What did you do in your garden today?

[CrealCritter]

Helped church brother pick trough our two rows of green beans a little bit. He left with 15 gallons and 5 gallons of sweet banana peppers. Said he would be back tomorrow to finish picking the banana peppers.

I believe the green beans will produce one more picking. We left a lot of little ones on the plants plus there's a bit of flowering. Plan is to cut them off near to the ground and feed them to the cattle a little bit at a time and over the course of a few weeks. Leave the roots in the ground since they fixate nitrogen. Probably plant onions in those rows early next spring

I also finished up picking squash. I have three piles out there. I need to get farm truck to the garden and load up but it just came another thunder storm. Ground is to soft without making ruts, so I'll wait some. With the squashes, what we don't eat will be chopped up on demand daily to supplement cattle and fowl feed. I plan on using a stainless kitchenAid food prep slicer/shredder. I figure a couple squash a day or a big zucchini, should be plenty to supplement. We'll see how it goes.

I asked Farm Babe about the salt/water ratio. She said about 1/4 cup of regular table salt and fill the 16oz water bottle to the rim with water, so it sinks to the bottom of the waterer. We have the 7 gallon waterer so maybe adjust accordingly. All I know is it worked last winter the chickens had unfrozen water all winter long. I even put some snow in their waterer because it was right there and a lot easier than carrying a bucket out to them

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[farmerjan]

The salt ratio figures out to a cup per 1/2 gallon so that is about what I use also. We want the gallon jugs to float, but I find it interesting that the way you do it in the waterer kept them from freezing. That is great. I usually just took hot water out to pour in and thaw what was in there. Had to take water out daily so hot was just as easy... But I like that idea.

You mentioned ketchup seasoning... did you make your own or use a package mix? I have a Vitamix and it is supposed to chop up the seeds... it does a pretty good job on the skins

 

[CrealCritter]

The salt ratio figures out to a cup per 1/2 gallon so that is about what I use also. We want the gallon jugs to float, but I find it interesting that the way you do it in the waterer kept them from freezing. That is great. I usually just took hot water out to pour in and thaw what was in there. Had to take water out daily so hot was just as easy... But I like that idea.

You mentioned ketchup seasoning... did you make your own or use a package mix? I have a Vitamix and it is supposed to chop up the seeds... it does a pretty good job on the skins

You been talking to my wife haven't you? She told.me she would like a Vitamix blender so I already know what to get her. She did her own ketchup seasoning. I sampled hers vs hunts I like her's better and not because she made it but because it's better If it weren't as good I would have told her.

How did your onion rings turn out?

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[CrealCritter]

Squash patch is picked and cleaned up . I'm going to sow at least one row of peas. But I'm going to talk to Farm Babe and see if she wants anything else for fall garden, spinach, lettuce maybe IDK...

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[Dreamz]

I wonder how you guys get that soil so leveled! I have no equipment to flatten anything out
Well, all pack for my trip tomorrow early morning. I know my animals are going to miss me. I care for them with love and let them free range. Hub will not do crap for sure. But the Lord will keep them safe and they will go crazy when I get back.

 

[CrealCritter]

Pulled another two test sweet potato plants, I think they're ready to harvest, good roasting size. The Yukon gold potatoes in the left front, I don't have much hope in, pretty small, but my wife said she can use them. I guess we'll see when I dig up the hills.

Genesis 1:29

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[Dreamz]

@CrealCritter yes. They are good in soup and stews. That's what I use small potatoes for. Big ones are good for frying and baking.

Woke up at 330am checking so I stayed up,lol.

 

[flowerbug]

picked beans until too hot and back was tired enough, trimmed a few trees. shelled beans and did some reading between bouts of other things and running some errands (even the dreaded shopping but i survived a few minutes of that).

today more picking and a few minutes of cleaning up existing piles of bean plants that can be buried. first thing i do when i go out and it is cooler is dig and bury things and then to picking...

 

[Trying2keepitReal]

watered this morning, no rain for a week or so and it is supposed to be 90s today, raspberries coming needed a drink

 

[CrealCritter]

Debated on posting this year's squash and sugar baby watermelon harvest. This is what's left of the zucchini and summer squash after we eat all we could, froze a bunch and gave away even more. This will become shredded on demand animal feed.

Here's the butternut, acorn and sugar baby watermelons. Again we'll eat what is fit for human consumption, until we are burnt out of it and shred the rest on demand for animal feed.

Lots of good vitamins,.minerals and sugars in these. Cattle and fowl already like all this stuff. I'm hoping to supplement feed starting next week. If you've priced 50lb bags of feed lately, you'll understand why I'm going through the effort to supplement. If there is one thing I can grow it's squash, supper easy and even easier to get out of hand.

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