The area to be opened up is between the main garden (where I am standing) and the wheat (which is lush and pretty). Ignore the brush pile. It will get introduced to Mr. Lawnmower tomorrow and go in the compost pile.
/johnny
Posted on 11/01/2013 12:11:04 PM PDT by greeneyes
I am sure it’s good advice.
The area to be opened up is between the main garden (where I am standing) and the wheat (which is lush and pretty). Ignore the brush pile. It will get introduced to Mr. Lawnmower tomorrow and go in the compost pile.
/johnny
My neighbor brought this over yesterday. It looks just like a giant asparagus stalk. Turns out that it's a flower stem from one of her cacti./johnny
Nice looking wheat. I enjoy seeing it during the winter. When the sun is shining it is almost like spring.
It really does look more like asparagus than cacti.
We had some nights in the 30’s the end of last week/weekend & that killed the tomatoes and pepper plants ... marigolds around the garden, too. Sunday, I got out and cleaned the garden ... figured I’d be putting it ‘to bed’ for the winter. It was a very sad time, cleaning it all up and I just couldn’t stand it, SO ... even though I know it’s way, way too late for planting ‘cold weather’ crops, I did it anyway. Seeds were very hard to find, but I found some Chinese Kale, Collards and Beets. The seeds are in the ground and we’ve had some warm days. I mostly want fresh greens so if they come up enough for that, I’ll be a happy camper. I have some seeds left on the kale/collards so I can plant a very early spring crop, too.
My little garden (about 6 x 6) has woven wire around 3 sides and I think I can make a little ‘greenhouse’ with some tarp ... instead of a ‘long tunnel’, I’ll have a little square one. This little garden is the first one I’ve ever had that didn’t get out of control with weeds. We’ve been cleaning out a pole barn on the property and it looks like I’ll have enough lumber to make a couple more raised beds for next year .... I really didn’t have enough room for everything I wanted to plant .... already thinking about next spring & looking forward to those fresh veggies!
/johnny
We just recently had a hard freeze. I had a few pepper plants left in the garden(most I had already dug up, put into pots, and brought indoors) so I decided to just throw some plastic over them.
I have a little wire fence about 18” tall on three sides and the retaining wall on the North East side. They came through pretty good, and are drinking up the nice weather this week.
I too find that the smaller raised beds are not so prone to weeds, and with the mel’s mix as a base, so easy to pull out whatever you need to pull.
It’s great to have your own stuff at hand. Just go out and clip a little hear and there, and you’ve got great stuff to eat with no worries about E Coli etc.
LOL. Wish I had been there to see the look on your face. Tricky neighbor - it’s not nice to try to fool JRF.LOL
hear = here
This years pumpkin crop was a flop this year. We got one 25 to 30 pounder and the rest are small and only 8 total from 3 hills 6 plants…
I'll trade you your squirrel for this overgrown rodent…
Nice looking pumpkins though too few. Between the deer and bears, I am amazed that you have a crop of any kind.
Thanks johnny, I never thought to add compost tea to the
new compost stuff. Thank you.
Tomorrow is community garden day. Hopefully we’ll have a
nice turn out. Hubby and friend got some 2x12s from a fellow who just wanted to get rid of them. So we’ll have
more raised gardens, this time a few 2”x12”x3’. He has more, so as time goes by, we’re welcome to the rest, he even
has rebar that he wants to get rid of. I’m going to make
a concrete block raised garden, so will get some of that
rebar.
Well right now, our community garden is just here in our little town. We have 6 members who are picking our their
spots. No rules yet, except they will keep their veggies
within their raised garden confines, keep the pathways free
of debree. I’ve heard it sometimes takes up to 5 years for
everything to meld, and this coming spring will be one year.
I’ll see what happens to the potatoes, it will begin with
about 4 inches of compost/soil, covered with straw, then as
the leaves appear, I’ll add more straw and compost tea. I
have no idea what I’m doing, but it’s interesting. I’m
thinking of doing some radishes in perlite and fertilizer, in a clear plastic container so the kids can see it growing.
I don’t know if it will work, but it’s worth a try, I’ll set the container in another clear one with fertilizer water
in it, after the roots begin growing into the water.
How about using a paint mixer, will that aerate the solution enough, for about a couple of hours?
LOL oh LOL
Hubby says that sunlight is not good for roots, but you could wrap the container in foil or something to keep out the sun, and then briefly let them see them - might work.
I am not sure, but if I understood it correctly you need the oxygen, so just stirring or shaking would not be sufficient.
Our Extension tree;/orchard agent recommended using a chain for full sized apple trees that refused to bear. “Make it think its going to die without progeny!” Stress works.
Oh, how lovely: an adult female black tailed Columbian rose eater: prunus anythingcuss!
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