SouthernBreeze
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Prep Genrl Weekly Prep Thread: April 30 ~ May 6, 2023
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SouthernBreeze
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Back from big town and my doctor's appointment. I really didn't get any bad news, and he questions the peripheral artery disease diagnosis. I did not meet but one marker (former smoker) for that diagnosis, and I've been quit smoking for 15 years so...... He did refer me to a cardiologist for a Calcium Score, which entails a CAT scan of my heart and surrounding arteries just to be safe. Also, to be safe, he put me on a baby aspirin once a day. He wasn't concerned about my BP readings, because my BP wasn't consistently too high. I've been keeping a record of those readings for the past 3 weeks to take to him, today. I have no idea when I will get in to see a cardiologist. They will call with my appointment date.
We went to Lowe's, afterwards. Cary picked up a couple of items he needed, and I bought 9 banana pepper plants in case the ones he is trying to get up from seed don't sprout. I'll find somewhere in the garden to put them. I bought a house plant that I've been wanting for a while now. All I've been able to find are large pots with a big plant already in them. I have the pot and soil. All I needed was the plant, which I found today.
We ate Mexican, then came home.
We went to Lowe's, afterwards. Cary picked up a couple of items he needed, and I bought 9 banana pepper plants in case the ones he is trying to get up from seed don't sprout. I'll find somewhere in the garden to put them. I bought a house plant that I've been wanting for a while now. All I've been able to find are large pots with a big plant already in them. I have the pot and soil. All I needed was the plant, which I found today.
We ate Mexican, then came home.
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kyrsyan
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Finished work. Did a market survey that will pay enough to pay off one of the medical bills. Did a run to Walmart for son's med.
A friend was going to pick it up but the text from him about which store it was at didn't come through until he called. Which was way too late for him to be able to go to the out of the way store and grab it. And I had gotten so wrapped up in work stuff this morning that I lost track of time and didn't get it moved to the store close to him.
Then, when we got home, I decided that I'm trying the trampoline mat idea. But I needed the mat ready before I took the next step with the garden bed. So I took one, spread it out, and cut it. Then I used a multipurpose lighter to melt the edges together.
Tomorrow, hopefully, I'll go out and pull the last of the winter mulching. That would be the cardboard boxes that had been on the bottom. Then I turn the soil, add fertilizer, and turn it again. Lastly, I will lay the trampoline mat over the soil and anchor it with some bricks for now.
This weekend, or next week, I'll work on cutting the holes for planting and getting the plants in. And we'll see how this goes. When fall comes, I'll pull the mats and use the cardboard, woodchuck, and deep leaf litter for the winter.
Although I may create two mats specifically for overwintering onions and garlic. Most of the garden beds are the same size, so I could make those and save them for winter use. To be swapped out when I harvest the onions and garlic.
A friend was going to pick it up but the text from him about which store it was at didn't come through until he called. Which was way too late for him to be able to go to the out of the way store and grab it. And I had gotten so wrapped up in work stuff this morning that I lost track of time and didn't get it moved to the store close to him.
Then, when we got home, I decided that I'm trying the trampoline mat idea. But I needed the mat ready before I took the next step with the garden bed. So I took one, spread it out, and cut it. Then I used a multipurpose lighter to melt the edges together.
Tomorrow, hopefully, I'll go out and pull the last of the winter mulching. That would be the cardboard boxes that had been on the bottom. Then I turn the soil, add fertilizer, and turn it again. Lastly, I will lay the trampoline mat over the soil and anchor it with some bricks for now.
This weekend, or next week, I'll work on cutting the holes for planting and getting the plants in. And we'll see how this goes. When fall comes, I'll pull the mats and use the cardboard, woodchuck, and deep leaf litter for the winter.
Although I may create two mats specifically for overwintering onions and garlic. Most of the garden beds are the same size, so I could make those and save them for winter use. To be swapped out when I harvest the onions and garlic.
nomifyle
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DH wanted to get a hair cut and I did a grocery pick up. They had everything on my list except the small grape tomatoes and they gave me a type I would not have chosen.
