Independence Days Update
June 12, 2008
I don’t have a lot to update.
You can view Sharon’s update and many others in the comment section here.
Planting – I did finally plant my cilantro babies, and I am letting some go to seed for next year.

cilantro blooms aren’t they pretty? delicate like.
Harvesting - I am still harvesting the same things from last update…OH yeah, I harvested some pitiful excuse called garlic.

pitiful excuse for garlic
I learned something new..don’t plant garlic in the same place next year!
Cook something new and manage reserves -Trying to use up my crabapple jelly from last year I added vinegar to some of it and found out it made a nice salad dressing.
Squash and cucumber are in bloom. Tomatoes and potatoes are getting ready to bloom.

squash blossom
Everything is a little late this year because of the weird weather we had April/May.
Still weeding and watering the gardens and trying to remember to throw stuff on the compost “heap”. I say “heap” because hubby is too covered up right now to build a bin.
Maybe I need to learn some hammer skills?
Entry Filed under: Go Green. Tags: food, Gardening, green, Independence Days Challenge, self sufficient.
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jancd | June 12, 2008 at 9:24 pm
We just built a three-sided bin and just throw it in the open end. This makes is easy to turn and keeps it all in a neat little place. I’m pretty lazy about turning it, but just love to dig deep into to bottom and get that “real” dirt every spring.
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Sue (coffeepot) | June 13, 2008 at 8:00 am
hey jancd that is a good way to do it. I probably will be slack turning the stuff too but only time will tell.
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Wendy | June 17, 2008 at 5:09 pm
Very cool what you did with the crabapple jelly! Now that’s thinking out of the box
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Sue (coffeepot) | June 17, 2008 at 6:48 pm
Thanks Wendy.