Posted on 03/23/2012 8:53:54 AM PDT by JustaDumbBlonde
Good morning, FRiends and fellow gardeners! Hopefully everyone has received beneficial rain this past week. We've had an additional 2 inches, which was a blessing because just to the south and southwest of us as much as 10 inches fell. While the area needed the rain, it didn't need it all at one time.
Looking forward to reading what you're doing with your gardens and plans this week. Photos will earn you bonus points! :^)
It is too wet for me to do anything in the garden, but I do have lots of raspberry bushes to get planted. Then, the beeyard. They are already capping honey in the supers and I will have a bountiful late spring harvest. Mark and I have 2 cutouts of bees in buildings that are coming up this week, which will make a total of 7 hives in my beeyard. We did a huge cutout 2 weeks ago and Mark added those to his beeyard.
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Oh, thank you for reinforcing my thoughts for our Community Garden. It’s FINALLY in a stage where it’s about to be root ploud and some weed removal along the chain link fence. Our city manager wanted rows of kentucky blue beans in rows. I asked if someone would amend the fence line, as I thought that would be a great place to plant his beans. I added cucumbers and squash. Then being the big hearted fellow he is, he told me he’d put me in charge of it. GREAT! Now, as soon as the city council approves it, I’m going to show the plots and walkways. We still have a long way to go, but it is beginning. I need hubby’s help, in doing the engineering phase of drawings, water layout, and maybe even electricity. Fencing along the outside area, the parking area, a compost area, someone wants a gazebo, the mayor wants a greenhouse, and this is on ONE lot. As soon as we measure the entire area, we can do the gardens and walkways. There is an area behind the Sr Ctr that maybe can be turned into the gazebo. I can picture it, with tables, potted plants, hanging plants, fans, a new paint job, and it is closer than if the gazebo would be put into the garden. It has lovely trees, it just needs sprucing up.
I’m planning the first garden for late fall or winter. We’ll see.
You sound clever! I saw an interesting use of an old piece of guttering - mounted along a fence, ends closed up and filled with soil to grow lettuce! I’m not doing it, but thought it was a clever use of something that might have otherwise been thrown away
He specifically had me use calcium carbonate as opposed to other calciums. Maybe the other componants in common garden lime are the offenders, like magnesium.
Never heard that about clorox and pee. What does it do? Explode? I knew clorox and ammonium was a no-no. I saw someone do that once. The fumes were pretty toxic.
Pee contains ammonia and if mixed with Clorox will produce those same fumes - chlorine gas is among those fumes.
OK, that makes some sense.
Yes, what is a Texes girl doing in PA? Hmmm? No, I’m not the least bit clever, I just think I’m capable of doing anything I set my mind to. Many times I’ve had to try something else.
I’ve been reading books, borrowing books, buying gardening magazines to learn what needs to be done. Now I’m on the lookout for a book about plants doing best with other plants. I’ve seen all sorts of hanging plants in all sorts of planters. There is a planter “pocket” made from reused tires attached to a wall. Looked nifty. We have a berm around the first floor of our house with open areas for the patio, the front door and the garage. The area into the garage and front door has a concrete wall to hold the earth & vegetation in place. After seeing some of the hanging plants and climbing plants, I’m going to see if we can’t utilize that space too. Shoot I’ll try just about anything to see if it works.
I picked up a package of allum purple sensation, not reading the directions cause the blooms are in my favorite color. It directs the bulbs be planted in the fall. Well, it isn’t fall, in Texas, yet. How should I save these little beauties? Do I put them in the fridge, in soil? I’m stumped.
Store them in a cool dry place and allow air to circulate. Refrigeration can help.
Take a look at Carrots Love Tomatoes: Secrets of Companion Planting for Successful Gardening
Thank you Red, I have saved some net sacks and put them in the fridge in the laundry room.
Thank you Pet, I’ll look for it next time I go to Waco. Appreciate the input.
I am not an expert on Bulbs so take my advice with a grain of salt.
OK.
I did all container gardening last year and it worked pretty well but am doing the full fledged garden this year - small one, but I did experience a cat using it for his box this week.....darn it, I don't have a cat so I wasn't expecting that!
Cats do have a way of finding good soft soil for their business. We had a dog, who belonged to the country club, no one knew who he belonged to, but he was a good dog, very good golf manners and he was fed lunch by the club, and whenever we had a meeting with food, some was put aside for him. He decided my front raised garden was a good place to nap. He showed my pup, how nice it was. They both happed there. The second year, it wasn’t so nice, so my plants had a chance to flourish.
Did I miss the ping for this weeks garden thread?
Golly, I hope not. What are you and the Mrs up to. Has she begun placing plants around the church?
The new thread got put up at 4 pm Pac Time
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