What did you do in the garden today?

[TJAnonymous]

@WthrLady - apparently NWS is saying the Lake City tornado is only EF3. I'm stunned... I realize it's based on wind speed but that thing was a monster.

Separately, they confirmed Almyra was actually hit by TWO separate tornadoes yesterday... An EF1 and an EF2. Wow.

Still quite a few others that are still under investigation.

Tomorrow ought to be interesting as we get more heat interacting with the stalled front.

 

[Appalachickens]

I think we must be twins... I just bought 2 pawpaws to plant this year. I haven't planted them yet because it's been too wet but I did repot them. Haven't decided if I'll plant them in the next few weeks or wait for fall...

As for other fruit trees, I've planted 4 varieties of apples, 2 varieties of peaches, 2 types of plums, 3 pomegranates, 3 types of grapes, aronia, a Meyer lemon, and a mulberry.

Next on the wish list: a Toka Plum, Lapins sweet cherry, and still mulling over Arbequina olive and an Avocado tree.

I guess I'm inclined towards trees that can feed my family, have medicinal value, or attract pollinators.

Kindred spirits for sure! A friend gave me a bag of pawpaws last year and now I can’t wait for mine to start fruiting. I’m with you on trees that can feed us - I’ve also planted pecans, apples, pears, plums, persimmons, cherries, and a nectarine. Lots of raspberries, blueberries, and blackberries, and I recently added kiwi vines, maypops and gooseberries. There were already black walnut trees, mulberries and elderberries on the property when we moved here. I keep telling myself that in a few years it will be amazing.

 

[TJAnonymous]

Kindred spirits for sure! A friend gave me a bag of pawpaws last year and now I can’t wait for mine to start fruiting. I’m with you on trees that can feed us - I’ve also planted pecans, apples, pears, plums, persimmons, cherries, and a nectarine. Lots of raspberries, blueberries, and blackberries, and I recently added kiwi vines, maypops and gooseberries. There were already black walnut trees, mulberries and elderberries on the property when we moved here. I keep telling myself that in a few years it will be amazing.

Oh yes! I've also got raspberries, blueberries, blackberries, strawberries, gooseberries, huckleberries, elderberries, mulberries, and goji berries. Given more time, I'll probably add some honeyberries.

On the nut front, I've only got hazelnuts. I've purchased at least 4 pecan trees but they keep getting killed off by drought which is a shame because pecans are my favorite. I've mulled over the idea of adding pistachios.

 

[jerryse]

Weather person says snow next week here.  I would have bought a tree but we were loaded with groceries. DW would have not been happy with a tree in there.

 

[akroberts1085]

So today is 1 week since starting the habanero peppers. Nothing is happening. I planted some seeds in Jiffy seed starting mix and have pepper plants coming up. I covered them with some clear covers to see if that helps.

 

[WthrLady]

6 hours of cleaning winter out of the garden and putting down 80 bags of mulch. I just kind of put 'enough' mulch in depleted spots for the past 4 years. It was overdue for a deep mulching.
When I was done with that, I built a base for the new broody, grow-out pen, which will be in the garden. And if I want to move it later, I just have to pull up the anchors and move it.

 

[Acre4Me]

Storms and rain through the night last night, but clear all day today. Weeded the asparagus (just beginning to come up) and added some mulch. Checked on the peas, they are sprouting. Weeded the garlic bed- the garlic leaves look good, hopefully they are beginning to develop.

 

[chickengr]

We've had FOUR....yes FOUR...Stihl chainsaws stolen in the past 15 years. Apparently thieves love them. We are on our 5th one now... A Farm Boss...and it's under surveillance and lock & key.

keep it in some odd place, away from the house and other buildings. I plan to make a secret place for my tools. maybe 2-3 wooden boxes or similar buried somewhere.

 

[Molpet]

keep it in some odd place, away from the house and other buildings. I plan to make a secret place for my tools. maybe 2-3 wooden boxes or similar buried somewhere.

Not convenient for use.
Needs something to help prevent rust

 

[Grandmas Coop]

36 out,,
Today I wont be in the garden or fruit Tree garden.
I have errands all day. I am going to work the ground around the fruit trees tomorrow. Here is what I got,
So these fruit trees are old, 30, 35 yrs
This first one is an Asian Pear just about to bloom. We get about 12 or so pears. The small one with white flowers next to it, I don’t know what it is. It’s off the root from either the Asian Pear, plum or apple.


or the next tree an Italian Plum. We get about 10 to 15 plums.

And then we have a apple tree that put out a lot of fruit and 4 old blueberries


Now last year I was busy tending to my DH, I never got down to this area. The poor Elder Berries were neglected.
One so far has growth

I have a Fig up in the garden 5 more blueberries and a thornless
blackberry.

Yesterday I got all the dead stuff clipped, ya know after you prune in Jan. you dont really get all that is not alive until you can see it in spring. so the plum get a trim, the apple and pear looked good.