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Well, none of our fruit trees did really well this year but we do have quite a few plums left on the tree. I picked probably 60 or so today and will pick the rest hopefully next week, although its my first week of school. :hide Anyways, does anyone have any fun/interesting recipes that I could...

Well, I got in one of my picture taking moods today and went outside to see what I could find. We've lived here for nearly three years and I see this "shrubby bush" thing all the time (Although looking at it, it could be a small tree that I just fail to prune :P )... this is the first time I've...

Hello everyone! My mom's boss is an amazing baker. I took her a pint of homemade apricot jam last week and she made vanilla cupcakes filled with apricot jam with a cream cheese apricot frosting and I must say, they were AMAZING. She then used some berry jelly I had to make berry pockets, which...

Well, Im usually very good about keeping photos updated, but this year I've been slacking! I've lost 4 tomatoes to a gopher so far, so I planted 19 more to see if I can get some to survive. I also have onions, peppers, eggplant, squash, zuchinni, beans beans beans and watermelons planted. Im...

I've been blessed. I never have gopher problems, ever. Well the other day, my dad killed one and now we have them popping up all over. I planted ten tomatoes recently and was out checking them. One of them was cut clean in half about an inch down in the soil. Im guessing gopher. Question here...

Hey folks! My school has a great greenhouse setup and they also produce many varieties of fruit trees. They mostly sell in February according to my plant science instructor, but they have a few leftovers from this past year. The nectarine variety they have is Fantasia and the peach variety is...

Well Well Well, My buddy gave me some almonds the other day. So today, after filling a 22 gallon tote with walnuts, I decided to crack them and see what I could get. Last semester, I hatched 16 Cornish X chicks out of eggs my teacher got directly from Foster Farms. I kept 6, processed 2 and 4...

Man, I havent been updating much! Last year I updated photos all the time. I believe it was because I only saw my garden every other day, so I was so amazed at the growth. Now its in my own backyard, so I see it all the time. :lol: Anyways, today I picked a lot! I got: 20 onions (10 red, 10...

I've been stuck inside for the past 3 days with a sinus infection, a high fever and a slight case of vomiting. Not to mention a HORRIFIC cough. My garden is going great, and I cant even go outside. My mom has me on lockdown until Im better and its driving me mad. My dad watered my garden for me...

This is a follow up on my thread, here: Well guys, it seems like I havent been updating much! I updated often with my last garden, but I believe its because it wasnt at my house, so it amazed me so much. :lol: Cosmos, tomatoes, and zinnias... Cherokee Purple tomatoes...

For you all to see my new garden, that is. Some of you may remember my garden last year, I posted enough photos of it! :lol: This year we moved to a new house with its own garden space, so I dont have to have one at my grandmas. I am anyways though, it means I get to plant more, come on...

I didnt know where to put this since they arent pests, so move it if I placed it wrong, I wont mind. :lol: I found this egg case at my grandma's weeks ago, hanging on her coop! I brought it home and stuck it in a jar and checked this morning and look at what I found! Baby mantids! I was...

So Folks, I hope all is going well with your gardens, families and life in general. I've been shopping around for tomatoes these past few weeks and I now have 9, I think. :lol: How many colors do these things come in?! So far I have purple, orange, yellow, white, green and pink. I have a...

Hi folks, I've got my own garden space here at home now, so Im not going to be growing one in the same space I did last year. My grandma is hoping to though, and I want to clean it up for her and make it more accessible to her. She has neuropathy, so she has to walk with a cane most of the...

Hi Guys! I was at Walmart today browsing about the garden section when I noticed the trees. I was talking to my grandma and she asked me what kind of Nectarines they had because she's wanting one. They had Fantasia, Sun Grand and May Grand. It said they were all freestone, but that's all I...

Hey Everyone, Well Im cleaning my garden, getting it all prepped. I planted a few random things, just for the heck of it. The seeds were 5 for $1, so it wont be too much if a loss. I planted carrots, beets, etc. Anyways, I went out this morning and a chunk of my radish row was dug up and there...

Hey Everyone! I would go to my grandma for this question, but the fruit tree is for her! She's been wanting a Nectarine or Cling Peach(? I think ?). Her birthday is on the 10th, and I brought the idea up to my mom and dad to get her one. So my question is, if we could find a tree for her right...

Well folks, We did it again! We decided today that we'd make Plum Jelly! We wound up making Plum Jam, but whatever. Its the best birthday gift because once again, my grandma taught me something. Something that I will have with me forever, and can pass down to my children. You cant ask for...

Well, Being the photo fanatic I am, I take a picture of everything I gather from my garden! Sometimes it wasnt much, and sometimes it was amazing how much I managed to gather! Ok, so Im not sure if I showed this one or not, but this is what I gathered on August 1st. Corn I gathered on...

Well Folks, I've got quite a few melons on my Orange Tendersweet plants, and a few are pretty large! I have my large one that has grown a lot, and I dont know when to pick these things! I've heard all kinds of techniques, and I wanted to know which worked well for you? This watermelon has NO...