This is a fast update - mostly captions on pics!
I thought I should do an update on the raised beds in MD since they are the main producers right now...
I harvested some collard greens and cooked them with homemade chicken stock. I took some of the old chicken bones from the freezer and added a leg quarter and pressure cooked with some celery and onions (and a bay leaf and salt). I canned 8 pints of the chicken stock in the PC! First time that I have canned chicken stock! Anyway, the good news is that I like collard greens!
 |
| Collard greens from the MD raised beds! Cooked in homemade chicken stock. |
 |
| The cucs and the sunflowers looking good! Smokey approved! |
 |
| Peppers (middle bed) are doing ok. They need staking. |
 |
| Another pic of the sunflowers and cuc's |
It was a hard weekend on equipment. Broke 2 mower blades on the husq and 1 on the Huskee. When replacing the blade on the Huskee I stripped the spindle! ARGGG - NEVER use an impact wrench to tighten ANYTHING!! I went to TSC and ordered spindle and picked up a spare deck belt for the husq. - the grinding up of the straw really burned out the old belt - which was already pretty old and worn. Total list of problems is unavailable since I was overwhelmed! husq deck weldment repair failed (fixed now), blades broken an replaced, spindle stripped, belt broken (good thing I picked up spare at TSC!), rear tire of Huskee leaked then flat and bead broken.
Finally got to mulch in the cabbages and Kale. I was scrounging for mulch - even used some freshly gathered from mowing.
 |
| MULCHED! Weeds and grass subdued giving the cabbages a chance (I hope) I also sprayed Sevin on the brassicas since many were almost completely stripped by cabbage worms! |
 |
| Some cabbages are already dead I am afraid. Even a couple of the big ones in the front of this picture are so water logged they are likely not to make it. |
 |
| Kale |
 |
| I got 3 solar powered lawn ornaments for kicks. I like them! |
No comments:
Post a Comment