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| Welcome Shirley777! Ella, if I can find some room I'll plant the Kentucky Wonder beans to compare. Things are getting a bit crowded and my son still has about 5 things for me to plant...and I'm not giving up any more flower rows! |
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| Welcome Shirley777! I personally do not like Kentucky Wonder. The pods are fibrous and tough in my garden, but surely they have plenty of fans. Harvested my first tomatoes this past weekend from plants started in the greenhouse, as well as the first cukes sown in a discarded filing cabinet laid on it's back and filled with top soil. At last veggies taste great again. Started these Verbascum seeds from Jonna last fall:  |
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well, the Brussels sprouts may have been a bust this spring, but looks like Broccoli is gonna make a showing!  |
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Poison.... Your Verbascum sure does look pretty. What lovely blooms.  This past weekend I had an interesting conversation with a gentleman. He wondered if I had an ideas for getting rid of some moles he had in his yard that the chems he bought that were supposed to work didn't. Than we got to talking about other insects and he mentioned the fact that he was dealing with flea beetles and squash bugs and that instead of using seven dust or any other type of chem he sprinkles all-purpose flower on his plants and in his garden to kill and keep them away. Out of curiosity has anybody else ever tried using the flour? I know he was specific about using the all-purpose and not self rising. I been trying to figure out how the flour might work to keep them away or dead. Also, I would think that when you mix water with flour you end up with a paste that does harden. Seems like it would suffocate and kill your plants or make plaster molds of the leaves at least. |
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poisondartfrog wrote: So pretty, Alana! Here's the wee Cleome lutea. I've evidently kept it on the edge by growing it like a rock garden plant, it's all of 6" in height.    Well, live and learn, I guess, but I'm thinking it could have handled a bit more water.  |
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| Pretty Chelle! I hope Kacee is ok, Last I heard from her was over 2 weeks ago about her seed lists.  |
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| Love the red snow pea, Joseph. I hope that it tastes as good as it looks. It would be even better if it stays red after cooking. Keep us posted on the magic snowpeas! Misti, can you raise some of your squash off the ground on trellis? That may help the mildew. You can burn roses if you spray neems when the temps are over 85'F. I am not sure about veggies, but I would be careful. The birds are enjoying my late sowing efforts. I suspect that they think I planted gourmet sprouts for them. I covered the containers of seeds with a bird net. The few in the ground are fending for themselves. The butterflies, on the other hand, are hovering over my yard disappointed. They see all of these new plants, but there aren't many flowers yet. I have some reseeding perennials like agastache, columbine and campanula in some of the pots. Self sowing in transit, what a nice surprise. The tomato and other veggie plants I picked up at the store are doing very well in their pots. This gardening season isn't going as planned due to the move, but I should at least have some fresh tomatoes this season. The future veggie garden is occupied by the pot ghetto now. The deer and bunnies have been leaving my yard alone so far. I made pepper spray for the bunnies and am trying some diy recipes for deer repellant. My neighbor has had good results with a commercial spray. I read the ingredients - eggs, milk solids, garlic, thyme oil. I thought $20 was expensive for a small bottle of eggs, milk and spices. My current deer spray has eggs, powdered milk, pepper, soap and water. It smells like sour milk when I spray it, but the smell dissipates. When I moved, I found soap that I don't like in the linen closet. I have been crocheting soap bags to hang on the trees at deer nose heights. I am finding lots of rocks. Big rocks. I am trying to plant my roses and shrubs first, then fill in with perennials. However, I keep hitting rocks too big to move. I was trying to dig two really deep holes to put my poor lilacs into the ground. They have been growing in really big pots, but need to get in the ground. They are still in their respective pots, but I planted daylilies in the holes avoiding the big rocks. I covered the mess up and placed stepping stones. I am working around the rocks and tree stumps. I am proud that I managed to get a symmetrical circle of roses. I checked the location of each of 4 roses before planting any. I was glad that I was able to plant them without hitting any huge rocks. It will be a circle of 4 pink roses with a light blue/lavender clematis on a creative trellis in the middle. I have three roses - Tiffany, Chicago Peace and Yves St. Laurent. I need to choose another pink, bicolor or perhaps yellow rose to complete that planting. I sowed alyssum around the outside of the circle and will add nepeta in the inner circle when I find the seeds. I am still having issues with low water pressure. The water guy will be here 8am. They will be going into the crawl space to replace the water