us up to date on how it goes.

Well, Tennessee broke ALL TIME temperature record today of 109 degrees in Nashville and we had 104.5 at my house, a little higher elevation.

We dig the day before the first frost is predicted or immediately right after. Makes it easier to store in the ground than anywhere else so helps to leave them as long as possible. Leaving them there that long last year and they were still very small. SO, weather will make a huge difference in...

Desertlady, I know our temps don't sound bad to you, but we are not used to it and our plants are not accustomed to it either. lol My son is a cooperate airplane pilot and was out west the first of the week and had to wait 5 hours in Denver before being able to take off because it was too hot...

Ridgerunner, that is what we do, plant bush beans to eat on while waiting for the pole beans. We have finished off our first bush beans and our pole beans will be ready next week and boy are they producing! If nothing happens to them we should have a bumper crop. Then, what did Mom do, planted...

Same here in Tennessee. We are about 10+inches below normal for rain and very dry. We have watered garden several times and the yard is dying. Our pond which we were so proud of since digging it last fall may go dry (poor fish), only about 2 feet of water left. We have 100+ temps today and last...

While in the garden yesterday, I watched the honey bees on the corn tassels. I was just amazed at watching how pollination actually works. Until you watch the magic happening, as in the video or real life, one doesn't really understand. I just had to get right up there next to them to watch how...

Yes, Lesa, raccoons ate our entire crop last year. We got one meal of sweet corn before we lost it all. SO, big 3 strands of electric fence this year! Feel sorrow for the dogs though. They are getting a little shock. They usually have the run of the garden while we are there.

Columbine is one of my favorite flowers! Would love to have some.

Mom and I froze our first corn of the season and we made sweet pepper relish yesterday. We fenced in two growings of corn to keep the raccoons out, had a visit on Saturday night. We should get our first meal of okra today and raspberries should be ready for jam by the end of the week. Busy, busy...

Have fun and be ready for a rest! I did this two weekends ago. I think you might get 6 or 7 gallon from four supers. I got 6+ with my three. Do you do the 10 frame hives or 8 frame? My brother is trying to get us to do 9 frames in our 10 frame hives. He says we will get more honey per frame...

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