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5 acre Farmgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
1007 Posts
~~~*Terri*~~~
WA.
USA
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 Posted - Sep 04 2009 : 7:26:44 PM
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Is anyone else tired of gardening?
Farmgirl Sister #368
"It is most common for man to value most what has least worth."
My Farm and Garden blog....
http://blogonthefarmandgarden.blogspot.com
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gramadinah
True Blue Farmgirl
3557 Posts
Diana
Orofino
ID
USA
3557 Posts |
Posted - Sep 04 2009 : 8:57:41 PM
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no no no no 1000 times no.
Diana
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Jennifer Mulkey
True Blue Farmgirl
59 Posts
Jennifer
Arkansas City
KS
USA
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Posted - Sep 05 2009 : 06:14:16 AM
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Nope, I never get tired of gardening :)
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vegetarian farmer
True Blue Farmgirl
249 Posts
Jane
Freedom
pa
USA
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Posted - Sep 05 2009 : 12:39:20 PM
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| Oh I know just how you feel. I was just thinking that three weeks ago I had so much energy and just loved being in the garden. Now after watching every known fungus and blight and bug effect some part of every plant. And the endless hours in the kitchen canning every fruit and vegetable. What was once beautiful is now turning brown. I am just tired of it all. But I think that this is the season. While I hate to watch the garden die and the beans are tough now, I know that come January I will miss it all. Each new seed catalog will be eagerly awaited. I will dream of spring air and mud in my toes. |
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kristin sherrill
True Blue Farmgirl
11303 Posts
kristin
chickamauga
ga
USA
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Posted - Sep 05 2009 : 12:59:53 PM
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Yes! But I just had to go out and til a long wide row for some greens. I have been getting it ready by adding goat and chicken manure and straw and grass clippings. So I finally tilled today and planted almost 2 rows 2' wide. Turnip, collards, mustard, kale and rape greens. I have to put chicken wire over the ground because of bothersome chickens. It will come off once it starts growing. It's already sprinkling. It's supposed to rain all next week. So a perfect time to plant more stuff.
I am still getting some tomatoes. And I picked the last of the squash last night for dinner. I still have 3 1/2 rows of beets to pickle. I'm waiting for them to get a little bigger.
But yes, I think I have enough of the garden for a while. I agree with Jane, though. Come January, I'll be itching to get back out there in the dirt.
Kris
Happiness is simple. |
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dutchy
True Blue Farmgirl
4427 Posts
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Posted - Sep 05 2009 : 1:24:29 PM
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To be honest...YES!!! y gardens are still a mess. I need to do a lot of weeding, pruning etc. WILL do before the winter comes, lol. Maybe even sooner ;). But just don't feel like it, so am glad it will be raining lol ;)
Hugs from Marian/Dutchy, a farmgirl from the Netherlands :)
My personal blog:
http://just-me-a-dutch-girl.blogspot.com/
Almost daily updates on me and mine :)
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Lanna
True Blue Farmgirl
330 Posts
Lanna
A little town in Idaho
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Posted - Sep 05 2009 : 3:04:29 PM
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Not in that I wouldn't ever want to garden again, but in the way that the weeds are starting to win [and I don't really care since the frost is coming sometime soon] and I'm getting worn out from all the preserving and seed saving and all that? Yeah, I'm getting tired. Being pregnant and having kids underfoot "helping" doesn't exactly help in that regard either, but still.
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Lanna, mama to three little monkeys and growing a new little sprout |
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1badmamawolf
True Blue Farmgirl
2199 Posts
Teresa
"Bent Fence Farms"
Ca
USA
2199 Posts |
Posted - Sep 05 2009 : 3:12:12 PM
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Never tired of gardening, but , get tired gardening, yes. I do most of my praying in the garden, it is my open air church.
"Treat the earth well, it was not given to you by your parents, it was loaned to you by your children" |
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Cindy Lee
True Blue Farmgirl
510 Posts
Cindy
Sparks
Nevada
USA
510 Posts |
Posted - Sep 05 2009 : 4:11:48 PM
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| YES!!! But maybe I'm MORE tired of canning, at this point I really can't tell! I would really like to see my kitchen counter without boxes of produce on them! |
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kmbrown
True Blue Farmgirl
459 Posts
Misty
Waynesboro
Pennsylvania
USA
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Posted - Sep 05 2009 : 4:39:48 PM
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I am in the exact same boat as Lanna. I have 3 little ones and I am now 30 weeks pregnant with my fourth. I'm so tired and I am done with my garden this year!!! I told DH last week to "take it all out, I'm done". So all week he has been busy cleaning up the garden and all that is left is 4 tomato plants, 3 bell pepper plants and my row of carrots. Now all we have to do is clean out the goat barns and compost the garden and we are done for another year.