I thought I'd done good by eating a breakfast at 10:30, but we were in town way longer than I anticipated. By the time we got home I was so tired and and didn't even go in the store. I ate some cottage cheese and fruit, but did not eat the other things I am supposed to eat at a meal. A couple of hours later I ate some ham on a wrap but forgot to eat a ww wrap.
I fell asleep in my chair and DH asked me if I was going to church and I said no. He went by himself. I tried to get back to sleep but could not. I've been having dizzy spells and I'm wondering it is the golo supplement. Who knows.
I don't plan on going to the grocery for another two weeks and then it will be time to get commodities again.
I've got plenty of frozen veggies til then.
DH looked for some vegetable plants and only found yellow squash. They looked pitiful but he got them anyway. I told him it was late in the season to be looking for vegetable plants. We still don't have the small tomatoes that I would like.
Twin baby goats today when we got home from town, both boys, up and jumping around. Baby goats are so cute.
I thought I'd done good by eating a breakfast at 10:30, but we were in town way longer than I anticipated. By the time we got home I was so tired and and didn't even go in the store. I ate some cottage cheese and fruit, but did not eat the other things I am supposed to eat at a meal. A couple of hours later I ate some ham on a wrap but forgot to eat a ww wrap.
I fell asleep in my chair and DH asked me if I was going to church and I said no. He went by himself. I tried to get back to sleep but could not. I've been having dizzy spells and I'm wondering it is the golo supplement. Who knows.
I don't plan on going to the grocery for another two weeks and then it will be time to get commodities again.
I've got plenty of frozen veggies til then.
DH looked for some vegetable plants and only found yellow squash. They looked pitiful but he got them anyway. I told him it was late in the season to be looking for vegetable plants. We still don't have the small tomatoes that I would like.
Twin baby goats today when we got home from town, both boys, up and jumping around. Baby goats are so cute.
John Deere Girl
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I've been working on getting both our vineyards, all of our blackberries, raspberries, blueberries, honeyberries, strawberries, asparagus beds, and rhubarb cleaned up for the season. That is officially done as of today! I also got our new mulberry tree planted.
We've had several new babies born in the last two days, with more expected by the end of the week. This is a very busy time of year on the farm, but it's so much fun too!
We've had several new babies born in the last two days, with more expected by the end of the week. This is a very busy time of year on the farm, but it's so much fun too!
kyrsyan
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Ooohhh. If you ever have fresh clippings from the honeyberries and raspberries would you be willing to mail them? I can coach you through it.
I went out and discovered that FedEx delivered a package to the unused and completely blocked side door again. Thank heavens I saw it. It was the replacement set of photo storage bins. The first set arrived damaged. This set didn't so I'm not going to raise a ruckus.
I'm using them to build self directed task boxes for my son. And so far they seem to work well.
They didn't ask me to return the damaged ones, so I think I'm going to pull the individual boxes and use them for seeds. I have a small steel two drawer card catalog that they should fit in. I guess I'll see.
I went to town to shop today. Trip went well and was not stressful because I did NOT go to Walmart. Dollar Tree, Aldi, Friends of Library book sale and two thrift shops. I spent $79.95 altogether with $10.50 going for books, $11 for two knit shirts and two pairs of slacks and the balance for groceries. I stuck to my list except for buying strawberries. My only mistake was leaving Aldi just as the schools were releasing and traffic was horrendous. Partly due to a detour on the main drag and having to wait and wait and wait to get through a 4-way stop. I got 15 paperback books, 2 cookbooks and 5 hardcover mysteries.
