tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-84298318491519381562024-03-06T15:02:20.938-05:00Leigh's Garden JournalWorking toward independent eating, 365 days a year.Leighhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02435811789823712254noreply@blogger.comBlogger607125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8429831849151938156.post-87266707790092797492014-01-08T10:31:00.001-05:002014-01-08T10:31:49.976-05:00Last Garden Journal PostI started this blog as a way to try and find a good garden record keeping system. I've tried to use the blog in a variety of ways, but, in the end, find that simple, old fashioned pencil and paper calendar work best. Computers are great tools, but even with filing and labeling, I find that the more information I have to organize, the more difficult it becomes to keep track of it. Then too, having to make the time to go online and make my daily updates became more of a chore than a help. So for now, I'm going to set this blog aside. I'll not delete it because my link collection is still very useful to me, and, I hope, to others.Leighhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02435811789823712254noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8429831849151938156.post-9807299673937365462013-12-30T05:19:00.000-05:002013-12-30T05:19:17.252-05:00Rain Totals 2013<b>2013 Total Rainfall:</b> 84.65"<br />
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<b>January</b> total: 12.55"<br />
Wk 1: 0.75"<br />
Wk 2: 5.8"<br />
Wk 3: 4.35"<br />
Wk 4: 1.65"<br />
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<b>February</b> total: 5.65"<br />
Wk. 1: 0.7"<br />
Wk 2: 1.1"<br />
Wk 3: 0.35"<br />
Wk 4: 3.5"<br />
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<b>March</b> total: 4.5"<br />
Wk 1: 0.5"<br />
Wk 2: 1.1"<br />
Wk 3: 0.6"<br />
Wk 4: 2.3"<br />
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<b>April</b> total: 6.65"<br />
Wk 1: 0.55"<br />
Wk 2: 1.05"<br />
Wk 3: 2.35"<br />
Wk 4: 2.7"<br />
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<b>May</b> total: 6.75"<br />
Wk 1: 3.2"<br />
Wk 2: sprinkle<br />
Wk 3: 1.05"<br />
Wk 4: 2.5<br />
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<b>June</b> total: 9.35"<br />
Wk 1: 5.7"<br />
Wk. 2: 2.65"<br />
Wk. 3: 0.9"<br />
Wk 4: 0.1"<br />
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<b>July</b> total: 14.05"<br />
Wk 1: 6.95"<br />
Wk 2: 2.65"<br />
Wk 3: 2.2"<br />
Wk. 4: 2.25"<br />
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<b>August</b> total: 11.2"<br />
Wk 1: 5.65"<br />
Wk 2: 1.95"<br />
Wk 3: 3.25"<br />
Wk. 4: 0.35"<br />
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<b>September</b> total: 4"<br />
Wk 1: 0.25"<br />
Wk 2: 0"<br />
Wk 3: 1.25"<br />
Wk 4: 2.5"<br />
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<b>October</b> total: 2.05"<br />
Wk. 1: 1.65"<br />
Wk. 2: drizzle<br />
Wk. 3: 0.4"<br />
Wk. 4: drizzle<br />
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<b>November</b> total: 4.45"<br />
Wk. 1: 0.05"<br />
Wk 2: 0<br />
Wk 3: 1"<br />
Wk 4: 3.4"<br />
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<b>December</b> total: 3.45"<br />
Wk 1: 0.95"<br />
Wk 2: 1.4"<br />
Wk 3 & 4: 1.1"<br />
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December is approximate; the rain gauge was knocked over once and I was out of town for awhile as well.<br />
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<br />Leighhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02435811789823712254noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8429831849151938156.post-6517809620991148002013-12-10T22:53:00.001-05:002013-12-10T22:53:33.871-05:00More RainI went out to check the rain gauge this morning after two days of rain. But the ground had sogged out and the gauge was fallen over!<br />
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Rainfall for December week 1 was 0.95"<br />
Rainfall for the past few days (this is a guess) 1"<br />
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I got 7 pullet eggs today! Looks like our egg drought is over, but Surprise isn't giving much milk anymore.<br />
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Not much going on in the garden. I'm going to start on some freezer canning (jellies), also the cushaw. I have more bone broth from the last batch of chicken bones, so I'm thinking more soup! We're heading for another week of lows in the 20s, so good warm soup will be welcome. Maybe it's time to perfect egg drop soup.Leighhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02435811789823712254noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8429831849151938156.post-27775392131586371942013-12-06T22:18:00.000-05:002013-12-06T22:18:25.554-05:00Weird Winter WeatherLow: 65 F<br />
High: 73 F<br />
Rainfall: 0.25"<br />
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Felt more like spring than winter!Leighhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02435811789823712254noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8429831849151938156.post-34493453811851900142013-12-05T22:01:00.001-05:002013-12-05T22:01:11.775-05:00Fog, Drizzle, & Rain<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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Here's the reason I haven't been blogging here much. It's taken a lot of work to get <a href="http://www.5acresandadream.com/2013/12/5-acres-dream-book-challenges-of.html" target="_blank">my new book</a> off the ground!<br />
