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Old Big Red sits tall and proud at the farm. This old tractor was The Mrs Grandfather's that The Mrs Dad uses now on the farm.
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Old Tractor | Grayson County, Texas
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One of the Sunfield resident gardeners, Jennifer Rees, grew an amazing crop of Swiss Chard this fall and it is still going strong. She told me to soak the chard in water for awhile before you cook it to take away some of the bitterness. According to some health experts, chard is the healthiest vegetable and is known to prevent cancer.
The lettuce I planted a few weeks ago from transplants are looking delicious. I planted three varieties shown here. The bright green one is 'salad bowl' the green with red splotches is called 'flashy trout back' and the dark red one is 'rouge de hiver'. Plant breeders are pretty creative when it comes to naming their creations. In another part of the garden I planted green romaine and buttercrunch, which is my favorite. They also look delicious. I think some cutworms got two of the romaine plants- I found the whole top of the plant lying on the ground a day or two after they were planted, severed off from the roots. That is the main symptom of cut worm damage. I poked around to find the cutworms but didn't see any. A few weeks have passed and no other plants have been harmed, so maybe they went through their life cycle.
The basic organic gardening class on December 19 was a success- we had
6 people come, 5 of whom are residents. Two residents signed up to share a plot rental. All of the class participants told me they learned a great deal and had tons of fun. We learned how to plant garlic, lettuce and onions. We also learned about why gardening using organic methods is so important and that healthy soil is the key to a good organic garden. More classes to come in 2012, including herb gardening, more basic organic gardening classes and a composting workshop.
Today I harvested the last of the small pumpkins that Jennifer and Mark planted during the summer. They did great despite the lingering heat and drought of the summer! Clearly those two are gifted with green thumbs. I took three little pumpkins for myself and will make pies with them. Jennifer and Mark also planted larger pumpkins but most of then were eaten by an unidentified 'varmit'. We removed those old vines and half eaten pumpkins and put them in the compost pile. Hopefully the critters will leave the rest of the garden alone. The plan is to plant artichokes where the pumpkins were in our shared large crop bed.