Posted on 09/20/2013 12:16:53 PM PDT by greeneyes
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I get 6 or more lemons twice a year. I could probably get more, but I pick off a lot of the little buds after the blooms are finished.
I also keep it trimmed and in a pot of about just 3 cubic feet. Probably going to be forced to repot it one of these days. It surivives the winter in front of the patio door, with just a bit of spillover light from the grow light stand which is in front of the other part of the door.
Some times I do turn the light on in the morning and leave it on till 9pm. But if the sun is shining bright through the patio door, I don’t turn it on till later.
Ok, hilltop is good. We’re high enough not to worry about most major river flooding but we catch it when it comes down the hill right into the back door. I tried to work the garden so it diverts some of the rain but we still have sweep the water when there’s a downpour. In recent years the water coming off the hills have washed away the roads so we’ve been blocked in.
So looking for advice - I’ve checked a number of books and the internet and haven’t found a particularly good answer. Am looking for plants that like very clay soil and lots of moisture. Have a creek that overruns on occasion and want something that will 1) absorb the moisture or 2) will provide some benefit (flowers, berries, etc).
My preference would be berries - I”ve heard that goosberries like lots of moisture but I don’t know if they would like clay soil enough .... I’m in NW ohio but interested to see if anyone has recommendations on approaches or plants...
A half inch is significant for our type of soil and it will last for a for a few days
I’ll have to think on it. We have lots of clay soil, but not that much moisture, and we just amended the soil in our garden areas so that we could grow the stuff we wanted.
Meanwhile, someone else may have a more immediate answer for you.
I can't wait till next year. I am expanding my crop selection adding pole beans (in the 5 gal bucket system) Also adding potatoes and more peppers!
I see a bucket(what is it) and some cukes and pretty cherry tomatoes. The other photo is the tomato plants. So that’s what blight looks like?
I am so glad that someone on our thread was able to help you. I can’t remember exactly who all chimed in, but that’s what FRiends are for.
I gotta go now. Got another migraine. Catch ya’ll later.
Nasty surprise: frosted last night; went nearly 10 lower than forecast. I had too much other stuff to do after the caning was finished before I could get into the garden, so didn’t realize it.
Lima beans, pattypans, & pumpkins took the brunt in the east end that we can’t see from the house. Cukes, zukes, Buttercups, & beans in the west end only had light to no damage, and that end is visible from the kitchen window.
“I couldn’t even tell the water was moving. South Grape Creek, which empties in to the Pedernales was pretty pathetic, too.”
It will take some time for the watershed water to drain into the ponds, streams, lakes, rivers.
The bucket is a 2 pound coffee can with a plastic container insert and a neck strap is for picking small berries and cherry tomatoes. It lets me use both hands to pick. I used it to finish off the last of the Blueberries after yesterday...
This is a Jump Start T5 4 ft. grow lamp on a stand. I have just read all the info. that came with it and there is no info. about how much electricity it draws.
I didn't care what the draw was as long as the seeds sprouted. I turned it on when I got up and turned it off when I went to bed. I just read the directions, and I was supposed to leave it on much longer than that - 16-18 hours to start germination - tough cookie, I didn't.
It took only about four-six days for most of the seeds to begin growing.
It also recommended the warming bed but I didn't have that.
I got mine from Walmart on line because it was cheaper there and did “pick it up at the store” to avoid shipping charges.
I’m ordering a book I found today written by a research scientist at MD Anderson, Houston, about spices and what research says they do and how to use them for what.
Other books I’ve seen are just plain people saying this spice does that and this other one does something else. This book I found is scientific but is still written for the general public to know how to use those spices and I think he is including herbs as spices - got that from reading customer comments.
The book is here on Amazon:
http://www.amazon.com/Healing-Spices-Everyday-Exotic-Disease/dp/1402776632/ref=cm_cr_pr_pb_t
I went out back just before it got dark to quickly cover my big squash plant, it was still raining, and the gauge showed one inch of rain then. The forecast says rain all day tomorrow.
Anyone know about ginger?All I know about ginger is I absolutely love to eat it [fresh, juiced, etc.] I'm looking forward to hearing about your progress.
LOL! Actually, I'm on unpaid leave right now. I must have brought this down south when I returned! ;)
We got ~3.5 inches!
And had you not returned, it might have been 13.5 inches right on top of the Lake, and just over the lake.
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