Well that was quite the year
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Comments (33)Geraldo, yes, squash were $1.99 a LB at the local Kroger's here in the suburbs of Detroit last weekend -- easily making an average butternut $5 to $8. Food prices are REALLY rising here -- a whole chicken that might have been $0.59 a lb a few years ago is now $1.29 to $1.89 a lb unless on sale. So, that is one reason I grow a lot of stuff. There are many more reasons -- enjoyment/fulfillment, hobby/something to do, etc. What is really sad is that so much good food is STILL being thrown out, as you mentioned with the less-than-perfect squash. Alas, when will we, as a society or as a species, learn no to waste? Allenwrench, you asked about my land, and about what I do with all of the things I grow. I have about 2.1 acres, in an "L" shaped lot that is largely flat, but it does have a bit of a gentle slope in the back, and a low spot at one edge that floods a bit a few times a year for a day or two. Soils -- well, I have everything from very heavy clay to sandy loam, and it changes very abruptly in places. I can, freeze, and dry produce. I've gone extra heavy into it this year because of my concerns over the economy, the "global food crisis," peak oil/energy, etc. Since I can do it, why not? I am feeding not only my immediate household, but putting up a lot for my two sisters and their husbands, my niece with 3 kids, and giving a lot away to friends and other family. I'm trying to be as self-sufficient as possible, because I CAN be. I figure everything that I don't have to buy from the store is that much less oil that was burnt shipping food thousands of miles. My limitation here is that I'm not legally allowed to have animals -- so, this means that protein is harder to do -- I'm trying to grow a lot of beans, quinoa, etc., that are vegetable protein sources. I'll try to post some other garden photos tomorrow. Dennis SE Michigan...See MoreI've lost quite a few this year...
Comments (9)Sorry to hear about your dear departed--that's a lot to lose all at once. I was pretty lucky, the only rose I have that might end up being a loss is Tamora, though she was one of my favorites. Got her last year from a local nursery, grafted, planted on the north side but covered with oak leaves most of the winter--so far she's my only rose that isn't starting to bud out, and she's brown and crispy all over, although she does have some green left to her canes at the bases. I haven't pruned her totally down to the green yet, I can't bear to leave her with practically nothing, but I'm going to have to when it warms up. If she doesn't bounce back significantly, I'm going to replace her either with a hardier own-root specimen, or just a hardier apricot altogether (I'm thinking either Buck's Prairie Sunrise, Winter Sunset or Pearlie May)....See More'Italian' so what the heck is Italian?
Comments (9)"You know youÂre olde when..." . . . your mind becomes cluttered with information of consequence to only polite, patient young people. Upon being apprised of the true nature of the solar system by an amazed Watson who has just learned that Holmes did not know this simple fact of physics: "You appear to be astonished," he said, smiling at my expression of surprise. "Now that I do know it I shall do my best to forget it." "To forget it!" "You see," he explained, "I consider that a man's brain originally is like a little empty attic, and you have to stock it with such furniture as you choose. A fool takes in all the lumber of every sort that he comes across, so that the knowledge which might be useful to him gets crowded out, or at best is jumbled up with a lot of other things so that he has a difficulty in laying his hands upon it." digitS' scratching noggin while trying to forget and remember at the same time...See MoreWell, its not quite the Cherry blossoms in DC, but
Comments (8)Wonderful. I love how the texture of the petals and shadows of the stamens are captured in the photos. The one with the steeple object is gorgeous, too....See MoreFrozeBudd_z3/4
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