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Posted on 11/03/2018 1:04:19 AM PDT by greeneyes
The Weekly Gardening Thread is a weekly gathering of folks that love soil, seeds and plants of all kinds.
From complete newbies that are looking to start that first potted plant, to gardeners with some acreage, to Master Gardener level and beyond, we would love to hear from you.
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Not much going on here - it's been raining all week, so not much activity out doors. Winter wheat, rye, and garlic is planted. May clear one more patch for rye.
Lemon tree seems to be responding to the nutrients and is looking better. I need to put up some plastic on the supports in the Greenhouse that Hubby put up last year, so that I can reduce the size of the space we are heating as the weather gets colder.
On the days when the sun came out we had great heat, opened the patio doors, and turned of the heaters. After the sun went down, had to turn stuff on at about 8 pm.
Prayers up for all. Have a great weekend. God Bless.
Pinging the list.
After two rains totaling 1 1/2 inches, I tried to dig the dahlia tubers. The leaves are all frozen but the main stems are turgid with water and did not want to be dug.
I had the best foliage and bloom production, but my tubers are sparse and spindly. I may just repopulate next spring.
Yea! on your lemon tree.
This is the first year I’ve tried to squeeze in a fall planting of carrots. I just hope they are big enough to pull up before it gets too cold.
Constant rain/overcast here in New England, too - has been a bit of a frustrated gardening year.
Cleaned/closed most of our gardens - just waiting for a non-rain day to pull out potatoes and prep the asparagus for winter before we close that garden down.
Sunday we'll winterize our chicken coop and run, work on splitting the 2nd cord of firewood, then it's "wait for spring-time" mode.
Good news on your lemon tree - can't wait to hear a great follow-up report in the spring!
Stay warm, stay safe. Have a Happy Thanksgiving (every day)
Gardening is over for the year at Lake of the Ozarks. Now, the challenge is millions (billions) of leaves currently burying our yard and driveway.
We’re blowing them into piles and hauling some up to our wooded areas. Some piles will be burned in burn barrels. All are oak and other hardwoods, plus a few contributions from a big sycamore.
Too bad we can’t roll them up and capture their heat in our wood stove.
Weather has been mild, and overcast. 40’s and 50’s, not windy. Beau has been working on the never-ending metal roofing project and he’s in the home stretch for the main part of the house. Roof on the porch must be taken off and rebuilt, but not sure that’ll happen this year. I continue to earn Girlfriend Brownie Points by being his Go-Fer and Clean-Up Crew.
Now that scaffolding has moved to the FRONT of the house, I cleaned up the large back deck, swept it and got furniture tucked away for the winter. Staining the deck is another future project.
Since we had a less-windy Fall, a LOT of leave accumulated on the lawn, so I mowed one more time (high) to chop them up a bit and they’ll make the lawn (and Good Bugs) happy, over winter. The big Maple tree has ‘mulched’ four of my garden beds for me this season. How nice of her! ;)
Planted more tulip & daff bulbs, and after a few more freezes I’ll trim back the strawberry bed and get that mulched in for the winter, too. We put the stakes in for the six Grapes we put in, so they can be trained properly. I need to do some maintenance with the new asparagus bed, too - but I have to look that up; can’t remember what type of fertilizer goes on in the fall...
My greenhouse is still housing TOO MANY winter squashes, some remaining Geraniums, Rosemary and Lemon Thyme and two flats of lettuces that are looking fan-tastic! The Chipmunks keep nibbling off the Kale plants I have started in there...but everybody’s got to eat, I guess. I have little critter damage to the garden with cats and dogs running around all the time. I’ll share - but just a little. And just Kale. ;)
I’m planning two more raised beds along the south and west sides of the greenhouse; one will be for Roses and the other for Perennial and Annual Herbs.
I got a great price on Honeycrisp Apples, so bought 12 lbs. and have been having fun with them. So far pies, coffee cakes, and warm cinnamon apple slices over frozen yogurt as a treat.
Homemade Wine, Applejack (Apple Brandy) and Kahlua are all started to be ready for The Holidays. Brought in my houseplants that were loving life on the semi-shaded porch this summer; my ‘Christmas Cactus’ has a flower bud on EVERY stem! It’s peach and so, so pretty! It usually blooms in mid-November. I’ve had it for close to 15 years, now. (I’d better put her in my Will!)
Now t’s time for a good, long rest and planning for next year!
I do apologize to the group as I have been working straight out and have not had any free time to do more than care for the yard . I will have some time off in the near future and intend to jazz things up a bit and I will seek advice from all of you. Thank you greeneyes for not omitting me from the garden ping list!
Oh I can add that all of the tree and bush plantings at the site I have been at have all taken very well ! They range from Magnolia’s to weeping willows and walking vines (for ground cover)a few Maples and assorted evergreens and shrubs . I was initially concerned about the soils composition (mostly clay) but it seems we added just enough top soil for the 70-80 plantings to root . It looks very very nice.
Oh, man- there's gold in them thar piles:
We mulch them up with the lawnmower and put them in (large) compost bins (with chicken manure and kitchen waste).
By next summer they'll be dark brown soil for the gardens. Waste not, want not....
We did notice last year’s leaf deposits in our woods have slumped into a gooy mass. You’re perfectly welcome to help yourself down here.
Might even throw in a pontoon ride...
Glad your lemon tree is starting to perk up.
I finally got my garlic planted last week.
It’s warm here for November.
Not much going on out there except just barely enough tomatoes squeaking out for tacos, burgers and pizza.
I may still try and get some kind of raised bed built out of an old waterbed frame.
Peak leaf color here right now, and rainy. Beautiful, but definitely not motorcycle weather.
What bike ?
My last bike was a ‘72 Norton 850 Commando.
Bought used in the mid 70s.
It had been abused to the point that engine oil would squirt out of each exhaust pipe on cold start. I used to claim it was the only bike to have self-lubricated rear turn signals. A fellow didn’t want to stand directly behind it on turnover.
My local pub, (British Beer Company) has a Norton on a pedestal as part of its decor. I often sit near it, and can smell the oil! LOL! I love it though.
Brit Bikes are lovely.
Greetings from southern New Hampshire...wet, soggy southern New Hampshire.
I have a whole bunch of flower bulbs to plant this weekend. Also need to till up raised beds and plant garlic and sow rye as a cover crop. If it ever dries out, I want to run the mower with the Lawn Cyclone on all of the lawn once more before I decube the Cyclone and store it for the winter. Then, pull the mower deck for cleaning and storage, service the engine on the tractor and get ready to install the snow thrower. I still need to position and assemble the small shelter for the tractor and get ready for snow time.
I pulled down the short roof that covered the passage from the side deck to the garage. I will extend the side deck roof to the garage roof, as well as install gutters on the garage roof to channel the rain away from the side deck. The roof materials are being added to the back of the side deck roof to protect the back deck passage from rain and snow. Less shoveling!
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