Terri's Trivia Quiz

Terri's Trivia Quiz: "RESULTS OF THE QUIZ
1. the correct answer is potato
2. night shade ...
3. the correct answer is all of the above
4. the correct answer is determinate
5. true ...
6. Roma (San Marzano) ...
7. when you refrigerate them ...
8. salsa ...
9. sunniest part of the garden ...
10. all of the above ...







The Grading Scale
Number of
Answers CorrectGrade
10A - Congratulations! Genius TomatoHead.
8B - Apprentice TomatoHead
6C - Someday TomatoHead
4D - Sorry! Don't quit your day job to
garden....

Love to you who read this blog....
Terri

Have not been able to get in this one for months...

WOW!!! I have not been able to get in this blog fo rmonths, now I can, I will start posting again.....
Some "Green" cleaners...
Lemon dish Soap...
2 cups liquid cstile soap
10 drops lemon essential oil
5 drops tea tree oil

Gentle wool wash....
2 cups liquid castile soap
10 drops lavender e-oil
10 drops cedarwood e-oil
Combine all....shake before using...Add 1 T of this , Swish a bit,
let soak 10 minutes....gently rinse till water runs clear,,,gently squeeze out water and lay flat to dry...

More later...

Love to all who read....

~~~*Terri*~~~

Butchering....

WHEW!!!!
What a month....With summer at hand, it seems to get busier and busier....
We butchered 60 of those broilers we raised. All were from 3.5 lbs. to 5.5 lbs. YUM!!!
Scalded, picked(defeathering), and gutted and washed, chilled and froze....they are good....
Still have 17 left, am going to part these out(cut up into parts....Dont know if we will raise these again, they are hard to raise.
we have looked into a free range chicken from ?, cant remember where..might do those next year.
Signing off for now...
Terri

Garden all in.........

My garden is finally all in. Just finished putting the finishing touches on it.....
Tomatoes(96), potatoes(up 8 inches or so), Peppers(86,but struggling), onions(doing well), carrots(just planted), basils, thyme, lavender, lettuces, 2 eggplants(the mice did not eat on the first greenhouse planting), cilantro, dill, cukes(just up),and more I cannot remember right now,.........
we prayed that Our Heavenly Father would see fit to bless this garden, and so far, I guess He has saw fit to do just that....We are so very Thankful.....
Have you ever thought of that someone who lives away up there, who governs the whole universe? Who, holds all of space and time in the palm of His mighty hand?.......Think about it.....

Free Book "The Gardners Secret Handbook"....

Click on this link and get a free e-book....
http://freeplants.com
Mike McGroarty....
This guy is great, has loads of free gardening things....

Terri

FREE Garden Stuff.....

Here is some FREE Garden things...
Hope I have the links right...
How to grow potatoes in a trash can....
http://www.curbly.com/DIY-Maven/posts/6266-how-to-grow-potatoes-in-a-trash-can
Free Trees and plants......
http://www.freetreesandplants.com/index.html
Free Garden Journal....
http://frugalfamilyfunblog.com/2009/03/starting-garden-journal.html
Free seeds for sending in a Photo of your Garden....
http://www.buzzyseedsblog.com
Free Tree seeds....
http://www.treedazzled.com/treedazzled/FreeSeeds
Free Pack of Tomatoe seeds....
http://www.helpgrowyursoup.com
Free Preserving Journal....
http://site.wayzata-homestead-harvest.com/preserve
Free Garden Journal....
www.gardensandcrafts.com/gardenjournals.html
Free Journal also...
www.northerngardening.com

I hope this helps with some of your gardening needs...and their FREE!!!!!!
Terri

Replanting....

ARGH!!!! those mice, they still are eating my sprouts....bought some of those electronic devices that send out a sound wave, they have worked in my root cellar before, hope they work now. Also, covered all of my pots with wire screening, that should do it, if nothing else will....

Any tips?

Thanks...

Terri

Days of beginning the Greenhouse and thoughts....

OH My!~!~!~!~!~!~~!

The days just fly past, and where have they gone?

Finally received all of my seeds, from my seed suppliers. Went to the "peat" place yesterday..nice stuff. There is a place in the mountains, that use to be a lake and now has dried up, it has wonderful peat.....I am going to use that for the basis of my seed starting mix. Plus, pearlite....

My Dh has installed the "furnace" and it is working VERY well.... Will start next week, hope it's not too late, but, cannot be helped this year. Everyone says, that even if ones plants are small, here when set out in April or early May, once the heat hits(in the 100's), they will catch up to the rest. We also, sectioned off 2/3 of the greenhouse, so there are nice doors to walk through and walls, instead of plastic....looks better. Now to get to all of the junk beyond the doors..argh....

Becasue I am selling to the public this year and people have requested certain types of veggies... I think I must have 60 or so kinds of heirloom and non heirloom tomatoes, also the same amount for peppers. I am going to make my Tom/Pepper patch twice as big. We have always had the water in drip under the plastic mulch, but, am going to experiment this year with different things. They seem to do soooo well, for me,so, I am cutting down on everything else. I get $2.25 per pound at the market for them. (of course, with the economy the way it is, we will see.) But, at least with veggies, one can always eat them.....!

I am going to plant Marigolds in the rows and all around the Garden again this year, did that last year, and what a difference in the bugs, not many...I spray organic and fertilize with the same.

If your using the same pots this year to plant in, be sure to wash or at least soak them, in a solution of bleach and water(2 T to 1 gal. water)...this kills anything that may be lurking to destroy your seeds or seelings.

If anyone, has a better solution than this...feel free to email me at my email....

fiveacrefarmgirl@yahoo.com

Happy Gardening....

Terri