Posted on 11/13/2015 1:55:12 PM PST by greeneyes
IIRC, pine needles can make the ph of your soil acidic, which is good for blueberries, and azaleas etc. Depending on how much, and what you are planting, it should be ok.
Got to run. I’ll check back later.
Me too! I guess we’ll see. :)
Good Idea to use the pine needles as a much, but as they breakdown and enrichen the soil, they will slightly acidify the soil.
The use of a small amount of lime would sweeten the soil, thus counteracting the soil acidification.
I would reccomend a soil test in the spring to see if lime is necessary, because soils react differently (ie: clay, sandy loam, loam, gravelly, glacial debris, etc.)
Hi johnny!
I’m tearing apart my store this week. Fresh cut Christmas Trees and all the trimmings are coming next week, as are Christmas Cactus, Norfolk Island Pines and the Poinsettias.
All I can say is I’ll be glad when it’s over, LOL!
And then I’ll be leaving my job at the end of January after training up a new Manager and moving from my little farm, to our BIG FARM and retiring to a life of ease...
Oh, wait. I’m pretty sure that ‘ease’ part ain’t gonna happen, LOL! At least I’ll be ‘working’ for myself! Veggie gardens to plan, chickens, hogs and a milk cow to buy and that farmhouse needs some decent landscaping and some TLC!
Househod Six has now retred and sold her business. She found an ad for a used John Deere 318 with a loader, snow thrower, mowing deck and Cyclone leaf vacuum. The next thing I realized, we had bought it!
It is fabulous for leaf removal. The loader will be invaluable for our proects next year and the snow thrower will be well-used this winter.
I raised the back roof on our side deck and will start framing out our heated pantry tomorrow. Busy...busy!
Yeah, I need to do a soil analysis anyway so it won’t put me out any.
I have red clay so use a powdered lime in the planting furrow along with the 10-10-10 fertilizer I usually use.
Thanks much.
It doesn’t get much better than that Johnny and we continue to Pray for you and all the cancer survivors in our circle of FRiends
LOL You’ve been saying that for many years DiW
I have red clay that can be hard as concrete during a dry summer.
I have been using a good 10—10-10 fertilizer and adding powdered lime in the planting furrow with good results.
I plan to expand the garden area so I will be doing a soil analysis on the entire area.
I grew up on a farm,, but we only had hardwoods, no pines, so using pine needles is new to me.
So when in doubt, I ask.
Thank you.
Posting after the horrible world news of the night; but we
gotta try to keep on keeping on. - Husband brought in
several beautiful green variety peppers, fairly large ones.
Think I’ll try to stuff them. Also, the last of the little
tomatoes. Not ripe; but we had to bring them in due to the
freeze forecast tonight. - Well, I guess that’s about the
end of our garden for the season. Winter’s on the way!
Wishing you the best in your new endeavors. Hope you can keep us updated as you go.
Sounds like a good deal, and lots to do with it too.
You are welcome.
Thanks for the picture. That water looks beautiful.
If you wrap them in paper, they will ripen/keep for a while.
Good for you, johnny. We are all hoping so for you for a long time. Stay Strong.
A possum ate my lemon boy tomatoes the night before they were vine ripe. I set a trap, but he doesn't seem interested in venturing in it for store bought tomatoes. Jerk. He instead ate the green lemon boys, but just took a few nibbles. Double jerk.
Put a new plastic skin on my greenhouse. It has peppers and tomatoes in it. Still have tycoons, yard long green beans, Juliet's, cukes, and cucuzza in the garden.
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