phylm
08-15-2011, 08:30 PM
Hubby wants to get fall garden planting going this week, so I called in an order to Pinetree Seeds to fill out what he needs, and ordered quite a list of seeds that I want to add to ones I have in the freezer. All that is left in the spring garden is swiss chard, three 80 foot peanut rows, and the tomatoes and pepper plants on the fence line. I can't believe that he has planted more potatoes! He says, "Well, we can always take them down to church." Yup. And a lot of other produce.
Still have to order nut trees, muscadine grapes, and strawberries, and go up to a local nursery to get some more fruit trees and blueberry bushes. We're pleased with the fruit trees that we put in this year...the peaches and apples are 7 feet high. Have 2 Ginkho Biloba trees and mulberries started. We're trying to make sure that any shrubs we plant are useful, not just attractive.
Picked a couple of gallons of fox grapes tonight that we found growing wild on our place. They are amazingly sweet, so we'll pick a lot more for jelly and juice.
Love the idea that we can have root vegetables, greens and brassicas all winter here.
Still have to order nut trees, muscadine grapes, and strawberries, and go up to a local nursery to get some more fruit trees and blueberry bushes. We're pleased with the fruit trees that we put in this year...the peaches and apples are 7 feet high. Have 2 Ginkho Biloba trees and mulberries started. We're trying to make sure that any shrubs we plant are useful, not just attractive.
Picked a couple of gallons of fox grapes tonight that we found growing wild on our place. They are amazingly sweet, so we'll pick a lot more for jelly and juice.
Love the idea that we can have root vegetables, greens and brassicas all winter here.