Gardening update
Jun. 21st, 2012 11:05 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
helwenWatered south garden yesterday morning -- got a late start so we were out there from about 9-11. Did some weeding as well, so that the water would go where I wanted it.
Also had to -- again -- find plants that had been dug up and try to save them. There's a dead raccoon by the edge of the road as of yesterday, so we can only hope that he/she was the perpetrator of the destruction. Not sure if one of the tomato plants will survive yet...
The bush delicata seeds have survived being dug up repeatedly, at least 3 between the two mounds, so I have hope. The mound of those I'd planted earlier have at least 3 up. We also have a few zucchini forming. The kale continue to flourish and the cabbages are also coming along. Beans always do well, although the wax bean my MIL likes aren't doing quite as well as my Cranberry Vermont ones -- somebody's been nibbling on the leaves... Even the peas are doing pretty well.
L started work on planting the meal corn, as well as continuing his work of bringing mulch out of the barn. He also cut down the grasses and stuff around the row of potted bushes at the east end of the south garden, plus clearing around a baby asparagus that each of us has been re-discovering all spring. TropStorm Irene continues to do us no favors into this year...
I finished up removing the lawn around four blueberry bushes and squaring the cleared ground around them (2 pairs, by distance from one another), L hammered in posts and we put bark mulch around them. Next is getting netting to cover them, as apparently this is an excellent year for blueberries!
My older Gooseberry is also bearing well, as is the black currant. The latter are a bit tart/sour, but excellent for jam makers. Or maybe a nice sauce of some sort?
L recovered a few of the strawberry plants and we've been sharing that little bounty the past couple of days.
Managed to water the ginger plants, most of which are still in pots, as well as the potted herbs before the end of the day.
As always, too much to do, but it's nice to see the garden looking good.
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This morning I got out there by 7, with L joining me a bit later. We finished working on the part of the field L had started yesterday for the corn.
Also had to -- again -- find plants that had been dug up and try to save them. There's a dead raccoon by the edge of the road as of yesterday, so we can only hope that he/she was the perpetrator of the destruction. Not sure if one of the tomato plants will survive yet...
The bush delicata seeds have survived being dug up repeatedly, at least 3 between the two mounds, so I have hope. The mound of those I'd planted earlier have at least 3 up. We also have a few zucchini forming. The kale continue to flourish and the cabbages are also coming along. Beans always do well, although the wax bean my MIL likes aren't doing quite as well as my Cranberry Vermont ones -- somebody's been nibbling on the leaves... Even the peas are doing pretty well.
L started work on planting the meal corn, as well as continuing his work of bringing mulch out of the barn. He also cut down the grasses and stuff around the row of potted bushes at the east end of the south garden, plus clearing around a baby asparagus that each of us has been re-discovering all spring. TropStorm Irene continues to do us no favors into this year...
I finished up removing the lawn around four blueberry bushes and squaring the cleared ground around them (2 pairs, by distance from one another), L hammered in posts and we put bark mulch around them. Next is getting netting to cover them, as apparently this is an excellent year for blueberries!
My older Gooseberry is also bearing well, as is the black currant. The latter are a bit tart/sour, but excellent for jam makers. Or maybe a nice sauce of some sort?
L recovered a few of the strawberry plants and we've been sharing that little bounty the past couple of days.
Managed to water the ginger plants, most of which are still in pots, as well as the potted herbs before the end of the day.
As always, too much to do, but it's nice to see the garden looking good.
****
This morning I got out there by 7, with L joining me a bit later. We finished working on the part of the field L had started yesterday for the corn.
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