Mrs.Cicero Posted May 24, 2019 Share Posted May 24, 2019 It is almost June! Due to the weird weather (rain, cold) that we've had, I've only gotten rhubarb, asparagus, arugula, and radishes out of the garden so far. I'll get some Jericho lettuce today for a salad, too. But that's it. What are the rest of you munching from your gardens? And please tell me that SOMEONE managed to get a wild turkey this year... because I didn't even get to go out hunting for one... nor any morels to eat with them! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrB Posted May 25, 2019 Share Posted May 25, 2019 (edited) I'm just trying to get things planted....... Lucky you.... And Yes.... more rain on the way here.... Dave.. Edited May 25, 2019 by DrB 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmohme Posted May 25, 2019 Share Posted May 25, 2019 We have gotten several types of greens, some tomatoes, onions, lots of celery out of your hydroponic beds. Loads of blackberries off of the fence lines too. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs.Cicero Posted May 25, 2019 Author Share Posted May 25, 2019 47 minutes ago, jmohme said: We have gotten several types of greens, some tomatoes, onions, lots of celery out of your hydroponic beds. Loads of blackberries off of the fence lines too. This is the first year I've ever tried to grow celery. it is in the hoop house in a bed that is full of rabbit poop. We'll see how it likes that... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmohme Posted May 25, 2019 Share Posted May 25, 2019 1 hour ago, Mrs.Cicero said: This is the first year I've ever tried to grow celery. it is in the hoop house in a bed that is full of rabbit poop. We'll see how it likes that... This was my first time to try celery also. I can say that it really seems to like the hydroponics. The stalks are about 4 ft tall right now, and so much better than what you buy at the store. When in need some, I just cut of a stalk or two and let the rest of it to continue to grow 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ASH Posted May 25, 2019 Share Posted May 25, 2019 3,000 tomatoes so far , 750 cucumbers, 500 pepper? and bout 5 00 onions , but i cheat , i use our greenhouses , im retired but i still hang around the berry hut , im offical grandkid babysitter , harder job then farming lol . she wrapped about 800 cucumbers today by herself . she got paid to . 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs.Cicero Posted May 25, 2019 Author Share Posted May 25, 2019 7 hours ago, ASH said: 3,000 tomatoes so far , 750 cucumbers, 500 pepper? and bout 5 00 onions , but i cheat , i use our greenhouses , im retired but i still hang around the berry hut , im offical grandkid babysitter , harder job then farming lol . she wrapped about 800 cucumbers today by herself . she got paid to . WOW! Is that all for sale, or does some of it get canned for your own use? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs.Cicero Posted May 25, 2019 Author Share Posted May 25, 2019 8 hours ago, jmohme said: This was my first time to try celery also. I can say that it really seems to like the hydroponics. The stalks are about 4 ft tall right now, and so much better than what you buy at the store. When in need some, I just cut of a stalk or two and let the rest of it to continue to grow I used to rent a house on what was a former celery farm. it was very sandy soil, but everything I read said celery like a lot of water. I thought that was kind of weird. My celery is only about 8" high right now. But this weather is so weird I'm not sure I'll be ablate use this year's records to plan/predict anything in the future... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ASH Posted May 25, 2019 Share Posted May 25, 2019 7 hours ago, Mrs.Cicero said: WOW! Is that all for sale, or does some of it get canned for your own use? its what's sold at the berry house , and we also bring some home , and we donate some also thru a co op . my wife runs the farm now and im the baby sitter and PIper always wants to go to the farm lol. since retiring i gotta get motivated and what better way then running after a almost 3 year old rofl. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walt Longmire Posted May 25, 2019 Share Posted May 25, 2019 10 hours ago, Mrs.Cicero said: WOW! Is that all for sale, or does some of it get canned for your own use? When the farmer was asked what he does with all those vegetables. "We eat what we can, and what we can't, we can." 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walt Longmire Posted May 25, 2019 Share Posted May 25, 2019 My son harvested a black bear last weekend. It's now a freezer pet. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G19Tony Posted May 25, 2019 Share Posted May 25, 2019 I harvested a kidney last week. Do you know it takes about 70lbs of ice to fill a bathtub? 