Now my raised beds are 5-gallon buckets with a big hole in the bottom so the roots can go anywhere they want.
Anything not in a bucket is a weed and is shaved off with a stirrup hoe once a week.
Posted on 06/16/2019 11:44:52 AM PDT by dayglored
I’m not a proponent of genetic modification; however, if they find the gene that makes weeds grow three times as fast as my flowers and veggies, count me in.
Today I fear your humorous irony is a True Prediction!
We're got some new fast-growing weeds I've never seen before. Some are really tall, sort of bamboo-ish. Scary SOBs they are...
We’ve had an incredible amount of rain here in Ohio as well, and more coming all week long. This may be the rainiest spring I recall. Since I garden as well, I remember somewhat from year to year.
My garden is thriving, plants are huge. I’m kind of amazed its doing this well.
But, the weeds are the thickest ever, and I’ve spent a lot of time pulling and hoeing them.
Sorry yours is not doing well. Can’t figure out the houseplant issue.....strange.
Thank you for your kind words and advice. Yeah, the houseplants that went outdoors died so suddenly we couldn't save some of them. Luckily we hadn't moved everything, so some are still inside and doing fine.
> "...once the rain stops..."
I'll hold that thought dearly and pray.
I would also check and see if my house plants have good drain holes in the bottom of the pots. Sometimes, they don’t so that they drain water all over your house.
Nicely done!
I am not a gardener but I did get a nice potted flowering arrangement as a gift.
I know they have to be watered but I saw so much rain that I guess when they have had enough rain and bring them back indoors so they don't get pelted to death and waterlogged.
They are thriving and they are flowering and beautiful. - Tom
It’s probably nature’s way of not allowing any surface to become a moonscape by shifting growing patterns around the earth regularly.
Plant more rice.
Now my raised beds are 5-gallon buckets with a big hole in the bottom so the roots can go anywhere they want.
Anything not in a bucket is a weed and is shaved off with a stirrup hoe once a week.
I moved/linked your initial post over to our Garden Thread for the week, and also pinged you over there.
I’m in the same boat with TOO MUCH RAIN! However - this time last year was already in the 80’s with BRUTAL humidity levels, so I’ll take cooler and rainy over THAT!
That said, today is cool, rainy and 60 degrees - tops! About 15 degrees BELOW normal.
Earth IS going into a ‘Solar Minimum’ so that means cooler temps for a lot of us now through 2025. (Trump’s Fault, LOL!)
“But mainly though it’s the houseplants that freaked me out by dying. They’re not in the field soil — they’re just in their regular pots they’ve always been in.”
A few thoughts on the houseplant situation:
Is there good drainage in each pot? If the houseplants are saturated, that’s suffocating the roots. Not a good thing.
Are your night time temps falling below 50 degrees? Houseplants are generally tropical, and they don’t like that at all! Neither do my tomatoes this season - who are still green, but freaking out and setting fruit too soon and pretty much just SITTING THERE praying for SUNSHINE!
When you moved your houseplants outdoors, did you put them into bright, direct sun? Doesn’t sound like you’ve had much sun if it’s raining so much, but they can get ‘sunburn’ just like we can.
Those are my best guesses. The rest is up to God, LOL!
Get a 20” piece of black plastic flexible perforated drain hose. 4” diameter.
Pick a low spot outside your garden area that is 6” below the center of the garden. Take a narrow tile spade and dig a trench from that point to a low spot in the center of the garden where you can dig a small sump hole. Place the drain hose in the french drain trench and then fill in with small clean gravel to have a french drain to take water out of your plot.
Conversely, you could dig a number of deep small diameter holes down into and through that 18” deep clay and fill with clean gravel to allow your soil to drain. I had a spot I wanted to plant a tree that was always wet and took a post hold digger and dug two 30” holes a couple of feet either side of my tree hole and the tree is now 30” tall.
GREAT IDEA!! :-)
LOL! Classic! :)
but what about illegal alien species that creep into the garden (hi bob!)
What an interesting technique!
I'd have to build a higher fence than yours, however -- the deer jump right over anything 6-ft or less.
Is this a bad time to mention ticks?
If Queens is like the rest of LI it’s sand. My soil needs the loam etc to hold the moisture. Drainage here in central Suffolk is way too good.
I love all the rain. This year I’m trying raised beds in boxes.
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