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Besides our fog, drizzle, & rain we've had mild temps! After our week of recent frigid weather I was wondering what the winter will bring. This week it's been mild and soggy.<br />
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November rainfall total: 4.45"<br />
Rainfall today: 0.7"<br />
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The garden is producing greens: kale, broccoli, collards. My lettuce seeds are just now sprouting thanks to the rain. The other day we harvested 6 chickens: 2 roosters and my 4 oldest hens. I froze the roosters who were still fairly young and canned the hens. Defrosted a chevon shoulder and am trying a marinade in red wine. It's from a buck, which is a little strong flavored, but not bad. I'm curious to see how this will do.Leighhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02435811789823712254noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8429831849151938156.post-41143398973000613132013-11-28T22:02:00.000-05:002013-11-28T22:02:03.604-05:00Winter Has ArrivedYesterday's rainfall was 4/10 of an inch.<br />
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This morning, the temperature was 23.<br />
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Thanksgiving was warm and cozy, however. The corn bread stuffing was from home grown corn as was the eggs and whey in the cornbread, and the sweet potatoes. Even though we only had a modest garden harvest this year, we still have a lot to be thankful for.Leighhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02435811789823712254noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8429831849151938156.post-54480655843876258852013-11-26T20:35:00.000-05:002013-11-26T20:35:24.370-05:00Rain, Rain, Rain<div style="text-align: center;">
Everything is brown</div>
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Rain comes and opens the skies</div>
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Leaves are on the ground.</div>
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Rainfall: 3.0" by sundown and still falling.Leighhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02435811789823712254noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8429831849151938156.post-91616693401632691032013-11-18T22:43:00.001-05:002013-11-18T22:43:38.733-05:00Recent RainsOctober and November have been pretty dry, but we did get a little rain recently.<br />
<ul>
<li>Friday: 0.2"</li>
<li>Sunday: 0.8"</li>
<li>Total: 1.0"</li>
</ul>
Very happy to have that. How we'll see if those seeds I planted will grow!<br />
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I'm working on mulching the beds. I'm hoping to get at least one bed done per day.<br />
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<br />Leighhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02435811789823712254noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8429831849151938156.post-16451769173337635272013-11-13T23:00:00.000-05:002013-11-14T05:44:42.048-05:00First FreezeWe've had several light frosts, but last night was the first freeze. In the morning, all the water buckets had about a half inch of ice needing to be broken.<br />
<ul>
<li>Low: 24° F</li>
<li>High: 51° F</li>
</ul>
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There has been very little rainfall so far this month: less than a tenth of an inch.<br />
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The summer garden is done except for one huge cushaw, which I'll need a wheelbarrow to bring to the house! Also the last of the dried okra pods need to be picked for seed.<br />
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Fall garden is scant. We had steamed broccoli the other night (delicious), but I've had a terrible time with my cabbage plants. I bought these at WalMart (my first mistake) and they keep wilting to death, even though I've watered them regularly.<br />
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Perhaps all my seeds will do better once we get some rain. That will mean a spring harvest rather than autumn and winter.<br />
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I had intended to plant a bed of turnips but was dismayed to discover I had no seed. No one around here sells seed for fall gardens, so I thought I'd have to wait until spring. Then I discovered two volunteer turnips at the bottom of the garden! I'll still have to wait until spring, but I should get plenty of seed. :)<br />
