Big Week in the garden. We had temps in the high 60’s/70’s with partly sunny skies so it was great weather to be out of the house. It took 2 days, but ALL of my raised beds are weeded, including 2 raised beds where my mom has a cut flower garden**. Yesterday, I got 10 bags of LeafGro to add to the beds ... 2 of them are low on soil & I don’t have enough compost here on the place, so had to buy some. I also picked up some different varieties of zinnia seeds & Teddy Bear sunflower seeds - it looks beautiful, can’t wait to see it in the garden.
Today, I will add the LeafGro, add my fertilizer (Milorganite) & work it into the soil (arm muscle workout!), then put up the fences ... Milorganite has a slightly funky smell & while the deer hate it, the dogs next door are fascinated with it, so the fences will keep them out.
Today is also the day I’ll do the first mowing - got the riding mower serviced Wednesday evening so it’s ready to go! I’ve been picking up winter debris in the fields. We have old, mature pines & they lose branches of various sizes whenever we have “weather” which makes for many mowing hazards until I get them all picked up.
Dogsitting this weekend - had an encounter with a herd of deer (at least 6) in the back field on our morning walk today. Fortunately, no deer were hurt and no dogs were lost - whew!!
**I made the beds for her for Mother’s Day a few years ago - I don’t know who enjoys them more, mom or me. Last year, to walk out the back door to all the eye-catching color, the butterflies, birds, bees, & even hummingbirds, was an absolute delight. I’m doing less veggies this year & one of my garden raised beds will be in flowers, too.
Hi and Good Morning to you!
Pardon me but how do I rid myself of this stinking fungus that’s going to kill my plants?
Do I need to cook my potting mix?
I’ve tried hydrogen peroxide and cinnamon.
I think the cinnamon made it worse!
Hi, I tilled the garden today, mixing in fertilizer and a humus and manure mixture (thank God we could do so), thought we should not plant till May, Does anyone you think this was too early to add those things, or too late?