Canesister's 2019 farm journal

[canesisters]

Berry boxes are coming along nicely


Also made Ricotta last night... SOOO GOOD! Could have just sat there eating it with a spoon.
Lasagna is about to go to a whole new level!

 

[canesisters]

first 'harvest'
YUM!!!!!

 

[baymule]

Berry boxes are coming along nicely
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Also made Ricotta last night... SOOO GOOD! Could have just sat there eating it with a spoon.
Lasagna is about to go to a whole new level!

You can use zucchini for "noodles".

 

[flowerbug]

Berry boxes are coming along nicely
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Also made Ricotta last night... SOOO GOOD! Could have just sat there eating it with a spoon.
Lasagna is about to go to a whole new level!

will you be my fren? haha! congrats, and looks so good to see fresh strawberries.

i've not been able to kill them off here by the cold so i'd be surprised if you even had to cover yours down there. the issues i have with them are late frosts which can cut down some of the production, frost heaving if i've transplanted them too late in the fall or the animals eating them (the plants outside the fenced areas).

in those raised boxes make sure they get enough water when the temperatures pick up.

 

[canesisters]

will you be my fren? haha! congrats, and looks so good to see fresh strawberries.

in those raised boxes make sure they get enough water when the temperatures pick up.

Already your fren!
One of the reasons the boxes went in that spot is because it's always so wet for days after a rain. I'm hoping that they will 'wick' up some of that. But if not - they're right there with the tomatoes and beans so will get watered. I'm actually amazed that they are sill holding together!!! They were untreated, dry, thin wood that I slapped a couple coats of paint on. I figured that I'd have strawberry 'mounds' before a year was up.

Last summer I 'treated' myself to a big'ol galvanized watering can just like the one Uncle Mark used to have. So I'm always looking for reasons to use it. Berries are as good as any, and better than some.

 

[ducks4you]

View attachment 31642 first 'harvest'
YUM!!!!!

TOLD you!! Picture of the week, IMHO.

 

[canesisters]

Much better pickings last night. Got more than a dozen little beauties out of the strawberry boxes - BUT.... some have got tiny little slugs!

What to do about slugs on strawberry plants?

(Pict to tease @flowerbug )

 

[flowerbug]

Much better pickings last night. Got more than a dozen little beauties out of the strawberry boxes - BUT.... some have got tiny little slugs!

What to do about slugs on strawberry plants?

(Pict to tease @flowerbug )
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i don't mind being teased like that!

we did the slug removal methods talk recently in thread:

https://www.theeasygarden.com/threads/my-very-first-time-starting-seeds-cabbage-disease.22750/

 

[canesisters]

Just a quick stop-in. Work has been brutal. Truck traffic has doubled. Which means that I am spending so much time working the scale that I have to stay about an hour late each evening trying to get my admin and AP work done. Then the boss extended our hours to accommodate 1 customer who was not able to get his trucks in for a 2nd round because of the longer wait times. Nice for him, but is putting me at 12hr+ days.
I'm pretty much getting home, feeding everyone, packing lunch for the next day and crashing.

But, I got a little herb bed put in over the Memorial Day weekend.

lemon grass, walking onions, summer savory, 2 kinds of basil, oregano, lemon balm, catnip, dill, chives

That big, red thing is (was) my chick brooder. I was raising some guineas in it but the little devilbirds pecked a hole right through the plywood back and headed for the hills . The 3 remaining have been moved to a plastic dog crate inside the chicken coop. I guess that I'll try to salvage some of the wire & roof panels and burn the rest. It was starting to weather pretty hard and probably wouldn't have lasted another season anyway.

 

[flowerbug]

pretty busy here too, but glad to see you when you stop by! i like that you always bring berries. mine are still green (with envy!).