What did you do in the garden today?

[attimus]

Found a picture close to yours when I googled small yellow burr flower. The burr buttercup was what I found. Maybe..

 

[Meaghan]

Sorry for the absence, we unexpectedly lost our guard llama last week after he was attacked by neighboring dogs a few days prior, so it's been a rough time here.

On a brighter note, almost all of our seeds have germinated in their soil cups! The ones doing the best are our lemon cucumbers and black beans.

We also got the opportunity to go to a spring garden festival on Saturday and picked up three new fruit plants! A Thai mango tree, a Guava tree, and three stalks of Dragonfruit cactus. I can't wait for a few years to pass and have all of our trees producing.

 

[3goodeggs]

Sorry about the Llama.
That is sad.

Your fruit trees will need protection from the cold.

 

[hennible]

X2

 

[Meaghan]

Thank you, he is missed... I loved his little "Merr" sound he made when we fed him his grain. I never thought I'd get attached to him as I'm not fond of llamas, just of goats, but it's different when they are yours.

It isn't cold here. Overnight lows are still in the high 50s or low 60s, nothing to be concerned about. It does get cold here in January and February, down to about 20 occasionally and around 30 most of the time, but we are officially into "spring" here. Our pomegranate tree survived the cold snap we had about a month ago with a blanket and some TLC. We're getting nets and cloud cover for the tropical fruit trees for next winter.

 

[3goodeggs]

I meant next winter. I am just south of you, and we keep our tropicals in a greenhouse and still lost some, so make sure you can transport them into the garage on the cold nights.
My guava did not survive in the greenhouse. Neither did the carambolas. Mangoes might survive outside, but you won't get fruit.
I suggest you get a big pot and put it on wheels for winter movement.
As you know we can have 94 degrees on Saturday and drop into the teens by Wednesday
in the winter.

This is the first year my pomegranates did not freeze to the ground so I hope they will do something.
Also, did you know that he first pomewonder variety was from Lake butler, just north of you? So they should do just fine here.

 

[Meaghan]

Ah, I didn't know you were in Florida. The mobile version of the site doesn't show location.

I had no idea about the pomewonder, though that's probably because I don't buy storesold pomegranate products because I don't really like the taste compared to homegrown ones.

We haven't ever brought anything in from outside, but we have never had any issues. Even growing up in California which gets down colder than here we never really lost any trees as long as they were netted and sprayed. I guess we'll have to see! We actually don't have the ability to bring them into the garage, we use that as our "barn" and it's where the goats live at night. It would be dead in a matter of minutes! No luck indoors either, we have 5 cats and 3 dogs. Life with animals complicated things!

 

[stasichick]

I am very happy to report that my garden is officially started! (along with a lot of sunflowers!)

 

[lazy gardener]

Still 2' of snow here!

First pepper seedling sprouted! Got 10 sheets of 6 packs reserved for Monday pick up (36 cells each) First wormwood seedling, pansies sprouting. Hope to get my grow lights set up this weekend.

 

[alldembirds]

@3goodeggs there are a bunch of mango species from florida like : carrie, edwards, golden nugget, haden, keitt, kent, springfels, tommy atkins, valencia pride, van dyke, and zill.... probably more.... her mango could thrive and fruit outdoor.

also if you want to try guava again.... the lemon guava can withstand temperatures almost down to 20 degrees also the pink guava and yellow strawberry guava down to 25 degrees.... the red indian guava is from dade county, florida and the white indian guava comes from florida also


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