I know in February I'll be ready to start over again, but right now I'm to tired to think of next year!!! |
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prairie_princess
True Blue Farmgirl
613 Posts
Elizabeth
Carpenter
WY
USA
613 Posts |
Posted - Sep 05 2009 : 4:58:42 PM
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yes, i am tired of gardening... mostly because i get so tired doing it. i love it, but at this point i look forward to the cold months and having a break from it all. though, i know i still have SO much work ahead... my tomatoes havn't turned, so i'll be busy canning those soon. and then i'll be putting the garden to bed, weeding for the last time. but that is something i look forward to - knowing it will be the last time for the season!and it is fun cleaning everything up for the winter. but, by january, i'll be craving gardening... but i think it's a good thing to look forward to the next season.
"Only two things that money can't buy, that's true love and homegrown tomatoes."
- Guy Clark
"The man who has planted a garden feels he has done something for the good of the world."
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therusticcottage
True Blue Farmgirl
4439 Posts
Kay
Vancouver
WA
USA
4439 Posts |
Posted - Sep 05 2009 : 6:17:29 PM
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By the time the end of August rolls around I'm always tired of gardening. It is so dry here in July and August that the watering just goes on and on. Luckily we got some really good rain. But as tired of it as I get, each Spring I can hardly wait to start again. I always get sad when it's time to pull up the plants and put the garden to bed for the winter. Lots of contradictions there, I know.
The Rustic Cottage Blog http://therusticcottage.blogspot.com
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5 acre Farmgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
1007 Posts
~~~*Terri*~~~
WA.
USA
1007 Posts |
Posted - Sep 08 2009 : 8:45:41 PM
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Thanx sisters...I am just tired for this year, my greenhouse starts in November for the spring,,,so not too tired to start it in , um, 3 months....
Farmgirl Sister #368
"It is most common for man to value most what has least worth."
My Farm and Garden blog....
http://blogonthefarmandgarden.blogspot.com
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Huckelberrywine
True Blue Farmgirl
1607 Posts
Michelle
Rosalia
1607 Posts |
Posted - Sep 08 2009 : 10:17:37 PM
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:) Honestly, I was not sad to find that it had frosted last night. I love gardening, but come fall, I'm ready to rest just like the ground is ready to rest. I thought, hmm, I should go out and cover it...and I didn't. Can I still be a farmgirl? :) As things thaw out in the early spring, these plans sound so good, but at the end of the season, it is time for it to end. I'm glad I didn't put up a cold frame. I have to leave room in the freezer for the fall's hunt too!
Wow, Terri. I think 3 months and you'll be ready again. I'm setting by seed now for sprouting/sandwich sprouts. Think I'll put my premature growing urges where my mouth is instead of longing for a greenhouse.
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Annab
True Blue Farmgirl
2900 Posts
Anna
Seagrove
NC
USA
2900 Posts |
Posted - Sep 14 2009 : 03:36:14 AM
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Oh way no
Everything dried up sooner than what we were ready for!
Had planned on canning salsa and never did get the monster bumper crop of tomatoes we were expecting.
And the zucchini always dies too soon. Should have planted more but couldn;t find any more seeds.
There have been years when pepper plants sputtered along intil a real killing frost finally did them in.
Why do the weeds continue to do the best out of it all!? |
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homsteddinmom
True Blue Farmgirl
441 Posts
Brandee
bullard
tx
USA
441 Posts |
Posted - Sep 14 2009 : 06:24:19 AM
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| Yeah the heat got to mine this year. This is the first year that we had a garden here in texas. We did all of ours in containers and compost only. Everything did great! We had tomato plants that were about 8-9 feet tall. We still have 9 tomato plants giving tomatoes and 9 hills of cucs still going strong. I just planted my fall items, Cabbage, cauliflower, brocolli, squash, beets, radishes, carrots and more cucumbers. Everything is up and growing strong so in a few months will have more stuff! That is one good thing about east texas we dont really get that cold! |
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5 acre Farmgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
1007 Posts
~~~*Terri*~~~
WA.
USA
1007 Posts |
Posted - Sep 15 2009 : 8:47:46 PM
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I start in my Grenhouse in November, for spring selling, that is my business....
Farmgirl Sister #368
"It is most common for man to value most what has least worth."
My Farm and Garden blog....
http://blogonthefarmandgarden.blogspot.com
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Brenda Kay Groth
True Blue Farmgirl
100 Posts
Brenda
Manton
MIch
USA
100 Posts |
Posted - Sep 16 2009 : 3:15:42 PM
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gardening is a real joy in my life..i have huge garden beds all over my 5 acre property..and always adding more..the older i get..the more work i make for myself..
sure i do look forward to winter rest sometimes though..esp on big work years
bloom where you are planted |
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Gloria Bonde
True Blue Farmgirl
103 Posts
Gloria
Hot Springs
SD
USA
103 Posts |
Posted - Sep 16 2009 : 7:58:01 PM
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This is the time to plan for next years garden! It is cooler, which is good for the gardener and good for the plants. I am moving plants around. Plus, my garden gives so many perennials. I am having a "Garden Party" this weekend. I invited about 30 friends to "bring a dish" and bring some boxes for plants to take home. They are excited. We will sit in the garden, eat and they will take home "babies" I think next week I will have pictures in my blog. www.behealthyworkfromhome.com
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Betty J.
