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twenty foot garden twenty foot garden gardening in zone 8b in 20 feet of raised square foot beds and whatever i can squeeze into the front yard wednesday january 29 2025 reading challenge and storygraph i started a reading challenge that requires the reader to read a book from every state in the country i got interested in it late last year when i was looking up reviews of a book on goodreads one reviewer said that she was doing a 50 state challenge this intrigued me i google searched it and most of the information was related to some challenge for kids but i m there was one on storygraph i ended up joining storygraph and downloading the app now i do most of my book challenges reviews and reading lists through that site i like that it gives you warnings if a book contains things that trigger you that there are many challenges to choose from instead of just how many books you plan to read in a year like goodreads has that they compute your streaks that they record and list all of your 5 star reviews for you to look at any time i was also able to download everything from my goodreads account so it kept all my previously read books you can manipulate your data from your own readings in several way posted by cristy at wednesday january 29 2025 no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest saturday may 30 2015 pondering the peach tree the peach tree in this post i was pondering what to do about my peach tree since we are moving dave from our happy acres blog had given me the wise advise that moving a large tree would probably kill it i contacted david the good from florida survival gardening about the possibility of grafting since he is a grafting guru and he said it could only be done when the tree was dormant that is not good for me since our house is currently on the market and we hope to sell it before summer ends and certainly before the tree goes dormant again so i kept pondering what to do what to do was there no way to keep a tree that has been so good to me and finally i came up with a couple of solutions they are amazing to me in their simplicity the first thing i decided to do was to save several of the seeds and plant them i had a few drops i had missed so the seeds were available even though it would have been smarter and easier to just carry the seeds and plant them at the new place i didn t think that far ahead i planted them in some good garden soil impatiently i dug up one of them to see what was going on it had tiny rootlets so maybe the other thing i decided to do was to take cuttings from the tree and try to root them my grandmother used to root anything and everything so it seemed worth a try i bought rooting compound and set out to try rooting peach tree cuttings rooting peach tree cuttings adding the rooting compound i tend to be generous with the compound and the finished project in case you have never done any rooting before i will go through the easy steps cut a small piece from your plant of choice going down to the place it forks from the other branch then remove the outer layer of bark exposing the cambium wood i use my fingernail so that i won t go too deep remove all the lower leaves leaving just a few one or two is enough at the very top dip it in the rooting compound put it in a prepared pot and keep damp maybe i ll be able to get peaches at the new place now posted by cristy at saturday may 30 2015 5 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels peach tree monday may 4 2015 peaches this year i don t have time for a long post i took almost the entire week off from my work preparing for our move to deal with our peaches this week i have to get back on track with the stuff for the move despite that i did want to update you on the peaches this year we harvested 57 pounds what a great tree peach jam cooling on the counter since this will be the last home grown peaches i have for awhile i wanted to make sure i got as much jam as possible i ended up with 23 pints i found a recipe for peach peeling and pit jelly and made that with a gallon of the peelings and pits that gave me 5 pints of jelly so i feel pretty happy about the harvest linking with daphne s dandelions for harvest mondays posted by cristy at monday may 04 2015 16 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels harvest monday peaches monday april 27 2015 fruitfulness first harvest of peaches second harvest of peaches more on the tree i always love peach season i have a feliciano peach tree this is a very early peach tree that produces well with low chill hours last year i harvested 71 pounds of peaches from this wonderful tree last year was much colder and i began harvesting on may 2 2014 this year i began harvesting friday april 24 2015 but those first peaches were eaten immediately by my children and me so there is no record of those i am very excited about the fruitfulness of this tree the only bittersweet part of this is that my family has decided to sell our home we are hoping to move to land that s our goal it s great to get more land but leaving this tree is hard for me it s a huge tree and would need a crane to remove it from the land i have a friend who is keeping many of my other plants until we can get settled into our land she would be willing to plant it and keep it for me if anyone knew of a way to