What did you do in the garden today?

[Chicken-Eye]

I just bought some Trentberry (hybrid between blueberry and huckleberry) seeds online and I planted them with bat guano. Heard it's the best and it's easy to get here, bats roost literally in every crack. Anyone else use bat guano?

 

[AlHawk]

I continue TRYING to get some real soil worked in my sandy garden. Living in Florida, I KNOW we have sandy soil. I've been adding leaves, paper, mulch, manure etc etc every year and it still seems I'm doomed to small tomatoes and peppers. I sure miss my Missouri dirt. It's sad that potted plants are outgrowing the ones in the ground.


--- frustrated ---

 

[MrsMVP]

Question about cross polination: We are planting zucchini, pickling cucumbers, and Amish pie pumpkins. Are we in danger of these cross pollinating? We bought heirloom seeds wanting to harvest and replant but I they cross we probably won't want to do this.

 

[jerryse]

Question about cross polination: We are planting zucchini, pickling cucumbers, and Amish pie pumpkins. Are we in danger of these cross pollinating? We bought heirloom seeds wanting to harvest and replant but I they cross we probably won't want to do this.

You should be good . I think the Amish pie is In the Moschata group and zucchini is in the Pepo group . Cucumbers will not cross with any squash .

 

[jerryse]

I have been bench grafting pear and mulberry today . These are for a wildlife planting .

 

[lazy gardener]

I continue TRYING to get some real soil worked in my sandy garden. Living in Florida, I KNOW we have sandy soil. I've been adding leaves, paper, mulch, manure etc etc every year and it still seems I'm doomed to small tomatoes and peppers. I sure miss my Missouri dirt. It's sad that potted plants are outgrowing the ones in the ground.


--- frustrated ---

You might try looking into Back to Eden gardening. Over time, this may be your best option. A wash of compost tea will be carried into the soil with every watering, and it will help hold moisture in the soil.

Question about cross polination: We are planting zucchini, pickling cucumbers, and Amish pie pumpkins. Are we in danger of these cross pollinating? We bought heirloom seeds wanting to harvest and replant but I they cross we probably won't want to do this.

A good way to search out the various families of squash (each family should only cross within it's own family) is to read Johnny's Selected Seed catalog. Gives a listing of all the plants they offer by family name, and I believe they have a little side bar that explains the cross pollination.

 

[Beekissed]

Didn't do much in the garden, but did plant four dwarf apple trees. Then worked on building my bee hive, which is vaguely related to the garden...they will be my pollinators if I manage to bait in a swarm.

 

[politicalcenter]

I continue TRYING to get some real soil worked in my sandy garden.  Living in Florida, I KNOW we have sandy soil.  I've been adding leaves, paper, mulch, manure etc etc every year and it still seems I'm doomed to small tomatoes and peppers.  I sure miss my Missouri dirt.  It's sad that potted plants are outgrowing the ones in the ground.


--- frustrated ---

. I know the frustration of southern gardening having grown up in Indiana. Our problem here in Bama is clay. Have you tried raised beds? I would mix my garden soil in a wheelbarrow using peat moss and your garden sand with manure and wood chips plus anything else I could find. For your tomatoes you could use at least half manure. Also try some southern vegetables like okra, field peas Crowder's and pole beans. Lima beans also grow well usually.

I hope this helps.

 

[politicalcenter]

Found out what it is. Birds-foot violet.

 

[chickadoodles]

Found out what it is. Birds-foot violet.

It's pretty.