July 31, 2008

2008
*fertilized cherry tree on advice of fellow from organic gardening store in Johnson. He assures me that the tree will make cherries next year, even if it never has.

July 30, 2008

2000
*2nd apple tree brown [died]
*pears gone - harvested one
*froze 9 pts peaches from #2 tree
*canned 1 pt of pickled jalapenoes

1999
*Enterprise apple tree brown [died]
*birds eating pears (covered with netting 8/2)

1994
*canned 5 pts picante ketchup

July 29, 2008

2002
*picked first okra

1997
*in bloom: New England aster

July 28, 2008

2002
*planted green beans for fall crop

1999
*canned 6 1/2 pts pepper jelly

1994
*canned 4 pts green beans
*canned 7 pts tomato juice

July 27, 2008

2008
*rain: 3/4"
2002
*rain: 1/4"

July 26, 2008

2008
*final blueberry harvest

2001
*canned 12 pts salsa

1999
*harvesting raspberries (for table)

1998
*peaches ripe on tree #2

July 25, 2008

1998
*first okra ready

1994
*canned 8 pts green beans
*froze 1 1/2 pts corn

July 24, 2008

1999
*harvested 3 pts of butterbeans (froze 2)

July 22, 2008

1994
*canned 6 pts green beans
*froze 3 pts corn

July 21, 2008

2001
*froze 15 pts apples

1994
*canned 5 1/2 pts wild cherry jelly - bitter!

July 19, 2008

1999
*bought upright freezer

1997
*transplanted 2 daylilies from Mother's

1994
*canned 5 pts green beans

July 18, 2008

1999
*in bloom: hibiscus

July 17, 2008

1999
*pool: crickets

1994
*canned 4 pts green beans

July 16, 2008

1999
*contractor finished work on workshop
*in bloom: Brociaea

July 15, 2008

2002
*canned green pepper jelly: 5 pts & 4 half-pints

2000
*first hibiscus blooms

1999
*harvested first mess of okra

1994
*canned 1 pt pickled okra
*canned 2 qts dill pickles (Aunt Faye's recipe)

July 14, 2008

2002
*final blueberry harvest

1998
*canned 4 pts green beans

1994
*canned 6 pts green beans

July 13, 2008

2003
*golf-ball sized hail

2002
*canned 8 pts green beans

2000
*canned 5 pts green beans
*harvested first standard tomatoes (Bradleys & Travelers)
*picked first mess of purple hull peas

July 12, 2008

2008
*rain: 2 inches

2003
*harvested 3 pts blueberries

July 11, 2008

2001
*planted 3 1/2 rows purple hull peas
*finished harvesting potatoes - aprx. 13 gallons

July 10, 2008

2008
*rain: 1/2 inch

1998
*canned 5 pts green beans
*in bloom: Golden Glow

July 9, 2008

2008
*rain: 2 & 2/10 inches