tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1423140573667417407.post2157937412304051014..comments2024-03-18T12:04:27.789-05:00Comments on A Home Grown Journal: The Rush of Fall is Upon UsMama Peahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03649357184167949247noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1423140573667417407.post-88017669419843711742020-09-16T12:14:30.499-05:002020-09-16T12:14:30.499-05:00I've always failed with carotts! Multiple trie...I've always failed with carotts! Multiple tries/varieties, compost, oh well. I just took down my summer decor, will wait til the end of the month for Autumn stuff... rain in the forecast here, fingers crossed!!!Nancy In Boisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03749272217529362089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1423140573667417407.post-33901617557660958612020-09-15T11:10:23.459-05:002020-09-15T11:10:23.459-05:00Vera - I think changing my in-house decorations he...Vera - I think changing my in-house decorations helps me (and maybe others!) stay in touch with the changes of the season. And it's a celebration of the holidays, making us think of and remember them. Besides the four seasons, I do decorations for Valentine's Day, Easter, 4th of July, etc. As I was taking down the summer ones and putting out the autumnal ones just the other day, it crossed my mind how the house would look and be decorated if I just left generic decorations around all the time. I'm not sure I could come up with enough "generic" ones to make things look attractive!Mama Peahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03649357184167949247noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1423140573667417407.post-87027136762029989642020-09-15T02:02:31.967-05:002020-09-15T02:02:31.967-05:00I am looking forward to Fall now we are back in th...I am looking forward to Fall now we are back in the UK. Already some of the trees are starting to show autumnal colouring, which I love. So much richness of colour! <br />I never fully understood why you changed your house decorations from season to season. But now I have come to understand what a good idea it is, because it reflects the changing seasons, and you have the excuse to make more crafty things as well!<br />Verahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13235143664894609891noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1423140573667417407.post-1451195379537628992020-09-14T17:10:17.266-05:002020-09-14T17:10:17.266-05:00linnellnickerson - I know what you mean about how ...linnellnickerson - I know what you mean about how it doesn't seem summer could be over already. I was just thinking today how it doesn't seem as though I did as much food preservation as usual. But I did! Strange, mixed up feelings about this past gardening and harvesting season. Our high for the day was 54° which was okay working outside, but certainly not warm. I think everything left in the garden may be shivering!Mama Peahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03649357184167949247noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1423140573667417407.post-51237279088233191812020-09-14T14:21:50.924-05:002020-09-14T14:21:50.924-05:00It's starting to get colder here at nite. Duri...It's starting to get colder here at nite. During the day it's still in the low seventies. Seems like summer just flew by. Sounds like your going to be busy for awhile with the garden. How great it will be when it's all put up for the winter!Take care!xolinnellnickerson@gmail.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09217239345874191206noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1423140573667417407.post-771547798173631172020-09-13T08:27:43.586-05:002020-09-13T08:27:43.586-05:00Rosalea - We've tried layering the carrots in ...Rosalea - We've tried layering the carrots in both sand and sawdust and storing in our root cellar but neither proved as satisfactory as the method I've been using described above. I am fortunate to have a large second refrigerator (do not know what I would do without it!) in which to store the bags of carrots so I can sympathize and well understand the frustration you have of storing yours in the crisper drawer of your main refridge! Growing a large garden can be challenging enough but then there comes the issue of properly preserving and storing the fruits of our labor. Which is a whole other part of growing our own food!Mama Peahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03649357184167949247noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1423140573667417407.post-66465004645915626212020-09-13T05:42:41.565-05:002020-09-13T05:42:41.565-05:00Thank you Mama Pea: I have not had good luck with ...Thank you Mama Pea: I have not had good luck with the sand in the pail option, but then, we don't have a proper root cellar. There is a strange hump in the ground behind the barn, and neighbours say it used to be a root cellar. Hubby makes noises about digging it out..... I've been layering carrots in paper towels, spaced apart, and storing in the crisper drawer.