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  1. Carols Clucks

    What did you do in the garden today?

    Carebear, this is from a local nursery on fall planting: August Planting List August is the in-between month between warm season and cool season vegetables. It’s not too late to put in final crop of Warm Season Veggies such as Beans, Corn, Cucumbers, Eggplant, Squash and Tomatoes from...
  2. Carols Clucks

    What did you do in the garden today?

    We are getting our big summer garden ready for fall; so we opened the gates and invited the chickens to visit. They spent a happy day helping us. They are not fans of the peppers, berry vines or winter squash so things will probably be safe for a few days of bug hunting. We are planting, but...
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    What did you do in the garden today?

    I did a lot of reading on summer pruning benefits in California for pruning the trees. But, the reality is only one of the peach trees sets good useful peaches.
  4. Carols Clucks

    What did you do in the garden today?

    Yesterday, today and guessing tomorrow, we are taming some peach trees-aka pruning them so I can reach the top from my 8' orchard ladder. The ones that have peaches that have fruit we don't like. Either too small, too cling or too mealy (these are probably all self planted and not good grafted...
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    What did you do in the garden today?

    I dug up our garlic, onions and shallots. The Costco white garlic did okay, making small but usable heads, it was the first one up by weeks. The $$$ white garlic we bought at the feed store did a bit better, and the $$$ purple garlic also from the feed store did the best Our shallots did...
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    What did you do in the garden today?

    I ate my first yellow cherry tomato! And then went shopping for roses (a birthday treat for my self-coming up soon)
  7. Carols Clucks

    What did you do in the garden today?

    I moved another dozen wheel barrow loads of dirt from the bottom of the hill to the top for my upper terrace, whew I think I am done there! Now to fill all the chicken bath pot holes And then fix a different drop off zone Start a lump for a short wall where I want to put a new apple tree...
  8. Carols Clucks

    What did you do in the garden today?

    Red Mom was worried that not enough plants were coming up....we have 2 20' rows of them AND more rows of other kids. I think the first week she started asking what to do with the extra...lol But yes, one could die, so you need two. And we had two different kinds of seeds for them so
  9. Carols Clucks

    What did you do in the garden today?

    We have too many zucchini (I knew we would but mom was worried we did not plant enough) And some great cucumbers And a giant water bill....ooops Have to reteach mom not to blast with the hose since it is all on a soaker or drip system and might not look wet, but it is
  10. Carols Clucks

    What did you do in the garden today?

    I am almost done building the first terrace! I need a few dozen more loads of dirt dug up, put in the little wheel barrow and drug up the hill. I am going to dig the bottom part of the property down about 6" probably 10x60? leaving a 6 foot wide planter/berm to make a collection area for...
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    What did you do in the garden today?

    Okay, so the roses did not go in today or the last couple of bricks BUT I got a few more stumps out (smaller fruit tree ones) and cleaned up a corner we have been putting off for years. Tomorrow and Sunday, I am going to dig out the last stumps-at least a dozen and rake up years worth of old...
  12. Carols Clucks

    What did you do in the garden today?

    This week in the yard (slow to add to this thread) I started on digging some terraces (we are on a hill side) I wanted to look at the lines for a few days before I start making a low retaining wall with stack bricks. I dug a bunch of other dirt and spread to level a different section out. Am...
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