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Society Garden Wrapping up for 2016

Posted in garden, nature, tagged , , , , on October 23, 2016| Leave a Comment »

The plants just keep on giving, but there ain’t no more room! SLPS filled its last buckets and picked its last peppers, as the fall season is here in full swing, so it was time to prepare the garden for winter by pulling out all the plants that wouldn’t survive the snowfall and cold temperatures. A bucket of tomatoes and tomatillos, some squash, a bucket of peppers, a few watermelons, and many pumpkins were harvested in the last harvest in time for Samhain. SLPS has been truly blessed with bountiful produce and few pests in 2016. The 2017 garden will have similar items, but will be scaled back a little bit with fewer pepper and pumpkin plants.

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Society Garden 2016, pumpkins in the field, Saturday, October 22, 2016, Salt Lake City, UT

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Society Garden 2016, Ashton Longhurst with Jack-O-Lantern, Saturday, October 22, 2016, Salt Lake City, UT

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Society Garden 2016, harvest pumpkins and watermelons, l to r: pie pumpkin, watermelon, Jack-O-Lantern, Jarrahdale, Jack-Be-Little, Saturday, October 22, 2016, Salt Lake City, UT

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Society Garden 2016, Ashton Longhurst cleaning garden for winter, Saturday, October 22, 2016, Salt Lake City, UT

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Society Garden 2016, Daniel Cureton with pumpkins Saturday, October 22, 2016, Salt Lake City, UT

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Melons, Artichoke, and Herbs-Society Garden September 2016

Posted in garden, tagged , , , on September 19, 2016| Leave a Comment »

Society garden has started to produce melons and herbs. Peppers are still flowing, pumpkins growing, and tomatoes dropping on the vines. In full steam, so much to produce that the members of SLPS can’t keep up!

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Society Garden, drying herbs l to r: oregano, dill, basil, thyme, sage, rosemary, Sunday, September 4, 2016, Salt Lake City, UT

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Society Garden, watermelons, Sunday, September 4, 2016, Salt Lake City, UT

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Society Garden 2016, Watermelon and Armenian, September 19, 2016, Salt Lake City, UT

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Society Garden 2016, artichoke in bloom, Monday, September 19, 2016, Salt Lake City, UT

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September Full Corn Moon Salsa Canning

Posted in garden, Other, tagged , , , , on September 18, 2016| Leave a Comment »

September’s full moon, known as the corn moon, brought the opportunity for SLPS to use some of the peppers overflowing from the Society garden and make homemade salsa. So many peppers were available, the salsa was pureed in the blender and cooked in a large stock pot. The salsa making took place on Sunday, September 18, 2016. The canning took about 30 minutes for the jars. The salsa contains onions, salt, lemon juice, garlic, tomatillos, green, brandywine, zebra, and beefcake tomatoes. Jalapeno, shishito, anaheim, serrano, bell, lemon drop, Caribbean, Tabasco, and habenero peppers were added, giving the salsa the right kick! The salsa has been named “backyard kitchen salsa”.

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September 2016 Full Corn Moon, salsa making- peppers, Sunday, September 18, 2016, Salt Lake City, UT

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September 2016 Full Corn Moon, salsa making- blended salsa, Sunday, September 18, 2016, Salt Lake City, UT

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September 2016 Full Corn Moon, salsa making- canned salsa, Sunday, September 18, 2016, Salt Lake City, UT

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Society Garden Giving in Abundance

Posted in garden, tagged , , , , , on August 21, 2016| Leave a Comment »

The Society garden is growing at full steam, with all the plants producing many fruits and vegetables per week. The pumpkins have vined, the okra flowered with pods, and the peppers giving peppers by the bucket load. Watermelons are growing as well as all the other plants. A small gofer appears to be nibbling on the onions, but SLPS has plans to trap and release!

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Society Garden, Daniel Cureton with Lettuce, Friday, July 15, 2016, Salt Lake City, UT

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Society Garden, watermelon on vine, Friday, July 30, 2016, Salt Lake City, UT

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Society Garden, pumpkins, Friday, July 15, 2016, Salt Lake City, UT

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Society Garden, herbs l to r: parsley, dill and oregano Friday, July 30, 2016, Salt Lake City, UT

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Society Garden, Freyja in the pumpkin patch, Thursday, August 4, 2016, Salt Lake City, UT

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Society Garden, Cabbage, leeks (right), yellow squash (back), and corn, Thursday, August 4, 2016, Salt Lake City, UT

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Society Garden, lettuce and onions (r), Sunday, August 14, 2016, Salt Lake City, UT

