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Gardening => Gardeners Chat => Topic started by: duh on Jul 06, 2013, 10:31:59 AM
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TThat was some kind of snake you had in the yard. I'm glad I was just looking at a picture.
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he's just a black snake. Won't kill you duh. Just scare you.
I got my first eggplants today. I don't think I've ever cooked egg plant so I think I'll either grill them or roast them in the oven tomorrow.
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good luck. from watching iron chef I've learned that they are suppose to have a silky texture. I can't say that's what I experienced when I had them.
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we always fried ours at home. but i like them sliced and cooked on the grill.
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I put them in the oven with some EVOO and salt and they were great. Not silky duh, sort of crispy and great.
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Last Sunday I ran the bushhog through our garden. Another bust this year thanks to all the rain. The grass took everything.
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I am very sorry, Jim. The rain has been horrible for you folks back there.
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Jim, is it because you have sandy soil? That said, the local farmers market hasn't been great this year either. The Twilight Tuesday night market usually goes into August but last week was the end for this season due to the rain. Lots of the vendors didn't have any squash or cucumbers this year. I planted early, prayed a lot and put the squash in straw bales and put cages around the cucumbers so they could grow up so I've had a good year.
Do you rotate spaces or just row placement? I'm thinking that I need to give my spot a rest next year or should I just rotate where I plant what? I don't want to have to tiller up another garden spot so if I give it a rest I'll have to use straw bales again (which only works well with lots of rain) and maybe a raised bed or two.
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No our soil has lots of clay. That's why it doesn't drain well. Our garden spot is on the highest spot but the water stands in there when we get as much as we did this year.
We amended the soil one year with the horse poop from next door and that brought lots of live weed seeds. That's probably why I am having such a time keeping the grass out. We need to sanitize the soil. I really need to do that in order to kill all the weeds and seeds that get tilled under.
I just rotate the row placement but may do like you mentioned and just let it rest next year. I've got a few other spots that we have tried with either squash or tomatoes but haven't had much luck there either. I haven't really made my mind up about next year. May just put out a few squash, cucumber and tomato plants in the other locations that we have tilled up before.
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How do you sanitize the soil?
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When I'm not busy I eat. Today I've eaten until I'm miserable and I'm sitting here eating strawberry jello
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Actually I guess I used the wrong terminology. I should have said "solarization". I've heard of using black plastic to cook out the weed and grass seeds but they say clear works better. Here is a website that has lots of information on how to do it and the benefits that you get:
http://www.ipm.ucdavis.edu/PMG/PESTNOTES/pn74145.html (http://www.ipm.ucdavis.edu/PMG/PESTNOTES/pn74145.html)
Here is a video that talks about it as well:
Soil Solarization with Clear Plastic to Prepare Beds (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0sKr3l1eNX4#)
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Interesting info Jim. So you will do one garden spot at a time and plant the others?
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Yes. I was thinking of doing the main garden spot this year and see how that does. I need to do the same to my corn patch as that might get rid of the "smut" that I get each year when I plant the silver queen.
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I've started tomato, squash, cucumber seeds in the pretend green house and planted a few more strawberry plants. The green peas, beets, and carrots are planted outside (well some of the carrots) and have come up and look ok.
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It didn't happen today; but, I did plant the climbing Jacob's Coat rose, and the Tuscan Bush Rose so far this season. I also have started a bunch of kale for the ladies at church and some radishes for me.
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A very good beginning after such a tough winter.
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yesterday planted potatoes and started the straw bales. It's too windy out there today. I don't want a bunch of pollen blowing up my nose. :grinnnn:
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yesterday I planted 3 ornamental sage and 3 yellow miniature snapdragons. I do love those. I have 2 ornamental sage and 3 yellow miniature snapdragons left. I'm going to put them on the porch. Then I have to liope (ornamental grass) to find a home for. I love spring.
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The straw bales are finished being fertilized and just waiting on the plants. It's rained for 2 days so that's a good thing. Tomatoes, cucumbers, squash are up in the green house and ready to be planted. Frost in the forecast has everything on hold.
I noticed today that the snapdragons are up.
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I'm waiting until the weekend to put in the rest of the snapdragons. Then I'll be putting in the tomatoes again. I'm excited for this year's garden.
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I'm excited this year too. I can't wait to see what happens in the raised beds.
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I surveyed what has nade it so far and what we still had to go. It is coming along.
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Ok maybe this weekend I'll get the snapdragons and ornamental sage and tomato and peppers in the garden. Yes I've been slow. But i have such a good excuse, lol.
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I'm hoping to get into the garden tomorrow.
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I managed to do a few things. I planted what I had in pots and put them on the deck rail. I want to get one more flower box for that area.
