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Rising Food Costs - Gardening

Jafo I've just got to update you on the garden....I now have squash blooms, little baby green tomatoes on the vine, and our 2nd crop of spinach is coming up, and sugar snaps too! I just love it! Pretty soon the green beans are going to be blooming. And my compost worms have gone crazy I turned some soil this weekend and you should have seen all them trying to get away!

How is the home purchase going? It is sometimes a slow agonizing process, but once you're in there you'll know it was worth it.

Cathy
 
Had a scare last night.. There were frost warnings everywhere just a few miles North of us. First thing I did this morning when I woke up was go outside and see if there was any. Got lucky. Could sure use some of that global warming here right now. I cannot believe how cold it got.

I have a bunch of tomatoes planted but it will be a while before I even see a blossom on them. Peas are starting to come up, but that is about it for the seeds. It has been so cool here lately I hope I don't have to reseed the corn.
 
Yeah Global Warming! What a joke, I might get booed and hissed at but if it's so terrible why are we having such cold snaps still?

I am glad your garden was spared! I just would faint if something went awry with my garden at this point. I have so babied it and lovingly watched over everything, it is amazing how we get attached:eek:.

You know Jafo we moved in March to this new place and lo and behold we found we have a nice pear tree (bartlet) out back and it is loaded, and just Sunday my granddaughter discovered (much to my delight) a mulberry tree!!!! It is not loaded but enough fruit on it to get a few pickings! I am beside myself, I keep thinking gosh I hope these people will sell this house to us!!! I have this terrific compost pile going, nice chicken coupe, little creek for easy watering of the garden! It's just so neat!
 
That is great, there really isn't anything like fresh fruit in the backyard! When I was a kid, we always had raspberries, black berries, and choke cherries.

Our mortgage was preliminarily accepted so we should know more by the end of this week or the beginning of next. Once we get a definitive answer, I will post the pics of the new place. I am trying to not get my hopes up. With the housing market the way it is, you just never know. One day it seems like the banks are dying to loan it out, not so much the next day..

I will say this, there an old canal right in the back yard (behind a tree line) that the state mandates that it always remains full because it feeds other canals in the area. One of the first things I thought of when I saw that was how I was going to run a hose to it for watering the garden. :)
 
That is too cool, "yes sir ri" that fresh water is a God send!. I am going to keep my fingers crossed for you & yours!

I certainly understand the uncertainty of today's market. But in reality it has always been nerve wreaking when trying to get a home loan. It's like you have to jump through a zillion hoops, especially if it is a VA loan! Personally since I was 18 have bought and sold numerous homes and it never fails to amaze me how it's always the same old scenario played over and over no matter wether it is a conventional loan or VA. So just keep on keepin on like you're doing and just don't forget things always turn out for the best no matter what!

Cathy
 
Jafo I am glad you escaped any frost and very very good luck with the mortgage. I hope everything works out for you.
The last frost here a couple weeks ago really hurt the fruit trees. Ours looked great til then. Now Im guessing we will get half what we would have. On the bright side nothing was hurt in the garden.
 
O.K. this one is gonna hurt, but I am going to suck it up and just confess- All the bell pepper plants I put in the garden----they are tomatoes:eek: I have no idea how I managed that one, but I sure did!!! I feel so foolish, and we are going to have tomatoes coming out of our ears!!! There are 4 more rows of tomatoes than I envisioned and ZERO pepper plants:mad: Now I started everything from seed; ALL my veggies, and how I did this I will never know:eek:

:rolleyes:Oh well good thing I love tomatoes!

That'll teach me to put aside my green thumb for over 17 years!:D
 
LOL - that is so funny! Sorry - but I did find it a bit humorous!

That can happen with packets of seeds - it happened to me. Really gets ya going though! Need tomato recipes????
 
I post on a rabbit pet forum. A lot of people are raising little gardens or pots of herbs and lettuce to help feed their bunnies because of rising cost. Right now I can get kale for $1.49lb which is not bad. Leaf lettuce is about $1.29lb. My bunny goes through about $8 worth of veggies a week. I can feed him fine but alot of my friends have several bunnies.
 
