Fall is in the air

When I walked the dog this morning I had to grab some long sleeves.

This is a good sign for a lot of my plants as they perfere cool weather.

Hacked

There is only really one thing I can think of that would cause my settings to change; I was hacked.

I have noticed that a message "cannot download file because it is not compatible with your windows phone" has been popping up when I visit different blogs as well.

Yea!

Black eye peas summary

It seems that production is starting to wane a bit, so I figure its time to review my experience.

07-15-13 Black Eye pea seeds procured from a grocery store bag were planted. The seeds were planted 3 per hole, each hole 4 inches apart, 1/2 inch deep in a 9 foot planting row.

09-07-13 started picking and to this day have picked a total of 4 cups. There are still pods to be picked.

The plants themselves grew into aproximately 4 foot long vines.

Initially there was a problem with a black aphid like bug. The plants were treated with soap water, pyrthum, and finally had success in riding the infestation by using sevin dust combined with manual removal.

I will more than likely plant black eye peas again. Next time a trellis will be ready if an unknown seed is used.

Bucket Brigade

So yesterday I was finally able to organize what I call my bucket brigade; what everyone else might call containers for gardening.

Bucket Brigade

 
 
 
 
 
 
The Tomato Plants are also doing quite well...

 

 

Garden Update -Brussel Sprouts, Cabbage, and greens

I have been a bit busy the last few days in the Garden.

Wednesday I picked another 2/3 cup of black eye peas. All the rain has them going to town, so to say.

Thursday was an excellent planting day according to Tom MacCubbin and the farmers almanac. Generally this means bumper crops from what ever was planted. I got to plant seeds for cabbage, brussel sprouts, turnip greens, mustard greens and white globe turnips.

Two of the Cherokee Purple Tomato plants are about a foot tall now, one is struggling along. Within a foot I also have two Swiss chard plantings that are struggling, but the onions and leeks are doing fine. I am gonna break out the pH tester and see if it sheds any light.

The lima and green beans are doing well disspite the pounding from the amount of water coming off my roof. The collards are in the same bed and are proving to be hardy too, I have lost 2 possibly 3 plantings, but the others have 3 plants coming up.

And it RAINED

a few days back my area received a little over 3 inches of rain.

so after the storm I had to go out and uncover my young plants. They had been covered by the mulch.

I did pick another cup of peas today and put mustard green and letuce seeds in the ground.

my folks brought over some cherry bush plants, a fig and a sea grape.
the fig and sea grape have a permanent home already, but I am working on finding homes for the cherry bushes.
hopefully I will get it done soon as I am itching to open up some more growing room in the backyard.

Friday blues or left over shock?

People round here are strange today.
Had one try to turn off a tv with a car key fob. Had another call me back concerned that my call had been sent to the wrong office. Then there is my cloud head, if I had been on a vodka bender last night it would make perfect sense.

Everyone seems to be in a daze today. Similar to the one, but lacking the anger and grief, after the attacks on September 11, 2001.

and in other news
I got 3 inches of rain yesterday while I was at work. It musta been a booger bear of a storm cause I had to unbury my young plants when I got home.

I Remember

I remember when those towers fell ...

I watched the second one get hit by a plane on live tv and then asked my folks what movie they were watching.

I remember the worry when it was announced that there were still planes in the air and not knowing where they were going...

Butternut Squash soup

1 small leek
1/2 medium red onion
1/2 cup 1 inch long cut green onion
1 small butternut squash
2 small potatoes
1 small can of evaporated milk
Enough broth to cover all

saute the leeks and onion in butter until clear
add squash, potatoes and broth.
season with your prefered seasoning for butternut squash.
simmer until everything is cooked.
blend until smooth
add evaporated milk
serve

made about 6 cups for me

First Pickings

Today i was able to pick my first harvest of the year! Black Eye Peas.

After shucking them I had 1.5 cups of peas

More updates:
The Black Eye Peas plants:

The taller plants int he front are Lima Beans next to them are Green Beans, behind them and hard to see are Vates Collards

The Cherokee purple tomato's are doing good, leeks are lined behind them, with some hard to see swiss chard coming up in the left corner in front of the tomatoes.

Pictures!!!

I have Pictures!!!

After much thought, trial and error, now I can put pictures up for everyone.

I had to figure out how to get, blogspot.com, google + and my phone to communicate the way I wanted them to, meaning not uploading every blessed picture I take to the web and most definately not making every one of them Public! The only stumbling block left is why picasa is having problems receiving the pictures.

Labor Day

Happy Labor Day too all. Hopefully everyone is doing well and are having a good party.

Update on the Garden:

• The three Cherokee purple tomatos are going strong at about 4 inches high.
• One of the callifornia wonder bell peppers is going good and strong.
• all 4 plantings of Swiss chard are poking out of the ground at about an inch in height.
• the green beans have made a height of about 4 inches.
• the Lima beans are at about 8 inches or more in height.
• the collards are starting to poke out of the ground.
• the black eye peas have set fruit and the plague of aphids seem to be in retreat.