Spotsylvania Farmers Market: Visit 4 (Gordon Road)

This morning, I went to the Farmers Market off Gordon Road.  I haven't been in over a month and was happy to go.  I had a list.....apples, potatoes, and onions.  I had $23 in cash to spend.

I first got some honey crisp "crack" apples.  :)  And I also got one granny smith apple.

Here's some pears.

At another stand.....Some butternut squash with imperfections and some pumpkins.  Guess the season is winding down.

I went over to one of my favorite stands, Ochoa Produce.

I got my peppers, onions and a tomato from here.

Lots of mini pumpkins.

As I was taking this picture the farmer jokingly told me "Take all the pictures you want, they are $1 each".  We both laughed.  ahahahaha  :)

Here's some peanuts.  My dad would love these.

Peppers....The yellow ones look just like my petite peppers I have growing.  :)

I didn't see any potatoes at the Ochoa stand that I wanted.  So, I went to the C&T Produce Stand.  They had a ton of potatoes.  2lbs for $1.  That's a great deal!!  :)

There was a nice crowd but not too many people.

Here's some pictures of fresh produce at other stand.

As you walk around this girl plays sweet music on her violin.  She's wonderful.  I saw many people dropping money in her violin case.  As I was walking out and I had some leftover change that I took out of my pocket and toss in the case.  She said thank you.  :)

So here's what I got......

I got everything on my list and a few other goodies that weren't.  I went to the grocery store (Wegmans) after the farmers market and gladly skipped the crowed produce department because I already had all the fruit and veggies I needed.  :)

Seed Bank 2013

Here's all my seeds ready for planting for next year.

I have pie pumpkin and jack pumpkin seeds left over that I didn't use this year.  I'm going to try again but I won't put them outside.  I will leave them inside to grow.  :)

Here's seeds from my red bell peppers and my petite yellow bell seeds.

Here's seeds from peppers I got at the farmers market.  Red bell, green bell and purple bell pepper seeds.

I also save a few seeds from my first meyer lemon.  :)

If you would like some seeds to try growing something of your own let me know and I will get them to you.

Garden Update: Day 247

Well today I decided to clean up my garden.  The deck now sits empty with just a little bit of a container ring left.  That will go away after the rains wash it.

I dumped the grape tomatoes and the marigolds into my compost pile.  The container in the left of the picture is busted and will be taken to the trash dump.

I cleaned up the shed and put all my watering jugs neatly on a shelf.  I also stacked all the pots and closed up my potting soil bag.  I then swept out the shed.  :)  The pot on the table is drying in the sun.

I never took a picture of my pumpkins I got this year from Snead's Farm.  Here they are.  :)

I moved my peppers that are inside at my sunniest window.  I brought my lemon tree inside a few nights ago b/c we got frost.  Lemon trees don't like cold so I figured I better bring it in.  So, I made room and I also brought in my little rose plant.  I added some fresh soil to the peppers and to the lemon tree.  They all needed a little bit more.

I have several petite peppers turning yellow.  :)

My little rose bush is doing well.  :)  It's a very happy plant.

Ben and Katie's Engagement Party

My cousin, Ben is getting married to the lovely Katie.  She's from Nottingham and the wedding is set for July next year in England.  My Aunt Karen, and cousin Lora through them an engagement party yesterday.  The party was up in Fairfax at the Clubhouse of my cousin Lora's place.

This sign was hanging up on the front door.

Here's Ben and Katie.

This is the food table.  Lots of yummy apps.  There was also bbq that was catered in from Shawn's BBQ.  It's really good food!  :)

There was fally decor all about.  I loved all the pumpkins!

Some candy dishes too.

Another table with veggies, dip, cheese, crackers and fruit.

Some of the mums and other fally decor on the porch.

Here's Ben and Katie loading up their plates with BBQ.

Katie and some of Aunt Karen's friends talking.

I provided the Music and I took pictures.  This is the sound system I borrowed from Nate's dad.  It's such a simple set up and it's perfect for parties.

Here's the playlist Nate help me make for the party.

My Aunt made some tattoos.  Here's one that my cousin Heather's daughter is showing off.  

SHE SAID YES

Here's my cousin Heather's daughter with my cousin Lora's daughter.  They are splitting images of their mothers.  :)

The cake

Ben and Katie practicing the cake slicing.  :)

It was a nice day.  It was great to see some family members I haven't seen in years.  

On the way home we stopped off at IKEA.  We walked around and had dinner there.  I spent $8 on 2 cutting boards, some red mini Christmas baubles and some baking cupcake liners with Christmas baubles.

Garden update: Day 239

It's been a while since I last blogged about my garden.  Last week, we had a ton of rain here.  I was worried for my plants but they are actually doing okay.  I had to go out several times and dump out some of the excess water in the pots.  Looks like that helped them from getting too much water.

This is what I have left in my patio garden.  Marigolds, rose bush and my lemon tree.

Speaking of my lemon tree.......my lemon is yellow!!!!

Beautiful.  :)

I wanted to keep the lemon on the tree for a little longer since there was still some green towards the top but when I touched it to see if it was ripened it came right off.  :(  I read you can sit it in a sunny window to get some more sunlight to ripen a little more.  I'm gonna try that.  Then I gotta decide what to make with it.  :)

Look at the little baby lemons....

I can't wait to see these turn into big lemons.  :)

Lemon trees don't like the cold and we're getting some chilly nights so I'm gonna have to bring this little guy in soon.  I'll probably do that tomorrow or early in the week.

My grape tomatoes have just about had it.  There's a few green ones but I'm thinking that this is going to the compost pile soon.  I have a few tomatoes in my kitchen sill that I picked the other day.  I'm going to save the seeds from them to plant next year.  :)

Inside my pepper plants are still growing like crazy.  I have so many peppers on each plant.

This the little yellow petite pepper plant.  It's LOADED with peppers.  It's only a matter of time before they change to yellow.

My red bell pepper plant has a bunch of peppers too.  Here's just a few close up.  :)

As always thanks for reading.  :)