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Today I planted the ranunculus upside down. I'll have to sift through the dirt and see if I can find them and plant them right side up. That sure does explain why I haven't had any success with them to date.
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I have done that. It is frustrating.
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Today I planted 3 rows of corn, 2 rows of beans, 1 row of cucumbers.
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Wonderful, Sheri. I am envious.
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Me too.
I planted the yellow asiatic lilies in there pot on the left side of the front door. They look great.
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Okra and tomatoes went out today.
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Awesome, Sheri!
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very awesome.
I bought a gorgeous red azalea. I can't wait to get it in the ground. I hope it does well.
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Time for me to go. Have a great rest of the week.
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Hope your azalea looks great for you duh. I think they're so pretty when they're blooming but I don't like them when they're not. The flowers do pretty well when you just break off a small branch and stick it in water for your house.
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I agree Sheri, the flowers are pretty but the bush isn't so much when its not in bloom.
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There are two types. One is very large has invasive roots and is always leggy looking. I got the compact one that is easy to keep in a nice ball shape. As long as I do the pruning right after it flowers.
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Yep pruning is the key. Some are early bloomers some are late. Do you know which you bought?
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This one is currently in bloom so I'm going to say it is of the later variety since the one that I have already has finished blooming. But that's just a guess. It could be that it was forced or something.
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I took the trimmer out for a spin. I got around the trees and around the roses and along the flower beds. So the front is ready to mow when I can talk someone into starting the mower.
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Good going, Tammy. You are on a roll with your yard.
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Well I still haven't found anyone to start my mower. So I'm just doing the yard a little bit at a time with the trimmer. This seems to be my modius operandi. Anyway, I have started the compost count down. I have sifted about 15 gallons of finished compost It has gone in the tires for the peppers and tomatoes, the new bed for the dwarf sweet cherry and the birdbath flower bed. The compost has about 1 worm per shovelful so I'm considering that a big win. Since I had no worms when I started.
My neighbor dug up some rocks while he was excavating his rose garden. He said I could have them so I hope to get that done in the next few days. Put them in my trunk and take them to my place. I feel like I am doing a Jenn, lol.
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Very good, Tammy. A good score on the rocks and worms are lovely.
I have been putting diatomaceous earth around my house today.
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Our mower was broken too. We've had it a while and have never had it serviced so I guess we shouldn't complain. Got squash and green peas yesterday. I need to cover the potatoes but Colt wants to help so I'm putting that off until he goes home. He's helped in the strawberry patch until it will be a miracle if I get another strawberry this year.
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Picked squash and cooked it for dinner.
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Picked squash and cooked it for dinner.
Awesome!
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I need ideas on how to keep the potato plants covered. It's a never ending battle.
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I've decided to take potatoes out of my diet with the diabetes. We'll see how well I can stick to that resolution. Lets see I almost have to do a week at a time.
Most of the front yard is trimmed except the very front portion.
The big rocks are around the birdbath flowerbed. i still have some to place. I'll probably work them in around the tree bed.
I've screened about 15 gallons of compost and place it mostly in the existing beds.
I've moved 66 gallons of leaves to the compost pile.
Did I mention that we took down the fence and I've put up rose trellises?
Also the two climbing peace roses aren't as advertised. One is a red climbing tea rose and the other is a bush peace rose. So it looks a little funny out front.
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Grass cutting, wood piling, compost piling.
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Yesterday I found the hornets nest, and bought the bug spray. I was suppose to get out there first thing and spray it but I got side tracked so nothing happened.
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You can get it done in the evening too, Tammy. They are not going anywhere until you make them.
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well i sprayed the nest until it was dripping wet. I hope that does it. I'm waiting until tomorrow to pull it all down.
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lets see I put in the fruit tree spikes. I sprayed the veggies with a fertilizer. I weeded one of the climbing roses. I screened another 10 gallons of compost for spreading on the low spots in the lawn and around the weeded climbing rose. So it's a good start.
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That is a great start.
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Thank you
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I bought another pot of yellow asiatic lilies for beside the door, and 4 large pots of portulaca (moss roses) for around the bird bath. They are assorted colors and look great. Used up about another 15 gallons of compost around the bird bath. It's shaping up very nicely. I also cut some of the grass in the front.
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It's so hot here even the petunias are scorching. I've pulled up a few. At first I thought they were diseased but that's not the case. It's this blazing sun scorching them from the top.
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the gangs chickens are eating the flowers off my green bean plants. Brother.
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I a sorry, Sheri. Are they flying over a fence to do that?
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they're getting out under, around, but not over a fence. I told them today that my dog is going to eat them and they said they'd try to figure it out.
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Good. They need to do something.
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I'm seriously coming up with a plan to keep the chickens if they continue to come over.
