What did you do in the garden today?

[WthrLady]

Ya. Bad yogurt, I only had three bites, but it was enough. On top of that a Roscea flair up and dust stirred up by a new vacuum has my sinus' screaming.

Thank you

Photo...photo.....hang on. This was my inspiration. https://www.aransweatermarket.com/merino-aran-cable-crossover-wrap-with-buttons

I wanted it in a larger size, as I have larger tracts of land than most Irish Lasses, and in a bulkier yarn, as it knits up faster. Their XL is a 42/44 inch bust. As it is a patterned yarn, I didn't bother with fancy stitching as it would be lost in the yarn color change. I do have a small section of basket weave (lower left, i just didn't want to tear out.) Bonus, I can wear it doing chores, bumming around the house, working on the loom, and with my historic dress! Well for late 1700- 1890 anyway.


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[Acre4Me]

what are your plans for your cover crop?

Last year in the really bad bed, we planted yellow clover over the whole bed (20' x 30'). We let it grow and begin to flower then tilled it under. Waited a week or so and planted what we wanted to grow there for fall.

This fall I planted winter peas and winter rye (sold by local feed store as winter cover crops for this area) in several raised beds. They are a bit cold-frizzed at the top, but I'll turn it all under in the spring and let it sit/rot for a bit and turn it again before planting in May.

The Snake River used to wind its way through the US and Mexico and empty into the Pacific.

Must be a different river bc the Snake river is predominantly in WA, OR, ID. It feeds into the Columbia River in WA state, which is what flows into the Pacific. But, it does not go into Mexico.

Sorry you got food poisoning @WthrLady ! glad you are feeling better!

 

[WthrLady]

Last year in the really bad bed, we planted yellow clover over the whole bed (20' x 30'). We let it grow and begin to flower then tilled it under. Waited a week or so and planted what we wanted to grow there for fall.

This fall I planted winter peas and winter rye (sold by local feed store as winter cover crops for this area) in several raised beds. They are a bit cold-frizzed at the top, but I'll turn it all under in the spring and let it sit/rot for a bit and turn it again before planting in May.




Must be a different river bc the Snake river is predominantly in WA, OR, ID. It feeds into the Columbia River in WA state, which is what flows into the Pacific. But, it does not go into Mexico.

Sorry you got food poisoning @WthrLady ! glad you are feeling better!

I never got around to my cover crop this year. Our fields are already green TOO early from all the warmer weird weather we're having. It'll burn down when it gets cold and be back up about 3 feet before we knock it down and turn under for corn or bean fields.

 

[igorsMistress]

Did you already get your ducks? I remember you saying you wanted some ages ago.

Oh yeah, they’re six weeks old already

 

[igorsMistress]

I must say I’m impressed with our Home Depot curbside pickup. I got there to pick up the ducks pool and spent maybe five minutes parked, that included check in on my phone.

 

[WthrLady]

That's because HD hired a special team of pickers for online pick-up orders and a team of runners to deliver to the cars. It's not a "see if someone is free to do it" situation. HUGE difference.

 

[igorsMistress]

That's because HD hired a special team of pickers for online pick-up orders and a team of runners to deliver to the cars. It's not a "see if someone is free to do it" situation. HUGE difference.

It was great, I would do it again with them.

 

[oldhen2345]

Yes...I do this too... We have a stocked pond so I take all kinds of fish and use it to both bury directly AND make my own fish emulsion.... Plants definitely love it. I was worried when I first tried it that it would attract pests like maggot flies. So far I haven't seen that be a big issue but I still worry about it.

Don't have a pond, but do have two aquariums. I use the changed out fish water in my gardens.

 

[TJAnonymous]

I think my most hated weeds are probably grass and wild horseradish. I actually like the wild blackberries ours stick to the woods for the most part and have sweet reasonably large berries on them. I actually don’t like the ones from the farmers market anymore they taste watery after eating the wild ones. If I have time this summer I’m going to try to cultivate a patch of them.

I HAD 3 big patches of blackberries....til my illustrious husband ACCIDENTLY caught the pasture on fire and burnt two of them down. I have a feeling they will grow back but I doubt I'll get any this year....

 

[TJAnonymous]

Mine is far far far from water too, but I strung together irrigation line for cheap, stapled it down, and let the thatch bury it. All the garden hoses never lasted and I got sick of re-purchasing them. This stuff is meant to be in the ground and used, so it can take the thermal variation a hose cannot. Just an idea.

The big deal killer for me is that I have a paved driveway between my garden and any water source....so I would have to direct bore anything under the driveway to get it there if I tried....

Want to know something even MORE ridiculous? The city has an open storm drain culvert that literally DUMPS all the storm run-off (and trash....) directly into my garden. That's why I had USDA come out. I was hoping they could help me figure out a way to capture it directly into a cistern or something, filter it, and make it usable for the garden. The good news is they CAN. The bad news is that it takes damn near 2 years to go through the process. I don't want to wait.