Posted on 05/23/2014 12:40:08 PM PDT by greeneyes
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For sure I want the local grown stuff. We get enough produce from our gardens, now that I don’t have to go to the farmer’s markets except for a few bulk purchases for some of the plants that fizzled at homw.
/johnny
I rarely have weeds in my raised beds. I do plant everything as close together as I can, and don’t get many. The ones that do manage to emerge are easy to pull. I used large amounts of Mel’s mix, and it makes everything easier to pull out.
We have some mystery fruit. I am not sure that most of our fruit trees are ever going to do well. The orchard space that Hubby chose is just too close to the walnut tree. JMHO
Wonder what sort of bird it was?
SW Pa ... I have my bush beans in, carrots, cukes, watermelons and mammoth sunflowers.
Morning Glory hedge (you don't want to know how much I spent, but the hedge is about a 40 ft length of beauty) has been planted
No corn this year ... I never plan the damned stuff correctly and can't eat what I plant and everyone else has THEIR own corn ... so ...
We haven't planted tomatoes in two years ... volunteers everywhere.
Will get the crookneck in next week and the bell peppers.
Little late for onion sets and I can't seem to get onions that grow large enough to justify the cost and labor.
If I can find the same brussel sprouts and broccoli I found last year ... I'll put THEM in too.
Too late for peas and cabbage/lettuce ... we had a lot of recovery to do from our fire
Pretty much covers our immediate and canning needs
Since posting that, I looked to find out. It appears to be a variety of roadrunner, very similar to this one:
http://0.tqn.com/d/phoenix/1/0/G/l/2/birdjolly06.jpg
What ... no sons ?
So where are approx located in the great state of Mo.
Never heard of hauling off squirrels. Some end up in the stew pot but 99.9% are left to be. Now, porcupines are another story. The dogs had two cornered a few days ago and hubby managed to capture one and haul him off to the park. Dogs, humans and spikey fellow came out unscathed.
I had bad results with straw last year. I think it’s part of the fun of gardening, though. I like trying new things. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn’t.
I wish Jim Robinson would install a LIKE button on FR as there is so much survival information on these threads that deserves at least a click...
mmmmm. Good stuff.
I did find a potato that had been gnawed on underground. It was next to a mole hole, so I guess the moles are getting some of them.
I'm finding volunteer peanuts from last year. I guess I didn't get all the nuts out of the ground, and a few germinated.
/johnny
Yes moving from RI to Texas I had to change everything I thought I knew about gardening. When the leaves on my tomato plants started to curl I looked it up on the internet and only then did I learn there was such a thing as too much sun. Learn something new every day.
Potatoes can be grown in containers, if your mole population becomes a problem.
Has anyone seen Marcella?
As the plants grow, I add compost to cover the stems. Rinse and repeat. They are a couple of feet high off the ground, now.
/johnny
Welcome Home RD 232! I buy all of my drip irrigation from Drip Works in Willits Cal and toured their warehouse a few years ago as they are about 200 miles south of us. Great service…
That sounds like an excellent solution to moles. We’ve never had a problem with them in our yards, but they are definitely here in New England:
Moles, family Talpidae
Hairy-tailed Mole, Parascalops breweri
Distribution: Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, northern and western Connecticut, and Rhode Island.
Eastern Mole, Scalopus aquaticus
Distribution: Central and southern Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Rhode Island.
Subspecies: Scalopus aquaticus aquaticus according to Hall (1981) and Whitaker and Hamilton (1998).
Star-nosed Mole, Condylura cristata
Star-nosed Mole
Distribution: Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Rhode Island.
Subspecies: Condylura cristata cristata according to Hall (1981) and Whitaker and Hamilton (1998).
What I planted were the seedlings.
Direct sowing happens a little later when the weather is warmer and it staggers the crops.
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