We've had a crazy couple of days here....Rain! Not normal but my plants are loving it. I checked them out yesterday evening & assuming nothing happens I'm going to have a lot of peppers & tomato's. Kind of makes up for last year's failure.
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Here are the three and a half TPS plants after suffering at my hand.
Some normal potato plants are just starting to poke out the soil. The volunteer potato is looking good.
I seeded another raised bed of all Red Bull onions. They are a long storing hybrid and a favorite if The Princess.
Ben
Some normal potato plants are just starting to poke out the soil. The volunteer potato is looking good.
I seeded another raised bed of all Red Bull onions. They are a long storing hybrid and a favorite if The Princess.
Ben
praise the lord my extra root stock finally shipped today....note to self...never order late season stuff from fedco....ALWAYS order early before march whatever deadline...i hope my scion is still good in refrigerator.
What is mange tout?
Garden update. We have had a mild spring & more than usual rainfall. I also have a sun shade over 3 of my containers (3 out of 7). So far it's crazy! My wife counted 39 tomato's on 5 plants (2 others haven't done anything but they are in a shaded area. Peppers (different kinds) are all doing well & there's a LOT of them. Our single cucumber plant has 4 or 5 small ones & one that's 4 & a half inches. My wife was looking at them yesterday & couldn't believe how much they are producing.
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Army worms have stripped my elderberry plant. They usually strip my mock orange, but so far they have left it alone. Last year I sprinkled baking soda, flour, meal to try and keep them from coming back.
Maybe the ph of the soda helped to get rid of them. I have bees so I can't use poison.
Maybe the ph of the soda helped to get rid of them. I have bees so I can't use poison.
My tater plants blew over Monday during the high winds. Noticed tonight they had stood back up. Never saw that happen before
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Welp, in the Language of Gardening, "Gonna plant Ya Now and Dig Ya L8r"...!!! 
How Does Your Garden Grow...?!?
With silver bells and cockleshells
And pretty maids all in a row.
Or just One Dang Petunia...???
With silver bells and cockleshells
And pretty maids all in a row.
Or just One Dang Petunia...???
well i done rest of grafting this afternoon. i done 10 grafts in an hour and then planted them out in nursery bed. so i have 30 apple trees in bed now to get head start before moving to create an orchard..hope they all live etc. so far out of first 20....16 have leaves and are growing now...i have hope for 100% rate.
will be doing some creative 'stuff' with the last 10 rootstocks tomorrow.
had a moment yesterday....when i figured out that after well over 2 years i finally got rose seeds to sprout...them suckers were put through stratification by me and natural world i think 3 times...but i looked and low and behold i seen teeny tiny roses growing..these are rosa rogusa type..one for rosehips.
ordered a new scythe yesterday..been waiting for over 4 years to get one...not been available.
will be doing some creative 'stuff' with the last 10 rootstocks tomorrow.
had a moment yesterday....when i figured out that after well over 2 years i finally got rose seeds to sprout...them suckers were put through stratification by me and natural world i think 3 times...but i looked and low and behold i seen teeny tiny roses growing..these are rosa rogusa type..one for rosehips.
ordered a new scythe yesterday..been waiting for over 4 years to get one...not been available.
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I planted 200 bare root strawberries last Spring. Every one of them died. Makes me think that the batch was bad.
I planted 75 bare roots this spring and I just hobbled down there and there are small berries growing. I wasn't expecting any harvest this year.
I planted 75 bare roots this spring and I just hobbled down there and there are small berries growing. I wasn't expecting any harvest this year.
Those starting to show a bit
Hasta -- Peonies---Lillies
Hasta -- Peonies---Lillies
I will plant more red rhubarb not far from the house
What is that?
Ours is looking pretty good. Hubby has been bugging me for a pie.
I love it raw with sugar
I don’t care for rhubarb or pie, but I make it with raw sugar and honeyI love it raw with sugar
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It looks like raw chicken with some weird growth
Pink/Red Grapefruits with Growing Seeds Inside them...!!! I picked them up at Publix over 2 weeks ago and stuck down in the Chiller Drawers of Me fridge with Hopes that it would happen and it did...!!! Altogether there are 6 Seeds almost ready for Re-Planting...!! Got 6 Grow Pots awaiting...! Going back in the AM and see if there are any White Grapefruits there so I can try the same method with them... Did it with 2 Large Oranges and the results were dif... all small seeds in those...
That’s much better than what it looked like.Pink/Red Grapefruits with Growing Seeds Inside them...!!! I picked them up at Publix over 2 weeks ago and stuck down in the Chiller Drawers of Me fridge with Hopes that it would happen and it did...!!! Altogether there are 6 Seeds almost ready for Re-Planting...!! Got 6 Grow Pots awaiting...! Going back in the AM and see if there are any White Grapefruits there so I can try the same method with them... Did it with 2 Large Oranges and the results were dif... all small seeds in those...
Pics were taken with a Samsung Phone, just click them so the seeds can 
seen better...!!!
seen better...!!!
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It is about time to divide that Hosta.
I have fallen in love with 4 o'clocks. Bff gave me some last year, they bloomed, seeded, and popped up showing off this year. I bought seeds, I want ALL the colors... lol.. (Isn't that how gardening works??)
I don't recognize the name of those gorgeous flowers; are they tobacco plants?
Emptying my compost barrels and bins. Absolutely delighted with the amount of soil. Have decided to put one of my barrels on a bed, so next year I just have to know it over and spread it about. I'm going to have to rest three raised beds this year, unless I buy homemade compost from somewhere. Strawberries are starting to form, and I'm harvesting rhubarb and freezing. Putting down seeds each day. The only thing that hasn't appeared are the peppers I planted a month ago. It was a cheap pack of seeds, maybe that's why.
Once again though, I have no slips on my sweet potato. Its my THIRD year trying. I might ask my sister to start them in future, she has more luck.
Emptying my compost barrels and bins. Absolutely delighted with the amount of soil. Have decided to put one of my barrels on a bed, so next year I just have to know it over and spread it about. I'm going to have to rest three raised beds this year, unless I buy homemade compost from somewhere. Strawberries are starting to form, and I'm harvesting rhubarb and freezing. Putting down seeds each day. The only thing that hasn't appeared are the peppers I planted a month ago. It was a cheap pack of seeds, maybe that's why.
Once again though, I have no slips on my sweet potato. Its my THIRD year trying. I might ask my sister to start them in future, she has more luck.
After taking Dad for his outing, worked in the yard. Cleaned up one of the beds and got some of the tomatoes planted. I started from seed San Marzano (Roma), Brandywine and Boxcar Willie (beefsteak) and Supersweet 100 (cherry). Green beans were seeded in the five standing planters. Peppers were also planted. All that’s left is the cucumber, carrots, beets and Lima beans.
