π€· sometimes I'll just post the things that my wife sends me saying "this is you"
I'll cop to using the tractor for bigger things but we do something very similar
I would totally use those chairs to bask under this beauty
What did you do with the rest of them?
Yay peas! I planted 'sugar snap' and 'sugar anne' today after picking up some hog panels for trellising. Hopefully the other seeds get with the program!
For the blueberries - remove any flower stems back to where they branch from the larger stem this first year. You want them putting their energy into leaves and roots. They appreciate a more acid soil and easy access to water. Top dressing with sulphur, or even the occasional diluted apple cider vinegar will help them create the subsoil conditions they prefer.
Very cool! I applaud the coarseness of the mulch you've used
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I'm now up 40 echinacea and 15 lilacs and 40 assorted elderberry (not pictured), with mulching of the pots still to be done after I sift the mulch.
Everything in the low tunnel is starting to take off too! There's about 20 feet / 6 meters of space under this greenhouse poly - the pallets are keeping the pvc frames in place and the potted trees that are too vig to fit under the cover are keeping the poly in place very nicely. They seem to be quite happy receiving the ambient heat from the low tunnel, which is getting to some nice summer temperatures even on our chilly days.
Earlier this week I went to start veggies and flowers for the library's community garden
What's growing on with you all?
No, but I'll try to keep this conversation in mind the next time I go and ask
I am not really a cucumber enthusiast, but 'Longfellow' might be worth growing. The seed core looks fairly robust for these, and it's the only one I've spotted where the description talks about the flesh being melty
[Image description: one white and tan buff orpington and two black and white barred rock chickens inspect my work in the raised bed/sunken pathways garden]
Dorothy, Sophia, and Lucille had fun helping me turn over the beds and made sure the compost and soil were well mixed
[Image description: a small bird I caught in the garage earlier and released outside]
I had opened the door for them but they went to the other side and started trying to go through a closed window, luckily they let me help them back outside
Edit: my friend who goes birding says it is probably a Phoebe, a group of insect eating birds
I think I need to split my tomatoes today.
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Food forests are bringing shade and sustenance to US cities, one parcel of land at a time
(theconversation.com)
Phenomenal cosmic power, itty bitty living space edition
We've got thirty, maybe forty pots looking like this, with true leaves starting to appear on a bunch of the starts - only a few of the pots have any duplicate plantings. There's two pots of chamomile (pictured) and a few other herbs like sage and lavender.
We're also growing wheat for the first time, which is pretty exciting. I've done up a few dozen plugs for the bird yard, which will be fenced this first year to protect them til they go to seed, and have a row in the vegetable patch that I'm thinking of using for seed saving purposes. If anyone's grown grains before I'm interested to hear your wisdom.
What's growing on with you all?
[Image description: A picture of plants being hand watered with a caption that reads I make them planties wet. Mark this NSFWSP - Not safe for water sensitive plants
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Turn those winter cuttings into conservation with a βdead hedgeβ
(www.inverness-courier.co.uk)
[Image description: a largish cardboard box containing around a hundred packets of vegetable seeds]
Our library is hosting a seed swap tomorrow and, well, we're friends with folks whose family runs a local business, where they have one of those vegetable seed stands on display. All it took was asking if they had any seeds they would like to donate for the event and seed library and they gave us scores of seeds. My wife and I organized them this evening and I'll be bringing them to the swap, then sticking whatever's left in the seed library.
I'm really excited about how many folks in our town this might provide some measure of relief and security - in addition to the seed swap attendees, the library also grows veggies in the plot out back for donation to the local food pantry and involves kids from the nearby schools for some of the garden projects.
If your library runs programs like this (or other local community support groups do), I'd really encourage you to volunteer even just calling some local spots for support or donations. Sometimes you get the chance to make an outsized difference.
[Image description: a photo of Lacinato kale seedlings germinating together in a pot]
I have more space to start plants this year, but it's still very worth it for us to conserve space where we can. To that end, we're starting several species in a "mob grow" style with many many seedlings in each pot rather than individual smaller cell trays. Once they're of a size for transplanting we'll be able to tease them all apart either for planting in the gardens or repotting for sales or donation.
h/t to Bobby over at Small Scale Permaculture (yt link) for convincing me to try this out with more species.
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