The wind had been crazy for the last week so I put off going to town until today which was picture perfect. I'm hoping tomorrow is another wind free day so I can burn my rather large pile of sticks/small branches/one large branch from mother nature's tree trimming over winter. I'll have to be careful because the hedges are still full of corn leaves and husks that have blown in since fall harvest. I raked the corn mess from my flower beds and might try to burn those three piles if I have a calm day. The hedges are not mine but my neighbors aren't interested in clearing out my side so I think I will just leave them. I have a short hedge of privit and another of forsythia and I think both are mostly dead due to rabbits eating the bark. I will cut the privit back to ground level and it will come back. The forsythia I will just cut the dead out as I want it to bloom next year. I do have a few blooms this year but very few.
I have potatoes, onions, radishes and peas breaking through the soil but no lettuce yet. Unless I put up a fence, I have a feeling the rabbits will mow off the peas and lettuce as soon as they come up. I've been putting my tomato and pepper plants outside to harden off and left them in the garage overnight. It's currently 48º so I hope leaving them out wasn't a mistake.
It's quite dry as we've been missing the forecast rains. Rain is forecast for the next few days so maybe we'll get a nice shower or two. We've been under a burn ban due to the low humidity and high winds so guess I should check if it's okay to burn before I start a fire.
The wind had been crazy for the last week so I put off going to town until today which was picture perfect. I'm hoping tomorrow is another wind free day so I can burn my rather large pile of sticks/small branches/one large branch from mother nature's tree trimming over winter. I'll have to be careful because the hedges are still full of corn leaves and husks that have blown in since fall harvest. I raked the corn mess from my flower beds and might try to burn those three piles if I have a calm day. The hedges are not mine but my neighbors aren't interested in clearing out my side so I think I will just leave them. I have a short hedge of privit and another of forsythia and I think both are mostly dead due to rabbits eating the bark. I will cut the privit back to ground level and it will come back. The forsythia I will just cut the dead out as I want it to bloom next year. I do have a few blooms this year but very few.
I have potatoes, onions, radishes and peas breaking through the soil but no lettuce yet. Unless I put up a fence, I have a feeling the rabbits will mow off the peas and lettuce as soon as they come up. I've been putting my tomato and pepper plants outside to harden off and left them in the garage overnight. It's currently 48º so I hope leaving them out wasn't a mistake.
It's quite dry as we've been missing the forecast rains. Rain is forecast for the next few days so maybe we'll get a nice shower or two. We've been under a burn ban due to the low humidity and high winds so guess I should check if it's okay to burn before I start a fire.
SouthernBreeze
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Later today, I'll be planting the banana pepper plants. I have a question, though. Will they cross pollinate with the bell peppers if I plant them in the same raised bed? There's enough spacing between the bell peppers for them. Last year, I planted the banana peppers in big flowerpots on my deck in partial shade, and they didn't do anything. So, I want to plant them directly in the raised beds this time. I have no idea when Cary will get the big garden ready for planting. Rain coming in this afternoon for the next 4 or 5 days! The big garden spot is perfect if you're in a drought. LOL! It's in a low spot in the back corner of our yard. During rainy season, it's stays wet and soggy. The soil is so rich and fertile, though, because in years past, it was a hog pen.
I got a call from my PC doctor this morning. I have an appointment June 8th with cardiology for my CAT scan.
I had lost 5 lbs. when I weighed in at the doctor's office, yesterday, so my so-called diet is working well. Only 5 more pounds to go.
I got a call from my PC doctor this morning. I have an appointment June 8th with cardiology for my CAT scan.
I had lost 5 lbs. when I weighed in at the doctor's office, yesterday, so my so-called diet is working well. Only 5 more pounds to go.
nomifyle
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Anna43, sounds like you have been busy. Good thrift store finds, the little bit I've been to a thrift store I've had little luck. I haven't looked for books for a good while, I have plenty to read but nothing seems to attract my attention. In another thread someone mentioned a book called "behind every blade of grass" I got it on kindle and did not like it. Apparently its about warfare on the homefront and that's just beyond me anymore. If someone comes here DH is a good shot, but I'm not and I feel like I've gotten too old to do anything about it.
