Crops
Fall Fermenting With Pictures!
I purchased Sandor Katz’s The Art of Fermentation and I have fallen in love with fermenting everything. Well, I have stopped at fermenting the dogs. Pickles, relish, I’ve even started doing naturally fermented root beers…have I mentioned that I love fermented stuff? Oh, I see I have. I just looked back over my … Continue reading
Thunder Porch
I’ll need to take a few minutes out of my day today to tidy up our screen porch. Thunderstorms are predicted to come Friday night. And the screen porch is our favorite viewing spot. Okay, truth be told it is my favorite spot. Others in the family leave the safety of the porch for better … Continue reading
VF&G’s Tomato Plants for Sale
Yep that’s what happens when you plant twice as many seeds as you need plants, you end up with plants for sale. Unlike some of the other things that I start from seed, like flowers, tomatoes need good adoptive parents. Extra flowers I can just stick out any where on the farm and just let … Continue reading
Makin’ Room and Changing Places
Crowded The Hippy Hot Hut is crowded! Packed full and I haven’t even dented what I was supposed to have in starts this year. The bench is full, and so is the north wall shelves, hanging bar and floor. The bench is mostly propagation heat mat covered and in direct sunlight. It is the main … Continue reading
In and Out of Trouble Again
Vicktory Farm & Gardens’ CFO said that I had better get to posting if I want to see any more funds come my way for my pet projects. And he wanted the post to be about him. So here you have it, the latest Dirt miracle. How We Form A Garden Here at VF&G it … Continue reading
Getting Tucked In
Dear Reader, I need to quit thinkin’ I have until October 15th to get things ready for frost. First off, it isn’t like it only takes one afternoon to do everything, second, it’s not like it is always on October 15th. It’s an average date! And average means in between early and late! And especially when … Continue reading
Brrr. Thinkin’ of Tomatoes
Sure hope the tomatoes survived the chilly temperature of last night. I’ll know in an hour and a half when I go out to the Market Garden to fetch more tomatoes to can. The tomato plants here at Vicktory Farm & Gardens spend their whole life (after transplanting) in a poly tunnel, or high tunnel, … Continue reading
