Posted on 03/14/2014 12:57:29 PM PDT by greeneyes
Posted on Friday, March 07, 2014 2:18:07 PM by greeneyes
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Chickens are pigs with feathers. They eat anything and everything. If I didn’t have chickens I probably wouldn’t need to get manure from the neighbor lady.
The raised pallet garden looks like a fancy container garden.
I wasn’t posting much the past two days since I was working on the upper and lower deck during the day to do as much as I could, before engineer would get home and he could lift what I couldn’t. So, I was basically out there all day and evening.
What we did was make it easier for me to do what needed to be done so that’s where I am - gobs of transplanting to do. I could work out there three solid days and maybe it would all be done, but I can’t hold up to working 5-6 hours a day out there like I did the past couple of days. I have to put potting soil mix in many pots.
My orange tree has blossoms opening on it and it has super many buds. Smelling them gives one a concentrated smell of oranges - it’s really a strong smell. I hope I get at least one orange this season. I don’t know really anything about fruit dwarf trees. I’m hoping IT knows what to do and does it.
I have planted more tomato seed as two varieties didn’t make it through the cold and I have new type seed also planted. These are in the seed starter that works for me.
I see tiny, really tiny, bits of green in the wood planter where I planted the lettuce seed tape. It is well covered with net to keep out killers.
Today, I saw my first squirrel this spring and Prissy charged out and he started up on the fence, then back to his tree. I have a glob of black netting, a huge amount that is mixed up so much, I have to figure out how to cut it up. I made a big mistake by not cutting it in sections when it got here all nicely flattened into a long section of net. It is just a mess but I have to get that on the plants since the first squirrel wants in those plants.
Glad Gracie didn’t kill herself with the nasal spray. When Prissy was a baby, had to get all electric cords off the floor because she wanted to chew them.
Re: Pallet Table Garden..The stacked pallets with strawberries in them..how would you anchor something like that to keep our occasional 30 mph winds with 60 mph gusts from taking it out?
Hmmm....I suppose I would drive a piece of re-bar in each corner of the first, then screw or nail each layer to the previous layer. Or some variation on that.
Gracie was a sick puppy the next day, for sure. Gracie chased a squirrel the other day. The squirrel went up the tree but Gracie didn’t see that. Gracie got to the tree and went round and round the tree wondering where the squirrel went.
I know on small fruit trees to sacrifice some buds in order for the remaining ones to get all the “attention” and grow larger. We removed about 2/3 of the many buds on one of the meyers lemons a few weeks ago.
It looks like that pallet garden was in a rich person’s yard. They probably paid some pros to come in and build it. Kinda like the White Hut garden.
Check freepmail in re: tobacco.
/johnny
That is a nice setup. Too bad I couldn’t do that. It gets too hot here in the summer. I’ve tried plants in pots, topsy-turvy planters, hanging planters, window planters, you name it. If roots aren’t in the ground, the plants seem to whither away, regardless of how much I water them.
I have always found that to be true for me too. Containers are too susceptible to temperatures from the surrounding air. I am only planting peppers in mine, other than 2 free range maters as an experiment, just to have something to do since the ground floor garden has become so far from my reach. In late May we will see what’s happy, and what’s not.
How old is Prissy?
I was afraid Gracie would chew on my O2 hose! We give her enough toys to chew on she leaves most stuff alone, except Carol’s shoes, there we have a problem. My wife being from Lower Mississippi, kicks off the shoes as soon as she hit the house. Good thing she buys cheap shoes.
She rides with me on the scooter in the basket. We go all over the neighborhood. Of course I am quick to tell people “this is my wife’s dog”
Our last frost date is more like May 15. We still have snow sometimes in April.
Need advice on fruit trees in San Antonio, tx. How to care for them.
In ground . . . Ein Shemer apple with blossoms and Granny Smith alive but no new growth. Both transplanted during February.
In 15 gallon pots: two north star cherry trees. Doing well. New growth. Two honey crisp apple trees. Doing well. New growth. Two tangerine trees. Doing well. Maybe. No new growth. Cold hardy.
Thanks.
R.
Sorry, I can’t help you, but please keep us Texans informed on your apple tree progress. I wish to have apple trees here in Montgomery county, north of Houston, and would value your updates.
Will do.
When I figure out how, I’ll upload pictures.
Also have three female and one male kiwi plants which seem to be thriving next to the neighbor’s fence in 15 gallon pots.
Except for the in ground apple trees, all were purchased bare root.
I would check with the Bexar County Extension Service, aka, Texas Agrilife/TAMU. I think it's mostly top matches root size at planting. water, and not too much fertilizer.
Since I can't bear to chop a third of the tree branches at planting..mine usually die. That's why I suggest you check with the Pro's.
Thanks.
Look to the next weekly thread for pics.
Check on the chill hours required for fruiting. You'll want around 400 hours for your apple trees. I have Pink Lady, Red Fuji, Anna, Golden Dorset, and Gala. That pretty much covers the gamut of chill hours in the NW Hill Country.
You'll also want to find out if the rootstock is the correct one for your soil type. Keep the soil pH around 6.5, mulch well.
Your cherry trees may not bear fruit. Almost all cherry trees require more chill hours than we get in the S.A. area unless it is a real bad winter. Even then, you have the grackles to contend with.
Plant the citrus in a well protected area away from the north wind and you should be OK. I've seen Ponderosa Lemon growing all over the S.A. area, yet I can't get mine to survive winter.
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