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Seriously?

8/1/2013

 
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From all accounts and MULTIPLE internet sources including the Alabama Agricultural Extension Service, August is the time to plant your fall gardens in Central Alabama. 
SERIOUSLY? What could possibly germinate and grow in this acrid environment that is August in Alabama? And WHO would brave the heat and humidity to go pull up the bug infested tomatillos, squash, and pitiful pumpkin vines devoured long ago by the asshead squash borers?

Ok. I know its my fault that the garden is a complete wreck. I've been absorbed raising wee ones, improving pens, digging holes, laying sod, etc. and doing anything other than tending to what once was a nice garden. On my behalf, honestly, I haven't been a total louse.  And then there is the rain-- this has been a most unusual WET July, and the trend is continuing into August. 

Enough belly-aching already. Time to go get busy. Apparently, we have seeds to order and weeds to pull. What will you be growing this fall? I'd love to hear from you.
amy
8/2/2013 08:59:38 am

I am starting beets, turnips, pak choy and more peas since the geese got the last batch :)

~kim link
8/2/2013 09:15:01 am

The geese got in our lettuce patch last winter. I was mainly growing that bed for them, but they could of waited till it was larger... sheesh.

The fig tree survived and has figs ripening :)

Working on a "good fences make good neighbors" post aka "keeping geese on the front pasture & pond where they belong!"

Dana link
8/3/2013 12:34:40 am

well, like you I've been focused on hatching waterfowl, raising waterfowl and generally being covered in waterfowl all summer long. It's been incredibly wet here in Maryland also so my yard looks a bit swampy. I managed to get a few things into a raised bed on my boyfriends back deck but otherwise... nada.

This month I plan to shift my focus from meat to veggies and get lots of fun stuff planted: Brussels Sprouts, cabbage, kale, lettuces, and I'm gonna give some arctic tomatoes a try. The package says they'll set fruit at temps as low as 38*. We'll certainly be colder than that over winter but I can put a small hoophouse over them. It's worth a try for tomatoes in February :)


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    Kelley Creek Farms is a small (micro really) hobby farm located in Central Alabama 30 minutes south of Birmingham. We raise heritage and rare waterfowl and poultry along with a myriad of other creatures that give the farm its life. In addition to the birds, we raise heirloom tomatoes and vegetables.

    Each day is different and brings a new set of adventures. Some make you laugh and some make you cry. Some are just plain frustrating. But we persevere knowing that tomorrow's set of problems will be completely different than today. Still figuring all this out ....one day at a time and striving for a more sustainable way of life.

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