2 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silentpoet Posted May 26, 2019 Share Posted May 26, 2019 The souls of my fallen enemies. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huaco Kid Posted May 26, 2019 Share Posted May 26, 2019 A lifetime of debaucherous decisions. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs.Cicero Posted May 26, 2019 Author Share Posted May 26, 2019 17 hours ago, Silentpoet said: The souls of my fallen enemies. 4 hours ago, Huaco Kid said: A lifetime of debaucherous decisions. I can always trust you two to make me laugh out loud. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmohme Posted May 27, 2019 Share Posted May 27, 2019 On 5/25/2019 at 7:06 AM, Mrs.Cicero said: I used to rent a house on what was a former celery farm. it was very sandy soil, but everything I read said celery like a lot of water. I thought that was kind of weird. My celery is only about 8" high right now. But this weather is so weird I'm not sure I'll be ablate use this year's records to plan/predict anything in the future... Thats why they are doing so well in my hydro garden. I am growing them in a flood table filled with expanded clay pellets. The table is on a constant flood and drain cycle so the plants get lots of water, but get to dry out between cycles to prevent root rot. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
railfancwb Posted May 28, 2019 Share Posted May 28, 2019 Not me... but a great deal of hay first cutting is taking place. The stuff looks really good. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs.Cicero Posted May 29, 2019 Author Share Posted May 29, 2019 I got another grocery bag full of arugula today, which will make another pint jar of pesto, or I'll fill the ice cube tray with the pesto, freeze the cubes, and have it this winter. Also harvested two grocery bags of various kinds of lettuce, which meant balsamic vinaigrette and shrimp salad for supper, and a different salad for supper every night the rest of this week... and I stood around in the gardening eating radishes and broccoli in between bouts of weeding. It's going to rain tonight, and tomorrow morning, so nothing else will get done in the garden til Thursday, I'll bet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Czervik Posted May 29, 2019 Share Posted May 29, 2019 flounder 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walt Longmire Posted May 29, 2019 Share Posted May 29, 2019 I harvested a couple of spruce trees today. Bucked them up with my MS460 Stihl and parked them in the wood shed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs.Cicero Posted May 30, 2019 Author Share Posted May 30, 2019 20 hours ago, Walt Longmire said: I harvested a couple of spruce trees today. Bucked them up with my MS460 Stihl and parked them in the wood shed. I hate to admit it, but I'm kind of glad I'm not heating this new house with wood. I'm sure when the power goes out, and I have to listen to the generator instead of a quiet fire in the wood stove, I'll regret that. But right now I do NOT need one more thing to do, and cutting, splitting, and stacking wouldn't be just ONE more thing. It would be THREE. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walt Longmire Posted May 30, 2019 Share Posted May 30, 2019 1 hour ago, Mrs.Cicero said: I hate to admit it, but I'm kind of glad I'm not heating this new house with wood. I'm sure when the power goes out, and I have to listen to the generator instead of a quiet fire in the wood stove, I'll regret that. But right now I do NOT need one more thing to do, and cutting, splitting, and stacking wouldn't be just ONE more thing. It would be THREE. Here's how I did it. Pulled the John Deere loader up to the back of the pickup. Loaded the rounds in the bucket right from the truck. No heavy lifting or bending. Hauled them to the hydraulic log splitter. Kept the bucket at the same height as the splitter. Ran them through the splitter and back into the bucket. Then hauled them to the shed. Kept the bucket at waist height and packed them into the shed. Barely broke a sweat. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moshe Posted May 31, 2019 Share Posted May 31, 2019 Never ending rain? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
railfancwb Posted May 31, 2019 Share Posted May 31, 2019 Likely two more cuttings this year. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrB Posted May 31, 2019 Share Posted May 31, 2019 52 minutes ago, railfancwb said: Likely two more cuttings this year. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk That looks like my view looking across one of my fields. Clods the same on a good day... Where you at? I am in Ohio up by Lake Erie.. Dave.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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