Category: Gardening

Turnip Seed Harvesting

Would you believe this gorgeous plant is just the lowly turnip going to seed? Isn’t it amazing how beautiful vegetables can be?! I have a whole row of these lovelies that will give me fresh new turnip seeds for Fall harvest.

How they look when all budded out but before the blossoms open
This delicate white and pink flower is a radish going to seed

Gardening On My Birthday!

What do I spend my birthday ? doing? Why planting garden beds of course! Lol

Another garden bed tilled and planted today! This bed has yellow onions and carrots in it. Planted together, carrots and onions make superb garden companions. They repel each other’s insect pests. This heirloom variety of carrot comes from Russia and is similar to the Danvers half long in appearance. It is dark orange to almost reddish in color. High in beta carotene and with natural resistance to insects.

400’ of onion and 100’ of carrots.
Added to the previous bed gives me a total of:
700’ of onions and 200’ of carrots planted so far.

I still have red onions to plant plus more whites and yellows after this planting is finished. When I’m done I should have close to 1500 linear feet of onions in the ground. Hope y’all like spring onions!

My winter wheat is looking lovely. It’s starting to jump up and green up now. Remember this is PRAIRIE GOLD, NON-GMO, ORGANIC WHEAT! It does not have adulterated gluten like most modern commercially grown wheat has been.

If you or a loved one have gluten problems, you may want to try this wheat flour. Many of my customers report they don’t have side effects after using this flour. *Disclaimer: I am not a doctor. Please consult your physician for medical advice.

Get outside y’all and enjoy this lovely spring weather!

Planting Season Has Begun!

Ladies and gentlemen, the planting season has officially begun at my place.

Today I got 300 feet of onions in, and 200 feet of turnips.

Will be separating garlic cloves for planting during the rain that’s coming. As soon as it dries up again, I’ll be planting garlic, cabbages, broccoli, and othe rbrassicas, greens lettuce, carrots, beets and a bunch more…oh my! Here we go folks!

If you aren’t excited yet, don’t worry; I’m excited enough for the both of us lol!

Harvesting Amaranth Seeds

Look in the pink bowl for the tiny black specks in the bottom. They are so hard to see and very difficult to harvest/clean by hand.

Amazing how one teeny tiny seed, the size of a pin head can produce such a nutritious plant for eating. They get up to 5’ tall at maturity. The greens are crimson red, tasty and similar to spinach but much more heat tolerant. Watch for the crimson leaves offered next year during my summer sales.

These seeds make fantastic micro nutrient sprouts! You need some for winter ?
Feed your body the best stuff and it will repay you with fantastic health, energy and peace!

Planting Progress Praise Report!

Happy to report that my late August planting of green beans are ready to pick! I was told I couldn’t get a harvest off them when planted so late. So much for that! Lol

I just put up 40 pounds of purple hull peas for my freezer! I’ll be drying the rest for the winter supply.

I have young tomato plants started in August blooming now.

Cabbages are up about 4”. Yellow squash up 3”. Turnips up about 6”. Bunch of seedlings coming up! Woohooo more beds getting worked up and seeds going in every week.

Don’t forget I have eggs every week.

I’m getting a calf pen and shelter ready this week to bring in beef and dairy calves this month.

Measured New Planting Space

This is what I did today…
Measured and staked out 500 square feet of new planting space. Hand dug every square inch, weeded and removed all buried bad bugs. Safe guarded every earth worm I could and broke up all the clods. Raked over the bed and drew planting furrows with my hoe.
Planted 300 MORE FEET of beets (makes 600′ total now) and 100′ of cabbage transplants.
I’m tired
Had to really push myself that last 15′. Was not wanting to finish it but yet I wanted to finish it. Know what I mean?

Update on green beans:
That last ditch planting of green beans I did are blooming now. Might get a harvest before frost after all 

Homestead Update

I’ve been working hard moving out to the homestead. It’s quite an undertaking but I’m picking away at the work load, bit by bit. This explains my market absences of late. Please bear with me folks, while I adjust through these changes.

In between all the chaos I’ve managed to get these things planted for future harvests:

A last ditch effort for a late season harvest of green beans. Don’t hold your breath on these just in case the frost gets em’!

Lettuce
Spinach
Mustard
Turnip greens

Cress
Parsley

Carrots
Onions
Turnip roots

Coming up to plant soon:
Late season cabbages, broccoli, cauliflower, kale, rutabaga, parsnips, Brussels sprouts, Chinese cabbage, garlic, kohlrabi, coffee chicory, collards, sweet peas, cool season culinary herbs and medicinal herbs! Plus several more coming soon, so stay tuned folks!!!

More updates will be posted as I go along.

Busy Day At The Farmer’s Market!

I’m at the market. Been here for a couple hours but it’s been hopping busy so I just now got a chance to update y’all here.

Purple hull peas selling out quick.
1 bag for $5 or 3 bags for $10.

Only 1 doz peanut butter cookies left $3

Ugly but tasty green beans- lol taste them and you’ll see. $3 for a heaping basket.

Super crunchy, red taters -basket for $3

Super sweet baby watermelons!! Oh my goodness I dropped one and it cracked so I have to eat it. I’m going to get a sugar buzz for real!! .50 cents and up depending on size!

Taking orders on free range, pastured NON GMO eggs. Please remember I’m not permitted to sell them at the market but I can arrange a pick up with you. $3 a dozen

At The Homestead

Did anyone miss me at the market today? I had to get some projects done at the homestead. I missed you guys, hope to see y’all next market day ?

Just to fill that void y’all feel from not chatting with me, I took a couple fantastic pictures of an amazing plant I’m growing on the homestead. This ought to keep Oasis Homestead active in your ❤️

Check this out…. If you think you know what it is, come see me next market day and tell me your guess!! No fair using Google to look it up. Lol