I am thinking about it with the intent to just knock it down next year and use it in place of straw. I still need to discuss it with one or two people who I go to for advice. I am pretty sure if I don't do it this Fall I will next year as I have an acre or more lined up for next year along with a few toadies (kids) to help as needed. I may also do this organically so a cover crop goes a long way towards helping accomplish that if you knock it down.Do any of you plant a cover crop, like cereal rye in the fall? I have been thinking about it. I would have to use a weed eater, hoe, or other hand tool to cut and kill it though.
I am thinking about it with the intent to just knock it down next year and use it in place of straw. I still need to discuss it with one or two people who I go to for advice. I am pretty sure if I don't do it this Fall I will next year as I have an acre or more lined up for next year along with a few toadies (kids) to help as needed. I may also do this organically so a cover crop goes a long way towards helping accomplish that if you knock it down.
That looks like a Sweet Pea flower to me.
That's probably what I had confused with when I said snap dragon? Yes, it resembles flowers I have seen.
I googled the image and it sure looks like them.
My garden is done, but I still have quite a few flowers blooming and am picking apples like crazy. The neighbor lady and I have made close to 30 apple pies for the freezers. I think the five we made today are the end of our pie making for this season. She is 79 and does the crusts while I do all the peeling/slicing and filling making. Soon, I will need to dig my dahlia, canna lily and crocosmia tubers/bulbs. I still need to get my potatoes and onions stashed in the root cellar.
We're still getting a half dozen tomatillos 3 or 4 times/week and they're still blooming. Tomatoes are basically done. Peppers are still going and I have some turnips to get out of the ground.
I still have a fair amount of green tomatoes but they seem to be rotting before ripening. I fooled around and got lazy with the Daconyl and the blight took hold of the plants. The recent monsoon of rain has provided more laziness, loosing a lot of peppers to rot. I hope to still freeze and dry some.
I just canned 25 half pints of Korean BBQ sauce, made from what may be the last of the good tomatoes.
Got a recipe for this mom45? My step mother is requesting some. TIA!I was hoping for a bunch of green tomatoes at the end so I could make more relish....