Winter beans

I picked the first 2 ears of sweet corn.  The stalk is only 5 feet tall, but the tassel was all brown and dried so I knew it was time.  I squeezed the ear that looked the biggest and oldest and felt for the kernels inside.  When I peeled off the green husk, there it…

Had a whopper of a thunderstorm storm last evening.  Worst I have seen in a long while.  Put the electricity out for hours and into the night.  We have surge protectors for the fridge, freezer and computers, but the clocks show an outage of more than 2 hours.  We have emergency lighting, candles, flashlights and…

Many white potatoes stored in the root cellar over winter have sprouted.  Cut them up yesterday and set them out to dry a bit.  Planting 6 rows  today  4 feet apart and 2 feet between plants.  This spacing will give them plenty of growing space. Potatoes are the most nutrient-dense vegetable. Wide-apart rows leave plenty…

Gone.  Hopped away, or cat got it.  So sad.

We have a sticky fly trap in the kitchen, but today I found a mouse stuck to it.  Outside I poured vegetable oil on him where he was stuck and he came right off.  Not happy, but alive.   Gotta buy a new flytrap.

Saw our first green, round tomato.  It is only the size of a golf ball, but its the first I have seen.  There have been many, many blossoms, so the season looks good.  Saw two more random plants come up.  Don’t know what they are, but the neighbor hopes they are the small sweet minis…