[Ag-eq] Garden stuff
Tracy Carcione
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Wed Apr 27 12:29:49 UTC 2016
I've heard of the zebra tomato. Sounds like fun.
Last year, I got some Cherokee Purple tomatoes. I think they really are
purple, and they were very tasty.
This year, I'm grying a couple of the new "heirloom marriage" tomatoes. The
seed companies bred together 2 different heirloom tomatoes to get the great
taste with better vigor and disease resistance. I picked 2 Brandywine-based
kinds. Brandywine is delicious, but tends to crack, and the plants tend to
get wilt. So we'll see how it goes with these new guys.
I think ti's so cool you have lilacs from your grandmother's garden!
Tracy
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Tracy:
There are so many kinds of oregano; I will have to look for that one.
I planted something called a zebra tomato; it gets a yellow and green
striped fruit. I thought it would be fun to try.
Nella
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Nella, your orchard sounds great! And 20 tomatoes! I'm jealous.
I started my tomatoes early, not knowing how quickly they would grow. Now
they're ready to go out, but it's still too cold. So they're spending as
much time as possible in the greenhouse, where they have more space and real
sun.
Speaking of oregano, I have a plant called Cuban oregano. It has big,
thick, fuzzy leaves, with a strong oregano smell. It grows easily from
cuttings. I brought the whole plant in for the winter, but I could have
just taken some cuttings. It seems like a real survivor. Too bad I can't
send you a cutting in the mail.
Tracy
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Hello Tracy, how good to hear from you.
I do make goat cheese, but cannot sell it. I share it with friends and have
traded with it. The laws in AR say I can only sell milk.
We had a very mild winter and my garden is doing well. I planted a honey
crisp apple tree and 2 apricots, so now have 8 fruit trees. It will be a
few years before there will be any fruit. Most of my herbs made it through
the winter, I was able to use chives the whole time. My oregano died so had
to get a new plant. My Basel died, but it is an annual. I planted some
more lavender because I love it. I also planted rosemary and sage this
spring. I just planted some parsley and dill seeds. The mint, catnip and
lemon balm are going crazy. I set out 20 tomatoes and 12 peppers. My
little cucumbers are about an inch tall. For the first time I planted some
snow peas and they are getting pretty tall, so I put up a trellis for them.
I'm able to harvest the kale, lettuces, and other greens. I also set out a
couple of egg plants, but still need to plant squash. I'm nervous about
those bore beetles coming back.
Oh, I got some starts of the lilac bush from my Grandmother's house; my aunt
lives there now. It will be so exciting to have lilacs, they always make me
think of Grandma. I also got 3 starts of my Moms snowball bush and 2 starts
from her fig tree. A friend gave me several day lily bulbs, that are now
planted in a circle under a tree. I'm getting a little carried away with
the plants.
Maybe Tracy is a bad influence on me!
If my garden does well I hope to be able to make some pickles and maybe can
some tomatoes. Last year I dried some peppers and herbs and that worked
well.
Who else is planting and how is it going so far?
Nella
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Hi Nella! So happy to see you back! I missed you!
Glad your dairy is going well. Do you make goat cheese, too? Love goat
cheese.
My garden is coming along. It's all still in the greenhouse tent and the
cold frame, since we're getting some cold nights still. I could harvest a
little spinach and lettuce any day now.
The oregano came back strong, and the mint is going gang-busters, naturally.
The blueberries have lots of buds, so that's hopeful.
So nice to have you back!
Tracy
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Jewel:
So good to talk with you again. I sure hope you will send out one of your
entertaining stories soon.
The milking machine I have has 4 separate cups and each cup has a switch so
it can be turned off or on. So when I milk the goats I turn off 2 of the
cups. I could actually milk 2 goats at a time, but it is easier to just get
1 in the barn and in place at a time. As you know goats can be quite
mischievous.
When I milk the cow I just have all 4 cups turned on. If 1 of Bonnie's
teats were injured or something I could have 3 cups turned on.
Bonnie's teats and the goats teats are about the same size. I do have 1 doe
who has very small teats and I had to order 2 smaller cups for her. I can
easily change out the cups, so it works very well. I believe you can order
larger cups for larger breeds of cows. Bonnie is a Jersey so rather small.
The goats all kidded in January and there were 5 boys and only 1 girl. I
have a couple of the boys sold already and am still advertising the rest. I
plan on keeping the 1 girl, she is very cute. She is a fawn color with
white spots; everyone says she looks like a fawn.
Bonnie is due to calf in a week or so and I'm watching her closely. I
have a big stall ready for her and all the supplies I think I might need.
She seems happy and healthy. This will be her 5th calf, so she should know
what she is doing.
So far I've been able to sell most of the milk. I've put fliers around town
and ads on craigslist. It seems that most of the customers are being
referred by other customers. If I don't sell all the milk I just make
cheese. I've also been making and selling goats milk soap. One of my
customers raises chickens for meat and eggs, she and I have been trading.
She goes to a local farmers market and will take the soap for me. I can
also put out cards at her booth. We are not allowed to sell raw milk at the
market.
This same woman is interested in buying the calf. They raise grass fed
beef. They want the calf if it is a bull to raise for market and if it is a
heifer they want her to add to their herd.
So far I'm happy with my little venture. I'm working out a few kinks as I
go along, but over all things are going very well.
I hope everyone else is good and I want updates on everyone.
Nella
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YIPPEE! It is great to have you back Nella! As you know, I have been
keeping a little abreast of what you are doing through a third party, but I
am interested in your cross species dual milking machine as I had,
previously, never heard of such a device.
There are a few things that I don't understand. As cows have 4 teats and
goats 2, do you have 2 clusters, one of 2 cups and the other of 4? or do
you have a 2-cup cluster and milk 2 teats on the cow and when the udder is
empty on that side, attach the cluster to the remaining 2, but I don't think
that this would be very efficient because once the milk starts to flow,
wouldn't the uncupped teats drip? or do you just use the 4 cup for both
having it resting on what is called, in New Zealand anyway, a claw? It
wouldn't do any favours for the goat's udder to have the unused part of the
cluster just dangling.
Via the third party mentioned above, you said that goats have much larger
teats than a cow! If this is correct, US bred goats and cows are opposite
to any that I have ever seen. Like so many other things, are southern
hemisphere goats and cows wicky-werka to their northern hemisphere cousins?
I am intrigued by your address: jelly bean farm! was this name your
creation or is that the name that the property came with?
Jewel
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Hello everyone this is Nella and I'm finally here again at last.
I've really missed hearing from you guys and look forward to finding out
what is going on.
I will write more and update everyone when I have more time.
Nella
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