True Blue Farmgirl
1408 Posts
Betty
Pasco
WA
USA
1408 Posts |
Posted - Sep 16 2009 : 8:21:42 PM
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Yes, I am tired of gardening this year. Next year will be different--everything new. Planted my tomatoes too close together this year and some didn't get enough water. The ones that did really thrived. I've been busy cutting down these mammoth sunflowers and putting them out to dry for the birds. Hope to go down south this winter to see my grandbaby, Hannah. Her mom is going to student teach and so will need a "nanny." The kids want me to come too, so I probably will.
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junkjunkie
True Blue Farmgirl
1306 Posts
Judy
Lawrenceville
NJ
USA
1306 Posts |
Posted - Sep 17 2009 : 6:31:49 PM
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I'm pretty gung-ho in the spring when the nurseries are getting in all gorgeous new plants. By early June, everything is basically planted...just need to water and weed occasionally. By the end of summer, the garden looks overgrown and the weeds are taking over. I'm not as diligent about watering. In a month, everything will be pulled out. Sometimes I have to push myself to garden and maintain everything but in the long run, it's worth it.
"To have life in focus, we must have death in our field of vision." Benedictine monk John Main |
Edited by - junkjunkie on Sep 17 2009 6:33:02 PM |
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quiltin mama
True Blue Farmgirl
436 Posts
Heather
Crescent City
CA
USA
436 Posts |
Posted - Sep 20 2009 : 10:02:25 AM
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"I am in the exact same boat as Lanna. I have 3 little ones and I am now 30 weeks pregnant with my fourth."
Oh my gosh, I know how you feel!! I have one big one, 2 under 2 and I'm 35 wks preggo. I am soooooooooooooooooo done with gardening this year! :) I however am not done canning although I really wish I was! :)
my blog www.mountainhomequilts.blogspot.com
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prairie_princess
True Blue Farmgirl
613 Posts
Elizabeth
Carpenter
WY
USA
613 Posts |
Posted - Oct 04 2009 : 8:03:56 PM
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i'm SO glad my garden is DONE! i'm so relieved... i feel like i can relax. well not really, because i have all my green tomatoes hanging in the basement ready to ripen and pumpkins curing. i'll have alot more canning to do when those are ready. but until then, i'm done. just canned my cabbage for saurkraut today, froze all my carrots and canned my beets. i feel i can take a breather for awhile. pulled the rest of the plants and weeds today before it got too rainy and nasty. i just want to sleep all day.... anyone else feel like that?
"Only two things that money can't buy, that's true love and homegrown tomatoes."
- Guy Clark
"The man who has planted a garden feels he has done something for the good of the world."
- Charles Dudley Warner |
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Bellepepper
True Blue Farmgirl
1207 Posts
Belle
Coffeyville
KS
USA
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Posted - Oct 05 2009 : 12:40:49 PM
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Supposed to get our first frost this weekend so I'll be busy the rest of the week deciding what to save. Lots of green tomatoes and small jalapenos. Need to take cuttings from the annuals that I want to save from the flower gardens. Been moving plants that are not where I want them. Trying to consolidate and redo.
Brenda, I did the same thing in out 2 acre yard. Just kept building beds. Now that I am about to hit the big 70, I am trying to cut back. Hard to cut back when I have worked so hard establishing the beds, hauling rocks, railroad ties, cement blocks, you name it. And ammending all that soil.
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Cindy Lou
True Blue Farmgirl
2325 Posts
Susan
Lonsdale
MN
USA
2325 Posts |
Posted - Oct 05 2009 : 12:55:29 PM
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Yes and no. I love my garden, the yummy food and how DH and I continue to learn and improve it year to year. I retired a year ago so this garden was our biggest and best yet, but DH has gotten too busy. Actually he's great on the planning, research, planting, building raised beds, organic weed and pest control, etc, but not too big on harvesting, freezing or canning so it all becomes mine smetime later in the season. We have lots of raspberries still green and covered everything one night to avoid the first predicted frost which actually didn't happen after all. Since then it has been days and days of cold fall rain. I'm ready to be done, except for a batch of raspbery jam waiting for me to tackle! I find it amazing, even though I know the seasons are different to imagine planting at this point! July is about the end for late planting for us.
"You can't roller skate in a buffalo herd.....
But you can be happy if you've a mind to. All you've gotta do in knuckle down, buckle down and do it, do it, do it!" |
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chaddsgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
843 Posts
Sarah
Farmgirl Sisterhood #639
MO
USA
843 Posts |
Posted - Oct 05 2009 : 2:30:29 PM
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Anna, my pepper plants are doing just that. Trying to decide if I want to keep babying them along through the frost, or just let them die. I've probably got about all the peppers I actually need for the year. (I say that now, wait til winter comes and I have none left).
I'm not really tired of gardening, but it is getting tougher because the days are shorter and I don't have much daylight left to work in the garden. Plus, I'm kind of distracted by planning what I want to plant for next year. I am kind of getting tired of canning and processing. I love to do it, but it takes up my whole weekend and my house looks like it's been hit by a tornado. What a mess!!!
A person is a success if they get up in the morning and get to bed at night and in between does what they want to do. Bob Dylan |
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