Friend with a greenhouse uses 21-gallon totes, drills 4 drainage holes in the sides 3 inches from the bottom: excess water drains out, but a reservoir forms in the bottom so she doesn’t have to water as often. Cool idea. Plants 2 tomatoes in each and ties them up on strings.
Blueberries are coming on strong now. And they are huge! Some as big as a dime. But then, I have been faithfully watering them if it doesn’t rain. Made blueberry jam today. It is delicious!
Nope, it is a pumpkin! Different squashes, pumpkins, and watermelons all look the same when they are young. When it is large enough to put out the first male flowers, they still look a lot alike until the female flowers appear–they have a bulge at their base before the stem. If it is long, it…
Picked the first of this year’s fruits. Delicious! Now every day I will pick, dehydrate for storage, sell to neighbors, or eat fresh.
Would you believe it…already have so many strawberries I have to dehydrate to preserve them for winter. Wash berries, drain, slice them in half lengthwise, fill three web-type trays, set the temp to low, and off they go! Ready in about 6 hours. Then store in quart jars with caps and vacuum seal. Added rings…
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