Gardening for Old Folks (Adaptative)

[chickadoodles]

I bought 3 small 4" grape vines this morning. I want enough to cover our arbor when we get it up.
The Concorde grape cuttings came yesterday and I potted them up. Before the rain hit. We got about 4" last night.

 

[CapricornFarm]

We are under flood warning. One house got engulfed with mud during a mudslide. All 3 people sleeping inside escaped.

 

[chickadoodles]

We are under flood warning. One house got engulfed with mud during a mudslide. All 3 people sleeping inside escaped.

That's good. But wow!

 

[henless]

We are under flood warning. One house got engulfed with mud during a mudslide. All 3 people sleeping inside escaped.

Scary! Thank God they got out ok. Hope everything is good at your place Capricorn.

I made kale chips today. One batch with pink salt, the other batch with parmesan cheese. They weren't bad, but I wouldn't want to eat them every day. After coming back in from picking up my granddaughter from school, it smelled like someone had farted. When DH came in from work, he said it smells like a dead rat in here (kitchen). Doesn't bode well for future kale chips.

I don't like kale raw or cooked. But man, I sure can grow some kale! The chickens love kale, so I'll grow it for them.

 

[chickadoodles]

I found the problems with my apple trees. They are dying. Can anyone tell me what this is?

 

[sharron]

thinking i might have to give up my flower bed of irises. yesterday after working in the garden, getting more weeds out so i can plant beans and carrots and lettuce, i decided to weed the flower bed, over did, i have a bad back and afterward i could hardly walk, even had to borrow a pain pill from our son( he just had another knee replacement so he has pain pills even if he doesn't use them) still hurting like a son of a gun this morning, still can hardly move without pain. BUT i got it done

 

[sharron]

I found the problems with my apple trees. They are dying. Can anyone tell me what this is?View attachment 1394318
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chickadoodles, that looks nasty, down in florida i see alot of trees with that stuff, don't know what it is,maybe some kind of moss?

 

[chickadoodles]

chickadoodles, that looks nasty, down in florida i see alot of trees with that stuff, don't know what it is,maybe some kind of moss?

That growth is suppose to grow on healthy trees.
But I'm done complaining about the darn trees. Apparently our clay won't support fruit trees.
So if I can't grow it in a pot it's not coming here any more. Lol
We will take these out and burn them.

 

[sharron]

That growth is suppose to grow on healthy trees.
But I'm done complaining about the darn trees. Apparently our clay won't support fruit trees.
So if I can't grow it in a pot it's not coming here any more. Lol
We will take these out and burn them.

thats weird cause the tree's down south mostly are dying, nice healthy looking tree's never have it, going to have to see if i can find anything about in a gardening book

 

[lazy gardener]

I found the problems with my apple trees. They are dying. Can anyone tell me what this is?View attachment 1394318
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Are you talking about the lichens growing on them, or the wounds? Are the wounds on the East side of the trees? Do you get ground freeze in the winter? Putting general location in your profile would help here! Trees in cold climates are prone to sun scald in late winter where the sun warms the trees, gets the sap flowing, then sudden return to freezing weather traps the sap in the trunk, splitting the cambium. First wound looks like trauma caused by tree being hit with something.

thinking i might have to give up my flower bed of irises. yesterday after working in the garden, getting more weeds out so i can plant beans and carrots and lettuce, i decided to weed the flower bed, over did, i have a bad back and afterward i could hardly walk, even had to borrow a pain pill from our son( he just had another knee replacement so he has pain pills even if he doesn't use them) still hurting like a son of a gun this morning, still can hardly move without pain. BUT i got it done

Sharron, there is certainly no reason not to down size as we get older. Sooner or later, I will also have to do so, and when I do, flower beds will be the first to either go, or be repurposed. Perhaps i will down size the veggie garden, and repurpose flower beds to grow edible ornamentals. Have you considered doing deep mulch in both flower and veggie gardens, and even moving your beloved iris into the garden? Ruth Stout often grew iris right in with her potatoes in a deep hay mulch.