Update on the two baby goats, they were up and bouncing around yesterday but later in the day DH felt like they weren't getting enough to eat so he bottle fed them and this morning they are not doing well and he just said they aren't going to make it. The will be two sets of twins we have lost this year. There are two more nannies that have yet to deliver. Both sets of twins were boys. I didn't make it down to look at them yesterday, so I won't go now because it will make me cry.
Update on the two baby goats, they were up and bouncing around yesterday but later in the day DH felt like they weren't getting enough to eat so he bottle fed them and this morning they are not doing well and he just said they aren't going to make it. The will be two sets of twins we have lost this year. There are two more nannies that have yet to deliver. Both sets of twins were boys. I didn't make it down to look at them yesterday, so I won't go now because it will make me cry.
nomifyle
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congrats on your weight losss, 5 pounds on a petite person would be like 10 pounds on me.
I lost 5 pounds on the first week on golo and nothing in the last week and a half. But I'm not giving up. I don't want to go back to eating junk. I need to get more steps in. I ate cottage cheese and fruit twice yesterday. Just a half cup of fruit each time.
Illini Warrior
Illini Warrior
never had banana pepper plants cross pollinate - never any of the hot ones - but the other more regular varieties will cross pollinate - had some weird green Big Bertha cross with some of the colored sweet varieties....
I always plant my peppers close for pollinating - worry more about them not pollinating than doing any crossing over
SouthernBreeze
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I'm eating pretty much what I want. I've cut way down on the amount of carbs, plus no sweets. I'm eating a lot of fresh fruits and veggies and meat. Nothing fried, other than stir fry veggies in sesame or olive oil. Every meal I make, I make sure there are plenty of the foods I need to eat. For tonight's menu, it's taco salad using my home canned ground beef, taco seasonings, lettuce, tomatoes, chopped green onions, and shredded cheddar cheese, with salsa as the topping.
SouthernBreeze
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No hot peppers of any kind for us. So, it's ok to plant them with the green bell peppers?
kyrsyan
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The only thing that will affect is if you are saving seed. Otherwise, cross pollinating won't affect flavor at all.
John Deere Girl
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This is the part of farming that is really hard, and I'm so sorry! BTDT.
Do you put out loose minerals for your goats? I found that makes a huge difference.
nomifyle
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We have mineral blocks, mostly they all lick it, but there are a couple that bite on the blocks.
SouthernBreeze
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I got all the banana pepper plants out. 6 were planted in with the bell peppers, and I moved 3 large planter pots to the outside corners of one raised bed for the other 3. I also got the houseplant I bought all repotted into its new home. It's now sitting on a plant stand on my front porch, along with all my ferns and other houseplants. I'm tired after toting water buckets from our rain barrels to water everything in good. I also have to be careful about getting too much sun, but I don't think I did.
Now, to get started on supper.
Now, to get started on supper.
prudentwatcher
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I stopped by Dollar General today and hit their dollar aisle. Lots of goodies like baby wipes, soap, safety pins, and some meds. Also in their regular food aisle, I bought a couple of bags of the Vigo brand roast chicken rice. It's in a smaller bag like their yellow rice. I made some tonight using chicken broth instead of water and adding a can of chicken to it as it cooked. I thought it was quite tasty, if a little on the salty side. I will go back and buy more bags as I have tons of canned chicken. Makes an easy meal. Twenty minutes on simmer, but in a SHTF situation I would either use my butane burner or a thermal cooker.
nomifyle
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DH had ham and baked beans today and did not want anything this evening, he had that meal about 1:00pm.
I had sausage stir fry with broccoli. I opened a package of Asian stir fry to use but it was badly freezer burned, its going to the chickens.
I'm trying to get more steps in and today I did about 500 better than yesterday, every little bit helps. I had cottage cheese, chopped tomatoes and mandarin oranges for breakfast and I'm thinking about having that for supper, but I'm not sure. I'm not hungry, so I'll see how it is in about an hour.
