injinji
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Thanks. The riverhouse was a real mess after Michael. But I can't really bitch because the nice lady who owned it would have never sold if it wasn't for the hurricane. It's all fixable. It will just take time and money.
How Does Your Garden Grow??????
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MICHI-CAN
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A poor country boy with more tools and mechanical aptitude than a paid for certified fraudster. I wish I could visit. I work for food. LOL. I have no room here. Don't think a lawn tractor will get in the back yard with out fence modifications.
We got a decent watering today. Oil heater in greenhouse for another night or two. Then we hit mid 80's. Woo hoo! Happy holiday. 50F lakes inland and 80+ onland.
And we are still growing.
Bareback
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A friend of mine had a place on Fort Morgan on the sound side down around the the three mile marker. When the hurricanes would come through they would remove a couple thousand feet of boulders that were three-four feet in diameter and of course take all the flooding from the dock. 400’of dock , I helped him replace it twice in three years .
Good luck on securing that bank.
Dreaming1
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We got into the 90s for a week or so. Cold front put us into the 50s and gave almost 4" rain over a few days. Soaked. I just tossed out some fertilizer. Then all the tomatoes (150ish of them) took off like a rocket. I got my supports up and am getting ready to mulch. Pepper patch is the same. Snow peas look ready or maybe past...if so, next seasons peas.
Brassicas are going to have to get an earlier start next year. Will try some on the fall. Just letting anything that will seed do its thing. I love free seeds. And the little yellow flowers are nice.
Brassicas are going to have to get an earlier start next year. Will try some on the fall. Just letting anything that will seed do its thing. I love free seeds. And the little yellow flowers are nice.
injinji
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I'm hoping I have used up my lifetime supply of hurricanes. This is the repair work under the dock. There are a couple of three clumps of crab grass that has taken hold. The river is coming up, so some of this might get covered.
I hadn't even noticed this larger area that has shifted. It's close to the dock, but because of the direction of the house, it about 20 feet across the yard to the deck. It's not a great picture, but a three to four foot wide section of bank slid down a couple feet.
I dropped a lot of the wild flower vine down there, so with the rain and the amount of soil I left on the roots, they should live.
xtsho
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I have some serious cleanup to do in the garden. I'm disappointed in the peas this year. We had such a cold wet April that most of the seeds rotted in the ground. I don't think is was so much the cool temps but the constantly soaked soil. We had the wettest April on record. The Beets are also lagging behind and I'm not happy about it.
Most of the volunteer carrots that overwintered are tough and woody so they went into the compost heap. I have volunteer radishes, kale, carrots, and other stuff coming up everywhere. I guess that's what happens when you use compost that you put the leftovers from plants that went to seed into.
The second planting of turnips have done great. I pulled a few already and I've been harvesting lettuce as well. The first round of turnips weren't getting much bigger than a radish so I yanked them and started prepping that bed for tomatoes. They didn't go to waste as I pickled them and they turned out really nice. The peppers and tomatoes are going in the ground Monday or Tuesday. I'm going to wait another week or so to plant the eggplants. I planted corn, pole beans, and sugar pumpkins from seed yesterday.
I eat the turnip greens also. They're packed with nutrients and these ones are too nice for the compost. One thing about the cooler spring is it's helped keep the bugs away and I got on top of the slugs really early so they're not an issue like they have been in years past chewing up leaves and leaving that nasty slime.
Most of the volunteer carrots that overwintered are tough and woody so they went into the compost heap. I have volunteer radishes, kale, carrots, and other stuff coming up everywhere. I guess that's what happens when you use compost that you put the leftovers from plants that went to seed into.
The second planting of turnips have done great. I pulled a few already and I've been harvesting lettuce as well. The first round of turnips weren't getting much bigger than a radish so I yanked them and started prepping that bed for tomatoes. They didn't go to waste as I pickled them and they turned out really nice. The peppers and tomatoes are going in the ground Monday or Tuesday. I'm going to wait another week or so to plant the eggplants. I planted corn, pole beans, and sugar pumpkins from seed yesterday.
I eat the turnip greens also. They're packed with nutrients and these ones are too nice for the compost. One thing about the cooler spring is it's helped keep the bugs away and I got on top of the slugs really early so they're not an issue like they have been in years past chewing up leaves and leaving that nasty slime.
buckaclark
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I have some serious cleanup to do in the garden. I'm disappointed in the peas this year. We had such a cold wet April that most of the seeds rotted in the ground. I don't think is was so much the cool temps but the constantly soaked soil. We had the wettest April on record. The Beets are also lagging behind and I'm not happy about it.
