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<\/a><\/p>\nYear 1 …and 1\/2<\/p>\n
So, how did it go? \u00a0Garden was good, except…<\/p>\n
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…we went to harvest our second batch of jerusalem artichokes and discovered that they had \u00a0started to grow again. \u00a0No JA to be had in those mounds, and in just 3 weeks from the first dig! \u00a0Florida heat…lesson learned.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n …fed the Black Soldier Flies too much cracked corn at once and lost them all! \u00a0 They came back strong about 3 weeks later, fed them a bread fruit and…Zap killed them all again! \u00a0The cracked corn must have cooked them and the bread fruit, well, who knew? \u00a0Lesson learned.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Don’t let anyone tell you that “heat resistant” crops grow in Florida in the summer…it just ain’t so. \u00a0The only things we grew all summer were\u00a0banana peppers and okra. \u00a0The sweet potatoes show promise, as well.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Oh, and cowpeas which we harvest every couple of weeks, dry the peas and use the plants for mulch.<\/p>\n …The Hibiscus bushes are also doing well…be making Sorrel soon from our own plants instead of having to buy the dried Hibiscus blooms.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n So, year 1 …and 1\/2. \u00a0Count your blessings and remember…it’s all good.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Happy Homesteading,<\/p>\n T.<\/p>\n Remembering back 3 years – YEAR ONE – Bent Pine Farm Year 1 …and 1\/2 So, how did it go? \u00a0Garden was good, except… …we went to harvest our second batch of jerusalem artichokes and discovered that they had \u00a0started to grow again. \u00a0No JA to be had in those mounds, and in just … Continue reading Year ONE Bent Pine Farm 2014-15<\/span> <\/a><\/p>\n<\/a>…tilapia pool needed a bigger filter \u00a0to keep the water clear. \u00a0Took the one out of the Duck pond and the waters seems to have cleared a bit. \u00a0Tilapia are getting so big now they \u00a0jump out when you go near the pool to feed them. \u00a0We’re going to put some in the Duck Pond and let the grandkids fish for them!<\/p>\n<\/a>Need to clear up the water in the pond first…going to\u00a0try \u00a0a spillway approach this time. The pond filter got hit by lightning and blew out the ultraviolet light for killing the algae…one lesson learned and another not yet.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"