Author Archives: The Late Emerging Artist
I’ve been busy – – – – Really Busy This Spring!!!
It’s been several months since we talked, and I want to apologize to all of you. However, I’m back and I want to let you know what I’ve been doing.
Since we last spoke my oldest granddaughter graduated from high school and I now have a new grandson (number 12). I’ve been studying for a Quality Engineering Certification, and I’ve been helping my husband, Sweet-Ole-Bob, get ready for a couple of weeks hiking on the Appalachian Trail. He has been there and back by now, but you might want to check out the Newsletter that he published about his hike. Check out the April Posts on Walker’s Walks . You might want to Subscribe to his Newsletter while you’re there. He’s wandering around the Mohican State Forest in Ohio now.
There are a whole bunch of things that I’ll tell you about later, but for now I want you to be aware of my new gardening project/experiment. I have been having issues with “Tomato Blight” which is soil borne and causes the tomato leaves to die back from the ground up. This opens the ripening tomatoes to sun scald.
So I bought a couple of bales of straw, conditioned them by soaking them with water, (This will begin the composting process) and after a few days when the composting heat subsides, will plant the tomatoes directly into the straw. The idea is to keep the roots out of the soil and the plants high enough so that the rain doesn’t splash the soil up onto the plants.
I’ll be planting the tomatoes in a week or so.
Stay Tuned for Coming Attractions,
The Garden Is Coming Along
Good Morning Folks,
We have a gentle, soaking rain going on right now in Loudonville, Ohio and I’m really happy about it. The Yellow Summer Squash and the Acorn Squash have both broken through the ground and are just now setting their first true leaves. It has been a bit dry for the last couple of weeks so this rain is good.
There will be lots of great meals, and recipes coming off of these little beauties.
I publish articles about what I am doing and thinking at any given moment on my Website http://www.everyday-organics.org, my Facebook Page: www.facebook.com/GrandmasEverydayOrganics , and most importantly on my Blog: https://everydayorganicsblog.wordpress.com/ . The reason that I mention this is that, although I try to be organized, I sometimes forget to publish on all of these equally. If you want to be sure that you are aware of when I am publishing, you might want to link into the “Blog” and if you haven’t done so already “Subscribe” in the right-hand column. There is no charge for this, and you will not get tons of “Spam” (I only publish about once a week), but you will receive a notice via your E-mail every time there is a new post.
Once you open the “Blog” you can get to the my website and my Facebook from there. It’s much easier.
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Springtime In Grandma Judy’s Back Yard
The Aconites, Snowdrops, and Crocus are up and showing themselves off. The Daffodils are starting to bud and should be in full bloom by next week. However the best news is that I have cleaned the Asparagus beds, and in a couple of weeks I will be publishing some great recipes featuring the spears.
Meanwhile keep taking your Juice Plus+ so you’ll be fit as a fiddle. (I have a recipe for “Fiddle-heads” later this Spring.
Stay Tuned for Coming Recipes,