When we changed the shelving in the pantry room we put those discarded shelves on the camper porch. Today we moved them to a side room that DH built on his barn. I do need shelves on the camper porch to consolidate all my canning jars out there. And at some point we do have to tackle the camper. And my school bus, goodness, I don't think I've been out there in a year. I'm feeling better enough to work for a little while and then I have to rest. Getting old is not for the faint at heart.
I had sausage stir fry with broccoli. I opened a package of Asian stir fry to use but it was badly freezer burned, its going to the chickens.
I'm trying to get more steps in and today I did about 500 better than yesterday, every little bit helps. I had cottage cheese, chopped tomatoes and mandarin oranges for breakfast and I'm thinking about having that for supper, but I'm not sure. I'm not hungry, so I'll see how it is in about an hour.
When we changed the shelving in the pantry room we put those discarded shelves on the camper porch. Today we moved them to a side room that DH built on his barn. I do need shelves on the camper porch to consolidate all my canning jars out there. And at some point we do have to tackle the camper. And my school bus, goodness, I don't think I've been out there in a year. I'm feeling better enough to work for a little while and then I have to rest. Getting old is not for the faint at heart.
nomifyle
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So I ended up having cottage cheese with chopped and salted tomatoes. I always turned up my nose at putting salt on tomatoes and watermelon until a couple of years ago. Its really good.
Instead of adding mandarin oranges, which are a carb, I had a slice of toasted ezekiel bread with avaccado on it. I am completely satisfied. so I managed to get three meals in today.
And I also ended up with over 1000 more steps today than yesterday. I'm trying to get up to 3,000 because that's the minimum steps to maintain health. Of course I,d really like to get more. We'll see.
Instead of adding mandarin oranges, which are a carb, I had a slice of toasted ezekiel bread with avaccado on it. I am completely satisfied. so I managed to get three meals in today.
And I also ended up with over 1000 more steps today than yesterday. I'm trying to get up to 3,000 because that's the minimum steps to maintain health. Of course I,d really like to get more. We'll see.
Illini Warrior
Illini Warrior
in regard to salt on the tomatoes - when my daughter was younger she rejected tomatoes - I explained to her that they can also be a fruit with sugar on them - she started to sugar them especially the yellow non-acid variety ...
jump like 20 years and she's having dinner with her new in-laws - fresh garden tomatoes on the table - she asks for some sugar - started quite the discussion - never even heard of "fruiting" a tomato ......
Yes, this! Cross pollination doesn't affect the fruit of the first generation. But I once saved seeds from some gorgeous and delicious sweet bell peppers. When I grew some the next year, they were smaller, more red... and fiery hot! Apparently crossed with a lone jalapeño plant about 50 feet away.
Summerthyme
SouthernBreeze
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Well, it's raining outside. Glad I got everything I wanted to get done, yesterday, done.
I'm doing laundry this morning. I've also cooked out 1 1/2 lbs of bacon, because I needed more bacon grease. We'll be having bacon with cheese omelets, hash browns, and biscuits, tonight for supper. I won't be having the hash browns and biscuits.
We have a chest of drawers that belonged to Cary's mom. It's really, really old, but Cary won't part with it. This morning, as I was putting up laundry in one of the drawers, the wooden slide that moves the drawer in and out, broken half in to. He's going to try to fix it. I hope he can, since it means so much to him. I would hate to have to buy a new one. Overall, it's still in good shape as far as appearance goes.
I got a call from Cardiology this morning, also. I have an appointment for May 15th to have a study done on the artery in my leg. I guess the doctor wants this done, before I have my heart CAT scan, so everything will be in order when I actually see him. This whole ordeal is making me so nervous. I know that God has this, but I still get butterflies in my stomach just thinking about what might lay ahead with all of this.
I'm doing laundry this morning. I've also cooked out 1 1/2 lbs of bacon, because I needed more bacon grease. We'll be having bacon with cheese omelets, hash browns, and biscuits, tonight for supper. I won't be having the hash browns and biscuits.
