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I already have small tomatoes and the beans and peas are up. I need to do a little weeding and Miracle Grow this weekend.
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How to protect your garden patch or field against radioactive fallout:
General question for those who may have some suggestions. I have a few starter tomato plants ( less than 1ft and still indoors for a few more weeks) that got a little too much direct sun on them the other day. They wilted, but have come back over the past 36 hrs. The leaves are still a bit shriveled and sad looking, but the stalks look like they’re in good shape. Anything I should watch out for or do to help them along?
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How do you get rid of wild onions?
I turned my compost last weekend, and I have never seen a batch that hot. It was in the low 80s, and I noticed steam coming off the compost as I was turning the pile. The other batch is almost that hot too. I still have several bags of leaves and grass clippings that will be started soon.
Our flowers are just taking off. The bees and butterflies really like the fresh flowers. Most made it through the winter and are liking the warm weather. The big split leaf elephant ear got nipped during the winter, but has a number of new leaves. The fruit trees have quite a number of fruit again. Now, if I can keep the raccoons and possums off them before the fruit is ripe.
We have a big Rosemary plant that needs trimming. There are several limbs that are on the ground and have roots in the soil. My neighbor wants one or two limbs for home use. Basil and sage are growing like crazy too.
I have a problem with feral cats pooping in my garden. :(. I keep scooping the mess out as I find it, but they have trashed my peas that are still very small and tender. I’m thinking about putting down newspaper between my rows, do you think that will work?
On the positive side, I got my greenhouse megastore order this week of 4” pots, trays, and plant markers. YAY! I have a bunch of seedlings coming up, veggies and herbs and flowers. I got new potting mix and extra perlite. My little hothouse is pretty crowded!
I’m pretty annoyed! I had TWO DAYS OFF in a row (yesterday & today) and it’s so bloody cold and windy out that it’s hard to get anything done. Grrrr!
I worked on the back tree line yesterday for a while, then decided I’d better get a pro in here to finish trimming those spruces before I electrocute myself as a power line runs through there too, LOL! I also had so many burrs in my hair that I had to cut a hunk out of my head! Oh, well. All of those ‘cut on the horizontal’ styles are ‘in’ these days, so I can probably pull it off, LOL!
Got some spring veggies planted the other evening, and I did some pruning and cleaning up along the edges of the garden, but the entire garden needs to be cleaned out before I can start dumping stuff in there (I’ve been collecting broken bags-o-amendments from work) and get it all tilled up. But, I have until mid-May, so I have plenty of time.
Work has been slow because it’s been so cold, but when the weather breaks, it’s going to get ugly, LOL!
Please pray for me... :)
Anyone else having trouble with fire ants eating your seed potatoes? This is the first year that I planted potatoes and the little critters destroyed about 1/2 of my planting before I realized what was causing them to not come up.
I have not tried to poison them yet, but have noticed they do not like my gyp water (at the farm). Had an outcropping of fire ants near one of the fruit trees I planted and heavily soaked their mound when I watered the new trees and they seem to have disappeared (after about 3 waterings).
We’ve had really nice weather here in Central Missouri for the past week. I set out some broccoli, brussels sprouts and cabbage that I started from seed. Planted a row of mixed greens, several varieties of which I’m trying for the first time this year. The beets I planted last week have already sprouted. Snap peas are about 6” tall and looking very happy. A front rolled in last night and brought some nice rain - 7/10” in the gauge this morning.
But the big excitement for the week - my order of mushroom spawn arrived in the mail yesterday - 1000 shiitake plugs that will be pounded one by one into holes drilled in oak logs. That should keep me busy until the ground dries enough to get back in the garden.
Tomorrow, hopefully, my son and his friends are going to excavate for our duck pond and associated waterfall and garden. We have a 14' by 21' pond liner and garden cloth for underneath it ready to be placed and rain coming on Sunday. I am finally getting a return on the investment of all of that food for the past 18 years!
The seedlings are growing and we need to get the raised beds put together soon.
Spring has sprung and the lilacs will be leafing out soon.
But I do have more seedlings that can be put into larger pots/planters, so it is not like I am going to have a day off. Today starts off with wet nasty winds at 48 degrees. And given what OK an AR went through last evening I really cannot complain.
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.
My bamboo is starting to come up, I’m giddy. This is my bamboo’s 3rd year. Last year, I had some get around 9 feet tall.
We got about two feet of heavy, wet snow Sunday night. We really needed the moisture as the fire dangr rating was “Extreme”. Got to get indoor starts going soon!
Red Devil,
Thanks for posting this gardening thread!
I have finally secured my plot of ground and can begin the garden. So happy. So delayed!
Any how this weekend I spent some of it digging out the old pond. Bought some ducks and chickens (kids are loving the little things) trying to decide where to place the garden and how to get things done quickly as I lost a month in settlement negotiations on my new place.