Making Cider in Maine

Patrik's Garden

Patrik has a great garden with tomatoes, peppers, corn and greens.

Alburquerque is very dry so irrigatiopn is important.




















































Patches of greens.





































Corn and tomatoes.

2011 Garden Photos

Lots of lettuce and herbs.

Zuccini Squash and Celebrity Tomatoes.

Cherokee Purple Tomatoes.

New Zealand Spinach.

Red Delicious Bell Peppers.

Marguerita Tomatoes.

White Cucumbers.

More Recent 2011 Garden Photos

All is doing well.

Potatoe tower.

THE JOBO'S NEW GREENHOUSE

I BOUGHT A LEAN - TO GREENHOUSE FROM THE BURPEE CATALOG. I MANAGED TO GET IT UP IN ONE PIECE AND IT HAS HELD UP WELL THROUGH SEVERAL GOOD STORMS WITH A LOT OF WIND. IT SAID IT WAS A 60 MIN. PROJECT BUT IT TOOK ME TWO DAYS. YOU CAN SEE THE BASE I MADE FOR IT FROM SOME OLD PLYWOOD. IT IS SITTING AGAINST A STUCCO WALL SO I INSULATED THE SEAM BETWEEN THE BACK AND THE WALL USING AN OLD INSULATION BLANKET.

THESE METAL SHELVES WORK WELL WITH GOOD DRAINAGE.

THESE ARE SOME OF THE PLANTS I HAVE GROWN . THE BASKETS ARE FROM THE 99 CENT STORE AND ARE VERY FUNCTIONAL.

THE ROLLERS ON THE DOOR WERE REALL TIGHT SO I TOOK THE BOTTOM SET OFF AND USE BIG PAPER CLIPS TO HOLD IT SHUT. I HAVE STARTED TOMATOES, EGGPLANT, SQUASH, LETTUCE, KALE, MUSTARD, COLLARD GREENS, SWISS CHARD, MARIGOLDS, AND BASIL. YOU CAN IMAGINE IT IS HARD TO WORK THE RIGHT HAND SIDE. NOTICE THAT I HAVE STAGGERED THE SHELVES FROM ON SIDE TO THE OTHER. THERE HAVE BEEN A FEW PROBLEMS TO WORK OUT BUT OVERALL I AM SATISFIED WITH THE RESULTS.

22 POUND WHITE SEA BASS ON THE TRADITION

I CAUGHT A 22 POUND WHITE SEA BASS ON A SPOOFER.

I WAS JIGGING A WHITE SPOOFER OFF THE BOTTOM AT ROCKY POINT. I WAS REELING IN 12 CRANKS AND THEN WOULD ALLOW THE JIG FALL TO THE BOTTOM. THE FISH HIT ON THE FIRST DROP AND I MISSED IT. THE FISH HIT AGAING AS SOON AS I STARTED TO REEL AND THIS TIME I HOOKED HIM.