winter gardening with low temps chart

fruit trees

thinking of ripping out a section of hedge and replacing it with some fruit trees.  at the very least we know that apples grow like mad here.

cooperative extension-tree fruits--varietals, pruning, planting, harvesting, soil care


buying

willis orchards--good prices

Stark Brothers

gurneys

burpee

direct gardening--mixed reviews. save the shipping label.

todays canning

three bean salad

marinated mushrooms

roasted corn salsa

lady A's

roasted tomato salsa

dill relish, chokecherry jam, marinated mushrooms.

the recipes for yesterdays canning


dill pickle relish

chokecherry jam--we may not make this again...a lot of work and it makes himself spit. lol

marinated mushrooms

canning

carrot cake jam

banana preserves/monkey butter

herb syrup

chocolate sauce

zuchinni relish

zuchinni salsa

zuchinni salsa II

chokecherry jam

chokecherry jelly

chokecherry recipes

marinated mushrooms

canning with some oil

hot pepper relish

how to fix runny jam

apple molasses

hawaiian cowboy candy

sweet chili sauce

hot pepper relish !!

habanero salsa

cannign homemade recipe index

food in jars recipe index

the basic jam recipe i am using

pulled up all the tomatoes because of blight again.  going to have to try something different.

growign garlic in maine

zone 3-4 planting schedule

growing strawberries

pineapple

just started one for a  houseplant

http://www.rickswoodshopcreations.com/pineapple/pineapple.htm

peppers

seedman

peppermania catalog

black cobra--getting these in seed trade

goats weed

chileman database of hot peppers

weeds talk!

what weeds say about soil

fall planting, zone by zone and early tomato

Glacier tomato--55 days!!!

August To-Do List for Zone 3

• Harvest time! If you're saving seeds, save only healthy ones, and make sure they have thoroughly dried. Clearly label seed storage containers.
• Pick zucchini when fruit are 4 to 8 inches long—you'll get twice as many.
• Spray water on the top and undersides of zucchini foliage, early in the mornings, to control spider mites and aphids.
• After midmonth, pinch off any new tomato flowers to direct energy to ripening fruit.
• Slowly reduce watering of perennials, trees, and shrubs to allow them to harden-off for the winter.
• Be prepared to protect plants from early frost.
• At month's end, take cuttings of geraniums, fuchsias, and begonias. Root them in damp perlite.

zone by zone lists

Late maturing crops - Approximate maturity 90 days. Plant by mid July for fall harvest, later for spring harvest.

ROOTCROPS

• Beets
• Carrots
• Parsnip
• Rutabaga
• Globe Onions

LEAFCROPS

• Brussells Sprouts
• Cabbages
• Cauliflower
• Fava Bean

Mid-season crops - Approximate maturity 60 days. Plant by mid August. Use any of the dates from above as well as the Best Dates below.

ROOTCROPS

• Early Carrots
• Leek
• Turnip
• Kohlrabi

LEAFCROPS

• Early Cabbages
• Winter Cauliflower
• Collards
• Perennial Flowers
• Perennial Herbs
• Swiss Chard

Early maturing crops - Approximate maturity 30 days. Plant by mid September. Use the dates from the previous page as well as the Best Dates below. The latest dates are for warmer climates, later frosts, or protected plantings.

ROOTCROPS

• Chives
• Bunching Onions
• Radishes

LEAFCROPS

• Broccoli
• Cover Crops
• Leaf Lettuces
• Mustard
• Spinach
• Lawn seed

canning

Strawberry Jam recipe
dilly beans recipe-modified--used half a jalapeno, garlic clove and dill head in jar as well as pickling spice in brine...

zuchinni pineapple

zuchinni pineapple II

tassling corn

hand pollinating corn

hand pollinating corn

been out hand pollinating everything...just waiting for the corn to make some silk

First Reddening tomato

poor thing is all ablush

random garden bits

crazy man eating tomatoes!

Himself had to assist me with stakes when the tomatoes overtook the cages and ripped them out of the ground....

Peppers and our first peter pepper harvest