Posted in Chickens, Farm, Farm Pictures, Garden, Gardening, Gardening, growing tomatoes, Homesteading, Organic Gardening, Organic Peppers, Organic Tomatoes, Organic Vegetable Gardening, Permaculture, Self Sufficient Living, Sustainable Farming, Sustainable Living, Vegetable & Herb Gardening, tagged cabbage, Fruit and Vegetable, garden, garden planting, gardening, organic gardening, peppers and tomatoes, Plant, Sowing, Tomato, vegetable planting, Zucchini on May 20, 2012| 63 Comments »
Bush beans planted by Uncle Keith and rows of peppers and tomatoes.
Cabbage, Black Berry Bush and Chickens love Watermelon.
Cucumbers and Zucchini
There’s always time to take a break and find a dragonfly resting or watch the kids canoe.
Pepper Plant, Manure in the Wheel Barrow and a long garden shot of the pepper rows. Of course I like to plant a couple of cherry tomato plants on the corner. That way I can grab a snack as soon as I walk in the garden.
Posted in Farm, Farming, growing pumpkins, growing tomatoes, growing your own vegetables, Organic Gardening, Organic Peppers, Organic Tomatoes, Organic Vegetable Gardening, Pumpkin Patch, tagged corn, corn field, corn plants, deer, farm, garden, gardening, Grow your own pumpkins, growing pumpkins, How to Grow Pumpkins, pumpkin patch, step by step instructions to pumpkin growing, tomato plants, watering tomatoes on July 30, 2011| 5 Comments »
Dave got the fence patched up where the deer were braking in to feast on the watermelons, pumpkins and corn. An ear popped up today as well and I grabbed a picture of a dragonfly on the corn. Did you know that a dragonfly’s life span is just 24 hours? I also snapped a couple shots of the rabbit I must take down in order to save my crop. god, I hate rabbits and deer.
Green Pepper, Thai Hot Pepper, Zucchini and tomatoes
I found a ton of pumpkins popping up. I was worried that they wouldn’t be pollinated but after my last post I noticed lots of bees, dragonflies, ants and other insects doing the pollination job. Thanks for the help Mother Nature.
I’m trying a new format with this post. Wordepress has made it a pain in the ass to post pics and text and make it look decent. So, please take a moment to click on the thumbnail pic to see it.
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 »
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 the cabbage has a bit more time to bake in the sun.
The sunset was just gorgeous this evening. Mainly because the temperature dropped 25 degrees to a cool 74 after it rained.
Here’s a fun little video of the alpacas at my Uncle’s farm. Maybe we’ll get a couple for here. They’re really funny creatures. Here’s the link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kz7hnOCSlZ0
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 Mindy spent a half hour collecting the veggies.
The small grape or (cherry) tomatoes are getting ripe but the other types are still pretty green.
The peppers are starting to really pop! You can see a green pepper and a Thai hot pepper in the above picture along with spinach, lettuce, dill, basil, cucumbers, and grape/cherry tomatoes.
There’s a couple of jack rabbits that are just destroying the garden. They’re taking down broccoli, cucumbers, pumpkins and now I gotta take them out. I think I’ll set some traps this week and relocate the little guys to somewhere else. Far, far away from here.
There’s also a video of Jake chasing one rabbit off here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PFnq-U6ppHA
Here’s a couple stills of the varmint.
Posted in Farm, Farming, Growing Fresh Herbs, Growing Herbs, growing tomatoes, growing your own vegetables, Organic Gardening, Organic Peppers, Organic Tomatoes, Organic Vegetable Gardening, tagged corn, corn field, farm, garden, gardening, growing peppers, herb garden, herb planting, organic vegetable growing, peppers, tomato plants, watering tomatoes on July 15, 2011| 3 Comments »
Cherry Tomatoes are turning red the Beefsteaks have a bit longer to ripen.
Supersonic and Romas are popping too
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Basil and Apples growing on the tree
Cabbage is balling up and dill is looking tasty.
Sweet Corn is growing really fast.
