tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4639463329089942340.post1989030947412246828..comments2023-06-20T08:53:16.140-04:00Comments on <center>Lemonade Adventures </center>: A Day in the Spring-Rush LifeFaithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15491898004275353526noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4639463329089942340.post-90330044718729525192009-05-17T10:40:00.000-04:002009-05-17T10:40:00.000-04:00Hi Marmee!
Yup, just Michael and I now. My DH ha...Hi Marmee!<br /><br />Yup, just Michael and I now. My DH has left us, and my three adult children are not here. But we have a lot of fun and we are like-minded on most everything, so we have a great time with our plans.<br /><br />Yes, the horses are in a fenced area. But we have only 5.65 acres and we need them for grass eating. We use electric fencing for a lot of the front and we can move it around where we like.<br /><br />We are in East TN. <br /><br />I'm really glad you came by!<br /><br />~FaithFaithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15491898004275353526noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4639463329089942340.post-65113323854135845432009-05-17T09:45:00.000-04:002009-05-17T09:45:00.000-04:00wow oh! you have a lot going on...is it just you a...wow oh! you have a lot going on...is it just you and the little man doing it all? i am sure you will be rewarded. i read a bunch of your previous blogs...do your horses just stay around or are the fenced? what part of the country do you live in? <br />hope you are able to reap a wonderful harvest from all that you have planted.marmeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00622899170079254810noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4639463329089942340.post-30649373119567538822009-05-16T11:49:00.000-04:002009-05-16T11:49:00.000-04:00If you have somewhere to go buy a bag of old fashi...If you have somewhere to go buy a bag of old fashioned chewing tobacco...yep the kind the old cowboys used to keep in the cheeks and spit into the spitoon...take a hand full and put it into at large container with a lid. glass is best. and steep it like tea. when done filter and put it in the spray bottle mixed 50/50 with water. <br /><br />you are adding boards to the sides of the potato boxes area't you? as you add the next set of 4 boards just fill up the box with straw up to the top couple of leaves. and as the potato plant catches up keep doing the same. experiment with dirt in one box and straw in the next and see which one produces more.Tracy Bruringhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17680058756528755356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4639463329089942340.post-36825431168181972152009-05-16T09:07:00.000-04:002009-05-16T09:07:00.000-04:00Sweethearts Mom,
Thank you for the potato box tip...Sweethearts Mom,<br /><br />Thank you for the potato box tip. I did not know that! <br /><br />I had heard you can grow them in straw, but wasn't sure how to apply that in this situation. I will check that out for sure. <br /><br />Tobacco tea.... hmmmmm. Wonder where I could get a hold of some of that. There used to be tobacco allotments everywhere around here, but most have gone away in the last 10 years. <br /><br />Yes, Michael is truly a gift. We really appreciate our time together. Children are the greatest blessings. Are those four cuties your G-kids? <br /><br />~FaithFaithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15491898004275353526noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4639463329089942340.post-10581675465222713962009-05-16T08:37:00.000-04:002009-05-16T08:37:00.000-04:00Good morning Faith. I am glad you posted on my sit...Good morning Faith. I am glad you posted on my site because I added you to my list of blogs to follow. I haven't read your blog back to the beginning but I plan to the first all day rain I get. I have to tell you this though, that I am so very impressed with Michael and I am glad you are blessed with such a wonderful worker. Does it ever amaze you at how much you can get done when you have someone like that who is on the same page? Your garden is HUGE! I wish I had time for one that size. i will get there though. <br />1 thing that you wrote...on the potatos. You wrote that you must fill the towers with good dirt. That is kind of wrong. research it but the dirt on the bottom must be really good and rich, but as you fill it in, it can be simply sand or straw. Potatos get their nutrients from the very bottom not the middle. It just can't be clay as you fill it in it has to be soft and well draining. <br /><br />And oh my gosh your beautiful grapes and blackberries. I am so excited for you. <br />Also I am not sure if it will help but tobacco tea is a good non toxic insectacide. It kills bugs by giving them diareah. It may control flea beatles. <br /><br />I am proud of you. Keep doing what you are doing. I hope Michael will also keep doing what he is doing. I read your intro and am sorry that anyone would give up what you have but I am glad you have this land and are working it.Tracy Bruringhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17680058756528755356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4639463329089942340.post-34602015241295880742009-05-14T12:01:00.000-04:002009-05-14T12:01:00.000-04:00Hi Kim!
We mow down our wild blackberries as well...Hi Kim!<br /><br />We mow down our wild blackberries as well, we have too many of them. I try to keep a few here and there, but the problem with them is that every year, when the time comes for much needed rain, we dry up, and get no crop from them. So we are left with only brambles in the way.<br /><br />These blackberries are thornless and don't become weeds. The berries are big, juicy and sweet, rather than small dry and tart as the wild ones can be often.Faithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15491898004275353526noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4639463329089942340.post-56376272498880292792009-05-14T11:31:00.000-04:002009-05-14T11:31:00.000-04:00Oh my goodness you are busy! I have the same prob...Oh my goodness you are busy! I have the same problems with my kiwi...lots of vines, few fruit. Blackberries grow wild around here and I can't imagine planting them on purpose. They are one of our top pests, next to slugs and elk!!! I love the pics with the kiddo on the trampoline, what fun! Kiminadvertent farmerhttp://sweetgrace.typepad.com/the_inadvertent_farmer/noreply@blogger.com