Most of the volunteer carrots that overwintered are tough and woody so they went into the compost heap. I have volunteer radishes, kale, carrots, and other stuff coming up everywhere. I guess that's what happens when you use compost that you put the leftovers from plants that went to seed into.
The second planting of turnips have done great. I pulled a few already and I've been harvesting lettuce as well. The first round of turnips weren't getting much bigger than a radish so I yanked them and started prepping that bed for tomatoes. They didn't go to waste as I pickled them and they turned out really nice. The peppers and tomatoes are going in the ground Monday or Tuesday. I'm going to wait another week or so to plant the eggplants. I planted corn, pole beans, and sugar pumpkins from seed yesterday.
I eat the turnip greens also. They're packed with nutrients and these ones are too nice for the compost. One thing about the cooler spring is it's helped keep the bugs away and I got on top of the slugs really early so they're not an issue like they have been in years past chewing up leaves and leaving that nasty slime.
Try the burpee white lady turnips as well .45 days
Rurumo
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The Comfrey I planted last year is the fastest growing plant in my yard. I've also dumped a ton of jack's runoff on it, so I've been spreading that around elsewhere so it doesn't build up in one spot, but man these plants can take a lot of salt! I have about a dozen of them spread around my fence. I'm going to chop it all down and spread it on my garden beds at some point.
Then I have some Russian Quince trees I planted last year that are getting some pretty flowers. I got them from Raintree and they sent one magnificent specimen, the plant in this picture, best sapling tree I've ever gotten in size, quality, and vigor, but the second one they sent was just a sorry sight. It's doing better this year and has some blooms going now too, but not like this one. I like these trees a lot.
Then I have some Russian Quince trees I planted last year that are getting some pretty flowers. I got them from Raintree and they sent one magnificent specimen, the plant in this picture, best sapling tree I've ever gotten in size, quality, and vigor, but the second one they sent was just a sorry sight. It's doing better this year and has some blooms going now too, but not like this one. I like these trees a lot.
buckaclark
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I am in Appalachia and Quince is native here.Now rare and in high demand for preserves.Its disappearing along with Chinquapin and Paw-Paw
Rurumo
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I love Paw Paw too, there was a tree in my neighbor's yard and I discovered you could eat the Paw Paws and I thought it was this big secret when I was like 4 years old, I used to eat them till I was sick. The funny thing was, neither my mom or the neighbor knew what they were. Quince preserves are outstanding, I'll definitely make some along with this stuff my friend calls membrillo https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quince_cheese
buckaclark
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Chinquapin is a smaller sweeter native Hazelnut.If you can get any before the squirrels they are really something.I have grown Burdock and kept pulling out the "cockleburrs" until I determined that's what Burdock is .lol
blueberrymilkshake
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injinji
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I transplanted eight Mammoth Jalapeno this morning. The first two plantings my saved MJ seeds didn't work. I found some f3's and they have done well so far.
Other than eight bells and mini sweets, and one store bought Jalapeno at the riverhouse, this is all the peppers I have in the world.
Other than eight bells and mini sweets, and one store bought Jalapeno at the riverhouse, this is all the peppers I have in the world.
injinji
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@Bareback, nice screen stand. I'm reclaiming potting soil from pots that I had put gravel in the bottom for drainage, and my system isn't nearly that organized.
I've picked three ripe blueberries so far. That late frost really put a hurting on them, but the ones left are starting to get ripe. A few of my bushes on the sandhill have berries, but our main patch is on Cousin D's land. Daddy planted a few bushes in the edge of her pines thirty years ago, and they have spread to about half an acre. I go by there every night on my midnight ramble.
I've picked three ripe blueberries so far. That late frost really put a hurting on them, but the ones left are starting to get ripe. A few of my bushes on the sandhill have berries, but our main patch is on Cousin D's land. Daddy planted a few bushes in the edge of her pines thirty years ago, and they have spread to about half an acre. I go by there every night on my midnight ramble.
injinji
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I had to run down to the riverhouse, so went ahead and picked the tomatoes. (most of the time I only get down there on camp night, and it's often midnight when I remember to pick shit) The three bigger round ones are the first large reds of the year. I've already picked a few San Marzano's from the sandhill patch. I'm getting a dozen or two cherry's a day. We've cooked with them a couple times already.
injinji
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I may have mentioned that my memory has been sub-optimal lately. Today I saw that I had misremembered when I did the replanting of both soft and hard squash. The row of crookneck has two hills of zukes now, and vice versa. My first clue. . . .
Did the same with acorn and butternut. Oh well.
Did the same with acorn and butternut. Oh well.
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