What did you do in the garden today?

[lazy gardener]

Amen! There are so many things to do out there that I'm reluctant to tend to all the other things that need to be done....nice weather, pretty trees and sunny skies....can't get enough of it!

For the first time I'll be bringing in three flowers...they are not cold hardy but are so beautiful and costly that I'm going to attempt to bring them into the house until spring. Don't remember their names at all but this is the second year we've had them.

I brought in Geranium, New Guinea Impatience cuttings, Citronella, Rosemary, a pot of thyme and parsley, and a mixed large pot of ??? So very much to do. Too cold to do any of it today, plus we took a much needed family day. Hopefully, tomorrow will be warm enough to work outside for a bit. It was spitting snow this afternoon.

 

[Beekissed]

Oh, boy! First snow already...that doesn't bode well, does it? I laid around a lot today too....my day of rest and worship, so I don't get up to too many things unless it's something that's enjoyable or restful. Pretty day here, supposed to only get into the 50s again tomorrow so it should be nice for splitting wood and moving chips.

 

[FridayYet]

Everything I've seen and read about leaves that are high in tannin would indicate they are very acidic, which should balance out your alkaline soils nicely. I'd use them! I live in a spot that used to be a pine thicket, so the clay soils here are very acidic due to the tannin of the pine needles all those years...I'm trying to build new soil over top of that clay right now with the use of wood chips, though not with many that are highly acidic in nature.

Thanks for the info, I'll definitely look into it more. I have to say they are doing great in the run, but since it is so dry out there the leaves tend to just turn into leaf chips although they are breaking down better where I have the soaker hose.

We had snow showers yesterday Monday we'll be back into the 60* trees are at peak color.
I have been that crazy neighbor that drives around picking up your bags of leaves, there was a bunch of us racing around town one year gathering leaves.
Friday Yet your garden wants pet rabbits! Place the cages over the garden bed worms multiply, no burn fertilizer, and easy care.

Oooh rabbits sound like a great idea, but DH wouldn't go for it. I'm pushing my luck with a dozen chickens and two dogs as it is.

 

[politicalcenter]

Got the new greenhouse covered in plastic and moved the cuttings and aloe in. It still needs some paint but it should keep the plants in good shape.

As far as using leaves for the garden I would use anything like that I could get my hands on. A little lime should adjust the chemistry to tone down the acid in the soil. I get leaves and pine straw out of the woods behind the house and use it for mulch. I have some decent broccoli.

 

[FridayYet]

I think many people in the South and East parts of the country have acidic soils, so lime can come in handy to raise the pH.

Here in the SouthWest, we have little rainfall and alkaline soils, so I try to avoid things that will make it worse - lime, ashes, and the leaves on this list:


http://www.homecompostingmadeeasy.com/compostleavesweeds.html

So I'm off to search for coffee grounds, manure, and compost. If I'm lucky, maybe I can find some rained-on alfalfa bales.

 

[politicalcenter]

I think many people in the South and East parts of the country have acidic soils, so lime can come in handy to raise the pH.

Here in the SouthWest, we have little rainfall and alkaline soils, so I try to avoid things that will make it worse - lime, ashes, and the leaves on this list:


http://www.homecompostingmadeeasy.com/compostleavesweeds.html

So I'm off to search for coffee grounds, manure, and compost. If I'm lucky, maybe I can find some rained-on alfalfa bales.

I think many people in the South and East parts of the country have acidic soils, so lime can come in handy to raise the pH.

Here in the SouthWest, we have little rainfall and alkaline soils, so I try to avoid things that will make it worse - lime, ashes, and the leaves on this list:


http://www.homecompostingmadeeasy.com/compostleavesweeds.html

So I'm off to search for coffee grounds, manure, and compost. If I'm lucky, maybe I can find some rained-on alfalfa bales.

I have read about the alkaline soils out west and a simple test is to add vinegar to a soil sample. If it fizzes it is probably to alkaline to fix.

A raised bed with added soil would be the only solution. If not maybe some sulfur would help...and peat moss.

 

[3goodeggs]

Before I talk my husband into doing something that we may regret, I need you all to talk me into or out of it.

We had a 12 foot stock tank that we used as a swimming pool/ hot tub for about twelve years and we were sanding it down to repaint and my husband sanded through the middle bottom seam. It is too thin to weld and he feels it should just be replaced.
I am okay with that.

But I am having issue with scraping this 12 foot round stock tank.

We have sandy soil and I was thinking that if I filled it with pine potting soil I could have a raised bed blueberry bed. but then I would need to have a step ladder to pick berries.
Should I scrap it? Maybe wasting the time messing with it would not be worth it.
Even if I made it a garden, how would I pick the center?

suggestions?

 

[BBQJOE]

Before I talk my husband into doing something that we may regret, I need you all to talk me into or out of it.

We had a 12 foot stock tank that we used as a swimming pool/ hot tub for about twelve years and we were sanding it down to repaint and my husband sanded through the middle bottom seam. It is too thin to weld and he feels it should just be replaced.
I am okay with that.

But I am having issue with scraping this 12 foot round stock tank.

We have sandy soil and I was thinking that if I filled it with pine potting soil I could have a raised bed blueberry bed. but then I would need to have a step ladder to pick berries.
Should I scrap it? Maybe wasting the time messing with it would not be worth it.
Even if I made it a garden, how would I pick the center?

suggestions?

How bad is the damage. I'm a huge fan of JB weld. (2 part epoxy) Even though it might be too thin to weld, you might still be able to fix it.

 

[3goodeggs]

It would have worked except when I said 'sand', I ought to have used the word 'grind'.
His feelings are that if he is spending the money and time on the epoxy paint he'd just as soon get another twelve years out of it.

Although, I have been wanting to try aquaponics and one of those pond liners might fit in it. Could I JB weld s a strip of metal over the seam do you think?

 

[BBQJOE]

Could I JB weld s a strip of metal over the seam do you think?

Quite likely.