[Ag-eq] Apple harvest

Mon Aug 24 15:45:33 UTC 2015

I like to buy small plants or start my own in cups and then set them out in the
garden.  I find it a lot easier to keep track of the plants and weeds this way.
 I have also put craft sticks by each seed so I will know where they are.  Once
the plants get a few inches tall I remove the sticks.

Nella

Quoting Tracy Carcione via Ag-eq <ag-eq at nfbnet.org>:

> Hi Danielle.
> I'm answering your question about garden mapping.
> I'm totally blind.
> I like the square-foot method, as opposed to the row method, because the
> square-foot method uses less space, and I don't have a lot, just a roughly
> 90X30 foot backyard, with a few trees in it.
> I have a raised bed, some containers, and 3 flat garden spaces.  I put
> edging around all those spaces.  The edging sticks up a bit, so I can tell
> where it is.  Sometimes, especially when I first put in my beds, I put a
> fence around them, too, until I got used to where they are.  I also am
> trying to maintain a few inches of clear space around the beds, to cut
> down on weeding, by putting a thick layer of mulch. It not only cuts down
> on weeding, but tells me I'm coming up to a bed.
> Over the years, I've learned what my garden plants feel like, and what my
> usual weeds feel like.  If I'm not sure, I wait a bit before pulling
> something, until it becomes more identifiable.  Also, I'm planting a
> number of the same things fairly close together, so, if there are a few
> that look the same close to each other, I bet they are crop and not weed,
> until they grow a bit and I can be sure.
> Really, I think being a blind gardener is very simple, at least in my
> smallish space.  Though I need more time, so I can go out and weed, water,
> etc.  Gotta figure out when I can retire!
> Tracy
>
> > Wow that's cool. I don't know how yall do it. Can yall see some? One
> > thing about farm animals and such I would not like stepping in manure,
> > and how do you keep things sanitary? What about breeding and welping?
> > Do you require assistance with the birthings? I am assuming you all
> > were expected to help out on your family farms which is why you all
> > are so comfortable. We had a dairy farm here when I was very little
> > and most I did was maybe go in the barn and pasture amoung the animals
> > I was taught how to pick and shuck corn, and pick oranges, Kumquats,
> > figs, and tangerines, but that is all. Oh yeah, I was taught by my
> > father how to tell if fruit was ripe. I enjoyed the fruits of my Daddy
> > and uncles and my Pop's labor. As for your gardens how do you map out
> > plots and rows?
> >
> >
> >
> > On 8/23/15, Zach Mason via Ag-eq <ag-eq at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> >> Could you explain what GMO free meat is?
> >>
> >> Zac
> >>
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: Ag-eq [mailto:ag-eq-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Nella Foster
> >> via
> >> Ag-eq
> >> Sent: Sunday, August 23, 2015 1:17 PM
> >> To: Agricultural and Equestrean Division List
> >> Cc: nfoster at extremezone.com
> >> Subject: Re: [Ag-eq] Apple harvest
> >>
> >> Tracy:
> >>
> >> I plan on keeping the young doe goats asuming they are healthy and grow
> >> well.
> >> My dose have all kidded easily and are good milkers, so hope their
> >> daughters
> >> will be the same.  Two of the dose are getting older so can probably
> >> only
> >> breed them one more time.
> >>
> >> I will casterate the young bucks and they will go to someone's table.
> >> I've
> >> made contact with a couple of butchers in the area that specialize in
> >> grass
> >> fed and GMO free meats.  I plan on following their guidelines so they
> >> will
> >> buy the kids I don't want.  This is hard for me, but I cannot keep all
> >> of
> >> them.  I could sell any unwanted doelings as milk goats since they come
> >> from
> >> good milking lines.
> >>
> >> I will be selling milk; we are allowed to sell raw milk here as long as
> >> it's
> >> picked up from the farm.  There are a few regulations you have to meet
> >> to
> >> sell the milk, that is why I'm building the milk barn.  I've met a
> >> family
> >> that live a few miles away that are selling fresh Jersey milk and they
> >> cannot keep up with the demand.  Unfortunately I'm not allowed to sell
> >> cheese, only the milk.
> >> I can sell the goat milk soap since it's not being eaten.
> >>
> >> Nella
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Quoting Tracy Carcione via Ag-eq <ag-eq at nfbnet.org>:
> >>
> >>> Hi Nella.
> >>> Chocolate sounds very nice!
> >>> What will you do with the kids?  Will your herd get bigger and bigger,
> >>> or will your neighbors be eating roast kid?
> >>> Tracy
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> -----Original Message-----
> >>> From: Ag-eq [mailto:ag-eq-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Nella
> >>> Foster via Ag-eq
> >>> Sent: Saturday, August 22, 2015 9:30 PM
> >>> To: Agricultural and Equestrean Division List
> >>> Cc: nfoster at extremezone.com
> >>> Subject: Re: [Ag-eq] Apple harvest
> >>>
> >>> Tracy:
> >>>
> >>> I recently got a dehydrator and so far have only dried some peppers
> >>> and herbs.
