It is only June and we have at least two more months of this RIDICULOUS Louisiana Heat!! I'm hiding in the house today where it's cool so I thought I'd give an update on some things in our life. I now have partial dentures. Isn't that too special for words! I've been snaggle-toothed for a… Continue reading 6.30.20 An update or two or three or maybe more things!
Category: Chauvin Produce Company
01.19.20 Chauvin Produce Company 2020
Chauvin Produce Company's start to its 2020 season is small but it has started! Roy can be seen below filling up his little seed cups with dirt and planting one Creole Tomato seed in each pot. His young assistants, Bo and Peep stand ready to assist if needed! The seeds have sprouted proudly under their… Continue reading 01.19.20 Chauvin Produce Company 2020
11.16.19 Chauvin Produce Company – end of season report! Bo & Peep Update!!
Tuesday night and into Wednesday morning the temperature here was in the mid-20s for several hours. This is unusual in Louisiana for November. It will be the end of what's left of our vegetable garden. This is our last Chauvin Produce Company report until next year. I'd give our 2019 garden a B-. After Roy… Continue reading 11.16.19 Chauvin Produce Company – end of season report! Bo & Peep Update!!
08.26.19 Chauvin Produce Company – In Transition to the Fall Garden
Gardening is difficult when the weather is as hot has it has been. The high today was in the high 70s so right after church today I spent several hours crawling around and working in our main vegetable garden. Pulling weeds has been difficult because the garden was so full. All weeds and dead leaves… Continue reading 08.26.19 Chauvin Produce Company – In Transition to the Fall Garden
07.14.19 Chauvin Produce Company – Things they are a changing
Things, they are a changing in the garden! This week I harvested our entire crop of potatoes. See the picture below. It was not the large basket full of potatoes I hoped for. But it will provide us with maybe 4 meals of potatoes so that's good. Once the plants above the ground died off… Continue reading 07.14.19 Chauvin Produce Company – Things they are a changing
06.27.19 Chauvin Produce Update – It is Harvest Time!
The vegetable plants are as big as they need to get and they re all producing. We are now harvesting daily! Instead of showing the garden itself, I'll share some photos of the harvest and a couple of the garden! We've been dealing with hungry little insects and bugs and spraying and spraying the plants… Continue reading 06.27.19 Chauvin Produce Update – It is Harvest Time!
06.05.19 Chauvin Produce Company Update
This produce update we're starting with the bad news and then will go on to all of the good news. Well, it was just not time for us to grow broccoli and cauliflower. The plants got big, but bugs got the leaves. We treated them all three different times using Sevin Dust, then Insecticidal Soap… Continue reading 06.05.19 Chauvin Produce Company Update
05.07.19 Chauvin family is expecting a new baby!
Our tallest stalk of corn is expecting its first baby corn!!! It's not time for a full vegetable garden update but this new development is too wonderful to wait! This is the stalk that was started from seed inside and was the only one that lived long enough to be planted outside! The rest of… Continue reading 05.07.19 Chauvin family is expecting a new baby!
05.03.19 My sister came to visit and Chauvin Produce Company Update!
My sister Harriet and brother-in-law George came to visit on Monday! There are few people I feel very comfortable talking with and my sister and brother-in-law are two of them. Their visits are moments I cherish. We had a great time visiting and laughing over lots of silly things! Roy and I are planning… Continue reading 05.03.19 My sister came to visit and Chauvin Produce Company Update!
04.02.19 Chauvin Produce Company and Rock Painting
Okay, so the garden is doing some odd things and I've made mistakes. Some things are going really well and I'm learning! Again, not a blog post everyone will want to read but here it is! I just read it through one last time and it really is not tantilizing! I wrote about my rock… Continue reading 04.02.19 Chauvin Produce Company and Rock Painting
BECAUSE HE LIVES 