Here are your pix. Your garden is pretty. Mine is ugly, but functional. ;)
/johnny
Posted on 04/11/2014 12:34:19 PM PDT by greeneyes
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You could pull those weeds out now and just throw them down with the roots exposed and let them “compost” in place or add them to brown compost to give it a Kick.
Peanuts - that’s an 83% germination rate, which means those peanuts are very viable. What type peanut was it? FIY, anything below 70% germination means that the seed’s viability is not so great.
Sure it sprouted, but the lower the germination rate, the less likely to have vigerous plants/good return on harvest.
Best spoil temps for germination of corn:77-95 degrees,Cukes 77-95 degrees, corcubits 77-95.
In additon, most of the info on seed savings that I have read state that corn is simply not that viable after 2 years, so I imagine that it would take some very mindful seed saving to get corn to sprout after the year it is intended for.
I think that bulb planter is the cat’s meow. Great for lots of stuff. I like to use it for making a hole to stick my transplants in.
I share your pain/obsession.LOL
Can’t beat that river delta dirt for growing maters or most anything else.LOL
:)
19 plants went into the garden this afternoon. Four varieties of peppers and red and green B. sprouts.
We’re keeping the frost cover on to prevent the little guys from keeling over; that sun is blazing today.
Cheers to all who visit the Garden Thread each Friday !
We planted some very small fruit and nut trees in 2010 and 2011. We have not yet had any edible fruit. Last year we had cherries that were the size of elderberries, maybe a little smaller even.
The peaches were stunted runts, that never developed to full maturity, in spite of the fact that we picked most of the fruit off so the tree wouldn’t be overly stressed, since it’s not too big yet.
Our big returns are actually due to the native plants that just happened to be here.
Walnuts, butternuts, hickory nuts, persimmons, black berries, dew berries, and rose hips from wild roses.
Those peppers for sure will appreciate the cover for a while yet.
I am enjoying the sunshine just as much as the plants. It always gives me a little more energy and inspiration.
Looking at all the 111 containers out on my deck and in the net room, makes me feel tired. I must have done that, grown all those seeds and transplanted them twice into larger containers. Perhaps I’ll get over the tired feeling when there is actually something to eat out there. I’ve said before if I get no food, I’m checking into a nunnery somewhere. :o)
LOL! I hear you.
Thank you for the info! Here’s something on gardening that’s off the beaten path, but it should be interesting and also informative.
Sepp Holzer’s Permaculture
http://www.richsoil.com/sepp-holzer/sepp-holzer-permaculture.jsp
The formatting on that page is a little funny, by the way, so you might need to scroll down quite a bit to get past a gap early in the article. There are videos toward the bottom of the page, too.
I just got my very first Chiltepin Pepper sprout today!
These little fireballs are very hard to germinate.
I’ve known about soaking okra seeds but never had to.
Like I said, I may have planted a little too early. But, one row came up and the other didn’t.
It’s been in the at least in the 70s but it got a little chilly a few nights in a row. They may have not had time to stay warm. Oh, well, if I have to, I’ll replant in another week or so. I’m got a small garden this year.
If my tomato plants are long I dig a trench and lay the stem down in it. Gently curve it up and pack the dirt around it.
I’m sure you’ll get something to eat, along with a few misteps. The misteps are a chance to learn, and the successes will taste sooooo good.LOL
“Already harvested collards, broccoli and radishes. Cukes and tomatoes are next.”
If I get veggies that look anything like yours, I will drink an adult beverage in celebration. Those pictures are beautiful.
I have four rose bushes that didn’t die in 2011. Two of those make very large roses. The two climbers against the back fence may have a rose or not as they are still recovering from that bad summer. I have another climber on one of the brick walls and get a few large roses off that.
Tell me about rose hips when you have time. Exactly which part is it? It must be the center of the rose attached to the limb? What do you do with the rose hip? I know it has vitamin C. Do you make tea with it and how would you do that? I should already know this but I don’t.
Here are your pix. Your garden is pretty. Mine is ugly, but functional. ;)
/johnny
Thanks very much for posting my pix.
I did some chain saw work today, cutting up some down limbs which will go to the little outside burner by our beach house.
We got some additional rip rap this week from Rock Works, a barge deliverer of stone on the Lake of the Ozarks. Bigger boulders keep the waves from eroding our shoreline.
I just saw one of the local boat dealers is offering a 310 horsepower Kawasaki jet ski in stock. Holy Cow !
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