It’s time to get ready for the coming spring. Early in the month, turn under clover and other green manure crops in the vegetable garden so that the soil will be ready for planting next month. Even if you haven’t planted a green manure crop, till the garden to expose overwintering insects. If there hasn’t been any rainfall, make sure to water outside plants, especially if there’s freezing weather. They need to be well hydrated.
Water holiday gift plants with care. Check the soil before watering to make sure it is dry and to avoid drowning plants. Allowing these and other houseplants to dry out between watering will help prevent or control fungus gnats.
I recently found some collard seeds, I had left over from last year. So, I planted them in this pot, and many of them came up. These were the only one’s that managed to make it through the hot summer months. Even though they made it, they are still very tender, and I have to protect them, when I know the sun is going to make it a hot day.
A farmer in a sunflower field in Los Palacios, Cuba. In a speech to lawmakers last weekend, Raul Castro extolled the value of oxen, saying a pilot program promoting urban farming and relying on the beasts of burden in the central province of Camague.
A farmer works his oxen in a field in Los Palacios, Cuba. Cuba may rely more heavily than ever on oxen to save fuel normally used by heavily machinery.
I’ve got several flowers on my upside down, tomato plant……….I hope they make tomatoes for me……….they are the little red cherry tomatoes, and usually make a bunch of fruit. Cherry’s are great in a salad, sliced in half……..and I’m ready for them to get growing…….please…….. 
This was grown from a couple of seeds, I extracted from a grapefruit, that I was eating at the time. 
It’s grown so tall that I can’t get a full picture of it without lessening the effects of the plant. The rain we’ve been having has cause it to grow some larger leaves than the one’s below it.
I’ve noticed the recent trend of growing plants from the bottom of a container. So, I planted some tomato seeds, and when
they came up, I transferred then to the hole in the bottom of this container, and this is what I have so far.
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This peach tree was about 2 ft. tall when we bought it 2 summers ago. I planted it as soon as we got home and I didn’t expect anything from it for another year or two. It suprised me this year and had several peaches on it. There are only 2 or 3 left because some of them didn’t set. They soon fell off and the birds had fun with the other peach tree. I finally pulled all the peaches off the other tree because the birds and the wasps were ruining them anyway. Just thought I’d show you this tree and how much it’s grown. 
Last year I had plenty of slips for sweet potatoes, growing here and I should have transplanted them, but I didn’t and they grew potatoes, but they were small, because of the container. This year, I plan to do better and grow some of them in the ground so, the potatoes, can get bigger. Sweet potatoes, cost an arm and a leg in the stores. I figure, I can grow my own and have plenty on hand.
It’s very hard to get the younger generation to show up and help when you need them. They sure can show up when they need your help. I suppose it’s a lost cause, but I really am in need of a certain young man to come over and work on my tiller and then till my veggie garden…………I’m going to have to offer him some money I suppose……….otherwise the job won’t get done……
