Somebody please tell me how to keep earwigs off my artichoke plants, or at the very least how to remove them and their droppings from deep inside the chokes.
We did have a late cold snap, as did most of the country (29 degrees in April) but other trees bloomed around me, just not mine.
Gabz, As I read this I didn’t realize it was from last year. I’d be interested in how the bees are doing now? we have 0 sunspots now, which is highly unusual.
I also was wondering about the no spring comment. We’ve had a wonderful spring this year. One of the best in a long time.
While my wife won’t let me build a garden this year (long story) I’ve taken to stealth gardening. Which has been entertaining to say the least.
Anyway thanks for posting this and continuing on with this set of threads. Love it!
I have a gardening question.
I’ve never grown potatoes before. I didn’t know about mounding the dirt up on them as they grow.
My potatoes are almost two feet tall now. How do I go about building up the dirt at this point? Do I just bury the darn things?
They are in kind of a small space, so I may have to put some kind of containing element around them.
The cold weather stunted growth in my garden big time! GRR!
We have gotten so far behind due to weather and old age. It takes forever to get motivated and before you know it's Happy Hour and then there is lousy weather like today. We have a high fog and cold wind and I must go over to our Church to install drip irrigation on a new flower bed that is going to take a lot of water because it surrounds some Redwood trees.
Our new front door landscaping is done and it also requires the installation of drip and of course my order did not arrive yesterday. I'm using tubing with built in emitters spaced 18” apart plus some plug in emitters here and there as needed. I'm using 12” spacing at the Church and I have 200’ of that.
I start my corn seed in the greenhouse and then transplant for 100% row fill and it is ready to go in the ground. I have to do that because our soil is too cold to plant directly. All my wife's seedlings are out of the greenhouse sitting on the cold-frame and the deck and they all look great.
could you add me to your ping list if you have one?..thx
First off, I LOVE your articles gardengirl. I imagine they are very popular with your readers.
I haven’t been on FR, or the garden threads lately, because I’ve been gardening. I have built several flower beds, did some MAJOR landscaping jobs the past few weeks, since my strong brother is here to help me.
My brother and hubby have built me four beautiful window boxes, and of course I have them full of flowers.
Thanks for the ping.... should be planting rice with all the continuous falling moisture. Thank goodness I have raised beds for everything but the corn, green beans and tomatoes. Looks like they are going to be late this year.
Hi y’all. Someone asked earlier about the lack of wild honey bees and it looks like to commercial bee keepers are being affected also... http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/Science/2008/05/07/study_us_honey_bees_in_dramatic_decline/1134/
Here’s a question:
Has anybody ever heard of using VINEGAR to kill dollarweed?.............
Put out the first plants in “Fort Gopher” yesterday. They seem to like being out of the wind. Not past the average “last frost” date, but what the heck.
Fort Gopher is our definitive answer to the vermin and weather problems of trying to garden at 7500’ in New Mexico. A 16x16 5 foot picket enclosure, floored with 1/4” wire mesh and weed barrier cloth, and poly stocktanks for containers.
Although the winter that wouldn’t die pisses me off somwhat, as far as my own comfort goes, I have to admit, it’s been great for my flowers and flowering spring trees. I have tulips that have actually hung on for over a month now. Never had that happen before in my life. And they’re probably my favorite flower. We had a freeze warning two nights ago, and it’s nearly June, for God’s sake.