Kerry’s Garden

Ok here it is late November and one of the in-ground figs still has leaves. Our average first frost is a month gone. We have had a few light frosts but not enough to take out these die hards. Now to be fair the fig IS on the south side of the house and there [...]

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I’ve been so busy doing stuff in the garden that by the time I get in and get cleaned up I am too pooped to post. Saturday I went to Eric’s. The weather called for some rain in the morning so I finally put my rain barrels out. We didn’t end up getting any rain [...]

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This evening after work I decided to empty out the small alfalfa tea barrel and give the tomatoes, peppers, a couple of roses and eggplant a feeding. About 15 minutes into it the following conversation occurred with my neighbor from way across the yard (we have no fences between the properties) Neighbor: “Do you smell [...]

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Tomatoes: 6 Jetsetter (determinate, 64 days) and 7 Celebrity (determinate, 67 days) These and the Big Beef (indeterminate, 73 days) I planted yesterday and the Florida Petite (determinate. 40 days) and Florida Basket (determinate. 70 days) I have in containers are from the seed I purchased at Tomato Growers Supply. I’ve always been pleased with [...]

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Looking on the counter I see today’s haul. A dozen or so jalepenos for hot poppers, a quart of raspberries, a handfull each of blackberries and strawberries, a couple of zucchini and a few green tomatoes for frying. The Weatherbug calls for the possibility of rain today. I’ve known about this for a couple of [...]

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The weather this year has made pretty much everything early except me. I seem to be slower this year at getting everything in the ground. This weekend I tied up the tomaotes, planted the eggplant and some more hot peppers (cayenne and tobasco), a couple of pots of cucumbers as well as some basil I [...]

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Raspberry Pancake Syrup: Yesterday I pulled the raspberries out of the freezer that I had been gathering every other day for the past two weeks. They filled an 8 qt pot to overflowing while frozen and once thawed and mashed took up about 3/4 as much space. This was heated slowly for the better part [...]

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