http://gardening.mattburks.com/wordpress Small scale gardening in Middle Tennessee Mon, 09 Mar 2009 15:06:25 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I've decided to move over to blogspot for a more complete blog... http://aspiringhomesteader.blogspot.com/ If I can figure out how to export from WordPress to blogspot I'll be moving these posts over. If not.. oh well. http://gardening.mattburks.com/wordpress/?p=19 Its seed starting time, and I've got a few going already. Above is a snap shot of my Green Bunching Onions that I panted a couple of weeks ago. They've just started to show some green on their tips in the last couple of days. I'll let them get a ... http://gardening.mattburks.com/wordpress/?p=18 It won't be long now. The seed catalogs are rolling in. It's funny, I've bought from one company and for some reason I've gotten about 20 different seed catalogs this year. http://gardening.mattburks.com/wordpress/?p=15 We just picked a few more items from the garden. We picked more cucumbers some okra, potatoes, peppers and two tomatoes. http://gardening.mattburks.com/wordpress/?p=14 Susan and her sister made some pickles yesterday from cucumbers that were picked from our garden as well as some from her sister's garden. I forget what kind they made but I believe they were some kind of sweet pickle. Here's our cucumber harvest: Here's a few of the pickles they made: http://gardening.mattburks.com/wordpress/?p=13 The raised bed I have at our house is doing good. The German Queen tomatoes are up about 4ft now and have some small green tomatoes on them. First pic of bed right after the catnip and the carrots were planted: Pic right after I installed the irrigation system: Pic taken this morning ... http://gardening.mattburks.com/wordpress/?p=12 Susan and I have gone out to my parent's house twice this week to pick some of their blackberries to make jelly out of. We picked just shy of a gallon on Monday (7/7/08) and last night we went back out there and picked probably 1 1/4 gallons. Susan made ... http://gardening.mattburks.com/wordpress/?p=11 2lbs Firm Squash 2 Small onions 1/4C Salt 2C Sugar (or less) 1tbls Celery Salt 1tbls Mustard Seed 3C Cider Vinegar -With just enough water to cover, let the squash, onions, and salt set for 1hr. Drain but do not rinse, combine sugar, vinegar, mustard seed, celery salt and bring to a boil. Pack squash and onions ... http://gardening.mattburks.com/wordpress/?p=10 Susan planted two types of pumpkins out at our garden at my parent's house. Cinderella pumpkins were one type, not sure what the other type was. We also weeded the corn by hand. Made a wall around the squash plants and gave them plenty of water. Picked some more squash from ... http://gardening.mattburks.com/wordpress/?p=9 Row 1 = 4 catnip plants Row 2 = Thumbilina Carrots Row 3 = Thumbilina Carrots Row 4 = 3 German Queen Tomato plants Row 5 = 3 German Queen Tomato plants Row 6&7 = Nothing - Carrots don't seem to be doing anything at all. Soil wrong maybe? They seem to need sandy soil and ... http://gardening.mattburks.com/wordpress/?p=8