BYC gardening thread!!

[Yowza Wowza]

Ah. I rooted some last year, I have some rooting this year too.

Rooted? Does that mean harvest?

 

[dan26552]

No, when I pruned them I stuck some of the cut branches in the ground and they grew roots.

 

[Arielle]

Atone else have figs?

I wish. Our winter season is too cold and would need to be kept in a pot and moved into a garage type area. No time for that, unfortunately. So I just enjoy figs occassionaly from the grocery. Glad you have them!! THey are special.

My plum tree has finally started shooting out leaves! In a few years, we might get our first plum (we only planted it last fall). It's a sad looking stick in the ground still, but given time, it might grow into a productive tree.

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Felix-- this tree looks great. Give it a few years and you will be delighted byt he flowers and hopefully some fruit. My trees are20 years old now, and I wish I had known a few things when starting out. So I'll share: find a basic book on pruning, as all fruit trees will need a little now and then, and find out what pests are likely to affect the tree and fruit then find solutions, as some solutions are applied as prevention. We have lovely peaches, that usually mildew with a tan mold just at picking time. And the plums now have a black fungus type growth on the branches and those will be cut down in the near future. ( I'm hoping to learn to graft next winter before cutting them down.)

No, when I pruned them I stuck some of the cut branches in the ground and they grew roots.

 

[dan26552]

I wish. Our winter season is too cold and would need to be kept in a pot and moved into a garage type area. No time for that, unfortunately. So I just enjoy figs occassionaly from the grocery. Glad you have them!! THey are special.


Felix-- this tree looks great. Give it a few years and you will be delighted byt he flowers and hopefully some fruit. My trees are20 years old now, and I wish I had known a few things when starting out. So I'll share: find a basic book on pruning, as all fruit trees will need a little now and then, and find out what pests are likely to affect the tree and fruit then find solutions, as some solutions are applied as prevention. We have lovely peaches, that usually mildew with a tan mold just at picking time. And the plums now have a black fungus type growth on the branches and those will be cut down in the near future. ( I'm hoping to learn to graft next winter before cutting them down.)

Oh, Thats to bad

. Me too (Even though my dads not to big on them

)

 

[dan26552]

Here little B, There were six inch cuttings when I put them in the ground (actually half a 55 gallon drum) They were two and a half feet by the end of the growing season with tree feet of roots

And I didn't do anything to them, didn't water or fertilize, they were completely at natures mercy.

 

[chickadoodles]

Quote: I saw a page on Face Book where a man turned his front yard into raised beds and planned it out very nicely. He harvested all he needed and put up a sign for any neighbors that wanted any. He gave away his extra but maybe you could put up a sign and advertise in local papers or stores. Here they take fresh veggies and home canned foods to chicken swaps to sell.

 

[Kraftcrazychick]

Planted some onions and garlic today. I also tried to corral all my strawberry plants.

Our soil is mostly clay and the first year I tried a vegetable garden nothing really did well. I bought a few tomatoes, peppers and one strawberry plant. I left it all sit at the end of the season thinking it was more or lest a bust. I didn't think anything would survive the winter and assumed I would just start all over the next year.

Well, that one darn strawberry plant spread and almost three years later has attempted to overtake the rest of the garden and venture into the grass. I think I have more than twenty.

Today, I gave extras to my mom as I wanted a vegetable garden, not a strawberry patch.

 

[chickadoodles]

That was so nice of you to share with your mom. I lost a bunch of my strawberry plants last year from the drought. I have one left and moved it to my raised bed with my lettuce and tomatoes plants that I got from Bamadude. On the other side I planted some cantaloupe plants. I love to freeze the cantaloupe for fresh fruit all winter it is so good. I am hoping to get some pears this year. I got a new peeler that I hope will help make canning easier on us. lol

 

[Yowza Wowza]

Here little B, There were six inch cuttings when I put them in the ground (actually half a 55 gallon drum) They were two and a half feet by the end of the growing season with tree feet of roots

And I didn't do anything to them, didn't water or fertilize, they were completely at natures mercy.

Oooh

 

[dan26552]

Oooh