Posted on 10/12/2012 12:03:02 PM PDT by greeneyes
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It’s a 3’ wide strip surrounded by a wall on one side and cement on the other three sides so it’s obviously not part of the yard. In August, he mowed through the front flowerbed which is also bordered with cement and 5’ fence. He’s done this for over 20 years so I’m thinking spotlights, sirens, landmines, razor wire and guard towers with a take no prisoners policy.
If it makes you feel any better (probably not :-), my dad has the bad habit of running over my mom’s flower beds with his pickup truck & sometimes the tractor. At times, following the tire tracks, it almost looks like he goes out of his way to run over the plants - really makes her mad. The ‘funny’ thing is he’s always bringing back bulbs, bushes, trees, all sorts of things that he wants her to plant .... then he runs over the beds.
Exactly. Hugs to your mom.
Tell him to keep his cotton pickin’ hands off your garden-or else?
Yes. BTDT. His only job is to till a couple times a year. Period. His hands, feet, and lawn mower are a big no no in the garden.
Whew, it’s getting windy out there today and I thought it was going to rain but nothing yet. Some little clouds here and there on the radar. May have to water after all. There’s a weather change coming because we suddenly got a bunch of flies in the house yesterday evening. Don’t know how other than letting the dogs in and out the door. Central TX usually gets its first blast of cold on Halloween but I’m still counting on getting in some fall squash.
yeh, we are supposed to get some storms and rain pretty soon too. Our Halloween varies a lot from year to year.
Sometimes it is nice shirt sleeve weather, and sometimes it is freezing. Never can be sure till you get closer to the date.
I got half my garlic crop planted this afternoon and hope to plant the rest tomorrow and also spread the rice hulls to mulch them from the winter rains and weeds. We will be cutting the pumpkins off the vines this week and perhaps the Sweat Meat winter squash the following week.
I ordered my garlic from Guerneys for some reason that I can not recall. They sent me a card that it would not be shipped until the fall.
They kept me updated with several cards during the summer, giving the date of arrival. About a week before I was supposed to receive them, I got a card that said out of stock -refund coming.
I have a few bulbs leftover from the supermarket, so I guess I’ll try those. sigh
Got mine in a on the 8th; planted 300 or so sq ft of winter wheat the 9th. Lord help me, I forgot to check my moon signs & Farmers Almanac!
Been subbing for the wife, as well as trying to get my own chores done; she broke her wrist last month, and had to have a plate installed. Between the awkwardness of the cast; not being able to get it wet; and not being allowed to lift anything even if she can get ahold of it, it is amazing how many things she can get out of doing.
She tripped while spraying brush; fortunately, she didn’t hurt the sprayer.
At least they notified you. I ordered my garlic last May from Siskiyou Seeds in Oregon, to be shipped in August. With August quickly passing and the credit card they were given about to expire—I had already received the new one— I tried to contact them twice each both by email & phone. No replies; no charges to the card before it expired; no explanation or apology.
I scrambled, and finally found somebody —Keene Organics— that wasn’t out of stock of the variety I wanted, and I was able to order & get it in September. Had a very nice conversation with them on the phone.
They still have some varieties in stock, and are taking & shipping orders up to & including today, Monday, 10/15 http://keeneorganics.com/purchase_2012_organic_garlic
Many suppliers had bad or no crops this year due to the drought & other weather problems, so seed garlic was in short supply for many varieties.
We got a nice rain over the weekend here in CoMO. I finished tilling the garden Saturday morning just as the rain was starting. My collards and brussels sprouts are going great guns now that the weather has cooled. There are enough carrots in the ground to keep Bugs Bunny happy for a month.
On the garlic thing - I bought three heads of locally grown organic at the local hippie food store and planted it in my new garden spring of 2008. The first crop was puny due to the spring planting, but I kept back the best and replanted in the fall, and have been doing the same thing since. The crop has improved every year and this year’s harvest was simply amazing. The best heads are nearly the size of a baseball. I’ve heard that garlic acclimates to the local growing conditions and based on my experience I’d have to say there’s something to that.
I got most of my Garlic seed from this supplier many many years ago and it has now been acclimatized to the Humboldt Bay area http://www.filareefarm.com/
Thanks for the links and sympathy.LOL.
I had not heard about that climatizing thing. I have some garlic left from last year that is kinda puny, but maybe I’ll give it a try. Sounds like your fall crop is doing well.
Maybe the local farmer’s market will have some. The health food hippie store is about 40 miles away, so that will be the last choice, but I hadn’t thought about it. Thanks.
Thanks for the link. I’ll be checking it out this week.
Just had to give you an update! I was thrilled to see that the tomatoes lasted all winter in pots in our basement with not a whole lot of light. I had to bring them down there after my toddler started messing with the leaves and dirt upstairs. Anyway, they flowered and started growing cherry tomatoes almost immediately. We have already harvested a bunch of tomatoes, very early for Michigan. Will definitely try this again this year!
I love it when an experiment works!LOL
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