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WEEKLY GARDEN THREAD VOLUME 36 SEPTEMBER 7, 2012
Free Republic | Sept. 7, 2012 | greeneyes

Posted on 09/07/2012 10:09:42 AM PDT by greeneyes

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Greetings from Missouri. We got another 2 inches of rain yesterday. Neighbor across the street had to dig a new well on Tuesday. So we are still conserving water as much as we can.

Hope everyone has a good fall crop. God Bless.

1 posted on 09/07/2012 10:09:48 AM PDT by greeneyes
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To: greeneyes

please add me to your list


2 posted on 09/07/2012 10:11:47 AM PDT by gotribe
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To: greeneyes; Diana in Wisconsin; gardengirl; girlangler; SunkenCiv; HungarianGypsy; Gabz; ...

Pinging the Garden List.


3 posted on 09/07/2012 10:13:33 AM PDT by greeneyes (Moderation in defense of your country is NO virtue. Let Freedom Ring.)
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To: gotribe; Ellendra; JustaDumbBlonde

gotribe, you’ve been added to my “unofficial list”

Ellendra, and JADB, would you please add to the official garden lists?


4 posted on 09/07/2012 10:18:12 AM PDT by greeneyes (Moderation in defense of your country is NO virtue. Let Freedom Ring.)
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To: greeneyes

Anyone have a source for “Sea Buckthorn” bushes?


5 posted on 09/07/2012 10:30:57 AM PDT by MrB (The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter knows whom he's working fors)
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To: greeneyes

Does anyone know anything about pruning fruit trees? We bought some bargain apple and pear tree that are leggy with no lower branches. Can they be cut back?


6 posted on 09/07/2012 10:40:53 AM PDT by stars & stripes forever (Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord!)
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To: stars & stripes forever

They can be cut back, and the way they are trimmed can have an impact on production.

Here is a link that has lots of info including “training” of fruit trees.

http://mtngrv.missouristate.edu/publications/


7 posted on 09/07/2012 10:52:23 AM PDT by greeneyes (Moderation in defense of your country is NO virtue. Let Freedom Ring.)
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To: MrB

I don’t know anything about these, but I am sure that one of the other gardeners will have some ideas.


8 posted on 09/07/2012 10:54:24 AM PDT by greeneyes (Moderation in defense of your country is NO virtue. Let Freedom Ring.)
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Never have planted a fall garden, but vowed to have SOMETHING growing this Fall, so I planted some black-eyed peas last weekend. They came up in 4 days! I really should have planted them a few weeks ago, but it's been too hot to work. On another note, my husband helped me move my greenhouse off the slab it was on and to an area where I can plant directly into the ground, so I'm really looking forward to growing something in there past the frost date! Maybe tomatoes, then as it gets colder I will go with some salad fixings, etc.

We could use a rain now, but not nearly as bad off as some others.
9 posted on 09/07/2012 11:26:17 AM PDT by texas_mrs (We need ideas, not ideology.)
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We are going to plant some beans, beets, spinach and lettuce for fall.

Later I will plant the winter garden. Lettuce, spinach, garlic, and onions. This will eventually be covered with row cover and straw.

In October, after the first frost, we will plant winter wheat and red clover in February.


10 posted on 09/07/2012 11:42:29 AM PDT by greeneyes (Moderation in defense of your country is NO virtue. Let Freedom Ring.)
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To: MrB

http://www.ebay.com/itm/SEA-BUCKTHORN-Hippophae-rhamnoides-100-EXTRA-seeds-BULK-/320974388129?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item4abb907ba1
raise them from seed


11 posted on 09/07/2012 12:11:38 PM PDT by scottteng (Tax government employees til they quit and find something useful to do)
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To: greeneyes

I’ve got a tiny bit of heirloom hard white wheat seed, I’m thinking of trying a small patch inside of my garden - now that we have the deer problem largely solved. Mainly I want to try to increase my stock of seed a bit - for a “just in case” stash.


12 posted on 09/07/2012 1:34:53 PM PDT by Ladysforest
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We’ve had a couple more rain showers at my place since last week. I still haven’t decided if I’m going to put out any fall garden. The grass is turning green again so I guess I’ll need to service the lawn tractor this weekend. It hasn’t been started since May so there are bound to be a few cobwebs and a mud dauber nest or two inside.


13 posted on 09/07/2012 1:47:54 PM PDT by Augie
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Have the hummingbirds left everywhere north? I haven’t seen any in about a week.


14 posted on 09/07/2012 1:49:47 PM PDT by MamaDearest
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To: stars & stripes forever
They can't be pruned back now. Only prune them when the sap is down. The best time is between December to February.I live in Central Missouri,and that's when we prune here.
15 posted on 09/07/2012 1:56:46 PM PDT by painter (Rebuild The America We love!)
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To: Ladysforest

Yeh, We do this too. Try to have our favorite and most eaten products as heirloom seeds - just in case.


16 posted on 09/07/2012 2:06:31 PM PDT by greeneyes (Moderation in defense of your country is NO virtue. Let Freedom Ring.)
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To: Augie

We are just now getting another rain shower today. Hope we can at least get close to normal precipitation before winter.

We do enjoy not having to mow.LOL. Only silver lining in the drought, but would gladly have mowed in exchange for rain and a good garden crop.


17 posted on 09/07/2012 2:09:10 PM PDT by greeneyes (Moderation in defense of your country is NO virtue. Let Freedom Ring.)
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To: MamaDearest

I couldn’t say. We don’t normally see very many for some reason. We have wrens, robins, blue jays and darned starlings.


18 posted on 09/07/2012 2:10:46 PM PDT by greeneyes (Moderation in defense of your country is NO virtue. Let Freedom Ring.)
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Done.

And thank you, greeneyes, for keeping the weekly thread going! I’m afraid I’ve been losing track of time a lot lately. I was thinking it was still Thursday!


19 posted on 09/07/2012 2:33:43 PM PDT by Ellendra ("It's astounding how often people mistake their own stupidity for a lack of fairness." --Thunt)
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To: MrB

Raintree Nursery has several, they’re sometimes called seaberries.


20 posted on 09/07/2012 2:35:31 PM PDT by Ellendra ("It's astounding how often people mistake their own stupidity for a lack of fairness." --Thunt)
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