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Watered the garden.Hopefully will pull potatoes on Saturday.
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You guys pulling onions already, mine have just been in the ground for 4 days.
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Got a little over 1/4" of rain last night, 1/8" the day before. More coming, they expect 2" over the next few days.
First asparagus popped up overnight, 2 spears on one crown. It's going to be very difficult NOT picking them this year!
First asparagus popped up overnight, 2 spears on one crown. It's going to be very difficult NOT picking them this year!
Took Mrs. Ranch to the optometrist for new glasses & I did the weekly shopping while she was doing that.
Watered the hanging baskets & the porch pots.
Seasoned up 4 pork steaks that I'll smoke for supper.
Watered the hanging baskets & the porch pots.
Seasoned up 4 pork steaks that I'll smoke for supper.
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You guys pulling onions already, mine have just been in the ground for 4 days.
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Waite
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Planted slicing and pickling cukes, zucchini. Cut a plastic 55 gallon drum in half for two sweet potato containers, will plant 4 slips in each.
Watered the garden, asparagus & all the trees.
Refilled the hummingbird feeders as needed.
Made a batch of stuffed jalapenos & Mrs. Ranch made potato salad to go with the smoked pork steaks for tonight's supper.
Refilled the hummingbird feeders as needed.
Made a batch of stuffed jalapenos & Mrs. Ranch made potato salad to go with the smoked pork steaks for tonight's supper.
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Cleaned/prepped the onions. The smaller ones will be diced, frozen & vacuum packed tomorrow. The larger ones will be put in storage.
Cleaned all the small potatoes. They will be cook, smashed & vacuum packed tomorrow as well.
Watered the melon patch.
Next week's forecast for Tuesday thru Thursday is 99 degrees (which is what July normally is... not mid-May)!!! If you are in Texas, get those potatoes & onions out of the ground now or they will get steamed & rot.
Mrs. Ranch made a dewberry pie.
Cleaned all the small potatoes. They will be cook, smashed & vacuum packed tomorrow as well.
Watered the melon patch.
Next week's forecast for Tuesday thru Thursday is 99 degrees (which is what July normally is... not mid-May)!!! If you are in Texas, get those potatoes & onions out of the ground now or they will get steamed & rot.
Mrs. Ranch made a dewberry pie.
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Started digging potatoes.
Started the wine a while ago. 20 lb of dewberries to make 4 gallons.
20 lbs will make 10+ gallons. I've done it & it was tasty till the last drop!!!
Yep, you nailed it. I'm upping the recipe as we speak.
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A little under 1-1/2" of rain since thurThur evening. Most of it is coming down in showers, so kind of perfect. Supposed to end by tomorrow morning. Just assembled one of those white cast iron garden chair and table sets for the wife, she wanted something back by twhere the grandkids play. Made Mother's Day easy.
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I dug two ditches in my back yard. I now have a massive sized X back there. One to run coxial cable to the service box to my house in conduit and the other ditch to run electric out to my shed.
Hoping to have the electric line at least ran tomorrow and to start covering up these ditches.
Hoping to have the electric line at least ran tomorrow and to start covering up these ditches.
Made bread.
Made a pot of pinto beans.
Watered the garden, asparagus, flowerbeds & all the trees. Killed a big rat snake (4+ ft.) that scared the crap out of me when I was turning off the back flowerbed...
Cooked the new potatoes, smashed them up & portioned them into containers for freezing, We'll vacuum pack them tomorrow.
Diced up the onions, put them in the bags & then into the freezer prior to vacuum packing.
Made a pot of pinto beans.
Watered the garden, asparagus, flowerbeds & all the trees. Killed a big rat snake (4+ ft.) that scared the crap out of me when I was turning off the back flowerbed...
Cooked the new potatoes, smashed them up & portioned them into containers for freezing, We'll vacuum pack them tomorrow.
Diced up the onions, put them in the bags & then into the freezer prior to vacuum packing.
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Made breakfast. Bacon, scrambled eggs with mushrooms and fresh chives, and cinnamon sugar pancakes with southern fried apples.
Another full inch of rain overnight. Between the cool weather and rain plants have all put themselves on hold with the exception of onions, peas, and beets. They love this stuff.
Another full inch of rain overnight. Between the cool weather and rain plants have all put themselves on hold with the exception of onions, peas, and beets. They love this stuff.
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Well, we're at 2-1/2" since Friday. We got a full inch overnight Saturday into Sunday. It's storming right now with 1-2" expected before noon, then some sun/clouds until 9, then severe storms. More rain tomorrow.
Of the 50 asparagus crowns I planted one has sent up two spears. The rest haven't done anything. No rhubarb either. I'm hoping that it's just a matter of some sun and warmth, but am concerned they're drowning. The area is pretty well drained, so fingers crossed.
Of the 50 asparagus crowns I planted one has sent up two spears. The rest haven't done anything. No rhubarb either. I'm hoping that it's just a matter of some sun and warmth, but am concerned they're drowning. The area is pretty well drained, so fingers crossed.
Bamboo update. It's been 2 months since I planted it. Since then we've had a few good rains, and it looks like the soil I prepared is doing a nice job. Some of the canes are over 7' and there are a bunch of new ones poking through the dirt. This stuff grows much faster than I had imagined.
Watered the garden & asparagus bed.
Made bread.
Continued cooking/smashing the new potatoes for freezing. Mrs. Ranch decide to shred a bunch for hash browns to try freezing.
Cut the grass ahead of the higher than normal temps after raising the blade height.
Seasoned up chicken fajitas for supper tonight. I'll make some Spanish rice for a side dish.
Made bread.
Continued cooking/smashing the new potatoes for freezing. Mrs. Ranch decide to shred a bunch for hash browns to try freezing.
Cut the grass ahead of the higher than normal temps after raising the blade height.
Seasoned up chicken fajitas for supper tonight. I'll make some Spanish rice for a side dish.
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Harvested potatoes.Considering some of the fickle weather we had,I'm pleased with results.
Got some bacon smoking on the pit this evening.
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Garden is doing great. Cooked some Korean kalbi (Beef ribs) My daughters choice. She's should be landing in Seoul, South Korea(In 2 hours) on a month long vacation. Brine and cooked that big'ol gooble I'd nailed.
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Nice all around!
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Jealous. I still aim to do that.
Squash and pumpkins planted, two of my sweet 'tater containers prepped.