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Routine garden chores include pulling remains from the beds and mulching heavily with raked leaves. I hope to do the entire garden this year, even if it's just a little at a time. That good mulch layer makes a huge difference in keeping weeds at bay and moisture in the soil.Leighhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02435811789823712254noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8429831849151938156.post-6925664990260889572013-10-31T21:55:00.001-04:002013-10-31T21:55:21.223-04:00October SummaryOctober has been mild except for two mornings of light frost. It was enough to kill the Amish Paste tomatoes in the bottom of the garden, but the hybrid salad tomatoes were more protected and so escaped damage. I got a dozen or so green Amish Paste for the kitchen counter.<br />
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Temperatures have ranged mostly from the 40s to 60s on average.<br />
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Total rainfall for the month was only 2.05" It's drizzling now so maybe well get enough to water everything.<br />
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I've planted garlic, multiplier onions, top-set onions, kale, mesclun, lettuce, radishes, collards, cabbage-collards, kale, sugar beets, Detroit beets, parsnips, and winter wheat.<br />
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The deer have eaten all the tops off my Detroit beets.<br />
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Have harvested the sweet potatoes, field corn, and cowpeas. Still getting an occasional tomato and salad greens. The broccoli is coming along.<br />
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Ordered more Tattler canning lids so I can finish canning. I still have jellies to go and I want to make some soups.Leighhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02435811789823712254noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8429831849151938156.post-84626327225439766852013-10-17T22:42:00.000-04:002013-10-17T22:42:23.856-04:00Checking InI hate to say it, but it's a relief to not have to record my progress every day. Too much going on!<br />
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Our temperature range has been from the 50s to 70s and today we had <br />
<ul>
<li>0.4" rain.</li>
</ul>
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I'm thinking I probably should have harvested the sweet potatoes while the soil was fairly dry.<br />
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Dan has tilled about 7 of our summer beds so far and I've been planting:<br />
<ul>
<li>garlic</li>
<li>more beets</li>
<li>parsnips</li>
<li>sugar beets</li>
<li>mesclun</li>
<li>replacement cabbage and collard plants</li>
<li>lettuce</li>
<li>radishes</li>
<li>multiplier onions</li>
<li>turnips</li>
</ul>
It's a little late but better late than never.<br />
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I've also been planting annual rye, wheat, and oats in the pastures for the goats.<br />
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Chickens are moulting so I'm only getting one egg per day. So glad I have some in the freezer.<br />
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I'm starting to do my freezer canning. Pizza sauce was a flop (literally, <a href="http://www.5acresandadream.com/2013/10/its-time-to-defrost-those-tomatoes.html" target="_blank">details here</a>), and I still have jellies to do.<br />
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Baked one of <a href="http://www.5acresandadream.com/2013/08/blueberry-bounty-frozen-pies.html" target="_blank">my frozen blueberry pies</a> tonight. What a blessing to have dessert so easy to fix!<br />
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Eating: kefir, eggs when available, homemade jams, jellies, and pickles, chevon, goat cheese, butter, steamed greens (kale & pak choy), potatoes, and yummy salads of garden greens, radishes, frozen peas, and an occasional tomato.<br />
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Field corn harvest post <a href="http://www.5acresandadream.com/2013/10/field-corn-update-harvest.html" target="_blank">here</a> (will be published on Oct. 18)<br />
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Last garden photo post <a href="http://www.5acresandadream.com/2013/10/the-garden-at-change-of-season.html" target="_blank">here.</a><br />
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I reckon that's it for now.Leighhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02435811789823712254noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8429831849151938156.post-62531893946831678022013-10-07T19:07:00.000-04:002013-10-07T19:07:28.826-04:00Day ???Rainfall: 1.65"<br />
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We needed the rain!<br />
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I've been busy pulling the remnants of the summer garden and getting ready to put some of the beds to rest for the winter.<br />
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Fall garden is doing fair; I lost some cabbage transplants to dryness, even though we watered from the rainwater tanks. Too many warm days in between.<br />
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Beginning to pull things from the freezer to process and can. I started with the tomatoes. Next up will be the elderberries, then the remnants of fruit for jelly.<br />
