I brought my Christmas Cactus in from the porch a few weeks ago when we were having our first freeze. To my surprise, buds formed already!
In years past, I have had buds and then no bloom. I looked up this reference.
http://www.organicgardening.com/learn-and-grow/tips-christmas-cactus-care
I misted the plant this morning and watered it. I need to add to my to do list is to fertilize it. I don't know if I have any high potassium fertilizer or not on hand.
I've not repotted mine for years, I guess I should do that too after it blooms.
My pink Christmas Cactus came from my mother-in-law when they moved from Iowa to NJ.
Wednesday, November 6, 2013
Monday, November 4, 2013
Moving things around
Saturday late morning (November 2), we moved the forsythia from our backyard to the side yard of our neighbor. I trimmed off lots of the long branches that seemed spindly and made it easier to transport. The plant was still as tall as I am.
Then we moved the hydrangea that was on the far east side of the house to the west of the rain barrel. I believe that it was getting too much sun where it was because it was not blooming as much as the other hydrangea. I need to figure out if I need to do any fertilizer for it. This was a bonus project!
In the process of digging out the hydrangea, we sheered off the shovel! We have picked out this shovel many moons ago at my Grandmother's house. It was such a good shovel, we will surely miss it!
More fall moving to do:
- remove iris
- move dutch iris to between the box garden and the fence and maybe between the box garden and the bigger garden if there are enough (reduce mowing)
- dig up the gladiolus
Then we moved the hydrangea that was on the far east side of the house to the west of the rain barrel. I believe that it was getting too much sun where it was because it was not blooming as much as the other hydrangea. I need to figure out if I need to do any fertilizer for it. This was a bonus project!
In the process of digging out the hydrangea, we sheered off the shovel! We have picked out this shovel many moons ago at my Grandmother's house. It was such a good shovel, we will surely miss it!
More fall moving to do:
- remove iris
- move dutch iris to between the box garden and the fence and maybe between the box garden and the bigger garden if there are enough (reduce mowing)
- dig up the gladiolus
Salsa Verde/Roasted Tomatillo Salsa
I've had a basket of tomatillos sitting on my counter for a few weeks now since the frost.
Today I finally got around to making some salsa with them. I loosely followed this recipe from Allrecipes.com.
I added some red onion and lime from one lime. I had two pounds of tomatillos and had four jalapeños left from the garden. My tomatillos got a little more roasted than I expected them too and I think I lost a ton of steam in the oven. (One reviewer said that it took 20 minutes, 10 minutes on each side was too long for me.) My amount yielded a little over two cups of salsa though pretty thick salsa.
Tasting it, it wasn't very hot, but my jalapenos weren't very hot this year. I'm excited to try again tomorrow to see how the flavors meld together. I don't expect that we will each it plain with chips, but bean burritos are on the menu for later this week and I expect it will be a tasty topping.
Today I finally got around to making some salsa with them. I loosely followed this recipe from Allrecipes.com.
I added some red onion and lime from one lime. I had two pounds of tomatillos and had four jalapeños left from the garden. My tomatillos got a little more roasted than I expected them too and I think I lost a ton of steam in the oven. (One reviewer said that it took 20 minutes, 10 minutes on each side was too long for me.) My amount yielded a little over two cups of salsa though pretty thick salsa.
Tasting it, it wasn't very hot, but my jalapenos weren't very hot this year. I'm excited to try again tomorrow to see how the flavors meld together. I don't expect that we will each it plain with chips, but bean burritos are on the menu for later this week and I expect it will be a tasty topping.
Monday, October 28, 2013
Corno di Toro Peppers
Corno di Toro peppers
grew near mailboxproduced one long pepper (over 6 inches) early in the summer
at frost picked 8 off the plant. two of which were turning red, but the others were mature but still green.
I think I picked one earlier this fall
mild, sweet
recommend trying again
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