We left the home for one hour yesterday, Patti and I, simply to pick up empty hive flats left out at the Ness farm to have the bees clean the last remnants of honey out of them. In that hour, the UPS delivery person stuck a note on our door saying that Apple requires a signature to show the software was delivered in person to a resident. The note says that delivery will be attempted again today. No indication of what time, so we are stuck here until they show up.
The software is only to update the operating system of this computer so we can run the software for the new camera and download the photos it takes. No idea what is so complicated about the photos that it required a newer operating system. So far though, as far as we can tell from the small screen on the back of the camera itself, it takes nice photos, and focuses on objects close up without a dozen attempts to do so.
Patti and I are still working through all of the produce we had to haul inside ahead of the frost the other night. About another 30 jars of various pickled produce, sauces, and some salsa. Medium and smoking hot. <grin> Patti had one chip with hot salsa and determined it was out of her comfort range. The kids tried it, then drank a lot of milk to cut the burn, then had more, and more milk. The endorphin rush is a hard thing to resist.
The list of things left to do is getting shorter, but it is still long. I am having quite a few requests for seeds. Due to Minnesota’s laws regarding such economic activity, this is going to be done by a company out of Seattle Washington run by some seed breeder friends of mine: http://newworldcrops.com/wp/
I will let the kids pack up all the seeds, and they can have the money from it. Another life lesson for them regarding how work can equal not just food, but economic reward.
As a short list, of what I think I will have available from seeds harvested this year:
Rumi Banjan Tomato OP
Coldset Tomato OP
Mandan White Flour Corn OP
Arikara Sunflower OP
German Squash (maxima) OP
Jimmy Nardello Sweet Italian Frying Pepper OP
and my short season mochata squash, also an OP
Piggot Family Heirloom Cowpea OP
OP means open-pollinated, which means that crosses may have occurred. I do not grow too much in complete isolation, and it helps to prevent inbreeding of varieties which is detrimental to the genetics anyway.
I have a good number of seeds from last year’s harvest we can divest ourselves of to some extent.
I will get more up on it as we work through things. Watch for updates
You ought to be able to take the SD card out of the camera and have your computer read the files directly w/o the use of camera-manufacturer-software.
Should perhaps, but this computer does not have an obvious port for installation. Software arrives today between 1 and 3 pm.
checked it out. we would have to purchase a separate external drive to accept the card that would plug into the USB port.
No pumpkin seeds are acltulay very nutritious. They are a very good source of iron, vitamin A, folate, and protein. Also, calcium, potassium, zinc, magnesium, phosphorus, omega fatty acids.If your blood pressure is good, then the salt won’t do you any harm either.You can toast them in a pan, on the stove top, if you don’t want to use the oven.
There are certain seeds that I know are harumfl for health example the capsicum seeds and the custard apple seeds pumpkin seeds are not bad as far as my knowledge goes.
hi, i’m cortona from homegrowngoodness, i’m very very interessed in some of your corn variety, can we arrange a trade? please can you drop me a line via pvt message on the forum?
thanks you in advance
Emanuele
Pumpkins seeds should have been srtated already indoors before the last hard frosts . So you are running late you could follow the regular directions but Germany is pretty far north, so your growing season will end earlier than mine. I am in zone 7 now parts of Germany are zone 7, but parts are also zone 6 and although you will not be getting much colder than my area, I am farther south, so your winter will start earlier. Pumpkins take a long time to ripen! So I would ask around to find out when your first killing frosts happen in the fall (which will end your growth pumpkin season, even though the pumpkins themselves can handle some frosts and snow.) The work backwards from that frost date and check the days to maturity on your seed pack to see if you have a chance to still get some pumpkins off that plant before the frost kills the vines.If that works you need to put them in well-draining soil in full sun and water them well. Check the soil to be sure there is a normal Ph and adjust the nutrients or fertilize as requried.Down here in the southeastern US, we need to have some shelter from the sun for the plants, but if they get too much they will mildew on the leaves due to our high humidity at least you should be able to just put them right out in a sunny area and they will grow!Good luck!P.S. unless it is a misprint or bad translation for frost , froth is that foam on the top of a freshly tapped or poured beer!