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The veggies are coming

Posted on June 7, 2019 by Carol (Ouma) Petts

The motto of Organic Gardening Magazine is ” I didn’t know I couldn’t grow that until after I had three successful crops.” . I felt that way when everyone told me to save my time and not try to plant … Continue reading →

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Canning Beans Again

Posted on June 23, 2015 by Carol (Ouma) Petts

Had a busy week picking and canning.  Yesterday I picked raspberries and I turned the all into jelly.  I got 5 jelly jars full- these are one cup jars.  I got just over 2 quarts. I will pick again on … Continue reading →

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And So The Garden Grows

Posted on May 28, 2015 by Carol (Ouma) Petts

I spent the mooring in the garden picking off the cabbage worms and squishing them.  When it is dry we dust to try and keep the worms out but when it is rainy the best way is to just pick … Continue reading →

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Time for an Update on the Garden

Posted on May 14, 2015 by Carol (Ouma) Petts

Yesterday we got five more tomato plants.  This is the third planting.  The first four we put in when we set out the broccoli and cauliflower plants.  It was really too early to put them out as the black berries … Continue reading →

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Hello Again

Posted on August 27, 2014 by Carol (Ouma) Petts

It has been so long since I posted any news, I am ashamed to write again.  We have been very busy doing nothing different and trying to keep out of the sun.  TN is in the middle of the worst … Continue reading →

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2014 is getting to be my age!!

Posted on August 21, 2014 by Carol (Ouma) Petts

Things are slowing down a lot now. As the summer gets older things move more slowly, the weeds even grow less but the roots are bigger and harder to pull.  We picked the beans but there were not enough to … Continue reading →

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More Green Beans

Posted on August 9, 2014 by Carol (Ouma) Petts

Another busy day done and ready for a relaxing afternoon.  I started the morning picking beans while Norman took his walk.  I noticed yesterday that the top row of beans needed to be picked but could not because of the … Continue reading →

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Add More Minutes to the Day

Posted on June 24, 2014 by Carol (Ouma) Petts

Things are getting so busy around here and what I don’t get done in the morning just doesn’t get done so we decided to take an hour off at the end of the day and add it to the morning. … Continue reading →

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More Work on the Farm

Posted on May 23, 2014 by Carol (Ouma) Petts

Yesterday I cooked all morning and Norman worked in the garden.  Today Norman sprayed the fruit tree and then put some on the beans.  If we don’t spray the fruit trees we never get to eat any of the fruit … Continue reading →

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Garden almost planted.

Posted on April 5, 2014 by Carol (Ouma) Petts

We finally got some rain.  Yesterday we had a bad storm come through our state but we here on Baker Mountain just got the rain- no hail and very little wind.  Our farm in tucked under the top of the … Continue reading →

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