meter and check for problems. Never had a crawl space before - I imagine spiders and scary damp things. I am holding off planting the hostas in the shady bed on the side of the house with the water meter in case they have to dig up the line. My neighbor shared some perennial geraniums that he was thinning out of his garden bed. I thought they would be the perfect ground cover for the front strip by the road. They may have to be dug up if the water company digs up the road. Winston the pug wishes that I would spend more time cooking and less gardening. He gets really grumpy around 5 pm if I don't take a dinner break. He was also upset that I was working inside today instead of enjoying the beautiful weather. It feels like it has gone from winter to summer, but it is pleasant in the morning and evening. Bella the stealth cat likes the sewing room. She also has a favorite window in the living room. She is almost acting like her regular self again. |
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| Some people spread corn meal around their roses. I think it is to discourage black spot. It seems like flour or corn would attract ants and bugs and encourage mold growth. I haven't tried either. I am already spraying with eggs, milk powder and pepper. I have been mixing up more food for the plants than for myself (and Winston the deprived pug) lately. I read this online about preventing squash beetles. No sign of squash or beetles in my garden, but it may help you. http://www.vegetablegardener.com/item/15089/trapping-garden-... |
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Chelle... Got ya a little cutie there for sure.  Misti... Kacee will show up when she is able to. She has medical issues on and off, like when she had to do her piggy seeds later. She has needs that need to be taken care of right now, but soon as she is able she will get things all caught up. |
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thank you Star, I was just worried about her. I hope she feels better soon   |
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| lovesblooms posted on ATP in the Plant and Seed Trading forum that she is looking for Tithonia as hers did not grow. Does anyone have any to spare? |
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| Kacee sent me a Tmail today that my seeds went out. Rattlesnake beans are in so David will pick them up later this afternoon. Had to plant my zinnias AGAIN! They say the third time's the charm. I sure hope so. I decided today to dig up some perennials in my garden rows so the rows can be plowed under and rototilled because they are so bad I'll never be able to catch up. One whole row is mums but they are not pretty anymore so if I only get some saved I'm okay. Have a couple of columbines, lots of really healthy looking glads, some agastache. Not sure if the glads and agastache will survive but I don't have any other choice.  But first I am going to have to put the soaker hoses on them because I cannot even dig anything up the ground is so dry and hard! |
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Hey all: I've been planting like crazy the last week or so. Warm weather things are going into the ground as quickly as I can plant and keep them irrigated. Thanks for the seeds. It's great to see your screen-names on the seed packets of the new varieties, and on old ones returning home. Today I planted runner beans among the sunflowers. The sunflowers were planted a couple months ago and are already about a foot tall. Last year I really liked having a runner bean climb on a sunflower. This year I planted a row more than 100 feet long. The runners were about half new varieties, and about half that I grew last year (The first successful harvest after years of trying.) Author of Mother Earth News Blog about Landrace Gardening: http://www.motherearthnews.com/search.aspx?tags= Lofthouse |
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ok say it with me Awwwwww  |
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| Awwww.... |
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| Awwww I dub thee "Mistirose...Mother of Thousands" of cute little insects. That is the cutest baby picture I have ever seen! |
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 lol cute title! Thank you Greene |
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| Cute Baby Mantis, Mother of Thousands..... I had to look up tithonia, don't have any seeds of that one, sorry. Been weeding and planting, had to cool off and eat. I'll catch up with laundry and unpacking then head back out later in the afternoon. I have to be careful with the sun and heat, so I garden in the shade and avoid the hottest part of the day. not much of a spring, but at least it isn't snowing. I have the nicest neighbor. he weed whacked the pack side of the property. My little rechargeable weed whacker was struggling with the jungle. It looks so much nicer. Rocks permitting, the tree peonies will be in the ground this afternoon. I have to keep reminding myself to take before and after pictures. (Autocorrect suggested weed "quacker", I thought weed "whacker" was spelled weed "wacker", I give up. Time to upgrade to a weed flame thrower because it is easier to spell.) |
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| Andi Weed Quaker |
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| Black and Decker cordless Weed Quacker! |
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