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...
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...
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)
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...
I used the old bedding with poo as mulch beside and in my walking areas it seems to not hurt the plants at all then they receive the nutrients from it when I water. At the end of the season it will just get tilled under and be fertilizer for next year.
Ok I am going to do that !!!! I joined the community deal on here to keep track of expenditure an harvest so I will have this year to start from to do comparisons. Yall have some great ideas and sounds like a lot of time has gone into your garden plans. I hope I can be somewhat productive and...
ok my startup for this year's garden comes to a total of $99.86
Using my own organic fertilizer from our critters
Using well water to water garden
using old bedding hay,straw, shavings for mulching purposes and weed control
recycled t-posts for supports etc
what else is needed for information...
ok tried to open and it will not let me because I have no microsoft office programs ugghhhh ok so I am going to just jot all my stuff down with a blank form and keep up like that unless you can maybe copy and paste and email it to me or something. My email is the4heathernsmom@aol.com