October Goals
*Pick apples. Make apple butter.
* Make apple pie filling.
* Dehydrate apples.
*Order seed garlic. Plant garlic beds.
* Work on getting garden beds ready for winter.
September Goals
Where did September go?
August Goals
* Pick and can beans.
* Go to orchard, pick peaches, can them.
* Plant fall veggies- lettuce, peas, beets, collards
spinach, cabbage...
I decided to take a break from fall planting. So... I have no fall veggies.
* Get help to make row covers to protect veggies.
Since I didn't plant fall veggies, I didn't need this.
* Make pickles.
* Braid onions and garlic and store for winter.
* Begin drying herbs.
I haven't started this yet.
* Make artisan bread.
I took out the recipe and looked at it. That's as far as I've gotten with it. I'll try
again next month.
* Dig sweet potatoes.
* Make skirt.
No. Made no progress with this. Maybe this winter when I'm stuck in the house.
July Goals
* Harvest beets. Make pickled beets.
* Harvest garlic and onions. Dry for braiding and storage.
* Make pesto for the freezer.
Luckily, I have a good friend who is sharing her bounty with me, so I'll have some blackberries
stashed away in the freezer for cobblers, jam and oatmeal this winter. Thank you, Tara.
* Clean out lettuce bed and prepare for replanting.
Cleaned out - Not replanted yet.
* Pick up storage items from Just In Case. Learn how
to use oat groats.
I ordered and received whole spelt, oat groats, unbleached flour, and salt. I also ordered
a grain flaker, so I can roll my own oats from the groats. I'll be posting about this soon.
* Get out the sprouting jar and start sprouting.
Yummy! I forget how easy it is to make delicious sprouts. I especially like them in a hummus wrap.
* Pray for the tomatoes- that at least a few can survive the
blight and turkey pecking!
At least someone enjoyed my tomatoes....
*Dig potatoes.
The red, white and blue potatoes all grew wonderfully, but the yield was low. I think it was
due to the above record rainfall. So I don't have enough to store for winter, but we've been enjoying
what we have. I'm hoping for a good sweet potato harvest. I'll begin digging those up before too long.
* Make granola and artisan bread.
* Buy fabric for skirt.
June Goals
* Maintain gardens. Weed, pick bugs, spray as needed.
* Harvest garlic scapes from Rocombales and experiment
with new recipes.
*Learn to make artisan bread.
*Organize freezers. Use food from last year's garden.
*Sew something.
May Goals
*Go to herb festival and buy rest of the plants for the garden.
* Plant tomatoes, squash, beans, peppers, herbs.
* Enjoy asparagus from the three year plants.
This is the first time I haven't had to but any asparagus in the spring. I love growing my own.
This is my greatest gardening success thus far!
* Plant new strawberry bed!
*Weed and tend to lettuce and carrots.
*Buy meat on sale and vacuum seal for freezer.
* Make strawberry rhubarb jam.
*Plant sweet potatoes and okra.
Thanks Jay for helping with the sweet potatoes. You're awesome!
April Goals
*Plant new asparagus crowns.
I'll have to wait a few years to eat these plants, but this year I was able to harvest
from the plants I've been tending for the past two years, and oh my goodness, how
yummy they are!
* Weed and hill potatoes as they grow.
*Plant onions.
* Weed and remove some of the straw around the garlic.
It's looking really good! I'll harvest this later in the summer.
March Goals
* Plant potatoes and cabbage.
I had great little helpers for spring planting. Thank you Abby and Kelly.
* Prepare trenches for new asparagus crowns.
* Plant lettuces,peas and beets.
* Spray fruit trees with dormant oil.
* Fertilize berries and fruit trees.
*Restock tissues.
* Restock toothpaste, toothbrushes, floss and mouthwash.
February Goals
*Pick apples. Make apple butter.
* Make apple pie filling.
* Dehydrate apples.
*Order seed garlic. Plant garlic beds.
* Work on getting garden beds ready for winter.
September Goals
Where did September go?
August Goals
spinach, cabbage...
I decided to take a break from fall planting. So... I have no fall veggies.
* Get help to make row covers to protect veggies.
Since I didn't plant fall veggies, I didn't need this.
I haven't started this yet.
* Make artisan bread.
I took out the recipe and looked at it. That's as far as I've gotten with it. I'll try
again next month.
* Make skirt.
No. Made no progress with this. Maybe this winter when I'm stuck in the house.
July Goals
* Pick berries. Eat lots and store excess.
The berries were a bust this year. I didn't have nearly enough to eat or freeze. Bummed about this!Luckily, I have a good friend who is sharing her bounty with me, so I'll have some blackberries
stashed away in the freezer for cobblers, jam and oatmeal this winter. Thank you, Tara.
Cleaned out - Not replanted yet.
I ordered and received whole spelt, oat groats, unbleached flour, and salt. I also ordered
a grain flaker, so I can roll my own oats from the groats. I'll be posting about this soon.
due to the above record rainfall. So I don't have enough to store for winter, but we've been enjoying
what we have. I'm hoping for a good sweet potato harvest. I'll begin digging those up before too long.
June Goals
May Goals
This is the first time I haven't had to but any asparagus in the spring. I love growing my own.
This is my greatest gardening success thus far!
Fresh Market has had some great deals on pork and chicken. I'm stocking up.
April Goals
I'll have to wait a few years to eat these plants, but this year I was able to harvest
from the plants I've been tending for the past two years, and oh my goodness, how
yummy they are!
It's looking really good! I'll harvest this later in the summer.
* Assess damage in food storage and repackage what can be saved.
I know better. But I was in a hurry and instead of taking the time to put my baking goods in jars
and vacuum seal them, I just stacked my chocolate chips and dried fruit, etc. on the shelf. And then we
had a little visitor come and have a party with my food! We finally caught him. It was a flying
squirrel. Darn his hide. Those were Ghiradelli chocolate chips!
I had great little helpers for spring planting. Thank you Abby and Kelly.
February Goals
Thanks to Kenzie for helping with the pruning. It was a big job!
The berries were a mess! Here's before and
after pictures. The thorns on these berries are wicked, and I had the wounds to prove it.
Why didn't we plant thornless berries? I can't remember, but there had to be a good reason.
I ordered asparagus, strawberry and rhubarb, a few new varieties of seed potatoes (blue
and fingerling) and a number of packages of lettuces, carrots and beets. It's almost time
to start spring planting.
Still working on this...
January Goals
(This site helped a lot.)
When I buy meat in the store, I never know where that meat comes from on the animal. It's cut, packaged and ready for me to take home and cook. But when I buy local beef and have it cut and packaged to order, I need to know more about the process. This month I learned a lot and yesterday when I was at the meat counter (buying chicken, not beef), I saw the cuts of beef and quizzed myself to see if I could remember where they came from on the cow. I didn't do so badly. I'm also learning new ways to cook some of the less familiar cuts. I'm so blessed to have a resource for local beef. It tastes wonderful and I know who has raised it, slaughtered it, and butchered it. Three steps to my table. No weird additives or horror stories about CAFO (concentrated animal feed operations) beef. Yes, we're very blessed. Thank you Wendy!
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