Cabinet Shop
Custom Classic Construction, Inc.
Since 1985
cabinets4u@built-incabinets.com
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November 2nd
We ordered our fish from Mid-Atlantic fisheries.
75 Yellow Perch
2 - 5 lb bags pounds bags of Fat Head Minnows
Floating the bags to acclimate the fish to the pond water temperature.
October 31st
Happy Halloween!
It starts in the shop where Jim takes my rough ideas and turns them into a reality.
When designing and decorating we always have to consider weather and safety since I will be out on the main road for part of my loop.
Jim surprised me with this handsome dragon and he is no ordinary dragon he breaths fire. ( sort of)
He also purchased this pin for me so I didn't have a repeat of the year I wore a parrot on my shoulder in 2006. it didn't really stay put so my little dragon I purchased road up front with me in my beverage cup instead of on my shoulder.
I baked an apple and a pumpkin pie for the party at Richie "Da Mayor's " house
Last night it was raining to hard. I was thankful it wasn't a cold rain because I was soaked through by the time I got home.
As always I had a wonderful time visiting with the neighbors.
October 10th
We decided not to re roof the house this fall. Instead Jim did a repair to hold us over until next spring.
Our main goal for the next month is to get firewood stacked and ready for winter.
We harvested the popcorn
Japanese Hulless:
And the most beautiful EATABLE corn I have ever grown
Glass Gem.
It can be popped or ground into flour and used like any flint style corn.
An Interesting history on these seeds:
The origins and Journey of 'Carl's Glass Gems' Rainbow Corn
Sept 22nd
We have been very busy the last few weeks. I have been canning to restock our pantry for the winter,
I still have to make a batch of hot pepper sauce and Hot pepper jelly
We harvested apples
and took 20 lbs and canned jars of apple sauce and apple pie filling.
The rest of the apples will be stored in the walk in cooler.
September 7th
I apologize for now having very many pictures of the leach line project.
At the start I disturbed a nest of ground bees AKA yellow jackets. It was not pretty. We guess - ti-mated I was stung over 35 times. Fortunately I am not allergic but after taking a Benadryl I was asleep quickly and for several hours.
Our very good neighbor Mitch arrived on his "wife's" new JD tractor to help.
10 ft of schedule 40 from the tank to the distribution box
First of 3 lines
Laying stone in the start of the second line
Total cost for materials $ 684.00
$ 334 for the pipe and supplies plus $ 350 for the stone
August 16th:
The Next project: redo the leach lines for the Guest house.
You are looking at about 21 Ton (16 yards) of #2 Stone.
Our September project: re-roof and start to stain the house:
Setting the Scaffolding planks
August 10th:
"Nothing is Free"
We were gifted 2 year old appliances to use in our guest house:
Several weeks later and several hundred dollars later they are finally installed.
The start of the tear out.
The original work on the kitchen was horrendous.
There was no way we could settle for what was there so we removed the cabinets found the plywood on the floor was run in the wrong direction so by the time we stopped we were down to re-plumbing ( there were no shuts off nor was the drain line glued or supported, the floor joist were run hither dither, barely nailed and no blocking. The sheetrock was moldy. That lead to repairing the wall, painting the ceiling and the walls. Basically a complete rebuild of the room.
Walls and ceiling are painted.
Floor is done.
We decided to reuse the cabinets so we painted the Wall Cabinets and ........
Sanded and refinished the oak base cabinets. To give it a fresh look we painted the hinges flat black and installed black knobs
Here they are the "FREE" appliances
July 8th
We
decided to install a Shade cloth after last years heat completely halted our
tomato production.
July 4th:
Grape
Tomatoes:
Brandywine:
Rutgers:
Mortgage
Lifters:
Snowball
Cauliflower:
Second
planting for the season and it is almost ready
Cabbages
are ready:
Been
making Cole Slaw and Smothered Cabbage I do plan on trying fermentation with a
few heads.
Eggplant:
Only one survived but it looks like it is establishing itself
Sweet
Red Peppers:
Anaheim
peppers:
PopCorn:
I
planted Japanese Hulless and Gem Glass
they
are starting to tassel:
Cucumbers
are taking off and are delicious:
And
last but not least for all of you that followed along for two
years........ This self seeded from Frankenbeet .