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Sadly my apples haven't kept as well as I hoped. I made more applesauce and a pie to freeze. I may have to do a couple more soon.<br />
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Still getting okra, lettuce, and a few tomatoes.Leighhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02435811789823712254noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8429831849151938156.post-75074043748051945642013-09-30T06:32:00.002-04:002013-09-30T06:32:51.989-04:00Way BehindThe title says it, I'm way behind in keeping up with my garden journal. It's not that I haven't been doing garden and homestead food things, it's that at the end of the day, I'm too tired to sit down and write another post!Leighhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02435811789823712254noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8429831849151938156.post-44997792265900756872013-09-25T22:48:00.000-04:002013-09-25T22:48:04.995-04:00Day 233 of 365Rained all day.<br />
<ul>
<li>Low: 62</li>
<li>High: 67</li>
</ul>
Rainfall: 2.4" and still falling<br />
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Harvested:<br />
<ul>
<li>salad greens</li>
<li>tomatoes</li>
<li>summer squash</li>
</ul>
Leighhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02435811789823712254noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8429831849151938156.post-58848972459053558482013-09-24T23:55:00.000-04:002013-09-25T06:42:01.746-04:00Day 232 of 365Changed the battery in my digital thermometer. :)<br />
<ul>
<li>Low: 63° F</li>
<li>High: 74° F</li>
</ul>
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Cleared dead flowers from one of my front yard herb & flower beds. Pulled dead Bermuda grass too. I know I can't conquer this stuff so just to stay half a step ahead of it has to be enough. I'm trying to decide what to plant there. Would love something winter blooming. Not sure I want to spend money on something like pansies, even though I love pansies. I'm working toward all perennials in these beds (permaculture), but had poor germination of <a href="http://leighsgardenjournal.blogspot.com/2013/04/day-79-of-365.html" target="_blank">all the herb seeds I started this year</a>. Leighhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02435811789823712254noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8429831849151938156.post-5370607381241902582013-09-23T21:04:00.003-04:002013-09-23T21:04:54.985-04:00Day 231 of 365I'm not sure if my thermometer is recording highs and lows correctly. May need a new battery.<br />
<ul>
<li>Low: 63</li>
<li>High: 63</li>
</ul>
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Planted:<br />
<ul>
<li>hull-less oats from seed I grew last year</li>
<li>annual rye in pasture for winter grazing</li>
</ul>
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<div>
Harvested and ate one tomato, on grilled goat cheese sandwich with home canned sweet pickles and a glass of goat milk. That was dinner. </div>
Leighhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02435811789823712254noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8429831849151938156.post-78647181076665172212013-09-21T21:09:00.000-04:002013-09-21T21:44:48.915-04:00Day 230 of 365At long last, rain!<br />
<ul>
<li>Low: 66° F</li>
<li>High: 73° F</li>
</ul>
Rainfall: 1.25"<br />
Rainfall total for Sept. wk 3: 1.25"<br />
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Harvested:<br />
<ul>
<li>tomato</li>
</ul>
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Preserved:<br />
<ul>
<li>chicken, frozen</li>
</ul>
<div>
<br />
Charcoal grilled one of the chickens, ate it with homegrown cole slaw and oven roasted homegrown potatoes. The chicken was one of our 3 month old Speckled Sussex cockerels. Very tender and tasty. The skin was spotty where the black feathers had been, which somewhat marred the appearance.</div>
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<br />Leighhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02435811789823712254noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8429831849151938156.post-51529916738962011712013-09-20T22:20:00.001-04:002013-09-20T22:20:44.303-04:00Day 229 of 365Foggy early<br />
<ul><li>Low: 64</li>
<li>High: 86</li>
</ul><br />
Preserved:<br />
<ul><li>mozzarella from the other day's batch, shredded and frozen.</li>
</ul>Leighhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02435811789823712254noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8429831849151938156.post-17393033531641470682013-09-19T18:14:00.000-04:002013-09-19T18:14:03.666-04:00Day 228 of 365A little sun here and there.<br />
<ul>
<li>Low: 60 F</li>
<li>High: 83 F</li>
</ul>
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Harvested<br />
<ul>
<li>okra</li>
<li>figs</li>
<li>elderberries</li>
<li>3 chickens</li>
</ul>
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Watered several fall garden beds: broccoli, carrots, kale, and beets with rainwater.Leighhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02435811789823712254noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8429831849151938156.post-62468106319395877092013-09-18T19:28:00.003-04:002013-09-18T19:28:57.905-04:00Day 227 of 365Looked, for awhile, like rain.<br />
