Posted on December 17, 2022December 17, 202212/17/2022 greenhouse ice We got some greens out and there was ice pooled in the greenhouse edge. The greens were fine! Cozy enough in the greenhouse on the bok choy for some caterpillars!
Posted on December 16, 2022December 16, 202212/16/2022 rosemary recovery The rosemary was unhappy near the raised beds as the irrigation leaked there. The roots were rotting. The second plant was almost dead. Hopefully it will be drier here. Basil getting some sun. We’ve been nursing it along with nights in the garage. This Euphorbia maculata is still alive and looking lovely. Wes did some wine bottling today. The muscadine grapes were from the farm share and the elderberries were from our yard! Shackleton was enjoying scritches and sunshine until Briar showed up to gaze admiringly. He does not like the dog.
Posted on December 15, 2022December 15, 202212/14/2022 winter plantings I ordered plants from a new to me nursery, Missouri Wildflowers Nursery. Hmm box with ok smells? Gram came running to see if he could have the box. “Hello little brother “ The packing by this nursery was quite clever! Shredded paper mostly over the rosettes or dormant pots. They also kindly marked the plants that were dormant. A few other species had low winter leaves (spiderwort) or rosettes (asters, pussytoes). Even the dormant plants had happy roots! The soil held together with roots but weren’t aggressively bound in. Paula found a small cicada larva under the oak tree while planting! We also uncovered an ancient Nylabone from Briar’s youth. She was unimpressed.
Posted on December 14, 2022December 14, 202212/13/2022 greenhouse survives a little storm! We got 2.5” rain in our gauge yesterday from an overnight thunderstorm! Mesonet had 1.8” at airport in Norman and maximum wind of 35 mph. so we were very pleased to see the greenhouse plastic and clothespins survived intact! Briar stands next to it. Waiting for her walkies. When we tucked in the trimmed plastic, we poked the corners in so water could drain into the bed. This is the corner Briar was standing by. The next corner drain looks good too. The corner back by other beds (behind where Briar stood in first picture) also has no standing water. And the view from that back corner again looks great! No clothespins lost, the plastic sheeting tidy and crisp over the metal hoops, and minimal puddling of water on the sheeting edges!
Posted on December 11, 2022December 11, 202212/08/2022 surprises One single aster flower is still blooming. It’s somewhat sheltered by the garage wall and kitchen wall. In the cactus planter, I was pleased to find a rabbit’s tobacco seedling in near the juniper leaf. Here I am pointing at it if you didn’t spot it in the previous picture.
Posted on December 11, 2022December 11, 202212/10/2022 finally turning The greens are doing well. Seedlings are in the raised bed but I’m not sure what they are. Hoping for field violets? The apple trees still are mostly green but one pear tree is turning. The three pictures below of leaves turning yellow and orange are from the one pear tree in front. Later we walked the dog at Saxon park. Lots of rabbit’s tobacco sprouting.
Posted on December 11, 2022December 11, 202212/11/2022 greenhouse Paula and I tidied up the greenhouse plastic and secured with clothespins.
Posted on December 11, 2022December 11, 202212/11/2022 teparies in soup Yum. Tortilla soup by Wes. Paula made the beans and used up 2021’s mix of tepary beans from the garden!
Posted on December 6, 2022December 6, 202212/06/2022 green tomatoes Friends gave us the extra tomatoes from their garden when it was about to freeze. They have been gradually turning red over the last few weeks. Tonight Paula used some of the green ones in a spicy yet delicious dish!
Posted on November 24, 2022November 24, 202211/24/2022 plenty of thanks We thought it was supposed to rain today, so yesterday we picked up all the tomato cages and put all the vegetable debris in the city compost pile. (I don’t know that ours gets hot enough to kill any diseases.). We piled the dead marigolds on the bed where we’ll put peppers next year. We put some sugar pea seeds there to see if the debris will shelter them. We took the plastic off the greens so they could get rain. We put cilantro seeds everywhere and carrot seeds among the greens. For Thanksgiving, Paula started our Corrientes cowpeas soaking. The Turkey is from Paula’s aunt and uncle in Texas where they raise some. All the veggies in the beans are from the farm share except garden poblanos. Wes used some store apples and store ham as flavors. But otherwise the veggies are all our garden or the farm share!