My kiddos LOVE Apples and Pears and I love using an easy cutter from Pampered Chef to prepare them! And those cores are the the perfect…
Chicken Treats!
Tuesday, October 11, 2011
Saturday, October 8, 2011
Thursday, October 6, 2011
Corn Worms!!!
It is so Beautiful here in Phoenix today! I actually put long sleeves on the kids and myself! Perfect day to spend some extra time in the garden. I was admiring my corn bed, watching bees buzzzzz all over! I love it! Until I noticed some little holes on a leaf of the corn…
YUCK!!!
Corn Worms!! As I started to look closer I noticed they were all over! Since my corn bed is only 10’ by4’ I decided I would search every stalk and pick them all off! They left some nasty “presents” behind for me, GROSS! I continued to pick and clean till I was sure I had gotten all of them!
This cup represents half of what I actually got off of the corn! I read in The Extreme Garden book on Corn and he said…
“Put a drop of mineral oil on the tip of each corn when the tassels turn brown to keep the worms from entering”
So that is what I am going to try! I was pretty frustrated about the whole situation but some ladies I know thought it was pretty great!
If you don’t have Chickens, the garden guys says to drop the worms into a cup of soapy water
Tuesday, October 4, 2011
Cantaloupe!
Our first ripe cantaloupe!!!!!
I hand been out in the garden smelling my melons(never thought I would say that sentence) for weeks now and they all smelled like dirt??? I was beginning to think it was a myth that you could smell the sweetness of the melon when it was ripe. But sure enough I sniffed this bad boy and it smelled SWEET! I was so excited that I ran inside with it and woke up my kids from their nap so they could eat it. It was BIGGER than my 3 year olds head!
Since I promised to show my mistakes on this blog…
…here is a melon that I was too impatient to not pick a few weeks ago! It smelled like dirt…
And it was GREEN
They boys were so bummed!
The Chickens LOVED it!
HOW to Pick a Ripe Melon:
1. Smell it! It will smell sweet I promise, just wait!
2. More tan then green
3. Slips from the vine (not necessarily on all kinds of melons)
4. Where the flower was should give slightly when pressed!
Happy Melon Picking!
Monday, October 3, 2011
Praying Mantis
Can you see him?
I’ll give you a hint…Look for the bee’s butt he is chewing on
When I discovered him hanging out in my corn a few weeks ago I told my four year old that I had a new friend in the garden! When I showed him that he had caught a bee he said-
“Mommy, your friend is eating your other friend!!”
Yes he is but I’m sure he is eating some “Non-Friend” bugs as well! Plus we get TONS of bees. It makes me happy to have all of my insect “friends” in my garden!
It’s one of my favorite things about organic gardening!
Tuesday, September 20, 2011
Front Yard Experiment!
So I’ve been trying pots! There are so many on clearance right now that I thought I would do some experimenting
In this pot we planted a little heirloom herb garden
My son LOVES cucumbers and we have yet to grow them so we are giving it a try in this big pot, it is bigger then a 5 gallon bucket and I have since weaned it down to 5 sprouts and they are getting their second set of leaves.
The side beds are doing GREAT! They get full sun almost all day, until maybe 5?
Some melons decided to grow from some seeds that survived the composting process. They picked such perfect spots to grow that I just left them! Now we have 6 HUGE melons on two plants!
The basil bolted but still smells amazing and is still benefitting my garden
Now I am starting all my fall planting! Lettuce varieties, spinach, peas, broccoli, carrots, beets, and more
Friday, September 9, 2011
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