Aug 31, 2008 I just did up a batch of 12 pints of chili sauce. YUMMY. This batch is a little watery because I’ll be adding it to ribs, roasts, and other dishes. This recipe is from my mom’s recipies: 12 quarts tomatoes8 medium onions4 sweet peppers2 handfuls of pickling salt1/2 tsp celery seed2c cider vinegar. Cook til almost thickAdd 8 c brown sugarcook til thickJar.
The Zinnia…Zowie Yellow Flame is just amazing.It has grown almost bush like.This is only one plant.
My final pictures of the 4 o’clocks.They are in full bloom and really quite beautiful.There was one yellow plant mixed in the end of these but it didn’t grow too good.
I cleaned out all the purple iris and peonies from my back of the house garden.Then I continued the rock border to meet my edible garden.I put in some new plants and now I like the look of this area.(lol)I put in Achillea—Paprika Yellow and a smaller Achillea—Summer Pastel .Then I put some Seedum in and one small plant of Jenny Ragged Robin.I also moved my Rudbeckia-Autumn colors here.
Well the front of the house hollyhocks are done blooming and cut down and seed collected.(lol)These are pictures of the ones started from seed this year in the west side garden to show the growth for the first year.Hopefully they will bloom next year.
Well, I picked up the Craftsman high speed lawn sweeper I had on order from Sears. (not my pic) I decided to go with it because of the higher gear ratio in the gearbox, which translates to higher brush speed at lower mower speed. I’ve got to say I’m rather happy with it and it’s preformed well. Today I took it out again to give it a run around the yard under the Pecan tree to pick up more nuts. It worked rather great at that, set to almost the lowest setting. Pic...
The nights are getting a bit cooler now and September is right around the corner. As I gaze out into my yard I am realizing that this is really the tail end of my flowers and their beautiful colors. Summer is quickly coming to an end. When hubby and I went away on our latest vacation, I had expected to come home to the dreary task of beginning to put my gardens to “bed”. A task that I hate because I know fall is basically here and winter not far behind. As we approached the ...
Aug 27, 2008 Monday was a “road trip” and I came home with this little guy (amongst other things). I also had to move my iron gates (for the fourth time)! The neighbour’s dog, no – not Gabby, our other neighbour who has a little pup, has decided that our pond is his favourite swimming hole. So, about every other day I hear splash splash splash and find him swimming across the pond. He rips up the plants, knocks over the fountain, scares the fish, and pushes/pulls...
Our children and grandchildren are all in Arizona now and when hubby and I decided that we would follow them; I found my heart tug a little. I have been an avid gardener now for over 33 years and assumed with this move that I would have to give up my gardening. After all, what could I possibly grow in the heat and sand out there. I had pictured this very hot, flat and brown place. Boy was I WRONG!! My first visit to Arizona was last summer (2008). I went for 8 weeks to be with our daughter...
I planted some poppy seeds I had from a friend in this garden after the orange ones had died off.Here it is late Aug and they are finally blooming.I don’t think I have ever had poppies this late in the year before.
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