The Quack Shack

[Miss Lydia]

Happy Birthday Pyxis
Good Evening everyone.
of course still having internet trouble so I am just now able to get online.

 

[WannaBeHillBilly]

It helps that I was born into the climate. But I have asked my german friends that married farmers here how they manage, apparently after freezing their feets off for many years, they will tolerate any heat to not have to put up with snow

Guess why i moved to Houston, TX first when relocating into the USA...
But after almost 10 years the relentless summer heat, combined with the extreme humidity gave me second thoughts. Add the souring neighborhood and the rising cost of living in H-town to that and the decision was made rather quickly.
Back to four seasons and freezing feet again.

By the way, where i am from in Germany, the freezing feet are a thing of the past, thanks to the changing climate my home -town rarely experiences frost nowadays. It has changed into prolonged periods of gray blanket overhead with frequent cold drizzle.

 

[WannaBeHillBilly]

Making progress with the tomato-garden for this year. Already two rows completed and the third one started:

I used the fence-posts and the fiberglass rods to picture how the trellises will be positioned.

You can clearly see the three different types of "soil": Fist the dark compost for the tomato-plants, then the loam-berm to retain water and then the woodchips for the walk-way.

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Next year, the whole construction will be shifted by one third up- or down-hill, not sure yet what will be better.

 

[WannaBeHillBilly]

The Berry-Garden on the other hand is still messy. I have dug out the plant-holes for the bushes over 60cm (2') deep and some still fill up with water. Fortunately those for the Gooseberry-bushes, which absolutely must be moved stay dry, after i dumped 25lbs of gravel into each:

The idea is to cover the gravel with some flat rocks to keep the soil out, then transplant the Gooseberry-Bushes and fill everything up with compost.

 

[WannaBeHillBilly]

The planhole for the Jostaberry shrub is worst: Even with 25lbs of gravel it is still filling up with water.

It is deep enough to pour in more gravel, but i don't have any more; the Re-Store only had two bags last year and at the red and blue stores are asking big money…

 

[WannaBeHillBilly]

The two remaining holes for the red Currants are looking promising:

First one still fills up with some water, but the second one looks good. I haven't dug out the first one to the full possible depth, so there's hope. I just need to get some gravel for small money…

 

[WannaBeHillBilly]

And what would i do without my little garden helpers?

 

[Summer_]

Hello

 

[Muscovy Wunda]

Morning all

 

[Miss Lydia]

Hello

Morning all

Early riser this morning.

Good Morning and Evening!!