Wednesday, September 25, 2013

The harvest continues..

I am so excited.  Our two Haralson apple trees produced like crazy this year.  As did the Dolgo crabapple.  I get a few more grapes from my Valiant grape every.  I even got a nice harvest of apples from the wild apple tree on our property.   I'm still getting tomatoes. 

Best of all.....
My potato harvest success.  I tried the method I saw on pintrest, which consisted of a wire cage lined with straw,.  The inside was filled with compost and potatoes.  All I had to do was pick up the cage and the potatoes just rolled out.  That is how we do it in South Dakota, Gene.  No digging needed:) It wasn't a huge crop, because by the time I got my act together to try the project it was difficult finding seed potatoes.
I also harvested the chipmunk's sunflower crop.  I didn't plan a one of those sunflowers below.  Don't worry I'm slowly doling them out to my chipmunk farmer friends.  I never would have guessed I could get such big sunflower heads at this altitude.
 My final project for the weekend was to pull up the corn and use them for decoration.  I also added the sunflower heads.  I'm slowly building my fall display.  Notice my giant pumpkin.  It fell off of the vine.  I'm not sure if it will turn orange.  I have one pumpkin left. 
That is pretty much the end of my garden harvest.  It was a successful year and I enjoyed the challenge.  

6 comments:

  1. Good to know the potato thingy worked! I was wondering if it was as easy as it looked. Happy fall!

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  2. Looks real nice.I have heard of using old tires stacked for potatoes.This sounds good, the digging part can be tough.

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  3. That sure looks like a fun way to grow potatoes. Glad it worked for you. Those red ones are the best, in my book!

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  4. Congrats on the success !!
    I need to try that potato trick next year.

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  5. You really do have a green thumb. Stock up for winter...I hear it's going to be a doozy! XOXO

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