Why Spring is One of my Four Favorite Seasons
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fiver
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thanks JW.
I think once I get the garden lined out a bit better I will have a spot that gets full on afternoon Sun.
right now I have a 4' by 7' area I just amended sitting there, but I need to get my walkways and other stuff lined up [if the gravel guy ever gets his stuff going] then I will start bordering this area out and raising it up higher.
it will have 7 straight mid summer hours of daylight, and dappled shade for about 2 hours before that so it should be a good spot for peppers.
I'm going to try some bell peppers there this summer and see how those go.
I think once I get the garden lined out a bit better I will have a spot that gets full on afternoon Sun.
right now I have a 4' by 7' area I just amended sitting there, but I need to get my walkways and other stuff lined up [if the gravel guy ever gets his stuff going] then I will start bordering this area out and raising it up higher.
it will have 7 straight mid summer hours of daylight, and dappled shade for about 2 hours before that so it should be a good spot for peppers.
I'm going to try some bell peppers there this summer and see how those go.
fiver
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an idiot neighbor we had decided Morning Glory looked nice in her garden.
it would have looked a lot better on the other side of their yard IMO, but she did keep it mostly under control while they lived there,,,, 2 renters later.... siiigh.
I'm still fighting it all along that fence line.
Littlegirl thought it was pretty funny when she 'donated' a pack of morning glory seeds to my little stash box knowing I wouldn't find it until late winter.
I got even though.
when she finally asked about it I told her I dumped them on her front lawn.
it would have looked a lot better on the other side of their yard IMO, but she did keep it mostly under control while they lived there,,,, 2 renters later.... siiigh.
I'm still fighting it all along that fence line.
Littlegirl thought it was pretty funny when she 'donated' a pack of morning glory seeds to my little stash box knowing I wouldn't find it until late winter.
I got even though.
when she finally asked about it I told her I dumped them on her front lawn.
fiver
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yep my backyard looks like a sea of plastic, dandelions, and bare dirt this time of year.
we have actually had a decent spring but as soon as you put anything out that isn't covered, or a perennial good for minus a lot of minuses,,, you might as well have dropped it in the trash bin.
we have actually had a decent spring but as soon as you put anything out that isn't covered, or a perennial good for minus a lot of minuses,,, you might as well have dropped it in the trash bin.
StrawHat
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Here is a shot out my front door. Variegated Solomon’s Seal. We have two plots of this, this one is the fullest and under a walnut tree. Not often we find plants that tolerate walnut. The second shot is another of the hosta and ferns. The trunk is the walnut previously mentioned. Kevin
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Ian
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It's all I can do to keep the native stuff hanging on. We get 3-4 year draught cycles that kill all but the hardiest and best established natives and I learned a long time ago that if it didn't volunteer, it probably won't make the long haul. We had a black walnut and mimosa pop up from some leaves Dad hauled in to his garden plot (flood washed the seeds downstream a bit), both made beautiful 8" trees and both croaked the same year. I've sucessfully transplanted some thin-leaf and twist-leaf yucca, some mountain laurel, and redbud trees. I have to laugh at the stiries I hear about these super-invasive plants like trumpet vine and morning glory (honeysuckle and Jasmin are some others). In this hard caliche you have to grow that stuff in a pot, with garden soil and fertilizer and water it all year long if you want it to live. Even bamboo has a hard time, spreading at glacial speed and always looking yellow and sickly. Boy can we grow some cactus and juniper, though!
fiver
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that's what's weird about garden stuff.
I have great soil and all the water I want.
I only get maybe 90 days to grow in between hard frosts though.
others I talk too have to work shade and fertilizer and amendments of all sorts into their planning, then miser out water to the drip count.
if I could just walk out there and stick stuff in the ground come march and wait till it was ready to harvest, then put in the winter crops, I'd probably lose interest pretty quickly.
I have a lot of failures, and a lot of 'dang that was close maybe next time if I'...
sometimes I actually manage to pull something like egg plants off and they taste 5 times better because of it.
I have great soil and all the water I want.
I only get maybe 90 days to grow in between hard frosts though.
others I talk too have to work shade and fertilizer and amendments of all sorts into their planning, then miser out water to the drip count.
if I could just walk out there and stick stuff in the ground come march and wait till it was ready to harvest, then put in the winter crops, I'd probably lose interest pretty quickly.
I have a lot of failures, and a lot of 'dang that was close maybe next time if I'...
sometimes I actually manage to pull something like egg plants off and they taste 5 times better because of it.
JWFilips
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The Deer around my yard usually get first pick of the flower gardens! Yes Hostas are a favorite! Really can't do much about it We usually have a few Pregnant Mom's that raise their kids in our yard...the food source is good and the Wood line borders on 3 sides are great for having fawns! They leave my veggie gardens alone but sometimes in the late summer when the Bucks show up they have learned how to lean their necks on my wire fencing to bend it down to get the close plants to the wire!
Now as for PA Grundsows ( woodchucks) I do something about them! There are two I have been watching in the back yard the past week.... for now it is only dandelions and clover but soon they will find the good plants! There is very little leaves on the trees as of yet ( to quiet the 22 rifle sound) however I have stalked them to 20 yards....figure I would lull them into a false sense of confidence that I'm a good guy!
Next week they will be a target for sure
Now as for PA Grundsows ( woodchucks) I do something about them! There are two I have been watching in the back yard the past week.... for now it is only dandelions and clover but soon they will find the good plants! There is very little leaves on the trees as of yet ( to quiet the 22 rifle sound) however I have stalked them to 20 yards....figure I would lull them into a false sense of confidence that I'm a good guy!
Next week they will be a target for sure