Zoey meets Cory. She never saw a horse before. We were visiting my Uncle’s farm in Chardon. Cory licked Z and the little bub had no idea what to do. Just counting down the days till the tomatoes turn ripe and red. It can’t happen soon enough. We’ve been pickin’ peppers but [...]
Posts Tagged ‘cucumber planting’
Zoey Meets Cory the Horse and Friday Pics
Posted in Farm, growing tomatoes, growing your own vegetables, Organic Gardening, Organic Peppers, Organic Tomatoes, tagged cucumber planting, garden, gardening, Horse, pink sky faarm, tomato plants on July 23, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
A hot, hot harvest day and a new enemy.
Posted in Farm, Farming, Growing Fresh Herbs, Growing Herbs, growing pumpkins, growing tomatoes, Organic Gardening, Organic Peppers, Organic Tomatoes, Organic Vegetable Gardening, tagged brocoli plants, corn field, cucumber planting, gardening, growing cucumbers, herb garden, rabbits, tomato plants on July 21, 2011 | 6 Comments »
Hot, hot day on the farm. It was 95 degrees today and tomorrow it’s gonna be 97 but with a heat index that makes it feel like 110°. That makes it no fun to be in the garden. Add about 80% Humidity to that temp and that equals a very difficult harvest. Luckily [...]
What’s the Big Dill?
Posted in Farm, Growing Fresh Herbs, Growing Herbs, Organic Gardening, tagged cucumber planting, dill pickles, growing cucumbers, making pickles, pickle recpie on July 19, 2011 | 3 Comments »
Cucumbers are just blowing up. Mindy collected these this afternoon. We collected about a dozen yesterday as well. They love this heat. I cut some for bread and butter chips and mixed with sugar, apple cider vinegar and spices. [...]
How to Water Tomatoes and Santa Crow
Posted in Farming, Gardening, Gardening, growing tomatoes, growing your own vegetables, Organic Tomatoes, tagged cucumber planting, dusk garden pics, farm, garden tips on tomatoes, gardening, gardening tips, growing cucumbers, pickle recpie, tomato growing tips, tomato plants, watering tomatoes on July 10, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Tomato Growing Tip: Water your tomatoes regularly before the leaves appear wilted. Watering tomatoes is the most important element in growing tomatoes Tomatoes are 90 to 95 percent water and need about 1-inch of water per week. More for sandy soil. Maintain even soil moisture. Don’t let the soil completely dry out. Soak the soil [...]
An Unwanted Guest and Loads of pics
Posted in Gardening, tagged brocoli plants, corn, corn field, corn plants, cucumber planting, deer, farm, gardening, growing cucumbers, growing pumpkins, pumpkin patch, tomato plants on July 7, 2011 | 3 Comments »
I caught this doe in the rear field this morning. I have got to get that fence repaired in the beck. Usually deer are active at dusk and dawn but this young lady was out and about around 9:30am. Not a good sign. I also caught a jack rabbit in the front garden yesterday. [...]
Pumpkin Planting, Watering and Chickens
Posted in Gardening, tagged chicken coop, cucumber planting, dusk garden pics, farm, gardening, pumpkin patch, pumpkin planting on June 15, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Note: If you get a quick moment, please take the poll by clicking here I’d really appreciate your feedback on how to improve the Blog. Thanks! Uncle Keith came over last night to plant pumpkins with Max. He’s such a big help on the farm. Lucky to have a friend like him! I’m [...]
More Tilling and Planting of tomatoes.
Posted in Gardening, Herb Garden, tagged cucumber planting, gardening, soil preperation for planting, spring tilling, tilling garden, tomato plants on June 7, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Had the garden and rear field tilled today. Matt brings his tractor and tills the whole field. Great guy, does a great job! If you need a guy in the area to till, get a hold of me and I’ll send you his contact info. After Matt tilled I was able to [...]
