JJONES
Illinois
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enjoy flower gardening, water gardening, veggie, really any kind of gardening where i can get dirty. I love playing in the dirt, watching things grow, learning about different varieties of plants.
USDA Zone: 4
Soil: nice black dirt with some clay.
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pears are ready. and delish. i have been sharing them with friends and famliy. i have to can some with cinnamon, they are great dried (thanks scott) very sweet. this will be the last of what is growing on our farm except goats. until spring time.
JJONES
Illinois | nice black dirt with some clay. | Zone 4
Illinois | nice black dirt with some clay. | Zone 4
There is nothing like a perfect pear. Have a good fall, hope to see you in the spring, if not sooner!
Jade
Oct 25, 2011
my pears are just about ready. They are a late variety that are best after a hard frost. i am going to can them with cinnamon sticks and light syrup..yummy.
JJONES
Illinois | nice black dirt with some clay. | Zone 4
Illinois | nice black dirt with some clay. | Zone 4
traded my sister some Corn Cob Jelly for a Spaghetti Squash. Thinking of making that tonight with a cream sauce. and garlic bread. Yummmm
JJONES
Illinois | nice black dirt with some clay. | Zone 4
Illinois | nice black dirt with some clay. | Zone 4
these are off my thornless Blackberry bush. They were huge. Only ended up with a few berries but next year we should have enough for jam. YUMMY!
JJONES
Illinois | nice black dirt with some clay. | Zone 4
Illinois | nice black dirt with some clay. | Zone 4
I have managed to put up 14quarts of tomato juice and 7 pints of salsa. 6 pints of strawberry jam. 5 jelly jars of corn cob jelly. going to start on the apple butter and apple sauce and apple pie filling. also looking forward to PEARS! I just love harvest time.
JJONES
Illinois | nice black dirt with some clay. | Zone 4
Illinois | nice black dirt with some clay. | Zone 4
That is some impressive quantities you have going on there!
Jade
Aug 30, 2011
the sweet corn is about done in my area. I picked enough to choke a horse. but we will enjoy it this winter. Looking forward to Black berries! we have the big thornless ones they are as big as my thumb. will post pics soon.
JJONES
Illinois | nice black dirt with some clay. | Zone 4
Illinois | nice black dirt with some clay. | Zone 4
After the last bout of sweet corn we did (30 big bags and 30 small bags) in the freezer, I think I am done with sweet corn processing for the year. It will be corn on the cob from now on.
Bring on the berries for canning.
Scott Myers
Jul 29, 2011
I'm envious, our corn isn't even started yet.
Jade
Aug 08, 2011
they looked great then when we returned from camping last weekend they looked like this.
JJONES
Illinois | nice black dirt with some clay. | Zone 4
Illinois | nice black dirt with some clay. | Zone 4
Aargh, how disappointing! I didn't realize they were that sensitive to excessive moisture.
Everyone says it is almost impossible to grow peaches here without shelter. I thought it was just peach leaf curl, but maybe there is more to it than that.
Jade
Jul 18, 2011
my peaches did not fair so well. they really don't like the moisture levels this year.
JJONES
Illinois | nice black dirt with some clay. | Zone 4
Illinois | nice black dirt with some clay. | Zone 4
this is all i have done on my landscape pond. i hope to add the blocks and back fill with dirt, plant and put river rock in. then it will be done.
JJONES
Illinois | nice black dirt with some clay. | Zone 4
Illinois | nice black dirt with some clay. | Zone 4
We did a pond like this several years ago. Do you plan to put fish in it? We had a lot of issues with raccoons, and ended up making it just for plants.
Jade
Jul 10, 2011
we are probably going to put Koi in it. we are fortunate to have an out side dog who runs free on our farm. so Coons and the like are not an issue. I could see how it would be easy pickins. I once had a coon take my catfish stringer and all out of the bucket of water they were in.
JJONES
Jul 11, 2011
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Illinois | nice black dirt with some clay. | Zone 4
Sounds delicious. I've never heard of green tomato bread, though. Interesting!
Jade
Nov 18, 2011
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