Archive for the ‘Gardening’ Category
September 21st, 2009 | 
Author: Saving tomato seeds is a little different from other plants, but it’s so easy! Simply cut your tomato in half and squeeze out the seeds into a jar. Once your seeds are finished add a few tablespoons of water to the jar. Place a coffee filter over the top and secure with a rubber band. Let this sit in a warm place for 3 to 5 days. It works faster in hot weather. Once done, skim the scum off the top and pour the seeds into a fine mesh strainer. Rinse them well and spread out on a dry coffee filter. Leave them for a day or two, then scrap them off and onto another dry filter. Let them sit for a week or two, to fully dry. Then package into paper envelopes and store in a cool place. If you would like to keep them in jars or plastic baggies make sure they are VERY dry so they don’t start to mold.
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Tags: Gardening, seed saving, tomato | 
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Well fall is here and its time to harvest our potatoes!
We have found that storing them in mesh feed bags works the best for us.
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Our garden is growing nicely this year. These photos were taken 2 days ago. Since then we have had a lot of rain. So the plants are looking much happier now.
Our beans are just starting to produce.
Second crop of lettuce.
Green and yellow zucchinis just starting.
The cucumber beetles I’ve been fighting with. Grrrr
We have our first and only potato beetle larva and garden update.
I cant believe that harvest is already starting, potatoes, peas ,broccoli and zucchini oh yeh and radishes.
These are new 2009 first ones bigger than i thought!
More updates and more on the local weather, growing trends and some other things on our minds.
July 6/09
All the potatoes are up and flowering.
