Posted on 06/03/2016 3:05:01 PM PDT by greeneyes
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I have been eating endive and spinach from the garden. Rain has kept me from much else. I have a 9 inch pot of rosemary that I need to transplant somewhere-it's been indoors - only half is alive - too much water and direct sun I expect.
Tiny lemons have formed, but lemon tree is badly in need of transplant I am sure. Been scouting out pots, but haven't found one I like yet.
Hope everyone is doing well. Prayers up for all. Have a great weekend. God Bless
Pinging the list.
It has been a decent week out here on “Suchman Corners” [our name for our little slice of Heaven] My squash & beans, my pumpkins & watermelons are doin ok. I lost all our corn to birds & other garden raiders...
Well that is a wrap up from Foley,Mo [by the mighty Mississippi River & Lock & Dam #25]
It’s warm here in the hills of Massachusetts. My seedlings and online purchased transplants are finally looking good. Mr. trisham seeded some lettuce, cilantro and other herbs last week end, and they are coming up!
Finally. Things are looking up. :)
And in Texas, it’s still raining..it’s drowning my garden. Well, what the hail hasn’t beaten or broken off, anyway.
Planted 6 “Georgia Blue” yesterday. I’ve put them as a border on a full sun side of the yard. They get about 4 inches high and bloom from Spring to Summer.
Today I planted a “Spirit” Sedum seiskianum in full sun area. It will grow to 4 to 6 inches in height with yellow blooms.
A knock out rose bush I dug up a few weeks ago and planted in a full sun area with more drainage is starting to get several new leaves. Everything newly planted this year seems to be thriving. I have had to water almost every day.
I hate my garden now, I am so tired of those EVIL potato beetles.
But I’ll try to ignore that for now.... the rest of it is doing well. I have some tomatoes and peppers that I’ve been postponing transplanting until the potato beetles are gone but they have been thriving in Seven, some other powder the farm supply place sold us, and now a neonicotinoid that was our last chance. The potato plants are about gone...
Cilantro is producing coriander now, but the romaine, butter lettuce, and spinach hasn’t bolted yet.
Speaking of which, how did a salad of lettuce, tomatoes, and cucumbers become the norm? By the time I have tomatoes and cucumbers, my lettuces are hopelessly bolted.
Between working 2 jobs, and not being strong enough to hook up the tractor attachments without help, I still haven’t gotten my field tilled yet, and it’s planting time.
So, change of plans! Since I wasn’t able to finish planting my strawberry patch, that gives me ~1500 square feet of garden that was almost ready to plant, I just had to clear the debris left over from last year’s sunflowers.
I planted 26 tomatoes (2 each of 13 varieties that I’m testing), 4 Bradford watermelons, 2 Charantais melons, 4 Ghost peppers (for pest control), a smattering of medicinal herbs, and about 200 flint corn. All in one day. I can barely stand up today!
As for the area I was planning to plant, I’ll be planting that with a cover crop of winter rye. That gives me until August to get it tilled and ready. Rye secretes a natural weedkiller, so that should make things easier next year.
And in case anyone’s wondering, yes, I remembered to wear gloves this time!
Sorry to hear about your corn. Corn is my favorite garden food. Alas, Dr. put me on carb restriction-no more than about 60g carbs per day-15g per meal and one snack.
Can have all the greens etc. -free carbs - I want.
Good news at last-great to hear it.
:)
My sympathy. I feel so sorry for people in Texas trying to garden between drought and deluge. Hope things even out soon.
Well that’s good things. My sympathy on watering -groan.
I like the endive better than leaf lettuce. It’s a frizzy sort of green. I chop the spinach really fine to add to the salad, as I don’t care for the texture of the whole leaves.
Thanks for the link. I’ll be sure to check it out. We have been saving to get a solar room/green house that would be sort of a lean to against the house where the patio door of our walk-out basement is.
The lemon tree is indoors. I keep it small with pruning and cramping it in the pot. However, it is past time to move it up a notch, or it’s going to get root bound. It produces about 16 lemons per year, in two batches. The fragrance of the blooms is worth the effort - lemons are the plus.
Rain in the forecast for tomorrow. Yea!
I have often wondered the same thing! My solution has been on occasion to grow indeterminate cherry tomatoes, lettuce, and spinach indoors during the winter and hottest months.
I have also had success growing spinach and lettuce during the heat of summer in a raised bed or containers that are shaded during the hottest period of the day.
Good adjustment to your plan. Yes rye has some good properties that way-good to plant before corn. I did read something about impact on germination, but can’t remember what the work around was. Probably just making sure the debris is cleared a couple of weeks ahead.
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