Fish Food Farms

03/15/2025

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10/23/2024

Ole Satch is guarding our Satsuma trees! Since we put up the fence he’s allowed to come down to the garden area. One squished plant and he is outta there! Some of the satsumas look like they will be ready in another week or so! Farmer George, my brother Tim and nephew Avery got the lower left quadrant “winterized” this past weekend while I worked on some “aesthetics”. My hope is we will have the main part done by Thanksgiving!!

10/13/2024

🍓It’s Strawberry planting time! Seems weird to be planting strawberries in the cool fall but after MANY years struggling with berry production, I switched to fall and have been very successful! You probably won’t find strawberries in your garden centers, I have always ordered online. Since we are revamping the garden this fall/winter I decided to put the berries in raised beds. Farmer George really outdid himself by getting the beds built and brought the soil down to the garden for me to fill and plant. Fingers crossed!! Satsumas are coming along as well!!! Saving the best for last—our family grew by one! Our granddaughter Mary Elizabeth “Emi” Rose Fisher was born this week!! As you can see our son Joe is quite smitten!!! (So is Farmer George). George L Fisher

10/09/2024

Tomatoes in October (zone 8b) !!! Who else is still harvesting tomatoes? And the Satsumas are starting to change! We have had some delays but steady working on garden revamp and put her to sleep until the new year!

09/15/2024

Not much this weekend in the garden. Between baseball, football and rain I did manage to get Dolly’s final resting place planted with a rose named “Angel Face” a nickname I’ve always had for her. She had such a sweet angelic face. I miss her so much.
Then I bought a trellis to put inside the gate to the garden to plant some climbing roses. Took the measurements and was ready to go. Farmer George cussed and ranted and raved but got it together and up. Of course, when you opened the gate the top of the trellis is about a quarter inch too low. So a rethink and change to garden layout is already in progress. Always something!

09/01/2024

**The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly**

I know I said we weren’t going anywhere, and technically we didn’t—but life had other plans. In truth, it was the DEER that got in the way. After planting the garden twice, only to have the deer destroy most of it, my heart just wasn’t in it anymore. The tomatoes were spared and we had a great season, but almost everything else was gone. Even our electric fence couldn’t keep them out. Through tears, I told Farmer George I wouldn’t plant another garden until we put up a proper fence. He made it happen, and now we have a fence that surrounds the entire area, including the chicken coop!

I thought the chickens were safe to free-range (they loved it!), but a fox somehow got in and took out seven hens. Ugh. On the same day, we lost our beloved garden dog, Dolly, which completely crushed me. We still have Weesie, and today was her first day of training on how to avoid the chickens! Even Satchel was allowed into the garden—he’s learned to ignore the chickens just like he does with me.

Now we’re ready to reclaim the garden! Today is day one. Farmer George handled the w**d eating while I focused on specific areas. As I cleared, I noticed that the chomped peppers were making a comeback, so I cleaned, fed, and gave them a deep watering. Then I mulched (side note: check out the photo where I mulched at the beginning of summer—NO WEEDS). There’s still a LOT left to do, but it was a great start. I’m not sure if I’ll plant a fall garden, my main focus is getting everything ready for a fabulous spring garden. My goal is to not only have a productive garden again but also to add pollinator-friendly plants.

**THE GOOD:** The tomatoes were amazing! I canned sauce, salsa, and diced. The peach tree did phenomenally well! I learned the importance of thinning fruit and doing a better job pruning. We did make some delicious peach jam! The Satsuma trees are doing great!

**THE BAD:** Deer, rabbits, foxes, and not mulching enough.

**THE UGLY:** Weeds.

We’ll be back out there tomorrow.

George L Fisher

05/24/2024

We always talk about “feeding your soil” so here is the class! We will discuss different methods, get a little vermiculture in and even make some compost tea!
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Macon+Bibb County United Way of Central Georgia

04/14/2024

Let’s get planting!!!

We were so busy celebrating our first anniversary I didn’t get a chance to upload the next class! It’s FINALLY time!! We will talk about all the summer veggies and even plant a little container garden (while supplies last)!

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United Way of Central Georgia Macon+Bibb County

02/10/2024

Farmer George planting onions! Early Spring Garden done ✅

02/06/2024

Time to sow these peas! Today’s lesson: The Fishettes were not helpful in the garden 😂. My initial row was promptly devoured.

01/25/2024

Want to learn how to start gardening? Here you go!
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