Vegetable Gardens ??
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BigBallzWillie
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There are some nice thornless choices. was thinking about that myself.
My strawberries are a on year 4, I'm getting 3/4 solo cup a day full and that's over next week. I am hoping to make a bunch of babies and then make a new bed in the fall. I'll leave the old ones in place and plant tomatoes right thru them next year. I'll consider any strawberries harvested from the old ones as a bonus. You really only get two good years if you spring plant.
BigBallzWillie
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Those flower on the zuke are edible, btw.
H.A.F.
a.k.a. Rusty Nails
But you have to sacrifice getting a squash out of it
BigBallzWillie
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Haha, ......you don't eat the female flowers, lol.
H.A.F.
a.k.a. Rusty Nails
Looks like I'll get my first tomato later today or tomorrow. I'll probably just go out there with a salt shaker for the first few 'harvests'
This was off a plant that the dearly departed woodchuck destroyed. All that was left was a few side sprouts, but it was a cherry tomato and those are pretty vigorous.
This was off a plant that the dearly departed woodchuck destroyed. All that was left was a few side sprouts, but it was a cherry tomato and those are pretty vigorous.
H.A.F.
a.k.a. Rusty Nails
This is this morning's blackberries, and a couple of mulberry. The mulberry is almost done, and I had a quart of about 50/50 with blackberries.
Cup of sugar, pinch of salt, covered with water, then boiled it for a bit. Strained it and reduced it back to mostly berry juice. I was going to make syrup, but there would have been very little. Put a little in some water and it was like one of those "lightly flavored" water drinks.
So I'll probably figure a way to use rum - maybe a daquiri
Cup of sugar, pinch of salt, covered with water, then boiled it for a bit. Strained it and reduced it back to mostly berry juice. I was going to make syrup, but there would have been very little. Put a little in some water and it was like one of those "lightly flavored" water drinks.
So I'll probably figure a way to use rum - maybe a daquiri
H.A.F.
a.k.a. Rusty Nails
I have wild flowers. There's a boulder under this mess that sticks up just high enough to make a mower-blade sing. 2 years ago I just started mowing around it. Never planted a thing.
I don't know what these are
but I have a whole patch of them by the blackberries. If anyone knows, speak up. If it's useful I have enough to mess with LOL.
Looks like there will be a few hundred in about a 20sqft area
mmmmmmmmmmmm
And I also have a ginormous (~16') weed with some leaves pushing 2' across. Another one for help identifying just out of curiosity.
I don't know what these are
but I have a whole patch of them by the blackberries. If anyone knows, speak up. If it's useful I have enough to mess with LOL.
Looks like there will be a few hundred in about a 20sqft area
mmmmmmmmmmmm
And I also have a ginormous (~16') weed with some leaves pushing 2' across. Another one for help identifying just out of curiosity.
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First shot is a day lily if that is what you were referencing. Second shot is, I believe, White Yarrow.
www.gardenia.net
Dunno about that last one. Big plant...a lot like a Castor Bean plant in it;s size.
The gardens here are finally starting to awaken. I'm behind you guys across the board outside but we are on the verge of having tomatoes (Black Krim) in the GH and we have been chopping cucs like mad and making "refrigerator pickles". Peppers are blooming here/there.....strawberries just coming on. Trying to figure out if there's a Boron deficiency or what...berries aren't fattening fast like in the garden bed and are somewhat deformed. Lots of berries though. Like everything else here...they could also be needing more N....
Achillea millefolium (White Yarrow)
Achillea millefolium (White Yarrow) is a graceful perennial wildflower which produces an abundance of huge, flat clusters, 5 in. across (12 cm), packed with 20-25 creamy-white flowers. They are borne on tall stems atop a pleasantly aromatic, green, fern-like foliage that is disease resistant...
www.gardenia.net
Dunno about that last one. Big plant...a lot like a Castor Bean plant in it;s size.
The gardens here are finally starting to awaken. I'm behind you guys across the board outside but we are on the verge of having tomatoes (Black Krim) in the GH and we have been chopping cucs like mad and making "refrigerator pickles". Peppers are blooming here/there.....strawberries just coming on. Trying to figure out if there's a Boron deficiency or what...berries aren't fattening fast like in the garden bed and are somewhat deformed. Lots of berries though. Like everything else here...they could also be needing more N....
H.A.F.
a.k.a. Rusty Nails
First one I knew, second one spot on.First shot is a day lily if that is what you were referencing. Second shot is, I believe, White Yarrow.
Achillea millefolium (White Yarrow)
Achillea millefolium (White Yarrow) is a graceful perennial wildflower which produces an abundance of huge, flat clusters, 5 in. across (12 cm), packed with 20-25 creamy-white flowers. They are borne on tall stems atop a pleasantly aromatic, green, fern-like foliage that is disease resistant...
Dunno about that last one. Big plant...a lot like a Castor Bean plant in it;s size.
Third one not a Castor plant of any kind. Multi-lobed leaves and tending towards reddish. But the structure looks the same.
sfrigon1
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They are awesome and surprisingly easy to use
BigBallzWillie
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The thing with the white flower is Wild Carrot/ Queen Anne's Lace. Looks a lot like Yarrow and that would be my second guess. Either are good...........wild hemlock looks similar as well and is poisonous. Be glad it aint that one.
H.A.F.
a.k.a. Rusty Nails
Found it
en.wikipedia.org
Supposedly this will grow into a tree, but it is hollow like bamboo and completely dried out and died last fall.
I cleared it all out and it came back new this year.
Paulownia - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
I cleared it all out and it came back new this year.
H.A.F.
a.k.a. Rusty Nails
I meant more about the timing for vegetables
I had it set for 30 minutes on, at 6am and 6pm. But I don't know if that 30 minutes was soaking them. I just changed it to once a day for an hour in the evening to see how that works.
I have my RO hooked up to a spare bathroom sink. Bought a simple mechanical timer for that and love it.
getting about a pint of blackberries per day now
I have a ton of day lilies (aka tiger lilies) in my yard. Every spring we break them up and transplant them all around the property so we have them growing everywhere. Are you in the New England area? Your pictures look like they could've been taken from my property
Check out "Wise Orchard". They make a WiFi hose timer that sells for $60 that you enter your garden size/type, soil makeup, and the type of irrigation you are using, and then it monitors the weather for your location and uses that (and the data you entered) to only water when needed. If you are familiar with how a Rachio controller works, Wise Orchard is basically a less expensive single zone version.