Posted on 04/25/2008 4:55:55 PM PDT by Gabz
Thank you, my FRiend!
The weekend is looking mighty good. Until I have to get ready for work I’ll be outside all of tomorrow. Sunday afternoon we’re going over to a friend’s grandparents’ farm because our daughter is “interviewing” grandpa for a school project.
Monday I will sleep!!!!!!!
Four of the vines are bronze ... here we refer to them as green most of the time ... and they are technically scuppernongs I believe. The other eight are a large black variety (which we call purple) and the man has promised me some plants from his very small black variety. The small ones are a real pain to deal with but they add the most delicious note to jelly or wine. For some reason, they don't seem to make much difference in syrup (probably overcome by all the sugar).
For the support system we will be using 2-inch iron pipe and vinyl coated steel cable and it will look very much like an old-style t-post double clothesline, except it will only be chest high, which keeps the vines very 'pickable' at that height. You can actually put down a stool and pick very easily. Those are not the exact materials that the plans call for, but that is something that we have on hand and will actually be more durable.
If you get a chance, would you post the contact information for the company that sells the capsules? I like using natural remedies and that one sounds like it could do both me and the hubby person some good!
As usual, thanks for the info!
My mom had something gnawing on the garden (aphids? Small beetles? I don't know). It worked, but the onion attracted slugs. After stepping on a few and getting ooked out, we put down salt to stop the slugs. But the salt attracted ants, so we used diluted white vinegar to disrupt their scent trails.
The good thing about that approach is that if you're growing green leafies, they've already got half the salad dressing on them when they come out of the ground.
For some reason I seem t have the proverbial black thumb when it comes to flowers. They just don’t work for me.
The shrubberry around our house was here when we moved in 5 years ago. We trim it, but that is the extent of it.
OTOH, we add a few 100 square feet each year for herbs and veggies — it’s that mush less grass to cut!!!!!!
I can’t even count ... there are 10 black muscadines, not 8. Not that it matters all that much, but I hate mistakes!
nutragon is the name of the company. Several others make it, but that’s the one I’m most familiar with. My boss’ brother works for the Duplin County Ag extension service,and he’s the one that told us. Boss and his brother both take it for chol. It has a lot of antiinflammatory good stuff too. I’ve noticed since I’ve been taking it—not very long, I’m hardheaded—I’m sleeping better and I don’t hurt as much, even this time of year. I’m putting in solid 10 hour days at the store. Some days the only time I sit is driving to and fro.
Yeah, muscadines and scuppernongs are the same thing. Be careful you don’t build a lightning rod!
If I’ve ever seen a mayhaw, it was called by another name. Funny how everywhere has it’s own names for stuff.
In keeping with this weeks tread look what I found...
http://davesgarden.com/products/gwd/
It looks like it is interactive?
When I went to Mississippi State Univ. they had a winery, as part of their Ag Dept, and they made muscadine wine. That was some very potent wine! LOL
I have a chain link fence that runs the width of the back of my property and just wondering if muscadine would be good for covering it up, and reaping some benefits from it?
Hey! Another great site! I just scanned it quickly, but I saw Plant Delights on it. My sis works there! it is truly a cool place. If any of you are ever in the Raleigh area.... They have a catalog of stuff to die for and they do some classes and open houses.
I hear you about the seasonal job stress. Been there, done that, and have the T-shirt because I snapped more than once towards the end of June and the legislative session when I was a lobbyist in Delaware.
I know Jax is going to be fine and she is going to have a ball on this trip. It’s just that “first time” syndrome. When she’s gone on these trips in the past my friend Sue, mom of Jax best friend, was with them. Sue is down the road at home going through exactly what I’m dealing with. But I have to agree with my husband, the fact that neither Sue or I are with them is probably the best thing that has ever happened to Sue’s daughter.
Hey Gabz...could you add me to the ping list for the gardening thread please? Thanks :)
Thanks so much!!!!
That is a totally new one for me. I’ll explore it over the weekend, I just don’t have it in me tonight :)
You’ve got it!
Welcome aboard!
I see no reason why a muscadine vine wouldn't grow on your fence, but with age the vines get really big and when loaded with fruit they are quite heavy. If your fence can handle the load, sounds like a perfect cover crop to me! Take a look at Ison's Nursery & Vineyards to see if they have anything that interests you. Their catalog is free and full of excellent information.
I'd be happy to send you some seeds from my wild crop later on this year if you don't have access to some in your area.
Another deer repellent idea to try clip this post email this post what is this? see most clipped and recent clippings Posted by Nandina 8b (My Page) on Mon, Sep 17, 01 at 13:35 I have been watching with great interest the extreme efforts a friend has made to repel deer. Nothing worked. She tried them all. Her problem is so severe that the deer climb ten steps onto the porch and attack her hanging baskets. This spring she was in K-Mart and spotted an inexpensive form of the blue Tidy Bowl gizmo that you hang in the toilet tank at about $.50 apiece. Desperate to solve her deer problem she bought a few and hung them in places she wished to protect. Deer damage stopped. Feeling brave she then planted a row of begonias along the front of the house and placed several of these blue toilet sanitizers just under the pine straw mulch. No deer damage to date after two months. Other nearby gardeners are now trialing her discovery with reported good results.
Locally Simpson timber company worked with Humboldt state to develop a egg+? mixture that worked but I have spent 40 minutes looking for it to no avail
Extremely good point that I had failed to properly consider! I guess that is why the plans called for timber posts, but the heat and humidity here are really tough on wood and I figured the iron pipe would work great. Thanks for the reality check ... I'll have to look closer at my friend's vines 'cause I could have sworn that they used some iron in there. Drat!
Ok, I have to ask, what are critters with no shoulders?
Snakes. {shudder}
I did a quick count, which is by no means accurate, but we’re looking at close to 80.
I’m tickled pink about that many folks having such an interest!!!!!!
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