Monthly Archives: March 2011

Another Morning

Posted on March 31, 2011 by Tom

Different cat this morning, and different issue, but the same result.  I was up at 4am and decided that since I am planning on taking a weekend off of plants, that I should get on some more of the potting-up … Continue reading →

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More Syrup, And Other Things

Posted on March 30, 2011 by Tom

One of the damn cats got me up at 5 am, which actually is not too bad.  It was time to get up anyway and there is never any lack of things to do.  As for the cat, apparently there … Continue reading →

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Using Maple Sap

Posted on March 29, 2011 by Tom

My tree started producing sap again after a few days of just a few quarts a day.  Last night I took 4 gallons from the pails.  I did not have time to cook it down, but when making dinner (stir … Continue reading →

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Potting Up Lemon Drop Peppers

Posted on March 28, 2011 by Tom

So I did get to it this morning, between visiting with friends and making breakfast for a house full of little girls. The 9 largest plants I put into old yogurt and sour cream containers in which I had cut … Continue reading →

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Planting, potting up, and rooting cuttings

Posted on March 27, 2011 by Tom

Another day of planting.  Not too much, just a few flats of basil in case winter does ever end here, marigolds, and lemon grass (which is a first for me).  The flats of cabbage and broccoli I started on my … Continue reading →

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Birthday Blizzard

Posted on March 24, 2011 by Tom

For the second time in my memory, a blizzard was what I awoke to on March 23rd.  The other time I was 5, and since my parents had promised me a bike for my birthday, I still insisted they take … Continue reading →

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First Harvest

Posted on March 20, 2011 by Tom

Well, our first food of the year is put up, and the harvesting is still going on.  A day and a half of maple sap from our one big tree cooked down to a quart, a pint, and a half … Continue reading →

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What you expect and plan for can be different from what you find

Posted on March 20, 2011 by Tom

Ok, I am sore.  It was not simply a case of having my daughter follow me, handing me zip-ties and moving upside down buckets for me to stand on. The wire, which I had come upon basically for free and … Continue reading →

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First Spring Thaw Gardening Projects

Posted on March 18, 2011 by Tom

As we have now had a significant snow thaw here in east-central Minnesota, this is the first weekend where I have work to really physically do in my outlaying gardens.  Saturday will be spent 90 miles southeast of my home … Continue reading →

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Rumi Banjan Tomato History

Posted on March 8, 2011 by Tom

Last year I was gifted with 3 seeds , half of the six remaining of a tomato collected in Afghanistan in 1937 and held by GRIN, which had been given to a grower to increase, but there had been a … Continue reading →

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