What did you do in the garden today?

[the_peanut_coop]

I stared at my baby sunflowers and tried to get my fingers purple from oriental poppy pollen

 

[Mutchi]

we have a new orchard! and i need some tipps on keeping ot healthy

 

[the_peanut_coop]

we have a new orchard! and i need some tipps on keeping ot healthy

Ooh lucky! I always wanted an orchard!

 

[Fishychix]

You should be ok then!

Full disclosure: I tend to overfill my beds...

Cool! Thanks! My garden always ends up empty looking by August when I could've sworn I overfilled it Did I mention I have a black thumb?

 

[WthrLady]

we have a new orchard! and i need some tipps on keeping ot healthy

Become good friends with your local extension.
Spray, spray, spray.
Feed and mulch
Don't let young trees make fruit, roots are more important.
Stake the trees well for a couple of years, and then stake to allow for movement. THen remove stakes.
Learn the right way to prune and when.
Know the early signs of disease and treatments.
Make sure you have all your cross pollinators.
Water well and deeply.
Learn to swear at deer and rabbits.
Forgot. Make an orchard map and keep notes on each tree.

 

[Mutchi]

Cool! Thanks! My garden always ends up empty looking by August when I could've sworn I overfilled it Did I mention I have a black thumb?

my mother has a black thumb

 

[the_peanut_coop]

Become good friends with your local extension.
Spray, spray, spray.
Feed and mulch
Don't let young trees make fruit, roots are more important.
Stake the trees well for a couple of years, and then stake to allow for movement. THen remove stakes.
Learn the right way to prune and when.
Know the early signs of disease and treatments.
Make sure you have all your cross pollinators.
Water well and deeply.
Learn to swear at deer and rabbits.
Forgot. Make an orchard map and keep notes on each tree.

that second to last line

 

[Chickies11]

Hello! Here are some pictures of the fence I put up the other day!

 

[igorsMistress]

Just opened up the greenhouse. It was 85 and sultry. LOL.

I installed a wind catcher in the orchard. It's purdy.

Beans aren't up yet, but I tossed down some half fertilizer anyway. I need to get some nitrogen on the onions.

Strawberries are looking grand. I let them wander wherever they want to be. View attachment 2661561

The horseradish is in bloom.View attachment 2661564

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Looks like they had a rave in there

 

[igorsMistress]

Baby pics!

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Hopefully good layers, stinking cute now.

So adorable! I keep wanting chickens again!