October 13, 2014

chicken work

Today I hung out with the hens a while. – Replace multiple tarps with one large tarp on top of the run. – Remove chicken wire between the old and new run sections. – Move hay storage boxes to the front of the run. – Watch chickens to see if they are getting along. – Add more hay to the laying boxes and put golf ball (decoy egg) in one. – Talk with chickens about laying more eggs.

October 11, 2014

today’s garden work

I’ve been visiting my parents for a couple days. Today I helped out with some garden work. It was a beautiful day for gardening! – I took down “the annex”, a small (about 10 x 15 ft) garden section that we created in the lawn next to their garden last year because they needed more room. They grew tomatoes, summer and winter squash here and it did great. I pulled out fence posts and stacked them under the porch, removed and rolled up the 5 foot tall plastic deer fence…

October 10, 2014

fall

You have to keep your eye on fall because it passes fast. Fall female yellow rump warbler

October 9, 2014

canning pears

I thought I’d never finish! I canned a big basket full of Kieffer pears. They were perfectly ripened. I canned them in light syrup, some in pint jars and some in 12 oz jars. I added them t my counter top with pickles, sauerkraut, relish, compote and now canned pears. I think this is the last canning I have for the season.

October 8, 2014

tonight’s food preservation

– Can 7 pints sauerkraut – Process and can 13 pints pear port compote – Roast, skin, seed and freeze 4 bags of chiles

October 7, 2014

chiles drying on my windowsill

These are a mix of hot cayenne and Thai chiles. I pick them when their shoulders are fully red then spread them on plated to dry. These thin-skinned chiles dry nicely even in our relatively humid New England weather. It takes several months for them to dry.

October 7, 2014

today’s garden tasks

– Harvest all green chiles for roasting tonight – Harvest red Cayenne and Thai hot chiles for drying – Harvest ripe shell beans and spread them out inside for drying – Wash the potatoes that I harvested yesterday and sort out damaged ones – Spray brassicas with spinosad (Captain Jacks Dead Bug Spray)

October 6, 2014

today’s garden tasks

I spent the afternoon at my community garden plot – Clean up and compost dead squash vines, dead sunflower stalks, etc – Dig (for the third and last time) 3 of my 4 potato beds – Harvest squashes, cherry tomatoes and raspberries

September 15, 2014

carrots

I looked up the cause for carrots splitting – uneven watering. I didn’t know that. I suppose its not bad to have only one split carrot in the bunch. But I have lots of bifurcated carrots. Hmmm. Rocky soil. I’ll keep working on that. They all tasted great.

September 12, 2014

fall seedlings

Weather permitting, these little seedlings will all grow to full size and before cold weather and low light prevents their growth. I’m hoping to also have extra to cover and harvest during the winter. The seedlings include all sorts of varieties of: lettuce, arugula, escarole, broccoli, bok choi, mustards, and Asian greens.

weeks and counting until my last spring frost

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