Arcticdude
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Some of our new grape plants died, but the blackberrys and fruit trees all look good.
Gardening 2022
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What I would give for some producing hickory and pecan trees! I’ve got 5 hazelnut trees, but they won’t be producing until next year if I’m lucky. I buy the semi dwarf fruit trees and get the oldest ones I can find…that way they produce much sooner.
Seems I’ve lost one or two grapevines every year since the vineyard was put in. I just replace them with a type that hasn‘t had any problems.
Arcticdude
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Finished the first pass on the garden just now. I tilled in about 12 yards of steer manure. We have 6 fruit trees to plant in the morning. That'll make 24 fruit trees in the orchard. Also have 4 blackberry and 4 grape plants to put in tomorrow. I'll try to post some pictures tomorrow.
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Spring cool weather crops 2022
Just lovely DD! Is the purple flowered on Chive?
Arcticdude
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We're planting the berry, grape and fruit trees today. Maybe tomorrow we'll plant the cold weather crops.
Here's all I have done on the garden so far.
Here's all I have done on the garden so far.
Arcticdude
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We have 6 more trees to plant and a couple grape and blackberrys to plant. Right now it's 35 degrees and snowing hard. Looks like a beautiful March morning. I think we'll hang out by the wood stove today. I think I'll make up another batch of smoked habanaro hot sauce.
OMG, it's 87º and climbing here in Central TX. We visited my brother up there in Tulalip one summer and I had to wear wool shirts and sweaters in June, so I forget easily, don't I? 
Going down to the cabin to plant out some potatoes tomorrow and dreading working in the heat. UGH! Can you ship a little of that 35º down this way, please?!
Going down to the cabin to plant out some potatoes tomorrow and dreading working in the heat. UGH! Can you ship a little of that 35º down this way, please?!
We may have to put up an extra string of strong wire to support all the grapes that are growing this year!
If you spread your hands out across the vines, you are covering about 10 clusters of grapes....We go 30 lbs. of grapes from only one plant/vine last year and the same plant looks like it will have a 50 lb. harvest if not more.
We are running around 28°C to 33°C daily here already...going towards 90°F and 100°F...I finished the four legs and the master beam for the terrace today. The second master beam is tomorrow after helping the neighbor mow an elderly neighbors lawn for him. (wish I could borrow this elderly mans FULL DRESS HARLEY for a short ride....)
Arcticdude
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87 is too hot. We normally don't see temps like that until August. The temp just dropped to 30 degs. Yesterday's high was 47, perfect working weather. This is typical spring in the mountains. Our last snow is usually in June, of course it never stays on the ground very long this time of year.OMG, it's 87º and climbing here in Central TX. We visited my brother up there in Tulalip one summer and I had to wear wool shirts and sweaters in June, so I forget easily, don't I?
I've got a pot of smoked habanaro and ghost peppers simmering on the stove right now.
We've got a couple trays of plants, tomato, hot peppers and watermelon under a grow light. 140 plants in total. They should be ready to plant outside around the first week of June.
We just visited the neighbor and had a few glasses of homemade wine that is seven years old. Already turning into Sherry and with a light beige color. His son came over and I caught one of the new chickens and set it on his lap to pet. It stayed there about ten minutes and then hopped down. He was thrilled to touch a live chicken for the first time in his life. His dad and I were talking about how some city-kids were asked where milk and eggs come from and their answers were: THE STORE... and, white cows give milk, brown cows give: CHOCOLATE MILK.....poor kids...
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Just about done with the second tilling of the garden. I'm almost finished with the chicken and dog proof fencing, then we can start planting.
Started mowing the orchard last night. Its all coming together.
Our bee hives are in the top left of the picture.
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Started mowing the orchard last night. Its all coming together.
Our bee hives are in the top left of the picture.
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You’ve got some nice looking trees there! great location with your bees so close by!
We got up to 83 today. Hot for this time of year. But cooling off tomorrow, thankfully! Been having to water my garden and greenhouse daily for the last couple of days.
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Forgot to attach the garden pic.
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Got a faucet installed between the greenhouse and garden. Fortunately one failure water systems was good to where I wanted to put the faucett. 5 ft to the green house and 20 to the garden is hose-able for now.
I got my new 20 cubic ft. Stand up freezer in Friday.. my variety of fruit trees ive purchased are building up nicely with grapefruit, orange, pear, plum, nectarine, peach, lemon, lime, and some blueberry n blackberry bushes. I decided to order some strawberry plants and waiting on them to come in. I don't have too much luck with strawberries. I've got pretty good variety of veggies, herbs, etc. in the garden going. I planned on going to get more chickens yesterday but had to make a run to store and butcher shop and take my mother for her to stock up..rained like heck in the afternoon so I guess new chickens to add are on the list for next weekend. I also ordered a new dehydrator, which will be here tomorrow. Calling for rain most all week, not sure how much gardening I'll get in, plus I have to work at my job. A new LEM vacuum sealer is on my list to order this week also. Old cheap sealer died on me. I've got big plans for a lot more drying, freezing, canning (preserving) this year. Last year I mostly ordered food for stockpiling from the prepper places. This year I'm trying to do as much on my own as I can and have expanded in all directions. So many things still to do! Every day seems something new is needed. I love reading and seeing pics of what everyone else is doing here. Keeps my motivation up when all this seemingly becomes overwhelming for me.
Went to the BOL yesterday. Turned over the raised beds, added some more soil and compost & planted out tomato, onion and cuke starter plants. Also a few large pots of herbs up near the cabin kitchen. Plan to go back mid-week and plant a bunch of red potatoes and starter potato plants in-ground. My new bare-root fruit trees have broken dormancy and are setting some leaves now. All is good.
