Happy New Year and micro harvest from the prairies!
hobbyartisan (Saskatoon, SK Canada, 2b)
7 years ago
I decided to ring in the new year with a micro harvest from my grow room. Anybody else going to start the new citrus season off with a haul??!
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season55
7 years agolast modified: 7 years agohobbyartisan (Saskatoon, SK Canada, 2b) thanked season55Related Discussions
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Comments (6)Thank you. As I recall we had a record high of 80 last Sunday (1 January). Tonight and tomorrow night (6 and 7 /January) will get down to 24 and 26, then back up into the 60/70s after that. The ground is always workable. The lows are very short in duration. The day temps normally warm everything back up. This is a great time to garden. Weeds grow slow, and no mosquitoes. It is a gardeners paradise from oct to march. April, May and June starts to warm up. July, August and Sept are too hot and too many bugs. In the recent past, I tried a second tomato season in late fall. Looking back, it makes no sense to try to grow in July, Aug, Sept when it is so effortless now. Of course, I can't grow tomatoes now. I am thinking I will just grow extra tomatoes in the normal season and freeze the extra. The ones I froze from last summer did real good in Sauces. I don't have a lot of time to can/make sauce to freeze, but I can always make time to quarter tomatoes and throw them in a bag in the freezer. The sweet white turnips, hakerie (name is close to that), are one of the lesser cold hardy varieties. They are very tastee, especially roasted with the carrots. I have a small patch of them and few remain. I will cover them. Everything else is very hardy and remains uncovered: Kale,broccoli, collards,onions, carrots and Lettuce. I expect some Lettuce losses, as there are many varieties. I expect half to survive just fine. I watered real good yesterday getting ready for the cold snap....See MoreHappy Fall Harvest! - new items at Farmers' Market
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Vladimir (Zone 5b Massachusetts)
7 years agohobbyartisan (Saskatoon, SK Canada, 2b) thanked Vladimir (Zone 5b Massachusetts)hobbyartisan (Saskatoon, SK Canada, 2b)
7 years agolast modified: 7 years agohobbyartisan (Saskatoon, SK Canada, 2b)
7 years ago
orangelime1
7 years ago
greenman28 NorCal 7b/8a
7 years agoHey, Hobby!
I harvested my 2016 Meyer lemons, and had the first in a gin and tonic :-)
Cheers!
hobbyartisan (Saskatoon, SK Canada, 2b) thanked greenman28 NorCal 7b/8ahobbyartisan (Saskatoon, SK Canada, 2b)
7 years agogreenman28 NorCal 7b/8a
7 years ago
poncirusguy6b452xx
7 years agolast modified: 7 years agoHappy new years all. Nice pictures. I am done with the fruit and will have to wait till next flowering. Here's my New Zealand lemonade on US897.
just finished new growth. All the lemons fell off, about 20.
collards vs Kale
big flat easy to care for leaves on my collard green plant
Kale with its beautiful folding ruffled leaves look good but
I'll stick with collards for growing inside in winter
6b Steve
sunshine (zone 6a, Ontario,Canada)
7 years agoponcirusguy6b452xx
7 years agoseason55
7 years agoIn a week I'm going to pick my grapefruit! Any recipes for it, or should I just eat it for breakfast?
Lisbon Lemon:
Laura LaRosa (7b)
7 years agoseason55
7 years ago
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