We have a chest of drawers that belonged to Cary's mom. It's really, really old, but Cary won't part with it. This morning, as I was putting up laundry in one of the drawers, the wooden slide that moves the drawer in and out, broken half in to. He's going to try to fix it. I hope he can, since it means so much to him. I would hate to have to buy a new one. Overall, it's still in good shape as far as appearance goes.
I got a call from Cardiology this morning, also. I have an appointment for May 15th to have a study done on the artery in my leg. I guess the doctor wants this done, before I have my heart CAT scan, so everything will be in order when I actually see him. This whole ordeal is making me so nervous. I know that God has this, but I still get butterflies in my stomach just thinking about what might lay ahead with all of this.
John Deere Girl
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Today is a beautiful, spring day, and after looking at the extended forecast, I think I may finish planting our garden this weekend! I'm so excited! I need to soak my bean seeds tonight though. This year we're trying pole beans instead of Bush beans. This is a first for us. I have blue lake, Kentucky wonder, and Cherokee trail of tear beans.
SouthernBreeze
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This will be our first year to try Kentucky Wonder pole beans in the big garden. The pole variety will be so much easier for me to pick. I've used Blue Lake bush beans in the past. They were very prolific, but hard for me to handle the squatting and bending to pick them.
John Deere Girl
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That's why we are trying them too. I'm trying to make it as easy as possible.
We grew Kentucky Wonder and Blue Lake pole beans last year..and Sevia Butterbeans also pole beans..the green beans of course crossed. .so we didn't save seed....
.we much preferred the Blue Lake..more tender and less stringy...
This year we are only growing 4 climbers....Mammoth Melting Sugar snow peas up and climbing...Blue Lake green beans up and have real leaves, the Straight Eight cukes are up and will be climbing soon..and Carolina Sevia Butterbeans will go in after the soil warms a little more.
We are in Central Virginia...
.we much preferred the Blue Lake..more tender and less stringy...
This year we are only growing 4 climbers....Mammoth Melting Sugar snow peas up and climbing...Blue Lake green beans up and have real leaves, the Straight Eight cukes are up and will be climbing soon..and Carolina Sevia Butterbeans will go in after the soil warms a little more.
We are in Central Virginia...
SouthernBreeze
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My green beans should have already been planted. We are still having unseasonal cold weather and more than normal rainfall that's been keeping us out of the gardens.
It's May 5th here in Mississippi, and our high today is 66 degrees. That's around 20-25 degrees below normal. We haven't seen much of the sun, since last fall. The forecast high for today, given out yesterday, said 76 degrees, but boy, they sure missed that!
John Deere Girl
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I've never heard of this kind! I'll see if I can find some. Thank you
We planted 17 feet of pole green beans last year and I canned 72 pints.... .just the two of us. ..so pints are fine...ate them until they came out of our ears and gave a lot away..planted more this year...we will hopefully have more to give away this year as many may need the help. ..if the good Lord is willin'
We have had a bunch of nights in the 30's since we planted the green beans...and a couple of frost watches. ... just hung old sheets on the bean fence with clothes pins and covered them and they did fine...we sprouted them first so we had lots of roots in a hurry....makes very strong plants quickly ...also sprouted the snow peas..but they do better in the cold
The Butterbeans we grow have been grown here in Virginia since the 1700's....Thomas Jefferson grew the same ones at Monticello. ..not too far from us.
We have had a bunch of nights in the 30's since we planted the green beans...and a couple of frost watches. ... just hung old sheets on the bean fence with clothes pins and covered them and they did fine...we sprouted them first so we had lots of roots in a hurry....makes very strong plants quickly ...also sprouted the snow peas..but they do better in the cold
The Butterbeans we grow have been grown here in Virginia since the 1700's....Thomas Jefferson grew the same ones at Monticello. ..not too far from us.
For the life of me I can’t get that butter bean or Lima seed. They are always out!
