And items can be planted in the openings if so desired.
Posted on 04/04/2020 9:15:07 AM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin
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And items can be planted in the openings if so desired.
Wow those look like great beds. Nice to hear Ithaca is still around making a contribution. Beau did a stellar job.
yeah go ahead, put me on the ping if you will please- mostly interested in veggies garden stuff- but flowers is ok too- my folks do flower gardens on property too- always interested in new knowledge-
you can do upside down hanging tomato (Topsy Turvey i think it is? We;ve doen htem and they work pretty good-) and bucket potatoes and of course bucket tomatoes, chili pepper etc- they take up only a very small space, easy to maintain, and taste good around mid summer-
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LOL good one-
My update:
Found some free cedar raised beds on offerup.com that were beat up and worn. I rebuilt them... 52”x52” each...painted them white and have placed them in the front yard for the wife to place more flowers. She is appreciative.
The kids 18 & 21 are hating theblockdown and enjoying helping work in the yard even less.
Garden update.
Carrots (60 days) and radishes (28-30 days) direct seed planted.
Planted a 4” gooseberry plant near a for tree drip line as a test to see how it will fare. If it does well I will start some seeds and plant several more.
Seed starts on 10-11 y.o. Johnny’s Seeds (tomatoes, cukes, and japanese eggplant seem to be germinating at acceptable rates 65% 50% and 15% respectively. These are in 2” plastic cell containers or red solo cups....all in the greenhouse.
I have about 1 more week before I can transplant my broccoli and other greens starts into my planting beds so this week I am going to begin gardening them up.
We had a 32-34 degree night last night so I am glad to have not yet moved stuff outside. Would have been a shame for these starts to have gotten wiped out. I am holding off on creating the hoop house tops fort raised beds and that would have backfires has I already moved them outside.
My heirloom tomato, jalapeno and poblanos pepper seed starts are about 2 weeks from getting put in the raised beds so next week is hardening week for them.
My blueberry and raspberry plants are going gangbusters with new growth.....the culling of old growth creates tremendous new growth and it never ceases to amaze me how well the little bit of pruning does the trick with these fellas.
As an aside......up here in the Pacofic Northwest blackberry bushes are like cockroaches who have been transformed by radiation in a Sci-Fi movie....you cannot kill them....they are super invasive ...and all you can hope to do is keep them at bay. Our most famous gardener up.here, Ed Hume, once told me you cannot get rid if them...if you wanted to make then subside the most...you have to cut them off in the fall close to the ground then paint each cut stalk with roundup so they suck it into the root system....but eve. That would not get them completely gone.
I love with them and dig them up as they intrude into the garden.
My chicken wire fence I am building around the garden area is 60 ft x 75 ft....and within that footprint is my 8x12 greenhouse. I found free old cedar posts on offerup.com that I was able to salvage enough length to make short 4’ high fence posts for this project. I spread the posts out at distances of 6-9 feet and put 2” firring cut into stakes in between the posts to sturdy it up. This is a temporary fence which I plan to move outward on 1 side later to increase garden aize.
I am still in the hunt for a supply of woodchips to lay down on the rest of the area to create an excellent planting area with ongoing soil creation like I used to have.
But the lockdown has tree work at a standstill so woodchips which used to be free and plentiful are now scsize.
To-do list is planting apple pear and cherry trees along my back fence line. I am going to espalier them except for the cherry trees which will be bigger.
Time to get to work on this fence.
Anyone know of a good use for dill? Maybe deter some bugs? If I ever make pickles, I’ll just get the pickling spice mix. Baker Creek sent me free dill seeds
Hey thanks for the picture - does my heart good. He looks in good shape maybe a little winter fat but don’t we all have that. Very jealous right now.
My reply may be “racial”
Last Fall on the last day before permafrost reemerged, I planted tulip bulbs. MN winters can be brutal, however, all winter I anticipated tulips.
Nobody walked in my yard and messed up my snow. However, I noticed just one track in the snow going to the flowers.
Long story short, a rabbit ate my tulip bulbs. Good thing for the rabbit, I don’t like rabbit stew.
I don’t wnt the chemicals in my soil either.
Nor do I want them near food.
I was thinking that cinder blocks would be the best and planting marigolds in the divots would be good because many animals don’t like the smell of them.
You’re on the list!
Swallowtail Butterflies LOVE Dill, so even if you just want to plant it in a pot, they would appreciate it! :)
I like fresh dill with cucumbers (peeled and sliced), a sweet onion, peeled and sliced, enough sour cream to bind it (it will get ‘soupy’ as it sits), S&P and fresh, chopped dill leaves, to taste.
He’s still quite furry; he hasn’t shed his winter coat, yet.
Wish it were THAT easy for me, LOL! :)
Diana....what service are you using to “host” your photos?
I heard Dill planted alongside tomatoes helps with keeping unfriendly pests away.
https://waldenlabs.com/the-ultimate-companion-planting-guide-chart/#dill
Actually, Dill is an enemy of tomatoes.
Dill does bring in beneficial insects and is a good companion for many plants. I’ll stick a plant here or there in the garden or make a little plot of it near the garden.
S&P?
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