What did you do in the garden today?

[Sally PB]

I don't know if there is a wrong kind of wood for hügelkultur, but the older the wood the better it seems to act like a sponge.

• Avoid wood from allelopathic trees like black walnut (for its juglone toxicity); high-resin trees like pine, spruce, yew, juniper and cedar; and hard, rot-resistant woods such as black locust, Osage orange and redwood. Any type of wood with sprouting potential (such as willow) should be completely dead before using.

From here:

• https://www.ecofarmingdaily.com/eco...opathic trees,be completely dead before using.

 

[igorsMistress]

Good morning all! It has been a beautiful morning here, starting to warm up though. We got a gate for the garden, yay! I noticed the only complete set had a broken piece but we were able to swap that panel for a good one before we left. It’s a wrought iron one like we have to the dogs yard, couldn’t find anything else Super simple to install though, and we can anchor the anchors to stakes lol. So far that’s my only purchase for the new garden area. I also got a dragon fruit plant, never had it before but I’ve interested in trying one for quite some time. I’m going to have to research them a bit, they’re tropical which tells me afternoon shade will be necessary. I’m wondering if it would do well in the shade garden, it’s 50% shade year round and I’ll have a nice bed to put it in soon. Anyway, headed out to get the gate up, have a good day!

 

[fuzzi]

• Avoid wood from allelopathic trees like black walnut (for its juglone toxicity); high-resin trees like pine, spruce, yew, juniper and cedar; and hard, rot-resistant woods such as black locust, Osage orange and redwood. Any type of wood with sprouting potential (such as willow) should be completely dead before using.

From here:

• https://www.ecofarmingdaily.com/eco-farming-index/hugelkultur-gardening/#:~:text=Avoid wood from allelopathic trees,be completely dead before using.

Good to know. I know there's some type of locust and cedar growing next to my yard. I'll avoid using them in my raised beds.

There's a tree growing next to my property in a wooded lot. I have been unable to identify it. It drops green fruit the size of golf balls, and smells citrusy.

If anyone here knows what it is please let me know.

The seed resembles a peach pit.

 

[Smokerbill]

Picked around a half gallon of tomatoes, most of them pretty small. Gave the chickens all the less than perfect ones.

 

[Smokerbill]

Good to know. I know there's some type of locust and cedar growing next to my yard. I'll avoid using them in my raised beds.

There's a tree growing next to my property in a wooded lot. I have been unable to identify it. It drops green fruit the size of golf balls, and smells citrusy.

If anyone here knows what it is please let me know.

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The seed resembles a peach pit.

I think your mystery tree is some kind of nut tree. Butternut maybe?

 

[Eagle343]

Good to know. I know there's some type of locust and cedar growing next to my yard. I'll avoid using them in my raised beds.

There's a tree growing next to my property in a wooded lot. I have been unable to identify it. It drops green fruit the size of golf balls, and smells citrusy.

If anyone here knows what it is please let me know.

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The seed resembles a peach pit.

That is a Black walnut tree.

 

[Sally PB]

There's a tree growing next to my property in a wooded lot. I have been unable to identify it. It drops green fruit the size of golf balls, and smells citrusy.

If anyone here knows what it is please let me know.

The seed resembles a peach pit.

That is a Black walnut tree.

That's my guess too. You made me wonder with the citrusy smell. I've never smelled that with our walnut trees.

 

[CNJ]

I started putting 2 tsp of Corid in a gallon of water for my chickens. I've been seeing bloody stool lately. I'll keep them on it for 5 days and then switch to Nubiotic Oregano oil for a few days.

 

[CNJ]

I started putting 2 tsp of Corid in a gallon of water for my chickens. I've been seeing bloody stool lately. I'll keep them on it for 5 days and then switch to Nubiotic Oregano oil for a few days.


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I think its helping, they stop laying for the 5 days I had them on corid and they just started up again after the treatment.

 

[fuzzi]

That is a Black walnut tree.

Wow, color me surprised, the photos match!

From a web search:

I've been chucking the fruits over the fence back into the woods for years, thought it was some sort of mock orange.