Posted on 06/08/2019 5:50:16 AM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin
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Just gorgeous. Thanks for posting.
I was just thinking after seeing all that chain link that you must have a lot of deer. They are certainly not shy.
I think I’ll take one as an experiment and aggressively trim it back and see what happens.
My landlord is pretty easy going and if it dies he’ll probably tell me to 86 the rest of them.
Good luck with your yews and thanks for the reply.
Good luck with that. Our yew is so old and neglected the inside which is bare has branches easily 2” thick in diameter.
Glad you have a plan! I moved just one COUNTY over when I retired; politically, it’s like night and day!
Coming along really well! I love the idea of alternating the lettuces and the corn.
Do to our lower garden flooding, no Sweet or Popcorn for us this season. :(
that’ll be so pretty when it’s all filled in. I love Marigolds. Can’t wait to see it! :)
Wishing both of your ‘pets’ a clean bill of health!
And a lot of things are going to be a bust for me this season, what with our wild temperature swings and too much rain.
But, I know where the grocery store is, LOL!
Zone 10 would be a whole ‘nother gardening PLANET for me; but I could finally have the Avocado Tree I’ve always lusted after! :)
The New & Improved compost bin Beau fashioned for me from hog panels and chicken wire:
Puppies! Anyone can sniff out salad greens; go find Mama some Truffles!
'Bowl of Beauty' Peony from my old farm; I'm establishing a new patch at my 'new' old farm, but they are not photo-ready, yet.
Oneida, dreaming of being a Big Dawg and hunting with Pa.
I have a ton of pictures in my camera that I need to upload; will try to get to that later today.
Joe Bastardi Verified account @BigJoeBastardi 23h23 hours ago Next 10 days will take out much of the southeast dry area and have repercussions on temperatures not only during the wet period, but after, as plenty of water in the ground limits high temps in summer 
Milder temps are fine with me .... we’re borderline getting too much rain.
One thing I learned last year - as soon as the tomatoes show a blush of color, I bring them inside and let them continue to ripen on the counter. This does a couple of things .... with LOTS of rain, the tomatoes will split - doesn’t happen if you pick them while still a bit green. Also, the bugs/birds & other damage just doesn’t happen like it does with allowing them to ripen on the vine. I also did not notice any diminished flavor in letting them ripen up inside. It’s amazing how fast they fully ripen - about 3 days tops.
What app do you use to format your photos for posting here?
I really like your compost bin. What size is it and is it made from cattle panels with chicken wire?
It is made from hog panels, which have smaller spaces, and the size is whatever 1/2 a hog panel is. He cut two in half, for four pieces to make it. I think it’s 4 foot square-ish? Hog Panels are 8’ long, Cattle Panels are 10’ I think?
Then he wired chicken wire (’poultry netting’ in some parts) on the inside all around and we put down a double layer of cardboard under it and dumped all of the older compost from that black bin (which is useless!) that one of us got for free from the city at one point in time. It is relatively Puppy-Proof so far, and believe me they try to get into EVERYTHING around here!
It has an open top. When it’s full, we’ll open one side and scoop it out. I don’t plan on turning it because I don’t NEED compost quickly, I’m lazy about it, it has good air circulation due to being so ‘open’ and I’m careful with layering greens and browns in the pile.
As for photo format, after you have your URL copied and the HTML in place, you skip ONE space after the end of the URL then type ‘width=300’ (or 400 or 500) and that makes the photos a uniform size. You have to do it for EACH photo though, of course!
Thanks for the description
That’s a great map & I LOVES me some Joe! Just because an area isn’t in drought, certainly doesn’t mean it’s not flooded!
This is going to be one wild growing season all across America. A LOT of areas are really suffering, which is going to impact us all, up The Food Chain. :(
Do you believe a five gallon bucket would work ?
Bowl of Beauty is the only peony I have and my favorite! My patch is several years old, I have about 25 buds not open yet, one is close. It’s in with the irises.
No a 5 gallon won’t work. They would probably be able to get out and the water wouldn’t be deep enough. You can probably find one cheap at a tractor supply or Menards. It will have their logo on it.
The ideal/best time to trim shrubs and or trees is when they are dormant (ie.: early spring, or late fall).
If that's not practical, you trim when you can, and the weather is agreeable.
When you do trim, remove no more than 1/3 the foliage at any one time, or you will 'shock' the plant.
It sounds counter-intuitive for taming 'wilding plants', but you might consider topping off the top of the plant to open it up to sunshine,
and then applying a foliar fertilizer, like Miracle Grow, to stimulate interior growth to fill out the plant .
It is best to tame the plants in graduated steps, rather than to just do a 'hatchet job', or a "one-and-done'.
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