Day 191 of 365

Mostly sunny for a change

• Low: 69° F
• High: 90° F

Harvested:

• rugosa rose hips

Preserved:

• blueberries, frozen
• blueberries, dehydrated
• rose hips, dehydrated

Last year I dehydrated the rose hips whole. They're a little too big for that so this year I halved or quartered as needed.

June 24 - 30, 2012

Temperature Range

• lows: 60 - 76° F
• highs: 87 - 103° F

Rainfall: 0.3"

Planted

• Barley, Burbank Hulless (Sustainable Seeds)
• pumpkins, Orange Bulldog (UGA)
• potatoes, Red Pontiac (stored)

Harvested:

• cucumbers
• multiplier onions
• yellow onions
• blueberries
• rose hips
• grapes

Preserved:

• blueberry pie filling, 7 qts
• blueberries, frozen, 4 qts
• cucumber garlic relish, 6 pts
• sweet potato puree, 2 pts from stored

Egg Counts:

• Sun. 5
• Mon. 4
• Tues. 7 + 6 (see note for Tuesday below)
• Wed. 6
• Thurs. 6
• Fri. 6
• Sat. 8
• Week's total: 48

Observed & Accomplished
Sunday

• day of rest
• harvested 1st cukes

Monday

• watered the garden
• harvested the rest of the onions
• canned blueberry pie filling
• afternoon thundershower

Tuesday

• cooler temps & lovely cool breeze this morning
• 2 cuke plants have mosaic virus. Pulled & discarded these
• planted experimental patch of hulless barley; added dolomite & bone meal
• planted pumpkins in amaranth bed
• half soaked in whey
• half not soaked
• the broody hen was off the nest after lunch. Actually she was standing over 3 eggs in another nest. In hers, were the 3 I'd given her and 6 more white ones. My suspicions about Mrs. Mean are correct. All 6 eggs passed the float test, but I'll give the 2 oldest ones to the dogs.
• sprinkled dolomite in comfrey bed

Wednesday

• bagged frozen blueberries (2 qts)
• froze more (about half gallon)
• 1 baby chick hatched!

Thursday

• weeded herb beds (worked on)
• dolomited herb beds
• mowed weeds in corn & cowpeas
• watered elderberries & red raspberries
• watered comfrey
• soaked old storage potatoes in whey & water

Friday

• planted potatoes
• added dolomite & bone meal to bed
• only one baby chick
• very hot today (103° F)
• stored sweet potatoes sprouting
• made a sweet potato pie
• froze 2 pints of sweet potato puree

Saturday

• canned relish from what we grew: cucumbers, onions, & garlic
• have started to hear a wood thrush singing
• made 1st blueberry pie of the season
• noted Meyers lemon is blooming!

Nov. 6 - 12, 2011

Temperature Range:

• lows: 31 - 54 F
• highs: 54 - 68 F

Rainfall: 0.05"

Harvested:

• rugosa rose hips
• sweet peppers
• green tomatoes
• broccoli thinnings
• calendula flowers
• volunteer potatoes

Gathered:

• pecans
• persimmons

Egg Counts:

• Sun. 1
• Mon. 1
• Tues. 1
• Wed. 1
• Thurs. 0
• Fri. 2
• Sat. 1
• Week's Total: 7

Accomplished & Observed
Sunday

• day of rest
• picked up several pocketfuls of pecans
• found a few more persimmons
• gathered rugosa rose hips
• noted fresh deer tracks in the garden

Monday

• sorted and packed sweet potatoes

Tuesday

• finished scattering compost over wheat
• 2nd patch of wheat sprouting
• processed persimmons with food mill & froze pulp

Wednesday

• still picking up pecans
• cleaned out goat stalls & started new compost pile
• thinned broccoli & steamed for dinner

Thursday

• a sprinkling of rain
• gathered more pecans & persimmons
• started shelling popcorn

Friday

• killing frost this a.m.
• harvested all the tomatoes, peppers, & potatoes
• found 9, gallon glass jars at the thrift store for $1 each

Saturday

• made mozzarella out of 1 gallon. Didn't turn out so put it in the press

November 21, 2009

Temp:
~ high 64° F

Harvested
~ broccoli - 1.8 oz
~ radishes - 7 ct, 1.1 oz
~ rose hips - 0.5 oz
~ turnips - 2 ct, 9 oz

Pruned
~ blueberry bushes

November 16, 2009

Temp:
~ low 46° F
~ high 70° F

Harvested
~ broccoli - 0.7 oz
~ rose hips -1.9 oz

Notes

• Tilled the two patches in the front yard for next year's herb garden
• rye grass doing well
  

November 8, 2009

Temp:
~ low 50° F
~ high 64° F

Harvested
~ radishes - 3 ct, 0.4 oz
~ rose hips - 2.7 oz

October 29, 2009

Temp:
~ low 53° F
~ high 70° F

Preserved
~ rose hips - 6 half-pints jelly

October 28, 2009

Temp:
~ low 54° F
~ high 68° F
Rainfall - 0.1"

Harvested:
~ okra - 0.8 oz
~ rose hips - 1.8 oz

Coming up:
~ garlic
~ onions
~ spinach

October 26, 2009

Temp:
~ low 49° F
~ high 61° F

Harvested:
~ rose hips -2.5 oz

October 25, 2009

Temp:
~ low 46° F
~ high 61° F

Harvested:
~ rose hips -5.6 oz

October 22, 2009

Temp:
~ low 46° F
~ high 70° F

Harvested:
~ rose hips - 7.7 oz

Production Garden:
~ added muriate of potash - 12 lbs for the entire garden
~ sowed 3 lb annual rye

Preparation for fruit trees:
Worked into soil in 5 ft radius of planting position
~ 7 lbs limestone per tree
~ 0.75 lb triple phosphate per tree
~ .25 lb muriate of potash per tree

Also planted about 5 or 6 more hardy hibiscus

October 21, 2009

Temp:
~ low 43° F
~ high 70° F

Harvested:
~ rose hips - 1.5 oz

Preserved:
~ green peppers - 3 cups chopped & frozen

Production Garden:
~ added lime
~ added triple phosphate
~ tilled both ways
~ noted a few scant buckwheat plants!
~ tilled for apple & pear trees

October 20, 2009

Temp:
~ low 32° F
~ high 56° F
First frost

Harvested:
~ rose hips - 0.8 oz

Notes:

• Cleaned up garden, took down corn stalks, sunflower stalks, green beans, and all but one tomato plant.
• Covered the green pepper plant last night and did not lose it to frost.
  
• Another frost advisory tonight, will cover both green pepper & tomato
  

October 15, 2009

Temp:
~ low 47° F
~ high 53° F
Rainfall - 0.2"

Harvested
~ rose hips - 8.2 oz

Noted: latest planting of radishes is up

October 13, 2009

Temp:
~ low 54° F
~ high 72° F

Harvested
~ rose hips - 10.2 oz

Planted
~ cabbage plants - Savoy
~ onion plants - 36, yellow
~ pansies - 2, 6 packs