Hey Friend, Its October… I’m tired of my garden…over it. Its been good to me, we preserved its bounty but now I need a change of pace. So today we are clearing out the front garden and redesigning the space a bit with some Vego Raised Garden Beds. I’m sharing a little garden knowledge with you I wish I Knew sooner.
Thanks for watching,
Kelsey
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33 Comments
I just adore your beautiful gardenā¤
That looks like a lot of great chicken food. If you had a way to fence in some chickens there they would take care of most of that for you plus give some good fertilizer for the garden, but I know not everyone is able to do that or even able to have chickens.
I hope you removed the protective plastic coating before putting them together…
What your using for tomato cages are what I use for Peppers. I do push them into the ground as much as possible. They are a good size for my Peppers but not tomatoes. They are too small and weak for the larger plants. I have found some that are a good two feet taller and more heavy duty, but still need to be pushed into the soil to have enough support for tomatoes.
If youāre like me, I hate, hate, hate to destroy a living plant when someone else might like it. Why donāt you pay it forward by putting your raspberries that youāre pulling up in bunches of 6 or so in plastic baggies with a little moisture and leaving them by the street with a sign that offers them as āfree to a good homeā. I bet there are a lot of people who would be very thankful to have those raspberry starts.
We're under a freeze warning tonight in Nebraska so I need to cover or harvest anything. But I'm tired too.
Planting herbs sounds like a great idea for you. Planting things like Basil and Cilantro that will bolt when they get too hot and too much sun will be great in a shady, less sun area and last longer. All of mine that got partial sun lasted much longer before bolting than the others in a sunny area only a few feet away.
When l started gardening l used cages for tomatoes, now they are for my peppers.
I love the quotes you leave for us at the end of your videos.
Yes, I am believing you will have peas.
Everything looks peaceful and happy. Rest is a good thing, even for our gardens.
Kelsey, you're going to love your metal beds. We now have 16 of them. Not the ones you have. We have Tater raised beds. I've painted them and they are beautiful. Absolute gamer changers for seniors. I'm 74.
blessings! ā„ā„ā„
P.S. you look like you're feeling better, I certainly pray/hope you are!!!
When it gets too cold for the bumblebees to fly, they snuggle down into a flower for warmth in hopes of surviving the night and be able to fly back to their nest the next day.
Tomorrow cages work best for peppers
I'm over the garden as well. I am tired of looking for ways to preserve tomatoes. I am pulling out most of what is there and will fertilize and refresh the soil then cover it with compost and a layer of cardboard for the winter. I have a lot of garlic to plant but it is a soaker weekend here in Connecticut so that will have to wait til next week. I have plenty of preserving indoors to work on – blanching and dehydrating potato slices, making cranberry sauce and canning ugly chicken and pork. You have been an inspiration – Congratulations on a successful year of home preserving.
Love the arched walkway! I purchased three of the Vego beds this past spring and I loooove having them to garden in. Iām sure you will too. š„°
I am over the garden too. Still getting a few red raspberries and tomatoes.
You got a lot of good work done! I agree about supporting the support š Thanks for sharing š
A bit excessive, HAHA I loved that! I have found that when plants think you are trying to kill them, they work even harder to live so you may have luck with the peas? Loved Eleanors umbrella and Grant is really trying to be helpful and its so cute! Thank you for the quiet and peace you share with us all. Blessings
I love the garden bedsā¤ thanks for sharingš
We pulled a bunch today too. It makes me sad but it needs to be done.
I like the green color, I would think the shiny tin color would hurt your eyes when the sun reflected from them. Thanks for the advice for raspberries, I grew them for a few years and they didn't produce like yours.
My husband was born in 1955. They practiced tilling. I cannot change him. We compromise. I did get him to do woven weave fabric and a drip tape system.
We grew tomatoes on cattle panels. He didnāt love it but LOVED. The fabric! Less weeding. Compromise. The best of both worlds.
We planted 48 raspberry bushes, from the original bushes that were here on the farm. I have everbearing berries here, I got about 50 lbs of berries this year. I picked 15 red ripe berries today. If I lived in a different zone, I could keep picking, all season long.
Wood chips suck the nitrogen out of your garden. I was spraying all of my plants, once a week. Holy smokes. Worth the work. I had a great harvest this year, I thought I was going to get nothing this year. š
I think you'll definitely get some fall crops.
Enjoyed the video
I think your peas will do just fine. You wouldn't BELIEVE what mine went through over the summer yet they kept on keeping on LOL.
Lol! I was thinking ā Iād yell for my husband to do the edging āš¤£
Oh thatās gonna be so pretty!
As the wise, Ms. Sowards would say… If you compost the peas, you for sure get nothing. š« If you plant them, you might just get something. š¤·š¼āāļø Always worth giving it a shot!
I thought I would share this recipe for apple sauce cinnamon cut in any cookie cutters; this time of year when we close up the house is a good time to make with your children for thanksgiving or gifts or later for I hang where we hang our coats and also Christmas tree ornaments:
CINNAMON ORNAMENTS
3/4 cup applesauce
ā¢ 2 bottles (2.37 oz. each) McCormickĀ® Ground Cinnamon
ā¢ Cookie cutters
ā¢ Drinking straw
ā¢ Colorful ribbon
ā¢ Preheat oven to 200Ā°F. Mix applesauce and cinnamon in small bowl until a smooth ball of dough is formed. (You may need use your hands to incorporate all of the cinnamon.) Using about 1/4 of the dough at a time, roll dough to 1/4-inch to 1/3-inch thickness between two sheets of plastic wrap. Peel off top sheet of plastic wrap. Cut dough into desired shapes with 2- to 3-inch cookie cutters. Make a hole at top of ornament with drinking straw or skewer. Place ornaments on baking sheet.
ā¢ Bake 2 1/2 hours. Cool ornaments on wire rack. (Or, to dry ornaments at room temperature, carefully place them on wire rack. Let stand 1 to 2 days or until thoroughly dry, turning occasionally.)
ā¢ Insert ribbon through holes and tie to hang. Decorate with opaque paint markers, found in arts and crafts stores, if desired.
Making ornaments with this dough is a lot of fun and the result smells delightful! 1 1/2 cups applesauce to 2 cups cinnamon works for me to get a clay-like consistency. Dust hands with cinnamon for handling. You can add a teaspoon of cloves, ginger and allspice to round out the fragrance. To get them dry quicker, bake on an ungreased cookie sheet at 150 degrees for one hour. Remove from the cookie sheets and bake on the oven racks for another hour and a half. (Don't roll thinner than 1/4 inch if you're using this method.)
"That's not a knife…. This is a knife!" 10 points to who can figure out where that quote comes from… Thank you for having us come along the ride… I appreciate everything you do. We love seeing you succeed. Hugs from Esquimalt!
On tomato cages, check out More than Farmers and see what she changed to. They look amazing.
The tomato cages are good for peppers. I had the same problem with my tomatoes as well. I just finished my garden today. Its colder here at night now. I also put straw in my strawberries. Nancy from nebraska
You need to put some branches to fill in the bottom to sae on dirt. It will compost in time, but save you alot of dirt.
Don't throw away those tomato cages just yet! They are crap for tomatoes, but they are VERY good for supporting peppers!