> >>>
> >>> The buck goats can get aggressive, but this little guy has been
> >>> handled since birth and I continue to spend time with him.  He is very
> >>> friendly and will follow me around like a puppy.  I think he will be
> >>> o.k. as long as I keep handling him and don't let him get away with
> >>> bad behavior.  I've met several bucks that are friendly and the people
> >>> were petting them and spending time with them.  I've seen a couple
> >>> that were aggressive, but they were just out in a pasture and didn't
> >>> have
> >> a lot of human interaction.
> >>>
> >>> The worse thing about a buck goat is how stinky they get.  so far
> >>> Chocolate isn't very smelly because he is still young.  They get more
> >>> smelly when they reach adulthood.  His name is Chocolate, which fits
> >>> right into my heard, the girls all have candy names.
> >>>
> >>> I purchased Chocolate from a nice Amish family.  All their animals
> >>> were so healthy and friendly.  He is registered and their herd has
> >>> been tested for certain diseases, which is what I wanted to find.
> >>> They even called to make sure he is doing o.k. and didn't get to
> >>> stressed by the move.  I've kept their contact info so that we can do
> >> business again.
> >>>
> >>> I think they had to call from a neighbors, they don't use phones.
> >>> When I called I spoke to the neighbor; it was strange, but all worked
> >>> out.
> >>>
> >>> Nella
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Quoting Tracy Carcione via Ag-eq <ag-eq at nfbnet.org>:
> >>>
> >>> > Hi Nella.
> >>> > My apples are Golden Delicious, sweet/tart, the way I like them.
> >>> > I'd forgotten about drying, and I have a dehydrator.  I'll have to
> >>> try
> >> it.
> >>> > This morning, I separated the apples into "use today" and "will keep
> >>> > a
> >>> bit".
> >>> > After lunch, applesauce!  And maybe more.
> >>> >
> >>> > Your barn sounds great! And your buck sounds cute.  Do male goats
> >>> > get aggressive, when they reach maturity?
> >>> > Tracy
> >>> >
> >>> >
> >>> > -----Original Message-----
> >>> > From: Ag-eq [mailto:ag-eq-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Nella
> >>> > Foster via Ag-eq
> >>> > Sent: Friday, August 21, 2015 5:00 PM
> >>> > To: Agricultural and Equestrean Division List
> >>> > Cc: nfoster at extremezone.com
> >>> > Subject: Re: [Ag-eq] Apple harvest
> >>> >
> >>> > Tracy:
> >>> >
> >>> > What kind of apples?
> >>> >
> >>> > I'm so jealous, love fresh apples.
> >>> >
> >>> > Wonder how long until my little trees start bearing fruit?
> >>> >
> >>> > Do you ever dry them?
> >>> >
> >>> > I'm still getting tomatoes, peppers, squash and cucumbers.
> >>> >
> >>> > I bought a little buck goat and put out with my doe goats.  He's
> >>> > kind of young, so don't know if he is old enough to do his job yet!
> >>> > He is very cute, will grow up to be a handsome boy.  He and 2 of my
> >>> > dose have genes for spots, so hoping I get some spotted babies.
> >>> >
> >>> > I'm turning my shop building into a milk barn.  The guys are working
> >>> > on it right now.  There will be a room to store hay, a room for
> >>> > milking and a room to put the goats when they kid and to keep the
> >>> > really young kids out of the weather.
> >>> > It is going to make milking so much easier.  There is a pen on one
> >>> > side where I will bring the girls, then I can take them into the
> >>> > milk room to milk and put them out a door on the other side.
> >>> >
> >>> > I finally have goat proof fencing around the whole pasture, so the
> >>> > goats and Cruiser can all be together.  Hopefully by next spring I
> >>> > will have more fences up to divide the pasture so I can rotate the
> >>> > animals around.  They graze it more even that way.
> >>> >
> >>> > What is everyone else up to?
> >>> >
> >>> > Nella
> >>> >
> >>> >
> >>> >
> >>> >
> >>> > Quoting Tracy Carcione via Ag-eq <ag-eq at nfbnet.org>:
> >>> >
> >>> > > The apple harvest is starting to roll in.  Literally, since I'm
> >>> > > picking them up off the ground and often finding them by
> >>> > > accidentally kicking them.  My young retriever is also good at
> >>> > > finding apples.  He has a soft mouth, and can pick them up without
> >>> > > a scratch, but I'm trying to teach him not to pick up
> >>> > > miscellaneous things
> >>> off the ground.
> >>> > >
> >>> > > Yesterday, I took a medium-size bucket and filled it to the top.
> >>> > > I'll have to sort them this weekend, green or ripe. Then I'll
> >>> > > start making
> >>> > applesauce.
> >>> > > I've also found a pandowdy recipe that sounds yummy.  Applesauce
> >>> > > is the easiest though, since all I have to do is boil the apples
> >>> > > 10-15 minutes, then run them through the whatchamacallit that
> >>> > > squeezes out the good stuff and leaves the seeds and skins in the
> >>> > > pot.
> >> Yumaroo!
> >>> > >
> >>> > > They're little apples, 2-3 inches across, so it will take quite a
> >>> > > few to make a pie.  But it could be worth it.
> >>> > >
> >>> > > And then there's just plain eating them.  Or wrapping some up to
> >>> > > store for later.
> >>> > >
> >>> > > Tracy
> >>> > >
> >>> > >
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