First
head lettuce of the season.
Peppers
are finally starting to get a nice color of green although they are still small.
Wala
Wala Onions:
Japanese
Hulless Popcorn:
Glass
Gem Popcorn:
Cucumbers:
Brandywine
tomato:
It
may not be very big but it is a beautiful sight to me.
It
is the first time I have tried to grow Brandywine in the HT and I was very
surprised that is it the first tomato of the season to arrive.
Cabbage:
Reminds
me of a Green rose bud ... Sort of
June 5th:
I just
had to post this:
I
harvested the first cauliflower yesterday:
Is
is a little hard to read it says 31.40 ozs
May 31st:
Window
box theme this year Red White and Blue:
Potatoes:
Cauliflower:
Starting
to head up:
Almost
ready to harvest:
Cucumber:
Starting
to climb:
Tomatoes:
Carrots:
Cabbage:
Cabbage
and one Broccoli (That was supposed to be all Broccoli)
Close
up of that single Broccoli plant:
New
bed of Broccoli:
May 9th:
Carrots:
Beets:
Starting
to swell:
Cabbage
with one broccoli:
The
CABBAGE that was supposed to be Broccoli inter-planted with Gumbo Onions:
RE-plant
of Broccoli:
Kale:
Potatoes:
Red Leaf Lettuce:
April 24th:
Well
apparently I got a seed package that was marked incorrectly. Or
at least that is the only explanation I can come up with.
My
broccoli survivors I am pretty sure are cabbage or perhaps cauliflower. Good
thing we like them both because now I have double the amount I usually grow.
BEETS:
POTATOES:
Planted in March
NOTE: The
potatoes I planted last fall rotted in the ground so I have come to the
conclusion we are too cold for doing it the way of the Irish. I think a warmer
zone would have good luck by planting in the fall.
RED
LETTUCE:
March 30th:
So
far I have planted Carrots, Gumbo onions sets, Bunching onions, Cilantro and
Spinach.
Garlic
is really growing fast.
Beet
Transplants:
Will
need a little time to adjust
Broccoli
has adjusted to transplanting
Spring
Red Lettuce
The
last of the Winter Red Lettuce
Mortgage
Lifters:
Rutgers:
March 18th:
Parsley
had made a complete come back
Red
leaf lettuce:
Broccoli
harding off to be planted this week:
I
am pretty sure a Frisee Lettuce plant can not just survive but thrive in some of
the worst conditions. This one was transplanted into the low tunnel in late
autumn.
Beets
are ready to be transplanted:
A
small Blackcap blackberry cutting I decided to try as a container plant last
summer is starting to bud out in the HT.
Blackcap
berry:
March 6th:
I finally
pulled about 1/2 of the carrots. No sign of those hairy fine roots so the timing
was good and I will not have to be in a big rush to pull the remainder.
After
removing the tops we end up with 8 lbs to process.
MARCH 4th:
Update on
the low tunnel:
It
was a very bad winter in the low tunnel but we do have some forward progress
happening now.
Close
up just because it is a beautiful
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Red Lettuce:
Parsley is bouncing back:
HIGH
TUNNEL:
The last of the carrots:
We harvested all winter They were wonderful.
These will all be pulled today. With the sign of new growth on the top means
they will start to get those hairy roots branching off the carrot and I find the
natural sweetness will diminish.
Garlic
is doing great:
SEEDLING
RACK:
BEETS:
BROCCOLI
survivors:
The
replanted Broccoli, cabbage and cauliflower
PEPPERS:
FEBRUARY 18th
I
totally screwed up and killed almost all of the seedlings except for these
broccoli survivors.
SOOOOOOOOOOOOO
last week I replanted all of the previous seeds
.....
And started pepper seeds.
January 15th
It
is hard to believe the time is here to start up some of my early crops.
The
last day of the Waxing Moon I planted the following:
Seedling
rack:
They
are predicting "Harper" will bring us a little snow over the weekend (
we are in the 18" - 26" range), so it is a good thing my little
seedling rack in in the house:
