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 [...]

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The rain we have been getting has really helped everything look great. I just love all the colors this time of year.

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We were pretty lucky Sunday. We kept our power and there was no major damage to the place. We did lose cable with a large limb fell on the line.
I moved the container plants together and closer to the house. The couple of fig trees with fruit went on [...]

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I had a friend come over and pick raspberries on Thursday morning. On Friday morning I picked and ended up with about 6 cups. I picked this morning and now have a gallon of berries waiting for me to decide what to do with them. Half will probably be frozen and [...]

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Gooseberries, cherry tomatoes, blackberries, raspberries and a zucchini. A good haul. The spring crop of the raspberries is about over while the fall crop is being pollinated. The blackberries are just starting to ripen. The birds have found them as they do every year. Tonight I will have to prune [...]

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That is how much rain we have had this week. Actually in two days. Severe storms on Tuesday gave us 2.08 inches and yesterday’s storms dropped 2.48 inches on us. The electric went out for about 8 hours so the last inch or so was recorded on the base unit via battery [...]

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For the most part the vegetables are in. I had planned on getting more done this weekend but I do tend to plan more than I can accomplish. I had to work with the tiller a bit to get it to start. It had some old gas in it from last year. [...]

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