By the way, congratulation on growing peaches in MA. I didn't think they grew that far north! SAVEMONEY, I wish I could take pictures like that. Of course, you have some beautiful models to start with...
Tweet have some peaches here in Maine. This years crop mostly lost due to a very harsh winter. Not all winters are this bad so we do have some crops. I noticed one farmer selling plums. The girls just are so easy to take pictures of. We will have a lot of them to look back on as they grow up.
Just picked about 10 pounds of Okra tonight. My cash crop, it helps offset the cost of the garden. Its just coming on hard now.
This is my Lizzano. It broke from a storm but keeps on producing. I wanted to share this because the plant only gets about 2 feet high and wide but acts like an indeterminate. Tiny little marble tomatoes that rate up their with Sweet 100 taste wise.
Nice. I have yellow pear tomatoes but the red pears and the little red cherries haven't done much. They were started late but they usually catch up but not this year.
Hoping to get some grape jelly again this year like last year. Still no powdery mildew this year. I haven't seen a single squash bug but the bacteria that clogs the sap is collapsing my cucumbers and summer squash, but not the zucchini. The shadowy greens garden. Grapes never did well here. Took them out and tried kale, lettuce, turnips, dandelions, broccoli even carrots are doing good here. Have starts to fill the holes and hope the first killer frost doesn't come too soon. Never know. L-->R beans, cucumber seedlings, string beans, carrots, beets, carrots, beets, string bean seedlings, a coulpe white eggplant, a couple purple egg plant and some peppers just out of view. compost, 1 is ready now, 2 ready next year, 2 from this year. I don't push them and with oak leaves they take a while any way. The cantaloupe are starting to let go of the vine. Burpee Hearts of gold iirc. Fall seems to have come a little early to whatever kind of pumpkin this is.
(sigh) I never get tired of looking at other peoples' crops. Beautiful! I actually ran out of canning jars this year, first time in 20 years. Tomatoes were unremarkable, but the peppers were awesome and the green beans were fantastic. The butternut squash, like billb3's pumpkins, are ahead of schedule. I'll be harvesting them soon to put in the cellar. What an interesting tomato, devilsbrew! I have not seen that one before. Where are you located?
I live in "the wetlands" (NW PA) as I like to call it and have found the Bonnie Husky cherries from the big box stores do best. This Lizzano had a tough time at first but it hasn't stopped since getting established. My climate is wet and cold.
Dear husband bought a similar model for bears at our previous home. Fantastic idea but neither of us ever figured out how to run it lol.
@billb3 that is a beautiful garden Think it's too soon to start lettuce & spinach? It's mid 70s daytime and mid 50s night and only going to drop.
Nope Might even be a little late - the days keep getting shorter so per day growth slows I planted 60 day string beans and cucumbers Aug 1. First frost can be Oct 1 but I might get to the end of the month with a row cover or two. Might just get one flush if I'm lucky and we get a nice Indian Summer. I get nothing if I don't try.
The kids and the chickens. The asparagus bed, sunchokes and dent corn. Can barely see the raspberries. Yup, we're practicing front yard gardening! The kitchen garden. I'm not surprised that there is a lot of overlap with people who are firewood hoarders and vegetable hoarders too!
Great, pic of the kids and the chickens. What kinda of chickens? Barred Rock & Red is a couple of them. There's a few chickens around here too...
Wow, really big house. I haven't seen roofing like that for a long time. Nice big asparagus bed. Good use of the lawn area. Can't eat grass so that is better! Cute kids, are all four yours? We raised 4 kids. Oldest one now in her forties.
Evelyn, my oldest in the pic organized the chicken purchase. In addition to the ones you mentioned (good eye), we have a Brahma, Araucana, Silver-laced Wyandotte, Golden Comet, Cuckoo Maran and Buff Orpington (not sure about this one). Like your avatar. How many do you have, and what breed or breeds do you go with? Evelyn has wanted to join a chicken forum, and always rolls her eyes when she sees I'm on this one - she doesn't find wood/woodstoves engaging, but will be interested in this thread!
Yup, my wife and I produced them all. According to a guy I work with who has one new baby and wants many more, four is the sweet spot. His theory is they can keep each other entertained, but not so many that it's overwhelming for the parents. I have yet to see his theory put into practice. Must be nice to be able to talk to them as adults when they grow and see them have their own lives, but it gives me pangs already to think of that coming years down the road. About the house, you can see why we can take two wood stoves that are around 3 cu. ft each. Gets pretty darn cold in the front part of the house especially, where two porches were enclosed to make additional rooms. These will be some of the last pics of that roof. It's asbestos tile, and we're getting quotes right now to get it removed and replaced. Likely 60-70 years old. Year four on the asparagus bed, and it's wonderful! All the kids love it. Couldn't have known that four years ago, so it was a real roll of the dice!
Asbestos removal can be pricy. Your is hard roofing so maybe not so bad. To add insult to injury, then the cost of the replacement roofing and any roofing repairs. Good luck. Ck around. Hope you take lots of pictures of the kids. When you retire, you will want to look back at them and remember those very special times.