Good morning! Update on latest prep… moving aging aunt and uncle in with us. Lots of hard work but what an honor. Changes direction of some preps. Celebrating my angel’s bday today. But between all of that will harvest squash and garden peas. We have more hands to shell! Have a great weekend everyone!
nomifyle
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I didn't get my three meals in yesterday, but I lost a pound. Its so exciting to see that scale go down, oh, and I didn't get all that many steps in either, I don't think I went outside at all but I did get dressed.
We got rain yesterday and more is expected today, the leaves on the trees have moisture on them. And the trees have all their leaves, I look outside my office window and there is a huge and way tall sea of green on the trees, a beautiful sight.
We got rain yesterday and more is expected today, the leaves on the trees have moisture on them. And the trees have all their leaves, I look outside my office window and there is a huge and way tall sea of green on the trees, a beautiful sight.
SouthernBreeze
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I haven't been out, yet, to see if our seeds have come up in the gardens and mini greenhouse. It's supposed to be 82 for our high, today, but with possible thunderstorms this afternoon. Everything we have planted, though, looks really good.
I'll just be doing some light house cleaning, today. Cary and DS have their day planned. Cary will be taking his pole saw to his house to help him trim some low hanging branches on a few of his trees. If it's not raining when he gets finished with that, our yard needs mowing bad. He wants to get that done, too. Rain in the forecast for every single day this coming week! The temps will be more to my liking, though. Mid to upper 80's!
I'm about to start on my last case of home canned green beans. They are all in quart jars. That's too much just for two people, so this year, they're all going in pints, if we ever get them planted. I hope to have 2 rows, 20ft long. We have way more than enough fencing and posts for Cary to make a nice long trellis for them to run on. If I'm inundated with green beans, my mom would really like some. Tomatoes, too, if they produce well enough for me to can all I want.
I'll just be doing some light house cleaning, today. Cary and DS have their day planned. Cary will be taking his pole saw to his house to help him trim some low hanging branches on a few of his trees. If it's not raining when he gets finished with that, our yard needs mowing bad. He wants to get that done, too. Rain in the forecast for every single day this coming week! The temps will be more to my liking, though. Mid to upper 80's!
I'm about to start on my last case of home canned green beans. They are all in quart jars. That's too much just for two people, so this year, they're all going in pints, if we ever get them planted. I hope to have 2 rows, 20ft long. We have way more than enough fencing and posts for Cary to make a nice long trellis for them to run on. If I'm inundated with green beans, my mom would really like some. Tomatoes, too, if they produce well enough for me to can all I want.
Which Butterbean seed...are you trying to get..where do you live we ....we grow this seed because of the number of days to maturity...they have been hard to come by at seed companies of late..l had some dried Carolina sevia that I had grown maybe 10 years ago.....I went to several seed companies to get some fresh seed.. on the web...none..l finally found some but it was cosmetically challenged. ..I got that and basically picked the nicest of their seed...and then sprouted that and my old seed..100% germination rate on my old seed....planted them together and we ate very sparingly. ..only a couple of small pots. ...and mainly grew them out for seed.....the old people who taught me to grow Butterbeans some sixty years ago always saved their seed....
Due to my husband's father being alone in the Phoenix, AZ area we began driving out there to see him in the spring..so we stopped growing a garden for several years...he has now passed and when things changed we began growing again.
I have gotten more Sieva Butterbean seed last fall..
I was able to find it at...Seed Savers Exchange in IA and also at Southern Exposure Seed Exchange a county away from us here in Virginia. ..
During my search for sevia I learned of another butterbean that most likely is a very very old cross with Sevia it looks identical to it but is called Willow Leaf I found that one at the Vermont Bean Company...there is a lot of information about it on Victoria Seeds website...but it seems like they are always out...this one takes about 90 days...
Sevia requires about 70 to 89 days ..the soil temp should be 70 to 85 when you plant....some of the other butterbeans require up to 100 or more days....this might be why you had a problem growing them depending on your zone...we are in zone 7 ...I always sprout first it gets them going faster in the ground...