Posted on 05/01/2015 12:41:21 PM PDT by greeneyes
Yep, one of a kind.
hee hee hee
He is still in my prayers.
The frame is 1/2” square tubing but rebar would work. I used 1” welded wire as a few birds can get through chicken wire unless he can find the small aviary wire like I used for protecting my blueberries. Everything is so blasted expensive these days it takes my breath away ~
Ain’t it the truth! We have a big roll of chicken wire, but not much left of our leftover rebar(used a some of it and put pvc pipe over it to attach a net for vertical gardening.
We might have something that we could use in the garage - it’s full of odds and ends and concrete finishing machines-no room for cars anymore.
Needs a good cleanout, but hubby can’t move the finishing machines out of the way right now till he heals a bit more-Dr. got on to him for digging in the garden too early. He’s cleared to plant though. Corn goes in this weekend.
HELLO little beautiful Corn plants! That’s a really pretty picture. I have some leftover seeds that I will start in 2 or 3 weeks after Hubby plants his.
The Evergreen, I will probably plant in mid June for Sept-Oct. harvest. We have to stagger the dates, since we don’t have the space to truly isolate and prevent crossing. It also gives the processor (me) a break, so that I am not overwhelmed with harvest and preservation of more than I can handled at once.
Thanks for the pictures. I love to see these beauties.
my friend.. Nice to see your screenname. I’ve missed you and think often of the ARTW gang. Mostly hang at FB when I am online (which isn’t as often as I would like)
Prayers of course for our spunky Johnny.
hugs boyfriend~ think of you often and fondly
and everyone else.. I love seeing this thread weekly. Lurk 99% i=of time.. will be doing a bit of gardening this year. Working at my age 50 hrs plus a week has me limited
Maybe I'll get to meet her at the River someday.
Dishes don't do themselves, and cooking doesn't just happen, so I've got some mundane chores to do, whether I like it or not.
/johnny
So good to see you Dolly! Miss you too, email just isn’t the same. FB, I don’t miss. Besides, because of the sheer volume how in the world would I decide which Obama travesty to comment on??
:^)
Be well, friend. Post once in a while and stay in touch.
I haven’t grown potatoes in a pallet bin, but I did grow them in one made of fence stakes and chicken wire.
There is a persistant rumor that potatoes will continue growing spuds along the stems as long as the stems are buried. After several years of testing, I can tell you that this is a MYTH. New spuds will grow along the same level as the original “seed”. Hill them up enough to keep the growing spuds covered, but do not keep burying the vines beyond that. Doing so forces the plant to put its energy into growing longer stems in an effort to reach the sunlight again, and lessens your harvest instead of increasing it.
8-10 inches of mulching should be plenty, with more added only if the previous layer packs down or washes away to the point where the spuds are exposed.
LOL!
That’s quite a lot of plants going there. I see the radio. Thanks for the pics. Nice looking starts there.
Glad to hear you like the thread. Post now and then when you want and let us know how your “little bit” of gardening goes.
Hubby got his corn planted, and I used the sturdy fork to loosen his soil about a foot deep in the next 4x 4 patch of whatever he wants to plant. Since he's not allowed to dig etc. I volunteered to help by doing one of his beds as we go along.
I got a good start on the day by grinding some wheat using my burr coffee grinder. Once on course, and once on fine. For this recipe, I am trying half whole wheat and half all purpose flour.
Got the starter going for an overnight - 24 hours development. This a “soaked yeast bread” similar to sourdough, but shouldn't be as tart. Hubby doesn't like tart.
Then I headed out to get the garden stuff done for Hubby, watered my potatoes, garlic, carrots, and lettuce. Then took some pictures. If they turn out I'll wheedle my daughter into helping me post them.
I also collected grass clippings and mulched the few beds I had planted. Our daughter hired someone to mow for hubby, so that rescued me from that chore, which I wasn't sure I was in good enough shape to do. The guy was nice enough to some how or other have most of the stuff right next to my beds.
