ALABAMA!!

[LowerBamaMama]

Did you all get T-storms heavy rains early this morning?

VERY heavy rain and thunder and tornado watch from 7 till 12.

I research a lot. This year's summer garden is looking good. My tomatoes are actually growing I will have to try mulching. I was worried that grass would sprout in my soil, but I will try I always want to do too much too fast, so I end up not being very good at any one thing.

You really should mulch if you want any sort of success in gardening!

You can use compost as mulch but that's either an expense to buy it, or an extra task to create it. And it's really not the best mulch anyway IMHO.

I don't like woodchips unless it's in perennial beds where you're not churning and turning twice a year. You do not want woodchips mixed into your soil. It freezes up the nutrients so your plants can't access what they need.

I hate rocks in ANY landscape. They never stay where you want them and hitting them with a lawnmower can equal replacing a window pane really quickly. They're unpleasant to walk on and they aren't cheap.

Rubber mulch is fake and I would never use something that won't decompose.

The only thing I would prefer to my grass is straw (not hay) because of the lack of seeds to sprout but that would be an expense and my grass is free so...
I really truly prefer the grass. I've had just a few areas where it tries to sprout from the seeds in it, but they tiny babies and not like grown grass where the extensive roots make them a task to remove, just pull when they're little shoots and you're golden. Just make sure it's dry before you put it down.

(I can go on and on and on about gardening. I do so enjoy it. BUT AS A DISCLOSURE, I'm no master gardener. This is just my opinion of the options out there based on my experiences and the advice from my father and grandfather =]

 

[bamadude]

Our power just came back on.

 

[Tomtommom]

Just candled three muscovy eggs, they're developing.. but I have no idea how far along they are. Air pocket seems large and there's a big dark spot what I imagine to be an eye, surrounding by lighter dark blobness and some veins

I'm a cruel mama, poor muscovy was angry as could be at me.. but I have a broody chicken and needed something. Figured she can finish hatching 3 muscovy and be happy with that.

Momma chicken happily rolled those babies under her, as I placed them in the shavings for her. Muscovy mama will get over it, she's in the dogloo with another mama and they have atleast 20 eggs between the two. Mama 3 is sitting on 22 eggs by herself

 

[Razadia]

I've been dealing with a sick child for the past few days. Got the weeds pulled from one of the mini gardens. What was left of the spring harvest had to be cleared out. There's still one onion hanging in there, plus one that started growing in the fridge.

I'm just waiting on my carrots now. Tendersweet and Red Core. I need to plant some more radishes. Dad pulled most of them too early and I had to pull a few before they popped cause of all the rain.

It's about time to start planting peppers around here! Dad got sweet and hot banana peppers. We're getting cayennes, cowhorns, and a few different types of jalapeno. I don't eat hot peppers, but we've had a lot of requests for them. Dad needs to save seed off them for the next few years so he can grow what we call demon peppers. They're peppers that after the 3rd gen you do not want to eat them. The juice causes blistering on any skin it touches. Can you believe people actually want those? Some people are stupid. Dad usually goes out of his way to keep them from growing.

 

[bamadude]

I have about 20 different peppers. Ghost chilis, carolina reapers, naga vipers, trinidad scorpions, white habaneros, chocolate habs, scotch bonnet....Im a pepper freak

 

[BexB]

I'm trying a garden again. This time fence went up before seeds went down! The chickens wont get my seeds this time Lol. I am a rookie for sure. But really wnt to learn. I really miss mommas garden. But back then I was too busy being a stubborn hot head kid, to pay attention and learn anything. Oh well at least now momma gets the last laugh when I'm calling her all the time with garden questions.

 

[bamadude]

We got your back BexB.
What are you growing

 

[Tomtommom]

I've been dealing with a sick child for the past few days. Got the weeds pulled from one of the mini gardens. What was left of the spring harvest had to be cleared out. There's still one onion hanging in there, plus one that started growing in the fridge.

I'm just waiting on my carrots now. Tendersweet and Red Core. I need to plant some more radishes. Dad pulled most of them too early and I had to pull a few before they popped cause of all the rain.

It's about time to start planting peppers around here! Dad got sweet and hot banana peppers. We're getting cayennes, cowhorns, and a few different types of jalapeno. I don't eat hot peppers, but we've had a lot of requests for them. Dad needs to save seed off them for the next few years so he can grow what we call demon peppers. They're peppers that after the 3rd gen you do not want to eat them. The juice causes blistering on any skin it touches. Can you believe people actually want those? Some people are stupid. Dad usually goes out of his way to keep them from growing.

I have about 20 different peppers. Ghost chilis, carolina reapers, naga vipers, trinidad scorpions, white habaneros, chocolate habs, scotch bonnet....Im a pepper freak

My husband is a hot sauce nut.. so I'm trying to grow him some ghost peppers and trinidad scorpions. He got a few scorpions from a customer and was hanging on to them for some cooking project

needless to say, they went bad waiting for him to decide what he wanted to make. I ended up saving the seed and I managed to grow about a dozen teeny tiny seedlings.... not sure if they'll produce anything, they got a late start.

A friend also sent me some heirloom tobasco peppers, of which I planted the seed. Super high germination rate. We'll see what they'll do for me.

Got some heirloom sweet pepper seed from another friend.

Hybrid yellow and red bells, heirloom cubanelles, habanero, guajillo, serano, jalapeno and poblano... I like peppers, but I like flavor and heat, not so hot I can't taste anything

 

[Tomtommom]

I'm trying a garden again. This time fence went up before seeds went down! The chickens wont get my seeds this time Lol. I am a rookie for sure. But really wnt to learn. I really miss mommas garden. But back then I was too busy being a stubborn hot head kid, to pay attention and learn anything. Oh well at least now momma gets the last laugh when I'm calling her all the time with garden questions.

I want to call my momma all the time to talk about the garden. Funny, isn't it?

 

[bamadude]

My husband is a hot sauce nut.. so I'm trying to grow him some ghost peppers and trinidad scorpions. He got a few scorpions from a customer and was hanging on to them for some cooking project needless to say, they went bad waiting for him to decide what he wanted to make. I ended up saving the seed and I managed to grow about a dozen teeny tiny seedlings.... not sure if they'll produce anything, they got a late start.


A friend also sent me some heirloom tobasco peppers, of which I planted the seed. Super high germination rate. We'll see what they'll do for me.


Got some heirloom sweet pepper seed from another friend.


Hybrid yellow and red bells, heirloom cubanelles, habanero, guajillo, serano, jalapeno and poblano... I like peppers, but I like flavor and heat, not so hot I can't taste anything

Sounds great...Let me know if I can help burn his face off. It would only cost me a stamp.