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Society Garden, cabbage, Sunday, August 14, 2016, Salt Lake City, UT

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Society Garden, tomatillos and okra (r), Sunday, August 14, 2016, Salt Lake City, UT

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Society Garden, harvested vegetables, Sunday, August 14, 2016, Salt Lake City, UT

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Society Garden, bucket of peppers, okra, and tomatoes, Sunday, August 21, 2016, Salt Lake City, UT

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Society Garden, onions, Sunday, August 21, 2016, Salt Lake City, UT

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Society Garden, bucket of peppers, Thursday, August 4, 2016, Salt Lake City, UT

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Society Garden, bucket of squash, Sunday, August 14, 2016, Salt Lake City, UT

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Society Garden, bucket of vegetables, Sunday, August 21, 2016, Salt Lake City, UT

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Society Garden, plums (l), tomatoes, and watermelon (r), with April Love, Sunday, August 21, 2016, Salt Lake City, UT

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Picking Fruit for Jam

Posted in garden, Other, tagged , , , , on July 10, 2016| Leave a Comment »

SLPS has 20 fruit and nuts trees, with lots of variety. Apple, plum, peach, pears, nectarine, apple, almond, and apricot! Blueberry bushes, Oregon grape, and concord grape as well as strawberries abound.  The apricots and Oregon grape came in and have been pick off one tree, ready to be made into homemade jam. SLPS has a long tradition of jamming it’s fruits, but sometimes so many come in that the trees have to be propped for support!

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Fruit gathering for homemade jam making,apricot tree supported with boards due to so much fruit, Sunday, July 10, 2016, Salt Lake City, UT

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Fruit gathering for homemade jam making, Daniel Cureton getting apricots, Sunday, July 10, 2016, Salt Lake City, UT

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Fruit gathering for homemade jam making, gathering Oregon grapes, Sunday, July 10, 2016, Salt Lake City, UT

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Society Garden Growing Strong!

Posted in garden, nature, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on July 4, 2016| Leave a Comment »

The society garden is growing strong! A month and a half of growing and many of the plants have bushed, vined, and stalked. Only a couple were lost, one cucumber, one corn, one pepper plant, and some onions. All in all, not so bad! The loss mainly may be due to the gophers or bad starters.

Peppers are coming in, vines on the watermelons and pumpkins have taken off, lettuce is growing high, squash is bushing, corn stalks are about 2 feet high and already show tassels, and onions are getting thick. The society is blessed with many plants and few pests!

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Society Garden 2016, artichoke, Saturday, July 2, 2016, Salt Lake City, UT

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Society Garden 2016, peppers, Saturday, July 2, 2016, Salt Lake City, UT

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Society Garden 2016, peppers, Saturday, July 2, 2016, Salt Lake City, UT

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Society Garden 2016, anaheim pepper, Saturday, July 2, 2016, Salt Lake City, UT

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Society Garden 2016, serrano chilis, Saturday, July 2, 2016, Salt Lake City, UT

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Society Garden 2016, celery, Saturday, July 2, 2016, Salt Lake City, UT

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Society Garden 2016, okra, Saturday, July 2, 2016, Salt Lake City, UT

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Society Garden 2016, watermelon, Saturday, July 2, 2016, Salt Lake City, UT

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Society Garden 2016, pumpkins, Saturday, July 2, 2016, Salt Lake City, UT

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Society Garden 2016, pumpkin patch, Saturday, July 2, 2016, Salt Lake City, UT

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Society Garden 2016, corn, Saturday, July 2, 2016, Salt Lake City, UT

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Society Garden 2016, yellow squash, Saturday, July 2, 2016, Salt Lake City, UT

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Society Garden 2016, leeks, cabbage (top) and lettuce (right), Saturday, July 2, 2016, Salt Lake City, UT

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Society Garden 2016, baquieu lettuce, Saturday, July 2, 2016, Salt Lake City, UT

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Society Garden 2016, cabbage, Saturday, July 2, 2016, Salt Lake City, UT

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Society Garden 2016, view looking down garden with corn (back), squash (back middle), lettuce (middle), leeks (right), and cabbage (front) with April Love, Saturday, July 2, 2016, Salt Lake City, UT

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Society Garden 2016, square garden area with tomatoes (back), cucumber (back middle), tomatillos (back middle right), shallots (front middle) and onions (right), Saturday, July 2, 2016, Salt Lake City, UT

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Society Garden 2016, herbs Parsley (back), dill (cage), cilantro (front left) and oregano (right), Saturday, July 2, 2016, Salt Lake City, UT

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Society Garden 2016, view of garden along fence, Saturday, July 2, 2016, Salt Lake City, UT

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