BYC gardening thread!!

[whoop whoop]

@Arielle Sprayed the psorinnum on the hay in the nesting boxes over the weekend and left - cleaned this mornng and found ticks so either the stuff works or they were in the hay. Doc says I can spray directly on chooks so going to have a go tomorrow as weather a bit warmer now and see if any actually die. If it does work then going to spray my bed lol

 

[Arielle]

@Arielle Sprayed the psorinnum on the hay in the nesting boxes over the weekend and left - cleaned this mornng and found ticks so either the stuff works or they were in the hay. Doc says I can spray directly on chooks so going to have a go tomorrow as weather a bit warmer now and see if any actually die. If it does work then going to spray my bed lol

Many homeopathic treatments are milder in their effect and need more time and maybe more applications to see a noticeable effect. Also, sometimes we need to adjust our expectations and allow for a few bugs and not a complete elimination.

Keep me posted I'm very curious to see how this works for you!!

 

[Peep_Show]

Lavender? Lavender?

Spent the morning putting in a "Provence" hedge...well, future hedge. Today's activities were running and setting up irrigation lines, planting, mulching.



The garden has really grown in the past two weeks!

Before:



After:

 

[RichnSteph]

Ok I've got to get some bird netting up. My concern is that the netting might interfere with the natural pollination that is finally starting to happen. Those of you that have had to put up netting, have you noticed any issues with the insects getting through the netting to get to the flowers?

RichnSteph

 

[Peep_Show]

I have bird netting up over my chard and kale bed. It's working great at keeping the birds and squirrels out, but has some unfortunate consequences.... Like the Painted Desert Glossy Snake that poked through it and couldn't back out and strangled therein (and it had recently eaten a mouse, too) and some sort of gigantic 3" beetle got caught and died. I have found a mouse in the veggie bed, so they can get in through the 1/2" mesh.

But overall the mesh is working great on that bed and over the gooseberries and thwarting the ravenous quail that descend like locusts.


In answer to your question: My gooseberries got pollinated just fine. I think it depends on the dimensions of the openings in the netting. Small insects navigate it just fine. Butterflies and moths, not so

 

[Peep_Show]

My DH has never had a vegetable garden before, so it is a wondrous thing for him to see stuff growing AND being able to eat produce so fresh. (And, of course, from the chickens the joys of fresh eggs!)

Anyway, this morning the French Breakfast Radishes needed to be thinned. I'm not a big radish fan, but DH loves them. His comment was "Are the leaves edible? Would the chickens like them?" A quick google showed that, yes, they are edible and considered the most nutritious part of the plant and often used in salads and smoothies. I popped one in my mouth.... very reminiscent of spinach in texture and taste. Hooray! I think we're both going to enjoy this harvest....


(a thinned benefit...)

 

[lazy gardener]

I love FBR sliced and spread with peanut butter. You do well to grow such nice ones in the summer heat. I just planted some in a couple of window boxes on the deck, as they are easier to tend there. Not as apt to get neglected for water or overrun with weeds.

 

[roseyred]

I'm sorry , I had to. Meet Elvis penguin .

 

[hennible]

Lol

 

[Bugseye]

*snort*