Tuesday, May 31, 2011
Sunday, May 29, 2011
Fava Bean Harvesting
Fava beans are grow in cool soils.Harvest the beans in late spring or when pods are plump.
Winged Compost
Two tools used to mix up compost . Auger goes to the bottom of compost Heep and pulling it loosens the black gold.
Beet 25 lbs
Mammoth Red Mangel Beet is 25 lbs the biggest beet I ever grew. The seeds came from Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds in Mansfield.MO
Sunday, May 22, 2011
Composter Smells
If your composter smells need two add more dried mater like hay,straw or leaf mold.
Composter
Composting is the best way to make black gold for your garden. Ceramic container is a good way to bring out your kitchen scraps and into the composter. Rotate composter every day for fast compost heap- heat up and it will get hot.
Sunday, May 15, 2011
Saturday, May 14, 2011
Trellis squashes
Trellis squash also grow great when you trellis then up. Here are some I grew a True Green Hubbard,Spumpkins, Queensland White, White pumpkin,Hubbard and Chirimen.
Trellis pumpkins
Trellis pumpkin have so many benefit's then pumpkins grown on the ground. No pest, No bugs and No rot from wet ground.
Pumpkin custurd 22
I am blogger baker baking in blogger bake out. You can eat the pumpkin custard hot or cold with chocolate syrup or whipped light cream. Thank you for looking at my blog.
Pumpkin custurd 21
Preheat grill to 325 degrees F and cook for 1 hour or until done. You can use the oven if you don't have a Grill.
Pumpkin custurd 14
Take out all pumpkin seeds, you can eat them if your hungry. Then remove all skin just leaving the flesh.
Pumpkin custurd 12
The pumpkin has been cooking for 1 1/2 hours in the oven. You can see the sugars coming out. The best way to cook pumpkins is this way.
Pumpkin custurd 11
Add all ingredients in a bowl. Then pour slowly in hot almond milk and beat at same time. This tempers the eggs so they don't tern in to an omelet.
Pumpkin custurd 9
Start by cutting off the end of the sugar cane ,then cut off the sides leaving the center. Cut the center of the sugar cane off and put it in to garlic press. The syrup should flow out and in to 1 teaspoon giving the right amount.
Pumpkin custurd 5
Ingredients are Almond Milk Vanilla 1 cup, fresh sugar cane,Agave Nectar3/4 cup,Honey 1 tablespoon,Maple Syrup 2 tablespoons,Nutmeg 1/8 teaspoons,Cardamom 1/16 teaspoon,3eggs.
Pumpkin Trellis
To save room in the garden, I grow pumpkins on trellises. I get bumper crop of pie pumpkins every year so far. The pumpkin in my hands is called Queensland Green,I have a recipe for this one.
Watering cam 4
Going through the tomatoe gardens with Water cam and filling up AquaCons. Fill the top a 1 or 2-liter bottle and ApuaCons are attached to the bottom.Watering deep roots keeps plants healthier. You need them when the summer heat comes.
Watering cam 2
For viewers who don't have a garden of there own or just like watching plants being watered.
Watering cam
Watering cam looking at lettuce garden and peas. In the back ground is eggplants and summer squash.
Cabbage In Garden
Ready to harvest cabbage from the garden. The one I hold up is a rare variety of cabbage called Couer De Boenf Des Vertus.
Thursday, May 12, 2011
Wednesday, May 11, 2011
Tuesday, May 10, 2011
Dutch Oven Cook Out
Here is how we end the day,with a Dutch Oven Cook Out.On the bottom is a chilly Verde stew,a peach crisp and on top is corn bread.
Mache time is over
The mache bolted faster then excepted,leaving it uneatable.It got to hot to faster for the lamb's lettuce.
Garlic is ready
Garlic is ready when the bottom leaves turn yellow.Some growers what until plant dies off.
Bolting lettuce
In this razed bed of lettuce,I show what happens when lettuce heads bolt in late spring.The head becomes a flower making it bad to eat.Trim those heads before its to late!
Monday, May 9, 2011
lettuce hill
Over 10 varieties of lettuce are found on the hill.This method is done by over planting of the hill.Everyday you come back to pick some out. The hill is surrounded by rabbit fence to keep them out.Tomatoes cages with wall-of water are in fount.
cherry tomatoes
Harvesting cherry tomatoes is so mush fun ! you end up eating more then you pick.The plants will germinate under most conditions.Super yields may be possible when growing good crop of cherry tomatoes.On top are Chocolate Cherry,Rutgers(not a cherry),Black Cherry,Sun gold and supper sweet 100.
heirloom tomatoes
These tomatoes taste better then store bought one. Ripened on vine and picked at perfection.On top is Aunt Ruby's German Green,Kellogg's Breakfast,on bottom Japanese Trifele Black,San Marzano(green),and OX hart.Grown with organic soil and in raised beds.The Kellogg Breakfast has a hole made from a Hornworm.
micro lettuce
Micro lettuce good for all types of meals.Grown from seed with natural fertilizers and floating row cover for protection. This lettuce is mainly used for different salads.
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