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6 more weeks and these (5ea) Sweet success starts will be living up to their name! The very slight nutrient burn (yellow tipping on leaves) tells me the soil mix is about right. Going forward these will get preferential treatment and hopefully keep me in Cukes till after the first of the year...

Hopefully this small batch finishes up the Sauce canning? We only do this every couple years as the only thing we use it for is Brisket!

Sorry about that, if there’s any pterodactyl's in your area, and you could get one of them to breed Darlin then when the chick’s hatch they’d show them dogs a thing or two? 🫣😵‍💫 I think they were in the “Chicken family” ? https://images.dinosaurpictures.org/pterodactyl-adrian-chesterman_54f6.jpg

A nice batch of Compost tea was ready this morning and well received by all the Greenhouse stuff and houseplants.

The phone says “Wall Lettuce”? https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lactuca_muralis

Following up on the Raspberry tea; today we made tea from fresh leaves and brought some in to dry. Fresh; it definitely matches the description. “Taste like a fruity black tea, astringent (slight puckering / drying in your mouth” and beyond the written info we discovered it does have a...

Im not sure but a quick Duck search brought me to this. Mountain Rose is a trusted source who we have used for years. They say it’s good for you! To my knowledge no Blackberries grow up here. I’ve been envious driving around Oregon while visiting and seeing so many Blackberries growing...

The idea of Raspberry leaf tea sounded good so i went online and learned it’s more of a “women’s herb” but fine for me too. The author commented “it doesn’t taste like Raspberries at all but it’s a dead ringer for Black tea”. Well, while doing Rabbit chores this morning i sauntered by and...

While not a “tea herb” Stevia is another one we grow yearly. This qt. Represents several cuttings and if you know anything about Stevia you know this is a LOT of sweetner. I think you’d break the jar trying to jam anymore in there.😳 The Self Heal is on screen’s and will ready to jar up in a...

It’s more than a hint! And that’s why it’s at the top of our tea list! It’s also a good producer in our environment and mostly returns every year. Sometimes a little spotty but no worries, i’ll root some starts in another month and raise up a BIG pot thru winter to have for spring on the...

It sounds to me like you guys eat too much popcorn before retiring!🙄 Come follow me around for a day and all you’ll have is quiet peaceful sleep. Of course i would have graduated high school in 1969 had i stayed with it; so im from “the older generation”; and we tend to tire easily.

20 bundles of Chocolate mint cut and hanging to dry today. Would have got the Self Heal cut today too but those pesky Raspberries keep showing up!😊 Should get the remainder of the tea herbs in tomorrow.

Like many of you, things are slowing down up here. Perpetual rain and cooler temps prevail. I’m guessing we’ve still got a month or so but an early frost can change all that. Outside things look pretty good, one high point for the year is a new group of Comfrey; 6ea of the Boking 14 and 6ea of...

Two days later another bowl and two more days and another / bigger bowl! I hope this continues for a couple more weeks!😃

We’ve had 2.3 inches in the last 48 hours!

You can call it the “Robert’s Rocket”? Show us a picture of one and lots of folks will offer potential names! I plugged in Cushaw Pumpkin and what came up was Cushaw Squash. And fit’s your description, more than likely you don’t have a new variety. We’ve used any number of Squash as...

My phone says “clearweed”, and here is what a little search turned up. https://extension.psu.edu/programs/master-gardener/counties/northampton/news/clearweed-weed-or-valuable-wildflower

Thanks for the info, however neither of us are drinkers so these will find their way into the freezer and be dolled out a few at a time in our morning fruit cup. Before the season ends; id like to put up 4-5 gallons? We’ll see!

More and bigger Raspberry’s than ever before, in the years we’ve been here. Very good looking “new canes” too, which is exciting for next year. This spring they got a good dose of Compost tea And a big shot of fish hydro-slate; which i’ll repeat next spring as well. The orange ones are a...

Gotta new toy headed North! I do Compost pretty well but in an effort to “upgrade” that portion of the operation; i bought a skookum Hammer-mill today! A couple years ago i built a trammel to screen the finished Compost, removing what-ever didn’t completely break down that year. The trammel...