Good night!
We get a lot of big blackberries here too if the birds don't eat them first.Three tall pines were defrocked by 5 small tornados that stormed on the 1500' north fence that borders my small farm. Yesterday, the men finally felled the one that wasn't taken out by half and has been a stalwart but naked tree trunk a hundred feet high. They fell on 3 areas of the lovely aqua blue wooden horse fence I had painted years ago. While I was taking felled rotted tree debris to the burn pile, I noticed a blackberry patch had grown over a pile of rotted branches between Freedom Lake and the damaged fence. It was so beautiful it was a garden all by itself, but the petals will be gone in 10 days, more or less, and replaced by tiny green berries that will be black in 3 or 4 weeks after that. I was surprised to see such beautiful, large white petals out in the wild in a place I hadn't seen blackberries growing before. Most of the wild blackberries put out flowers between 2 to 3 centimeters, but this one had blossoms 4 to 5 cms wide. I just hope the blackberries will be good and plump, so I checked the 10 day weather for our zipcode, and 8 of those days are foreseen as rainy. That will hopefully result in a large, sweet batch of plump berries for a pie or jelly.
This one will be God's garden. I planted a better boy tomato plant and a row of Rutger tomato seeds, buttercrunch lettuce, a 5 ft
row, and likewise, a row of radishes. It's been a little too wet to complete three days of tilling the greater garden, so the corn, beans, et all may have to wait until we have consecutive dry days.
Hope everyone who likes to garden has bumper crops and fair blue ribbon fruits, veggies, and flowers.
Plant 1 plant (your favorite veggie or strawberry plant) in a dollar store waste basket. Put it by your potty's closest sunny window along with a small misting bottle. That way, you will not fail to see your favorite plant blessing you with your bestest food that you can take to the kitchen to wash and steam or jell when it is ready. Have a best moment list and worst mistake list. That way, you will teach yourself about caring daily for a living plant that gives and gives and gives some more. If it gets root rot, it will teach you to reduce water next year. You can increase your yield if you get a daylight bulb at a garden center, that if run by a mom and pop owner, you can get tips for free and avoid plant death altogether. If you don't like the thought of root rot, though, put half a dozen or so cookout charcoal balls in the bottom of your container before putting potting soil or dirt mixed with a little plant food and sphagnum moss. Charcoal is not loved by fungi and molds. A year of container gardening will help you develop the faithfulness and enthusiasm you will earn by making a success out of a container or two of whatever it is you really love first. Then outside gardening will be in your nature for life. Just because you're at this thread, you likely will be winning best of show ribbons at the nearest county fair where you can see what others have done to improve bon appetite with their own green thumbs. I am now going to go and stand in the corner because you are likely a far better farmer at heart than silly me.
Depends on whether there is no chance of frost and if you rotate areas you plant beans or other legumes every year making sure not to plant them in the same space for 3 or 4 years if possible. Since that would be difficult if you only have a small area to plant, you could just replace the topsoil with a few bags of organic topsoil or enriched stuff like Miracle Grow planting soil. They say every seven years you should let growing lands go fallow for a full welcome weeds year. My fellow year was year before last. The northwest corner hay field had some tough customers move in, but a little fall tilling got rid of the invaders.We get a lot of big blackberries here too if the birds don't eat them first.Three tall pines were defrocked by 5 small tornados that stormed on the 1500' north fence that borders my small farm. Yesterday, the men finally felled the one that wasn't taken out by half and has been a stalwart but naked tree trunk a hundred feet high. They fell on 3 areas of the lovely aqua blue wooden horse fence I had painted years ago. While I was taking felled rotted tree debris to the burn pile, I noticed a blackberry patch had grown over a pile of rotted branches between Freedom Lake and the damaged fence. It was so beautiful it was a garden all by itself, but the petals will be gone in 10 days, more or less, and replaced by tiny green berries that will be black in 3 or 4 weeks after that. I was surprised to see such beautiful, large white petals out in the wild in a place I hadn't seen blackberries growing before. Most of the wild blackberries put out flowers between 2 to 3 centimeters, but this one had blossoms 4 to 5 cms wide. I just hope the blackberries will be good and plump, so I checked the 10 day weather for our zipcode, and 8 of those days are foreseen as rainy. That will hopefully result in a large, sweet batch of plump berries for a pie or jelly.
This one will be God's garden. I planted a better boy tomato plant and a row of Rutger tomato seeds, buttercrunch lettuce, a 5 ft
row, and likewise, a row of radishes. It's been a little too wet to complete three days of tilling the greater garden, so the corn, beans, et all may have to wait until we have consecutive dry days.
Hope everyone who likes to garden has bumper crops and fair blue ribbon fruits, veggies, and flowers.
When you plant beans do you soak them in water overnight first ?
And what other seeds do you start indoors if any ?
Plant 1 plant (your favorite veggie or strawberry plant) in a dollar store waste basket. Put it by your potty's closest sunny window along with a small misting bottle. That way, you will not fail to see your favorite plant blessing you with your bestest food that you can take to the kitchen to wash and steam or jell when it is ready. Have a best moment list and worst mistake list. That way, you will teach yourself about caring daily for a living plant that gives and gives and gives some more. If it gets root rot, it will teach you to reduce water next year. You can increase your yield if you get a daylight bulb at a garden center, that if run by a mom and pop owner, you can get tips for free and avoid plant death altogether. If you don't like the thought of root rot, though, put half a dozen or so cookout charcoal balls in the bottom of your container before putting potting soil or dirt mixed with a little plant food and sphagnum moss. Charcoal is not loved by fungi and molds. A year of container gardening will help you develop the faithfulness and enthusiasm you will earn by making a success out of a container or two of whatever it is you really love first. Then outside gardening will be in your nature for life. Just because you're at this thread, you likely will be winning best of show ribbons at the nearest county fair where you can see what others have done to improve bon appetite with their own green thumbs. I am now going to go and stand in the corner because you are likely a far better farmer at heart than silly me.
Three tall pines were defrocked by 5 small tornados that stormed on the 1500' north fence that borders my small farm. Yesterday, the men finally felled the one that wasn't taken out by half and has been a stalwart but naked tree trunk a hundred feet high. They fell on 3 areas of the lovely aqua blue wooden horse fence I had painted years ago. While I was taking felled rotted tree debris to the burn pile, I noticed a blackberry patch had grown over a pile of rotted branches between Freedom Lake and the damaged fence. It was so beautiful it was a garden all by itself, but the petals will be gone in 10 days, more or less, and replaced by tiny green berries that will be black in 3 or 4 weeks after that. I was surprised to see such beautiful, large white petals out in the wild in a place I hadn't seen blackberries growing before. Most of the wild blackberries put out flowers between 2 to 3 centimeters, but this one had blossoms 4 to 5 cms wide. I just hope the blackberries will be good and plump, so I checked the 10 day weather for our zipcode, and 8 of those days are foreseen as rainy. That will hopefully result in a large, sweet batch of plump berries for a pie or jelly.
This one will be God's garden. I planted a better boy tomato plant and a row of Rutger tomato seeds, buttercrunch lettuce, a 5 ft
row, and likewise, a row of radishes. It's been a little too wet to complete three days of tilling the greater garden, so the corn, beans, et all may have to wait until we have consecutive dry days.
Hope everyone who likes to garden has bumper crops and fair blue ribbon fruits, veggies, and flowers.
it's too cold we keep getting snow flurries. We are going to plant veggies and flowers. My boyfriend only wants veggies but his mom is going to plant flowers with me because I love flowers. lol
