GARDENING 2025!

[elkhound]

You're 100% correct about child labor!! The child lived, I'm not totally sure what he thought he was accomplishing by rolling across the plastic.

its called FUN...HAVING FUN !!..we all need to take notes from that young man !!

 

[Pearl]

its called FUN...HAVING FUN !!..we all need to take notes from that young man !!

And a great blackmail picture too!

 

[WVDragonlady]

Been dithering over different seed catalogs.
I'm trying to find companies that are closer to my area so we're in the same weather patterns mostly.

I mean seeds grown in California may not be a good idea for the mountains of West Virginia. Same for some from Missouri, or the Pacific Northwest, etc.

I came across one from Gab that is in Canada and I'm wondering if the seeds would do well here.

I also need to get out to the greenhouse and straighten up. Hubby buried the electric line to it and he moved things around so I need to put them back.
Check my heat mats to see if they're working right and if not, order some.

Got tired of the usual soil tester kits and bought some that uses a prong to place in the soil. They measure moisture, PH and fertilizer. Hope they work

 

[PopPopT]

Making plans to fill the space as much as possible. I don't have a huge place to plant acres and acres of anything so have to make the most of what I have.

I've been pretty discouraged with the gardens this past year. Spring flooding ruined our strawberry crop which I had banked heavily upon. Drought ruined the later crops as I couldn't keep up with the watering sufficiently for good production. We ended our going to the farmers market way early, we just didn't have it to sell. But I don't wanna quit.

We've talked about moving further south but I don't know if that's gonna happen so I'm just gonna plant like we'll be here. If we move, somebody will get the producing gardens and they can do what they want with them. If we don't, we'll just do like always, plant, grow, harvest, sell and/or preserve.

We're also of a religious persuasion that causes us to wonder if the world as we know it is going to last much longer. But it seems like every year that rolls around, we've said or heard that "it can't possibly go on another year", but yet here we are. So I'm gonna plan and plant like we'll be here. (That's actually difficult for me to wrap my brain around as I do not like wasting time or effort on things that don't matter. Only problem is, I don't know what will or won't matter if I can't see the future. And prophecies, at least that I'm aware of, don't give a date and time.) I'm even thinking I'll plant some more fruit trees... that take several years to bear fruit. Several varieties of apples I don't have that I think I'd like to have, maybe a few more peach trees. And there is a "hican" tree (hickory crossed with pecan) that's supposed to do well in this growing zone, I may get a few of those. I have a perfect spot for them.

 

[Bacpacker]

Making plans to fill the space as much as possible. I don't have a huge place to plant acres and acres of anything so have to make the most of what I have.

I've been pretty discouraged with the gardens this past year. Spring flooding ruined our strawberry crop which I had banked heavily upon. Drought ruined the later crops as I couldn't keep up with the watering sufficiently for good production. We ended our going to the farmers market way early, we just didn't have it to sell. But I don't wanna quit.

We've talked about moving further south but I don't know if that's gonna happen so I'm just gonna plant like we'll be here. If we move, somebody will get the producing gardens and they can do what they want with them. If we don't, we'll just do like always, plant, grow, harvest, sell and/or preserve.

We're also of a religious persuasion that causes us to wonder if the world as we know it is going to last much longer. But it seems like every year that rolls around, we've said or heard that "it can't possibly go on another year", but yet here we are. So I'm gonna plan and plant like we'll be here. (That's actually difficult for me to wrap my brain around as I do not like wasting time or effort on things that don't matter. Only problem is, I don't know what will or won't matter if I can't see the future. And prophecies, at least that I'm aware of, don't give a date and time.) I'm even thinking I'll plant some more fruit trees... that take several years to bear fruit. Several varieties of apples I don't have that I think I'd like to have, maybe a few more peach trees. And there is a "hican" tree (hickory crossed with pecan) that's supposed to do well in this growing zone, I may get a few of those. I have a perfect spot for them.

Where did you find the Hican trees? I'd like to try them

 

[PopPopT]

Where did you find the Hican trees? I'd like to try them

Saw them on Stark Bros. website a few days ago.

 

[Bacpacker]

Saw them on Stark Bros. website a few days ago.

Thanks Poppins. I love Starks. My fruit trees all came from them

 

[joel]

Dw bought me ten Amaryllis in pots on sale for $2.40 each.
Six have bloom buds & one is opening up.

 

[ABR]

Need to find a place for the new garden since last years became the chicken new run Trying to convince Hubby that this one needs to be bigger than the other one too lol Also need to start scouting a location for citrus and fruit trees. I don't think he fully understood the scope of what I meant about building a homestead when he married me. He's a saint though and takes it all in stride

 

[Patchouli]

Need to find a place for the new garden since last years became the chicken new run Trying to convince Hubby that this one needs to be bigger than the other one too lol Also need to start scouting a location for citrus and fruit trees. I don't think he fully understood the scope of what I meant about building a homestead when he married me. He's a saint though and takes it all in stride

Wait. You got married??!!!
Congratulations!!! I missed that one. How long has it been? So happy for you!!

 

[ABR]

Wait. You got married??!!!
Congratulations!!! I missed that one. How long has it been? So happy for you!!

Thank you! Yes, we got married before Thanksgiving. You didn't miss it, I hadn’t said anything on here yet lol I've mostly been lurking because of how busy life has been.

 

[Pearl]

Thank you! Yes, we got married before Thanksgiving. You didn't miss it, I hadn’t said anything on here yet lol I've mostly been lurking because of how busy life has been.

I know you mentioned a new guy a while back!! Congratulations!! Glad to see you around, don't be a stranger!!

 

[Neb]

Our olive tree put out a few suckers.

I pruned one of them and got six cuttings.

They are under a dome on a heat mat.

I left the other suckers on the olive tree as insurance if the cuttings don't take. So now I just have to wait a year to see how they do.


Ben