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Posted on 04/15/2011 5:07:49 AM PDT by Red_Devil 232
Good morning gardeners. Today is NOT tax day! Y’all who file last minute can put it off until Monday the 18th. Why? In 2011, Washington, D.C., will celebrate Emancipation Day on April 15, a day earlier than normal, since April 16 falls on a Saturday. Emancipation Day marks the anniversary of the day that President Lincoln signed the Compensated Emancipation Act. The Act, which was "for the release of certain persons held to service or labor in the District of Columbia," freed 3,100 slaves in the District, making DC residents the "first freed" by the federal government.
Ok back to gardening. Looks like I will be getting rain today. There is a line of strong thunderstorms to the northwest and west of me. I had planed to rent a tiller today and till the garden plot. I will have to wait until the soil dries out now. Drats, another delay in planting! Some of my tomato and squash plants are begging me to get them in the soil. Received some nice seeds in the mail yesterday from Freeper Black Agnes. Thanks again. I should have the opportunity to get them into some soil and flats today!
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I planted sweet corn in April the past two years.
I re-planted sweet corn in May the past two years.
I decided this year I’d just wait until May. LOL
Glyphosate (RoundUp) is a soil killer.
You really don’t want to use that stuff where you grow your food.
Thanks for the info.
Do you know what types/varieties of veggies would do okay in an arid, high heat, mostly sunny, high desert environment?
Daytime temps in the upper 90’s to low 100’s, nightime temps vary between the high 60’s to high 70’s.
Thanks
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The only thing I grow that could be described as "drought resistant" is goji-berry, a tough little fighter that looks like it could stand nearly anything. I just took some green cuttings to root; if any of them successfully roots, I could send you one if you're interested. They're supposed to thrive in dry alkalai soil (neither of which we have here!!)
Well that didn’t take you long! Thanks...
Thanks i will have to try it the weekend. The Chives are already about eight inches tall. So I am not sure what to do with them.
I like your gazebo.
I've used 10% vinegar to kill stubborn weeds before. Just use it when you know the daytime temps are over 70 degrees.
Oh! And Okra, loves it hot-hot-hot! You can get free seeds, with a big smile, from JustaDumbBlonde (see above in the Free Seeds thing.)
I did the same thing too. My plants are about 3 inches high and doing well. Keep us posted on how they are doing.
Thank you for the info. I need to get the planter built and irrigation system in which means I probably won’t be planting anything until this winter for next year.
Just trying to figure out where to invest my short amount of “free time”.
As for the okra, maybe it’s just me or maybe I was served “bad” okra, but I’ve had it once.
Will keep it in mind though, thanks again.
I grew some Okra last year, I had no idea what I was getting into. I love okra but had never grown it. They are fast growers. Mine ended up with trunks about 3 to 3.5 inches in dia. at the base and 7+ ft. tall.
Maybe okra lovers can help me out here.
Besides gumbo, what’s it good for?
When eating gumbo, I swallow it without chewing because I had it “once” before by itself.
I’ll look for some recipes for the stuff, but believe me, I’m not that enthusiastic about it. ;^)
The wife wanted to move on so I just bought a few packets without knowing what exactly the seeds were. Heck, I didn't even know if they were meant to be planted or were part of some kind of eastern medicine voodoo (like if you grind them up and put them in tea).
Luckily, I have a resource to draw upon: I took the packets to my acupuncturist, who is a very nice lady and pretty much F.O.B. from China. She said the writing said "Spinach" on one packet and "Bitter Melon, Long" on the other. I have the seedlings in my grow room right now and they have not died yet, which is a big success for me.
Lettuce, Swiss Chard, spinach, arugula doing very well. An abundance of chives is filling the hanging planter. The lilies a neighbor gave me are developing new stalks with flower buds. I can hardly wait for them to bloom as I’ve forgotten what colors the flowers are. lol
This morning, first light revealed new goslings from one of our pairs of Canadians. There are at least 6 babies, although it is always hard to get an accurate count the first couple of days. I'm sorry that the photo is such poor quality, but I had to zoom across the pond with my horrible little camera. If you strain, you can see some of the little ones:
Two other geese are still on their nests and I know that one of them is sitting on 4 eggs. The other is probably sitting on more, as she is much younger and the usual number is around 6-8.
It’s been beautiful this Spring. Thousands of daffodils, under the trees, beside the water ala:
“Daffodils” (1804)
I WANDER’D lonely as a cloud
That floats on high o’er vales and hills,
When all at once I saw a crowd,
A host, of golden daffodils;
Beside the lake, beneath the trees,
Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.
WM Wordsworth
I look forward to posts from you concerning your shade loving ornamentals. My yard is full of mature oaks and I have wanted to put in some beds around the trunks to get some color and interesting leaves. What do you recommend for a complete newbie to shade plants?
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