2008
*continuing raspberry harvest - picked 1 cup from Heritage bushes

2008
*rain: 3-day total of 4 & 7/10" - remnants of Hurricane Gustav
*continuing raspberry harvest - picked 2 cups today from Heritage bushes
*began selective harvest of Fuji apples as dessert apples -- slightly green taste, but good -- plan to continue slow harvest to reduce stress on heavily laden branches

2008
*picked first berry from golden raspberry 'Anne' bushes

2008
*rain: 1"

2008
*rain: 2"

2008
*Replanted cucumbers in Keeping Garden.

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.

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

2002
*picked first okra

1997
*in bloom: New England aster

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

2008
*rain: 3/4"

2002
*rain: 1/4"

2008
*final blueberry harvest

2001
*canned 12 pts salsa

1999
*harvesting raspberries (for table)

1998
*peaches ripe on tree #2

1998
*first okra ready

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

1999
*harvested 3 pts of butterbeans (froze 2)

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

2001
*froze 15 pts apples

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

1999
*bought upright freezer

1997
*transplanted 2 daylilies from Mother's

1994
*canned 5 pts green beans

1999
*in bloom: hibiscus

1999
*pool: crickets

1994
*canned 4 pts green beans

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

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)

2002
*final blueberry harvest

1998
*canned 4 pts green beans

1994
*canned 6 pts green beans

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

2008
*rain: 2 inches

2003
*harvested 3 pts blueberries

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

2008
*rain: 1/2 inch

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

2008
*rain: 2 & 2/10 inches