You know what? The best planning sometimes just goes to pot. I spent a good amount of time planning the green bean harvest so as to not be overwhelmed by beans ready to pick. Checking seed labels for days to harvest, staggering plantings, etc. Well, the best plans don’t always work! Mother Nature decided that [...]
Archive of entries posted on July 2011
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Squash bug capital of Tennessee
After this spring, I’ve dubbed Crab Orchard, or at least Wild Things Farm the “squash bug capital of Tennessee”. I practice crop rotation every year, but seems like the bugs have a radar or a spy at my computer looking to see where the squash and cucumbers are going to be planted. As soon as [...]
OK so now it’s white
Earlier I picked blackberries and thought my favorite color was black; I think it’s white. I just got back from one of the gardens and what a pleasant surprise! Enough cauliflower for the delivery tomorrow–woohoo! This is the first year cauliflower has been grown on the farm–it won’t be the last! Beautiful, crunchy, white heads [...]
My favorite color today is black
I find the question “What’s your favorite color” very hard to answer. I like all colors–it just depends on what the color is on. Today I like black–the glossy black of yummy blackberries! There is a patch of thornless blackberries on the farm, planted about 3 years ago. I harvested a few berries for the [...]
How to wash your favorite garden hat
I’m sure every die-hard gardener has their most very favorite gardening hat. Mine is a Scala hat, very wide brim, that has perched on my head going on three seasons now. It’s made of palm leaves, but very tightly woven and durable. Margaret the Mantis ( a pin) guards the hat against insect predators……. Anyway, [...]