Then, I mowed/harvested some winter rye which was long overdue, but left the roots to get out later. Corn sprouts will go in that spot. Rye is supposed to help cut down on something that is harmful to corn, but I can't remember just what at this moment.
Then I harvested all the spinach in one of the beds, brought it in and rinsed it once, and put some more water in to rinse it. I may do one more rinse, then dry and freeze - keep a little out to add to salad this week.
Then I started a batch of yogurt. For supper, I had some beefy bone broth that I started out yesterday as hot beverage to drink with my CLT (chicken, lettuce, tomato).
So now I am waiting for the aspirin to kick in on my headache, and then I'll finish the spinach and put away the broth, and get some oatmeal soaking for breakfast. There are a few dishes in the sink, but those are just gonna have to wait till tomorrow.
Today was a perfect weather day, so it got me all revved up to accomplish something. If the weather holds, I just may catch up on the chores. LOL
Grand daughter has suggested we have a campfire at the family council circle of rocks for mother's day. Sounds good to me. Everyone cooks their own, paper plates and plastic ware - no dishes, and smores for dessert. Her 3 kids haven't yet had the experience. Ages 1,2,and 4 - should be a hoot!LOL
Hope every one else had some good weather this weekend.
WoW!!! You were just a house afire Mzzz GE. Today was vegetable day for me as in veged all day. My elderly son picked me up at 9 and we had breakfast and then a 30 minute ride around town and home to watch the Nascar race (yeah Jr) the SF Giants won then some internet searches. Neither of us set foot in the garden today as she was at Church from 8 until noon and she watched a couple of ball games this afternoon ~
Oh how wonderful! I love days like that!
I know you are looking forward to feeding the little ones their first s’mores. It’s all about making memories!
Well, Sunday is usually a slow day here. The 3 Rs: Rest, Read and Relax. LOL
But you have to strike when the iron is hot. I was just in the mood to git ur done.
Probably have to recuperate with the heating pad tomorrow.
After that, I have to get things cleaned up and organized for the gang on Mother’s day, including cleaning up the council area.
Yes it is all about the memories and pictures - plenty of pictures. LOL
Beautiful day here, though more breezy than I like.
In the main garden, I tilled in fertilizer, then used the hiller/furrower to till trenches to make raised rows. I planted 120 Walla-Walla sweet onion transplants in 2 rows, one on each side of one trench; then put some spinach & radish seed in the trench itself.
Two more trenches close together gave me a wide, raised center row, which got some of each of 2 types of carrots, and some beets; straw mulch finished that job. The top of one of the outside furrow tops got 80 purple onion sets.
-—/\_/^^^\_/-— ground level; furrowed up soil with onions; trench; center raised wide row; trench; other, unused, furrowed up soil & back to ground level.
Meanwhile, I had sugar beet seeds soaking, to be ready for the next act. I used the garden tractor & trailer to haul fertilizer down to last year’s rye patch that I tilled in March, and spread enough for a single 60’ X 2’ row, then rode back up to walk the tiller down there. I deep-tilled not only the fertilizer, but a full 40 X 60 plot, since I’ll plant corn down there later. Walked the tiller back to the garden, and tractored back down to plant the now well soaked sugar beet seeds: planted 136 of the 100 I bought. ;-) Bountiful Gardens included a notation that the germination rate met government requirements, but not their own expectations, so they included extra.
Also harvested 14 more asparagus spears, to go with yesterday’s 16.
Back at the house, I took the (Easter?) lily (Mrs. AR rescued it at the yard waste dumping site in town yesterday, when we took a load in) out of the water I had soaked it in overnight, and got it potted. It looked much happier than when we brought it home. It was green, but dry & droopy, and still had its potting soil firmly around its roots when she spotted it.
Bonus: when I took it out of the water, most of its soil washed off, and it has several healthy bulblets detaching from the main bulb & putting out their own roots.
I had to restrain myself to partial plantings, as ‘last frost’ date is 5-25, but this entire Spring has been so mild that wanted to take a chance with partial plantings, in case it turns into a hot Summer early, too. OTOH, we typically get a few inches of snow in May.
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