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That is another plan.
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The chickens were in the garden when I went out at 7:30 and just now too. They've been there ALL day. I've put Andy in his pen and opened the back gate. If they come in that gate Andy's coming out. Johnny says it's cruel and it is but I've talked to the gang and evidently they aren't interested in keeping them up. I know if I pen them up to keep them they'll be over here and we'll have a war. So this is the answer.
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Yes, that is a way to deal with it if they won't.
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Did I post that Johnny put up a fence? Makes me mad that he spent the money to do that. What's more interesting is that since the fence went up the chickens haven't been back at all. Makes me think the neighbors were intentionally letting them into my garden.
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Could have been. Free forage.
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I wonder Tina because I was out there yesterday and no sign of the chickens. Is it a coincidence? Did they just happen to fix their fence the day we put up our fence? Did the chickens figure it out on their own and are looking for food elsewhere? I haven't seen 1 chicken in our yard since we put up that fence. Not in any part of the yard. Whatever happened they're gone.
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Yes, it certainly sounds intentional.
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I hired a person of my acquaintance to weed my flower beds. He said he knew how. He dub up 5 miniature roses, the chives, lantana, miniature snapdragons, and all of the chocolate mint that was ready for harvest for mint jelly. And it cost me 80 bucks and lunch. I guess I should try to do these things on my own.
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That is sad, Tammy. Did you get any of it back in the ground? I have had some hired help clean up 'too well' also. It is frustrating. I need to stay on top of them to make sure it is done well. And I hate to do that.
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Oh gosh Tammy. I hate that especially about the chocolate mint. I too have had that happen. One guy weed eated plants that had flowers right there for him to see.
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yeppers the flowers didn't stop him at all. i knew he was trying his best but you really know what your doing. I don't even weed in the spring until I can tell the weeds from the seedling.s
Take Care All See you later.
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I found inexpensive miniature roses at two different places this week. So this morning I wa able to replace all the dug up roses and I think it may look even better than it did. So all is good in the hood.
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:ThumbUp: Good job, Tammy.
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ty now i need it to dry up a bit so I can replace all the bulbs
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I don't know that's going on with the universe these days. I still have pansy's blooming and they look great. Every petunia I've put out has dried up and died but the pansy's are lovely. Other people have told me that their petunias have died too. Wonder if there has been something wrong with petunia producers or the seeds. It's just weird. Petunias are usually planted everywhere around here and do well.
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Weird weather for sure. I'll take any extra moisture people have to spare. I am losing plants right and left to the drought.
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I'm sorry to hear about your drought. it has stayed moist and humid here. In fact I've had snapdragons in bloom all summer. I'm loving it. I added another 3 roses to the sidewalk bed. There are now 27 roses in that bed but I expect to loose about half of them. I don't have a kind hand when transplanting. But I'm hoping for the best.
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Today I got out there early enough to spray the wasp nest. After getting stung twice this year I'd really like to see the end of those permanently. Then I cut the side area. Now I need to get into the blueberry bed and weed it. Along with doing everything else.
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Busy lady! It is about all i cn do to just water.
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I wanted rain to soften the soil, boy did I get rain!
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Keep safe, Tammy.
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Thanks Tina.
I went hog wild at the nursery today. I got indian feather, gonza, day lilies golden, hot lips, and white ice plant. I'll be planting tomorrow. Wish me luck.
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We got lots and lots of rain too. I've canned tons of tomatoes and green beans. Interesting it's the middle of August and my green beans have just started producing.
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Today I planted three fall blooming plants cut some grass and cleared some weeds.
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Good going, Tammy. You are moving ahead.
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It's time to start thinking about fall planting and my summer planting won't stop producing. This is terrible but I'm getting a little tired of being in the garden in this heat but I have to pick everything. Don't I? I brought in 30 or 40 squash today, 8 pounds of tomatoes, a bushel of green beans, okra, cucumbers. I noticed the squash bugs have made an appearance and I'm not even freaking out. They are way late this year. Wonder what that's a sign of.
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What do you do with all of your spare produce, Sheri? I would be looking for a food pantry to donate to about that time.
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I give it away to family and people at church.
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I've canned and frozen some of it.
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Yes, I knew you were canning again. I think that is wonderful. And so is sharing with others.
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I have a tropicanna to plant down by the bottom of the drain field.
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Those are lovely!
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I love the foliage.
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I bought a bag of sand so I'm going to try propagating Asiatic lilies from leaves. Wish me luck.
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Good luck, Tammy. I actually tried that once. But I am not very good at diligence. Mine dried up.
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Considering all of the water is going to go to the bottom immediately that must be easy to do. I put in 5 yellow and 5 of the other. I'm not sure what color it is.