save the tree for our future use thank you in advance for any advice i am happily linking with daphne s dandelions for harvest monday i really appreciate her long standing devotion to the community of bloggers on harvest mondays through out the years it has been great to read about gardens even when i am too busy to do much gardening posted by cristy at monday april 27 2015 16 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels harvest monday peach tree peaches friday february 6 2015 easy homemade diy flavored coffee creamer i love flavored coffee creamer but lately i have been on a kick to save money and i don t like all the unpronounceable things in the flavored coffee creamers you can buy i went on the internet and looked up recipes for flavored coffee creamer but all the ones i could find required that i buy something else i wanted a recipe that used items i already have in my cupboards i decided to make use of the years of cooking in my history to come up with something that would work for me with the ingredients i have on hand here s what i came up with homemade flavored coffee creamer 1 2 cup cold water 1 1 3 cups nonfat dry milk powder 3 4 cup sugar 1 pat of butter margarine coconut oil about the size you would put on a piece of toast this is for that creamy mouthfeel store bought creamers have use any of the following or any extract that you fancy 1 t vanilla extract 1 t almond extract 1 t maple extract in a saucepan mix the top 4 ingredients and cook until it steams if you cook it too long it will get really thick it still tastes good but has to be spooned into the coffee instead of poured then add the flavoring of choice it helps to use an immersion blender to really mix up those powdered milk solids so they will be smooth pour into a jar and keep refrigerated for your morning coffee i also added a pinch of nutmeg one time i like that little more complex flavor as well it s a really cheap recipe so try it out mix it up to your tastes posted by cristy at friday february 06 2015 4 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels recipe monday january 19 2015 free mulch for 20 years our municipality has collected christmas trees and then mulched them giving out the mulch for free to residents this is the first year that we made a point to participate in this windfall my son and i went down to the fairgrounds the nice people loaded it and smoothed it we didn t even have to get out of the truck we were only responsible for the unloading it started with more than this but i forgot to photograph it until we reached this point in the process filling the wheelbarrow to put the mulch in our back yard gardens my son and i posing as we put the mulch in the back yard we ended up with enough to go around every tree that lines my property line next year we might come home and drop the load and go back for a second load the people said that it was fine to do this we didn t know how much we would need or how long it would take us we also didn t know how much energy we had to devote to the project we know for next year it was a wonderful blessing to us saving us somewhere in the area of 400 had we used purchased pine bark mulch for the same area and it is so good for the environment re using what would otherwise go to the landfill and avoiding all those plastic bags that would have been on the pine bark mulch win win posted by cristy at monday january 19 2015 8 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels frugal tip monday december 29 2014 winter harvests i don t always plant a fall winter garden but when i do i am always reminded of how nice it is to have a winter garden the crops are so much easier maintenance than a summer garden and the flavor of fresh picked broccoli and english peas is divine this year i have broccoli which we are harvesting at least 3 times a week now we have english peas which are just starting to produce pods then there is swiss chard which i love and am so glad to have in the garden again i had really missed eating swiss chard i also have 3 cabbages which look really good i tried to grow 2 types of onions from seed the seeds all sprouted and looked good until i transferred them into the garden now i have 2 little sections of about 10 onions in each i don t know what happened there were probably 100 of each variety before i transferred them to the garden maybe i didn t water enough i don t know i also planted some garlic which looks great i hope to plant some bok choi and red flowered fava beans next week i may plant more swiss chard too that s it for me see what others are harvesting on daphne s dandelions happy new year posted by cristy at monday december 29 2014 6 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest older posts home subscribe to posts atom about me cristy gardening nature and my family are my passions join me on a walk through my day view my complete profile followers pinterest member of the grimy hands girls club blog archive 2025 1 january 1 reading challenge and storygraph 2015 5 may 2 april 1 february 1 january 1 2014 21 december 1 september 1 august 1 july 4 june 4 may 2 april 2 march 2 february 3 january 1 2013 11 december 2 november 2 october 1 september 2 august 1 may 1 march 1 january 1 2012 24 december 3 october 2 august 2 july 6 june 4 may 2 april 3 march 1 february 1 picture window theme powered by blogger