Posted on 04/29/2016 2:12:39 PM PDT by greeneyes
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Not if you live in a forest filed w/mosquitoes and black flies.
Bad enough the little black flies can maneuver up any shorts.
I’ve raked grass clippings before & used them for mulch, but this year, I’m using pine needles. Last fall, we filled 15-20 drum liner bags with pine needles & stored them under the pole barn so I have more than enough for all of the beds. :-)
No point. The wife and cats have already seen it all, and ain’t nobody else around to exhibition myself to.
Maybe if I were certain Jehovah’s Witnesses or encyclopedia salesmen were going to drop by...
Mud everywhere, so no gardening most of this week, other than cutting asparagus.
Ducks are destined for the freezer Sunday. Their straw, their food, and my patience & tolerance are all running out at the same time. Have to refill both feeders and waterers at least twice, and usually 3 times a day. 4 ducks get 6-7 8 oz yogurt containers of food each time, or at least 3 containers per duck per day; and they get 4-6 2# coffee cans worth of water per day. No wonder they go through so much chopped straw...which ends up tilled into the garden.
Mrs. AR harvested a bunch of the Egyptian walking onions that had taken a hike into an area that needed tilled, just before the rains hit. Really good flavor, though the bulbs are too small for slicing, and the upper half of the stems are too tough to eat. They are good for boiling, then straining out, to add flavor to soup or stew.
Big surprise today was seeing buds on our peach tree, something that hasn’t occurred in all the years we’ve had it. It has died almost to the ground at least 3 times, and come back. I can’t be certain whether it’s the grafted stock that we bought it for, or just a sprouted rootstock any more.
Any other advice?
Sounding good. Someone on the thread a few years ago described how they planted carrots in the fall to overwinter and have carrots to eat as early as March. Don’t recall much about it though.
That is so cool, and so nice of you. As long as we have good people helping others in our communities, we know that the spirit can spread and help our county, state, and eventually nation to be better and better.
Well, Red Devil was moving and couldn’t do it. JDAB agreed to do it, but after a bit, was too busy or something. I had not been gardening that long, and wanted to keep the thread going so that I and others could learn.
So I contacted Red Devil to get instructions on how to post the info - did I mention that I am techno-challenged? Any way, after a bit of practice, I could do it without a cheat sheet. LOL
So I’m just the facilitator, and still learning from everyone else.
I hope that someone will respond. I only do yogurt, in the crock pot-a process I found on the internet.
We have had rain all morning, and it’s still chilly, so no gardening for me today. I will be going to Walmart, and then babysitting great grand kids.
Good for you. I am a pansy. Cool weather keeps me indoors. Pics are always welcome, so feel free to share the beauty.
You should be successful, I would think. Nothing like the flavor of home grown tomatoes.
You are welcome. Thanks for always stopping by. We have learned so much from you, and have such enjoyment from your pictures and stories.
In the winter, I always wish I lived further South-like maybe Texas. LOL
Hubby’s mother always put in several really large gardens, and did all sorts of canning up until about 85. Then she had to cut back to about half of what she had been doing. Even at 92, she could walk faster than me!
That weather station sounds interesting. Hubby used to do teach the kids how to predict the weather. These days though we just go to weather.com. LOL
That’s great news. Hubby hasn’t even transplanted his tomatoes yet. I am probably just going to pick up a couple at the Farmer’s Market.
Thanks for the pics. I love Rhodies. We planted a bunch in our front yard, but not a single one survived. So far, everything we have tried in the front yard just dies, except for some clover and grass.
It is really lousy soil-we may just do some hardscape with rocks and gravel and stick a few flower pots here and there. The back yard has plenty to keep us busy anyway.
We don’t have a riding lawn mower, but we do have one that has a drive on it, which helps. I am sure that there is quite a learning curve for a riding mower.
Hauling dirt is a chore. Hubby has wheeled in a lot of stuff using the wheelbarrow. With our tree placement, it’s impossible to get dirt hauled in to the back yard, so they dump a big pile in the front right next to the driveway, and he wheels it to where he wants it.
I remember reading that, but don’t remember why.
Well, at least you will have some good meat to eat! We have talked about raising chickens from April to fall, and then prepping them for the freezer.
So far we are too lazy to do it, and the neighbors might complain. If we ever put up a privacy fence, we might actually get 3 or 4 for eggs. One of daughter’s neighbors had a privacy fence, and had chickens for years, with no one the wiser.
The other day though, one got out into the road, and spilled the beans.
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