<ul>
<li>Low: 60° F</li>
<li>High: 75° F</li>
</ul>
<br />
Dan cleared and tilled the sunflower beds at the bottom of the garden. The sunflowers did not do well. I planted black oil seeds from the feed store (bird seed). Perhaps they were hybrids but they were small with small heads and few seeds, most of which the birds got. Could have been our rainy, sunless summer too.<br />
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I cleaned out the deep litter in the chicken coop and we spread it out over the area Dan tilled.<br />
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Made a cole slaw with summer's last cabbage.Leighhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02435811789823712254noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8429831849151938156.post-42884349950888907552013-09-17T22:37:00.000-04:002013-09-17T22:37:22.224-04:00Day 226 of 365Starting to feel like summer's over<br />
<ul>
<li>Low: 64</li>
<li>High: 72</li>
</ul>
<br />
Planted:<br />
<ul>
<li>beets, Detroit</li>
</ul>
<div>
<br />
Harvested:</div>
<div>
<ul>
<li>last of the popcorn</li>
<li>sweet basil</li>
<li>figs, just a few</li>
</ul>
</div>
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Cut down dried corn stalks and added them to the hay for the goats.<br />
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Husked corn<br />
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Composted new plants<br />
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Amish paste tomatoes seem about done.<br />
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Experimented yesterday with an apple and goat cheese salad, using our apples and our goat cheese. Success! Recipe <a href="http://leighsgardenjournal.blogspot.com/2013/09/apple-goat-cheese-salad.html" target="_blank">here</a>.<br />
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<br />Leighhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02435811789823712254noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8429831849151938156.post-49146198447130021002013-09-17T22:35:00.001-04:002013-09-17T22:37:34.431-04:00Apple & Goat Cheese SaladThis is a way to use some of our goat cheese that is very sharp from being aged for awhile.<br />
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2 parts Apple, peeled & grated<br />
1 part Goat cheese, shredded<br />
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Toss with a sprinkle of olive oil and balsamic vinegar. Serve on a bed of greens.Leighhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02435811789823712254noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8429831849151938156.post-5724550772870450572013-09-14T21:19:00.001-04:002013-09-14T21:19:03.859-04:00225 of 365Clear blue sky and dry humidity.<br />
<ul>
<li>Low: 57</li>
<li>High: 79</li>
</ul>
<br />
Planted:<br />
<ul>
<li>cabbage plants: savoy and hybrid</li>
<li>cabbage collards plants</li>
</ul>
<br />
Harvested:<br />
<ul>
<li>apples</li>
<li>okra</li>
<li>tomatoes</li>
</ul>
<div>
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<div>
Watered the newly planted cabbages (greywater). We've only had a quarter inch of rain so far this month so everything is dry.</div>
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<div>
Dan's been on vacation so we're doing a lot of non-gardening projects that are needful nonetheless. Anyway, I haven't had much computer time either.</div>
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<div>
The ants are really bad in the okra. In the pods! not just the ground around the plants.</div>
Leighhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02435811789823712254noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8429831849151938156.post-60401132639815964282013-09-10T23:10:00.000-04:002013-09-10T23:10:36.114-04:00Day 224 of 365Again, mix of cloud and sun, but plenty of blue sky.<br />
<ul><li>Low: 67° F</li>
<li>High: 88° F</li>
</ul><br />
Harvested:<br />
<ul><li>lettuce</li>
<li>rugosa rose hips</li>
<li>tomato</li>
<li>muscadines</li>
</ul><br />
Preserved<br />
<ul><li>muscadines, frozen</li>
</ul><br />
I had hoped to get a big batch of muscadines but ended up with only a small amount. I froze them and will make a mixed fruit jelly later, with all my odds and ends of fruit.<br />
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Watered comfrey, which is looking wilty.Leighhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02435811789823712254noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8429831849151938156.post-57583418226990306582013-09-09T22:35:00.002-04:002013-09-09T22:35:57.228-04:00Day 223 of 365Mix of sun and passing clouds<br />
<ul>
<li>Low: 67</li>
<li>High: 88</li>
</ul>
<br />
Harvested:<br />
<ul>
<li>elderberries</li>
<li>apples (from our 2nd, later ripening tree)</li>
<li>corn</li>
<li>a few black oil sunflowers</li>
<li>watermelon</li>
</ul>
<br />
Preserved:<br />
<ul>
<li>elderberries, frozen</li>
<li>tomatoes, frozen</li>
<li>okra, frozen</li>
</ul>
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Apples (appearance) were worse than the first batch! And fewer.Leighhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02435811789823712254noreply@blogger.com0