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Post by bunkie on Sept 26, 2010 12:28:21 GMT -5
jo, these bushes i got a long time ago and moved them many times. we started out with four bushes and now have two patches with probably 6 plus plants in each. they keep falling over and starting new plants. this year the production was just amazing! 21 blackberry jam jars and 4 crapapple jam...  OSU Blue Tomatoes...  pete posing...  the real pete...  |
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Post by Soren on Sept 26, 2010 13:42:59 GMT -5
Those OSU's looks amazing! Are they all from the same plant? I would love to get your recipe for the crapapple jam, we have a lot of them growing wild here and it would be nice to use them for something  |
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Post by wildseed57 on Sept 26, 2010 22:21:40 GMT -5
Hey Bunkie, nice size Green house, I wish I had one even if it was just a small one, I would be tickled pink. I tried growing Chia, as I use a lot of the seeds in my Bread that I make, but I couldn't get them to bloom and set seeds, I think the reason was that the plants didn't bloom was they were from a Mexican variety I need to find a early season type that will bloom and set seeds in my zone 5b-6a here in Missouri. It sure would save me a lot of money if I could grow enough to get a few pounds of the tiny seeds. I know I could get space for enough plants if I can get a good early variety. Don't mean to change your post any Bunkie, You definitely have a nice green House.
George W.
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Post by bunkie on Nov 5, 2010 21:15:12 GMT -5
dane, those are the biggest from all the plants, a dozen plus, i planted! i can't remember the recipe i used for the crabapple jam, and apparently have lost it. this one looks close. first time i made it... www.cooks.com/rec/view/0,1823,149184-250200,00.html george, i start my chia seeds in pots in February or March. they start putting on flowers in September, so all have to be carefully covered and protected by the cold. i'm trying all kinds of varieties, so will post more about what i discover, as i discover! ;D OSU Blue sliced...  canning our plums...  some big toms 2010...  drying banana chips...hopefully our container plants will procude in the next couple of years....  ed working on the woodpile...  pete helping with the woodpile...  sample of our brussel sprouts...waiting for a good haard frost or snow to harvest...  sample of our carrots...  apples on one of our 80 plus year old trees...  pears on or 80 plus year old trees...  pete in bushel basket, ready to go pick apples and pears...  pete insists on riding in the tubtrug...  louise looking for an apple, but thinks the bucket's pretty tasty too...  pete found an apple...  pete resting in one of the apple trees...  pete posing on the other apple tree. this is the one i posted a pics of all the apples in it earlier. it has 3 different types of apples (grafted), and split maybe ten years ago and yet produces wonderfully...  pete decides, FINALLY, to help me, and climbs in with the apples and starts knocking them off the tree with his paws...  pete, once again, resting with the apples picked...  onto the pears...pete found some...  thelma and louise found some pears, too...  even lizzie got into the pear action...  start of 2010 apple and pear harvest, with pete checking for mice invaders...  tux stayed at home and catnapped...  |
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Post by Penny on Nov 7, 2010 6:48:47 GMT -5
Great pictures, Bunkie......thanks for showing us......love seeing Pete!
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Post by garnetmoth on Nov 7, 2010 10:53:49 GMT -5
awesome pics, Pete sure is a cutie!
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Post by cornishwoman on Nov 7, 2010 13:27:22 GMT -5
Hi Bunkie,great photos. Make Crab Apple wine some time from your crab apples, it is easy if you use a white grape concentrate{1 qt can } and a packet of champagne yeast,its been ages since I have made it so I cant remember off hand the ratio of sugar to fruit with a concentrate added in the mix,but I remember it turns out to be a blush wine and comes to maturity in around a year.
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Post by bunkie on Nov 7, 2010 21:38:28 GMT -5
thanks kate! maybe in next year. might have to get another tree. i'm experimenting with yeasts as my bread yeasts are not making the wines too tasty....i'm thinking...
pete pete pete...that's all i ever hear! ;D he's mesmorizing, i tell ya! ;D
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Post by mnjrutherford on Nov 8, 2010 7:17:04 GMT -5
MESMERIZING! Yes, I concur! He is adorable. I like the duckies as well.  |
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Post by Penny on Nov 8, 2010 7:46:44 GMT -5
All of the pics were great!!
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Post by bunkie on Nov 26, 2010 11:42:14 GMT -5
the last few days we've been in minus temps at night and single digits during the day. finally we got a balmy 20F this morning...but...it's been snowing since the day before yesterday aand isn't supposed to stop till tomorrow afternoon. in the meantime, the ducks' pond pretty much froze over, and our bathroom sink and tub pipes froze in the wall. ed's working on that now. never froze in 20 plus years! amazing winter so far. here's couple of pics i took before the big storm... pete grooming dad...  ducks' discover the new outside pen...  duck's 1st snow...  night time ducks in snow...  daytime ducks in snow...  pete checking out the new snow....  more pics of the REAL storm later.... ;D |
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Post by Penny on Nov 28, 2010 8:05:20 GMT -5
More great pics, thanks Bunkie.
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Post by bunkie on Nov 28, 2010 18:47:22 GMT -5
thanks penny! and here's many more... ;D greenhouses and barn in snow....  ed checking out the snow...  curly in the snow with his toy...  lizzie in the snow with her toy, and a half-eaten pear...  loveable lizzie in the snow...  louise avoiding the snow, eating bark off the woodpile...  thelma eating hay....  ducks eating by their cabin in snow...  ducks and their cabin...  closeup...remember, their pond froze over...  ducks drinking fresh water...  ducks in outside pen...very confused...the white stuff's everywhere...  ducks' trying to figure out what to do about their frozen pond in back of them...  the thawing is spreading...  i made a path for the ducks to the pond opening with my snow roof rake...  the ducks headed for it...  smart ducks! they got the pond opened up...  original pen behind ducks pond buried in snow...  overview of ducks' pen...  this is my snow roof rake...back in 2007 we had tremendous snow. it snowed a foot every time it snowed and that was every other day. we had 3 and a half feet of snow on our roof before it warmed up and shed. many roofs in surrounding areas collapsed. we were very lucky. that year i bought my snow roof rake. i have the extensions that will go 45 feet. i use the length so the snow coming of the roof doesn't hit me...  see the smiley face on our chimney...and the roof that needs cleaning...  cleaning roof...  clean roof...  next, to clean the greenhouse roof...  cleaning greenhouse roof...  all done...now ed'll go around the sides of it with his little snowplow...when he gets the track on that fell off last year...  curly waiting for ed to clean the tractor...  here comes THE CAVALRY....  curly letting ed takeover...  closeup of the cavalry...  goats waiting for ed to make them a path to their hay....  ed cleaning their path...  pete in bed...  pete hears snow falling...  pete checking the snow out from a safe distance, sort of....  pete a little grumpy...maybe too much snow...  nonchlant pete...  wild pete in the snow...  |
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Post by mnjrutherford on Nov 29, 2010 7:24:45 GMT -5
Wow. My kids would think they were in heaven... till you handed over the roof rake that is!   |
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Post by garnetmoth on Nov 29, 2010 7:42:10 GMT -5
Neat tool, great pics, and awesome cavalry!
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