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First!!!???
The corn crops up here in Missouri have burned up from drought and heat.
Good morning,
I have a question for the Lavender gardeners where ever you are. How hard do you prune your plants and when. I planted three little Grosso plants last June, got them through that summer successfully. This spring they began to really grow in their 30 inch pots...they are huge but no flowers. I am at a loss as to why no flowers but now wonder if I should prune them now or wait for cooler weather.
Here on the desert (actually a step land)the Kissing Bug is a pest for about six weeks each summer....I started growing and bagging Lavender in silk organza bags I make to keep in our beds and closets....it stopped the Kissing Bug from getting in our beds...moths I knew about but the other was just a guess.
Thanks for any advice.
Johanna
Good Morning!
Started to harvest some Cucumbers from along the driveway. A bowl of sliced cukes with Ranch dressing is a terrific lunch.
Also I diced and steamed a Kohlrabi snd served it in a cream sauce for dinner. 45 minutes from Garden to table. . . YUMM!
Still a moderate drought here. I water kinda heavy once a week. Those water crystals I mixed in the soil this year are helping.
Howdy all!!!!! a little late to the party - but with good reason.
Last Sunday was my father’s 75th birthday and my brother flew my daughter and I down to Florida to surprise him. Still not sure what surprised my father more - my brother showing up unannounced Friday afternoon, my daughter and I showing up unannounced Saturday morning, my having had all the dental work dad has been on me about for a year done before I got there - or the act that my brother and I - who had not seen or talked in almost 20 years actually worked together to pull off the past week!
I got home last night and actually have no clue what my garden looks like.
I did promise the folks here on the Eastern Shore of Virginia I would try to bring some of Sarasota, FLA’s rain back home with me - and danged wasn’t it raining here when I got off the plane yesterday!
Even the polk salad is wilting. Walnut, butter nut, and almond trees have dropped their fruit. We are still hauling water to water the perennials and fruit trees we planted last year. Every thing else is just about burned to a crisp.
I have a small batch of heirloom corn that I am watering - hoping to get at least one decent ear to plant next year (maybe it will be more drought resistant LOL).
Tomatoes are shaded, watered daily, and doing Ok. Still setting some fruit, but squirrels manage to get the green tomatoes before I do. This year they are even going after them before they even have a little blush - green as a gourd they are guess the little critters are thirsty!
Potted plants Tomato, Pepper, Basil, and Lemon Tree are shaded by a tree in the afternoon are doing ok for now. One Sugar Baby Watermelon and 2 Iroquois Melons are hanging in there. Quite a few flowers on the musk melon.
I think I am going to have to rethink the crops. Plant in the fall for winter garden to harvest during winter and spring. Plant stuff that matures quickly during the spring.
Plant more in pots on Patio where the afternoon is shaded and it is easier to water. Forget May, June, July, and August for the rest of the garden spaces.
Hubby is just about sold on buying a Walmart type above ground pool, setting it up next to the upper patio at the corner of the house in the back, putting up guttering to direct the roof's rain water to the pool.
Rig it up to use gravity to water the gardens. They have a pool that will hold 4 or 5 thousand gallons. Way more than we can trap in rain barrels/cans. Less expensive than a cistern. If the housing market ever gets better, the executor may sell his mom's house, so we could maybe have enough to pay for a cistern and used truck..
Have a great week. God Bless.