I see lots and lots of tomato sauce made at Cathy's
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Yes Yes Yes!!!! I may have to get back into the canning business and I say "bring it on baby"!!!! I used to win ribbons and a little cash reward at the county fair when I entered my canned goodies!

Lots of rewarding work though:)
 
Cathy I saw some tomato plants at the green house today that looked alot like pepper plants. Reminded me of you lol. We went to a greenhouse out in the middle of no where with Jons Dad and his aunt. They had such beautiful roses. The roses where as big as saucers and the most vibrant colors I had ever seen. AND I made a new friend...he had the most lovely brown eyes..about a foot tall and had fleas lol. They had a yorkie/poodle named Chance and we decided we were the best of friends. He tried to get in the car with us.
When Jon and I got home we had to head straight to the bathroom and throw our clothes in the washer and get a shower. My little furry buddy was covered in some buddies of his own and I sure dont want to get fleas in the house. I was kinda shocked they had let the little guy get in such a shape. She said he used to be a house dog. His hair was in bad shape where he had gotten wet. I told her about some stuff she could get at the feed store to take care of fleas and ticks and recommended she get him shaved if he is gonna stay outside. With that poodle hair I would hate to see when ticks come out. She even made the comment if they ever wanted to rehome him they would give us a call. Jons aunt works for them sometimes so they said they would get ahold of her to reach us.

Anyway..we got a dozen jalapeno plants, sweet banana peppers and Jons aunt gave us three habanero plants. Jons Dad asked me if habaneos are hot and I was like VERY lol. He was going to put them out there for me because somehow he thinks since I like jalapenos I must love anything hot. I couldnt get him to understand there is a big difference between the heat of a jalapeno and the heat of a habanero. Im not sure what I will do with the habaneros when they come on .. Jons Dad cannot even stand the heat of hot banana peppers.
 
Jg I should've been with you & Jon on that trip.......I need pepper plants:eek:

I just wonder how it comes about that folks get tired of tending to their own precious pets :confused: Darn my "little man" is such a part of the family! When we were shopping around for a new place to call home we would not even consider a place that doesn't accept pets, the pet deposit well...we just exspected it and planned for it! I know the old axiom that they are just animals after all, but hey they are our dependent upon us and it is a responsibility we took upon ourselves, why even go that route if you are not going to complete the venture! I know you & Jon are like us and love your pets for all that they add to your lives, and I believe they are a gift to be cherished, just like everything we've been blessed with right down to our food!

Well that's just sad when you see stuff like that, it can ruffle my feathers, and I gather you & Jon feel the same way. I'll bet these folks will be calling you real soon! Sounds like they are just not up to raising the poor little thing. So be prepared!!!
 
Yeah she sounded like to me he was all cute and adorable when he was a tiny baby but when he got older and more active they couldnt stand it and put him outside. Yorkies are very active dogs. She said theirs was one year old. Just because you have one outside doesnt mean you dont have to keep them on flea meds and heartworm prevention. Dont even get me started on the hair. You could tell she was very uncomfortable with us seeing his hair. She kept saying she was gonna shave him.

About three years ago we stayed in a house that a friend of ours had moved out of recently when our heater in the bathroom ceiling caught on fire. Luckily I am a light sleeper and heard it and caught it before it got to bad. We still had to move out for 2 1/2 weeks while they painted and put down new carpet and cleaned. Fire extinguishers make more mess than the fire. Anyway, I had never had fleas on my dog or bunny til we stayed in our friends house. They had cats and tons of reptile pets when they lived there. When we moved back home I quickly noticed my dog and bunny had fleas. It took me a solid month of flea treatments and carpet cleaning to get rid of them. That was why we made the mad dash to the bathroom and tossed the clothes in the washing machine as soon as we got home. Both animals are on flea protection but I just cant the thought of going around with those buggers again. My yorkie/maltese will be 10 years old soon and we have had him since he was 5 1/2 weeks old. He rode home in Jons tshirt pocket.

I actually thought she was kinda high on her plants. I didnt see what the peppers were but one basil plant was $4. I got the same size plants at Wal Mart for $1.99
Mama I would love your recipe for hot sauce :D
 
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