A happy Monday to you. Isn’t it nice to see blue sky and green plants. Almost makes you feel warm even though it is January. Almost. I thought you might be interested in knowing what Salt Creek Acres grew/produced over the last twelve months. I guess I should clarify. The only things that have been […]
Harvest Weekend
It began on Friday. I had avoided the garden for two weeks. Physically, mentally, emotionally and any other “ally” you can think of, I was done with the garden. It was an underlying stress though. In the middle of that time period I had a dream about a zucchini in the garden that was […]
Harvest
Last year I had a hard time harvesting the garden on a daily basis. As a result, I wound up with HUGE pickling cucumbers and zucchini. This year I am more successful at getting out there each day. Hopefully first thing after barn chores so I can get it done before the heat of the […]
How Does Our Garden Grow 2015 Edition
We have had very unusual weather this year. Not a lot of rain over the winter and spring. No freezing temperatures last winter to kill off bugs. Very hot temperatures since the beginning of June. Thankfully my husband put in a new soaker hose system. It is really great. Rather than having one hose with […]
Now Our Garden Can GROW
The starts are in the ground. Let’s back up a couple of days. Prior to planting there was tilling to do. We had hoped to not till and try to preserve the rhizophere of the soil but we just can’t do everything we want when we want to do it. Michael had already burned the […]
How Does Our Garden Start ?
On March 29th we planted some of our seeds for our 2015 garden. We have a seed starting rack with lights that Bryn gave us years ago when she upgraded to a HUGE new one. We put it in the sun room. Here is what we have started: Tomatillo 3 types of tomatoes (2 […]
The End of the Harvest– Winter Squash
It is quite the learning experience to grow something new. Especially when the “readiness” is hard to judge. All of the things I read tell you to harvest winter squash before the first frost. They also tell you to wait for the vines to die back plus a couple of weeks for “curing” (the skin […]
Animals, Shop, Garden and a Little Fun
I thought you might enjoy some pictures of the animals. The chicks sure have grown a lot. The Barred Rock chickens are very sociable. Our chicken coop has a door that leads out to an enclosed pen. I think that the Ameraucana chicken’s head looks like […]
How Does Our Garden Grow– Update
I worked in the garden today for about seven hours and I thought you might like to see how it is coming along. Here is one of the pictures from July. Here is a similar shot from today. Here were our tomatillos in July. Here they are today. I have a ton of winter squash […]
How Does Our Garden Grow?
I’m impatient. Very few of you probably know that. I also worry. I know, it’s news to you. So as I was looking at our hastily planted garden (planted amid all of our moving activity) I was concerned that our efforts would be somewhat in vain this year. Shouldn’t I have more green tomatoes? What […]