The Weekend

I was expecting these seeds a couple of days ago.  Today is Saturday and they were in the mail.  I took all of the packets out of the box.

Above is a photo of the packets.  In the top left hand corner are larger packets without any pictures.

A five pound bag of Green Arrow pea seeds.

I turned off the main valve to stop the water from running in houses five and six.  That also stopped the flow of water the chickens.  Sunday morning when I let the chickens out of the hen house I found the water had also froze.  I got a gallon of hot water and run it down the pipe.   After a while this one started to run.

This is a picture of some leek seed  which I planted about two weeks ago.  I was surprised that they are beginning to germinate.  I can plant faster than I can transplant.  Therefore, seeding is the way to propagate leeks.  They have been setting on the heat pad.

I did a lot of planted this afternoon.  House two was pretty warm when I started, but by four it was getting pretty cold.

West of house six, there was a cat that looked like Midnight.  I took a closer look and it was

a skunk. It looked like was eating something that was in the leaves.

Here is another picture.

The next time came.  The skunk was at the left end six inch PVC pipe where the block is. I found two blocks and put one on each end of the pipe.  I was not sure if the skunk was still in the pipe.  I got a small flash light and walked around a tree to the south side of the pipe.  Carefully I  removed the block and looked down the inside of the pipe.  The skunk in the west end.

The question is: What do I do now?

Comments and questions are welcome.

Another Day at the Office

After breakfast and the news, I watered the pots.

The sweet corn has made a significant change since yesterday.  The silk is beginning to dry.  We may have some sweet corn for Sunday dinner a week from Sunday.

We checked some for squash bugs.  There is one vine that has had bugs every time we check it.  Most are the nymphs.  I tied both zucchini plants to the stake.  One plants produces good zucchini and the one produces zucchinis that are very tough and hard.

I transplanted another tray of Detroit Red beets.  I thought I got a picture after the transplanting was finished.

The Tri-Star ever bearing strawberry plants are producing a lot of strawberries now, but they are a little small and do not have a pointed tip as it should have.  However, they taste good and are pretty sweet.

 The Tomahooks that I make have folded up under the heavy weight of the tomatoes.  Fourteen gage wire is not heavy enough.  I have been making new ones out of twelve gage wire.

The one on the left and in the middle are made with fourteen gage wire.  The one on the left is made with twelve gage wire.  Twelve gage wire is a little harder to cut and bend.

This another picture of a new variety of tomatoes that we are growing.  It is getting quite ripe.  Smaller one have a unique taste.  Waiting for it to get ripe and save seeds.  I am naming it variety 17.

There are four variety 17 plants.  I am training one of the branches to climb a twine trellis by using the tomato clips.  You can see the pointed tomatoes above the clip and to the left of the trellis twine.

Another look at the grapes as they change to raisons.

I saw a skunk a little after dark north of the back porch steps.  I surprised it when I came out of the garage.

Comments and questions are welcome.

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