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bacpacker
10-15-2011, 01:42 AM
We have pretty much finished up the garden for the year. The only stuff we have left is some green beans, Kidney beans, Corn for the chickens, A little Aramanath (first time trying to grow that. I will do a larger crop next year), and a surprise when I was plowing getting ready to sow the over winter stuff. I had planted a short row of carrots and thought the hail had killed them out. They turned out very nice. There will be a much bigger row next year. Here a Pic.

http://i1142.photobucket.com/albums/n607/bacpacker/th_100_3329.jpg (http://s1142.photobucket.com/albums/n607/bacpacker/?action=view&current=100_3329.jpg)

Here's one of the corn.

http://i1142.photobucket.com/albums/n607/bacpacker/th_100_3325.jpg (http://s1142.photobucket.com/albums/n607/bacpacker/?action=view&current=100_3325.jpg)

And the aramanath.

http://i1142.photobucket.com/albums/n607/bacpacker/th_100_3326.jpg (http://s1142.photobucket.com/albums/n607/bacpacker/?action=view&current=100_3326.jpg)

This variety grew to over 10 feet tall. It took a while for it to get up and growing. But once the summer got hot it took off. I can't even touch the seed head on the taller variety's any more. I have harvested about a half dozen heads so far and have tied them up in the basement to dry.

helomech
10-15-2011, 01:51 AM
Sweet, what is aramanath used for

bacpacker
10-15-2011, 02:06 AM
It's a grain and is suppose to be good for breads, tortilla's ect. We'll just have to see how it works out. The seed is tiny so it'll take a fair amount to make anything with.
This was done as an experiment, but seems to have done well.

helomech
10-15-2011, 02:20 AM
I am going to start on my greenhouse and aquaponics system right after deer season. It is going to be one hell of a project.

The Stig
10-15-2011, 11:03 AM
Backpacker....good stuff here buddy. Thanks for sharing.

Every once in a great while I think about starting a garden. Then I remember that I'm far to lazy to maintain it or a bird flies by the window and distracts me.

izzyscout21
10-15-2011, 11:11 AM
Mine garden always dies, not normally through my hand.

izzyscout21
10-15-2011, 02:12 PM
Bacpacker........You actually "like" the fact my garden died?? That's cold, friend. Just for that, I'm stealing the chicken coop and salting all of your land!!

bacpacker
10-15-2011, 02:16 PM
Nope, I liked the shared expereince kinda thing. I wouldn't wish a storm like that on too many people. Surely not on a bud!

izzyscout21
10-15-2011, 02:17 PM
I just had to LOL when I saw you did that!

Sniper-T
10-15-2011, 02:24 PM
I was out yesterday picking the last of my tomatoes off the vines :eek: ...

and I look over and see 1/2 dozen strawberries all hanging re in plain view off the vines! Unbelievable! this is the second week of October in CANADA... We had our first frost 3 weeks ago. It was -4C when I got up this morning. And they were sweet and juicy. go figure.

Tomorrow I'll probably pull all my carrots and onions. They seem to have done better in the last month too.

not that I'm complaining.

:)

ravensgrove
10-15-2011, 09:03 PM
Here too, most everything in the various gardens are done now except for the front fodder rows. I have a winter garden out front under row cover: turnips, beets, rhudabaggas, cabbage, carrots, mustard greens and such growing out in my long rows right now...we do use some of it in the house but primarily its to feed the rabbits/goats/chickens/pigs. We're replanting our little hogpanel huts right now. One with salad stuff and one with cold weather herbs. With small box heaters I can keep stuff growing in their clear through to the deepest cold in February.

I love my new handle by the way whoever gave that to me: LOL.

JustAPrepper
10-15-2011, 09:14 PM
BP, you're property is absolutely beautiful. I *wish* we had a piece of land like that <sigh>. Very nice!

bacpacker
10-16-2011, 12:42 AM
Thanks Justa. We got a deal on this place when we got it 19 years ago. There was a short interstate connector going thru about 10 miles from here that connects the 2 largest towns around here across the river in about 5 miles. Next best route was 20+ miles. Needless to say once it opened there was a lot of farmland that went to subdivisions pretty quickly. Any way we got our place about 3 years before it was completed. We got our place for about $6000/acre less than it was 3-5 years later. Now we get to set in our driveway before we can pull out.

In the corn picture all the trees you can see I planted myself. This place was all pasture when we got it.

ladyhk13
10-16-2011, 02:25 AM
Mine garden always dies, not normally through my hand.

Mine usuallyy dies because I forget to water it....it's on the side of the house that i have to go out and connect the hose and run it over to it...I have a soaker hose but when the yard gets mowed of course the hose gets disconnected so I have to unroll the whole thing, reconnect it, turn it on, remember to turn it off...on and on. I forget...and then there's the weeds. they get as tall as i am in 2 days and those buggers have DEEP roots and trunks like trees! They grow 'em big up here, not like in FL. Ok, I just plane forget and get lazy with other things and have a black thumb....I apologize for nothing.

LUNCHBOX
10-16-2011, 03:06 AM
I'm still pulling peppers off red as roses. The misses even warm water bathed canned some. Everything else is done for me also. I keep stringing the ones I pull now to let dry out.

bacpacker
11-11-2011, 10:29 PM
Mrs Bacpacker decided she wanted to fix some cream corn last week, so I had the bright idea to pick a mess of the corn I had growing for the chickens. It turned out very well, so this week we picked about a third of the corn and she cut it off and froze it for use later this winter. I think she ended up with around 15-20 qts. We still have quite a bit left for the chickens this winter.

I've also been picking a little of the Aramanath over the past month or so. The rest of it is finally ready and will get harvested tomorrow. Here's a shot of it, the corn's in the background. The pic isn't great, time permitting I'll try to get a better shot

http://i1142.photobucket.com/albums/n607/bacpacker/th_100_3356.jpg (http://s1142.photobucket.com/albums/n607/bacpacker/?action=view&current=100_3356.jpg)