What did you do in the garden today?

[Acre4Me]

@CluckNDoodle the pears look great! My MIL wants to get me something in memory of my Dad - I want a peach or a pear tree I think.

& yea, what are you doing with them?

You might need two- some require a pollinator!

 

[jerryse]

No pears for me this year . Coons got them all .

 

[Sueby]

You might need two- some require a pollinator!

I'm so glad you pointed that out, lol. I wouldn't have thought of it! I'll have to do some research & make sure I get one that self pollinates - I don't have room for 2.

& I ordered the sweet success hybrid seeds.

 

[WthrLady]

Well that's so weird! I read more about it after you said something and it said it's ground into a meal and pressed into pellets so when you rehydrate your just left with the meal. I'm stumped on this one but it worked as a fantastic amendment for us with no seed issues and it was suggested by other gardeners that have been using it for years. This was my first year using it though.

I know. All I can figure is it was poorly processed.
I use it in the garden as well. I dump a bag in the barrow and rehydrate and mix it in the soil.
That said, I have only pulled one new alfalfa plant this year from the garden this year from the growing rows where I use it.
I know the stuff in the field is from the bags I spread as the patch is in the exact corded off space that I spread the bags, AND my natural alfalfa is indigo and this stuff is yellow.
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Will manage a garden walk this morning.
VERY wet and dewy out there.
I will mow as soon as the dew burns off, for the first time in just over a month. (only good side of no rain - not dumping 40$ a week on mowing petrol)

OH, I used the harvest right lids the other day on puree. one of four didn't seal, but then I couldn't remember if I wiped that one jar with vinegar. I need to juggle the jars around the counter to get to all of them to wipe, and I don't remember doing that. Hmmm. so probably my fault.

 

[jerryse]

I'm so glad you pointed that out, lol. I wouldn't have thought of it! I'll have to do some research & make sure I get one that self pollinates - I don't have room for 2.

& I ordered the sweet success hybrid seeds.

I know 3 self pollinators there are probably more . Ayers , Seckle and Kiefer . Oh and Stark Bros . Honey sweet or Sugar sweet . One of those will self and the other will not . Forget which one . I have the one that will not . I have Ayers and it is dependable producer .

 

[WIchickMama]

anyone ever plant strawberries (plants or bareroot) and transplant raspberries in the fall before winter?

 

[Acre4Me]

anyone ever plant strawberries (plants or bareroot) and transplant raspberries in the fall before winter?

Yes. With success. My neighbor also bought and planted barefoot strawberries in the fall 2 years ago and they have done great!

 

[Acre4Me]

All nest boxes occupied this morning, including the space behind the bag of straw on top of the nest boxes.

 

[CluckNDoodle]

Can you get a picker?

Yes, my husband is a great picker. This is why I married a sasquatch, so he could reach the top shelf and fruit.

 

[WIchickMama]

Yes. With success. My neighbor also bought and planted barefoot strawberries in the fall 2 years ago and they have done great!

awesome thanks, I am going to try it this year I think. any advice on when to plant them? now or Sept? our first frost will be early Oct