(a la internet) It works, but there is no room for anything else! I've been doing a 4'X4' spring planting, and a later 4'X4' planting, which I leave in the ground until hard frost time.Rosaleahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09403965807770816977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1423140573667417407.post-70437082869493050422020-09-12T14:22:08.591-05:002020-09-12T14:22:08.591-05:00JustGail - I've been doing a bit of research r...JustGail - I've been doing a bit of research regarding the problem with a lot of my carrots and I, too, came across that it could be nematodes. I know the soil was good, but you can be sure I'll plant them in a different location next season!<br /><br />I do change decorations for each season and always (each and every time -- darn) manage to forget to take down at least one thing for the season past. Congratulations on having a head start for your Christmas holiday decorations this year! ;o)Mama Peahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03649357184167949247noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1423140573667417407.post-21371922151556356382020-09-12T08:42:10.396-05:002020-09-12T08:42:10.396-05:00Now that we've had rain and cold for a week, I...Now that we've had rain and cold for a week, I should have just yanked everything last Monday and been done with it all for this year. Other than trying to beat back the weeds and grass that is. As to the carrots and forking, I'm thinking it's nematodes???? or some other little critter or disease. not carrot fly maggots, those things just burrow into your carrots and eat them.<br /><br />As for decorations, I never got around to doing anything for any season or holiday this year. In fact, it was in spring when I realized I missed one Christmas item (it's tradition for me to miss at least one item) and I "tomorrowed" putting it away, or at least out of sight, for so long I'm now ahead of schedule in starting Christmas decorating for this year.JustGailhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08948391538309176039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1423140573667417407.post-83336965414161783342020-09-12T07:53:43.459-05:002020-09-12T07:53:43.459-05:00Michelle - The past several years we haven't h...Michelle - The past several years we haven't had a killing frost until into October so these last couple of days of a frost warning just didn't seem right! Only down to 51° over night last night. Guess Mother Nature just wanted to scare us.<br /><br />Rosalea - This is the first morning in three that we haven't had a wee fire to take the chill off. 'Course, I have a mock turtleneck, long sleeved shirt and sweatshirt on! We've experimented storing our carrots every way you can think of but they keep best when I put them in plastic bags that have several vent holes poked in them. Right now they're in our spare refridge but as soon as the root cellar cools off, they'll go down there. They stay good 'til way into spring this way.<br /><br />SmartAlex - You're so far ahead of us by having your driveway markers up! I just reminded Papa Pea a day or so ago that we need to do that. (Or is that encouraging early snowfall?) Needs to be done anyway. For an organized person, list making comes before the actual physical work. (How's that for my idea of putting it all off??) :o)Mama Peahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03649357184167949247noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1423140573667417407.post-56476599064061090892020-09-12T06:27:28.125-05:002020-09-12T06:27:28.125-05:00We're getting ready for fall here too. Yester...We're getting ready for fall here too. Yesterday we closed up the front porch and put fencing around the shrubs. Put up driveway markers. The vegetable garden is moving along stage by stage but I have a LOT of perennial dividing to do. I just sit here making a list and have yet to sink a shovel in the ground.....SmartAlexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06219182373225762230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1423140573667417407.post-44046966029623973012020-09-12T05:56:33.217-05:002020-09-12T05:56:33.217-05:00Yep. Ditto on the weather. Frost advisory Thurs. a...Yep. Ditto on the weather. Frost advisory Thurs. and Fri. nights. Very dewy, but no frost. Got the chimney cleaned yesterday, and we are having a wee fire to just take off the morning chill. I picked the rest of the tomatoes yesterday, and we covered the bean fence, hoping the forecast warmer (night temps) will allow the beans to continue. Those are some wild carrots! How do you store them for the winter? Rosaleahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09403965807770816977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1423140573667417407.post-41268816574481643862020-09-11T23:42:29.558-05:002020-09-11T23:42:29.558-05:00My goodness, weren't you just wondering if it ...My goodness, weren't you just wondering if it would EVER warm up???Michellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01550786937196525098noreply@blogger.com