The last half of the day was completely messed up by a very light, misting rain...blech! Also, my football team got the crap beat out of them...Boo!!!!!!
Anyway, I wanted to show some new pictures of things around here, and comment on them as I go..
Take a look at these saved plastic bottles in the old municipal garbage can...hehe...I have alot! These will be used to sell large tomato seedlings in next spring. I'm ready....
Photo below - Oh! I wanted to show you one of my japanese maple trees that I planted out into the yard a few days ago. This is one of the seedlings I scooped up from underneath a large tree last March. I sure hope it makes it through the winter. I have another one planted about 20 feet from this one. BTW, this is what my native soil looks like. Yah...total crap!
Photo below - My first planting of onions is doing good, and there are 54 total in the recently vacated sweet potato containers. They will be allowed to go all the way until May 1st.
Photo below - Here's my broccoli that is being grown in the swc's made from cat litter buckets for Auburn University. Before my article on growing in this particular container can be turned into a publication, they must be tried and true - with documentation and pictures along the way. If needed, I can easily cover them with some type of makeshift hoop cover, as they will probably take a long time to reach maturity.
Speaking of hoop covers, I have changed my plans again...Dangit. I can't help it...I come up with a plan, then walk around out there just playing with Jude - looking at my big box the whole time. A thought comes to mind on how to improve the original plan - then a new one takes its place. OCPD is really something to deal with - let me tell ya....Take care, and happy gardening!
EG
10 comments:
Well. lucky us to get to benefit from your overengineered thoughts. I have the same kind of fits when I'm drawing plans for the garden. Succession, crop rotation. . . almost more than I can get my mind around. Enjoy your article research. And that soil -- ugh. I hate it tracked in on floors. Does Jude wipe her feet?
stefaneener - I've already got my 2010 garden planned out...sigh. The soil around here is the worst. Jude stays outside in a pen, and I only bring her in if tornadoes are in the area, or when the temperature drops below 25 degrees. We give her a good bath first, though.
I love those plastic bottles for tomato seedlings! Just the thing to give extra protection and allow light too!
LOL I think all gardeners make plans then change them. We are always thinking about what we can do better. I know my mind is constantly thinking. I won't put anything to paper until November though. Well maybe. No promises. It is hard to be patient, but I'm trying to focus on what I still have in the garden right now. I'm doing a really poor job at it.
Hmm I didn't realize Japanese Maples produced babies like this.... I am going to have to walk around my neighborhood with a flashlight and shovel and see if I can find one to take home!
Matron - those bottles are gonna really come in handy, later. They'll be what I "pot up" my plants in.
Daphne - Exactly. You know where I'm coming from...ha.
Ginger - Oh yeah...they sure do! You have to find them after they germinate in the early spring....
I used two liter bottles last year to pot up my tomatoes. It worked great. HUGE root systems by the time I was ready to plant out. Based on what I did this year, I suggest starting your seeds in early February for planting out in mid April. I grew mine indoors under lights. Make sure you have lots of drainage holes in those bottles. I used a band saw to cut slits in the bottom, five per container. Also used the saw to chop the tops off the bottles. So much easier than scissors and a drill.
Tom - I'll start germinating my tomato seeds during the last week of February, because I started way too early last year. These bottles are gonna be real good for potting up with.
I don't want to talk about sucky football weekends. We didn't even show up to our game. Maybe if you guys decide on a mascott you'll do better. Sorry, EG, you know I had to, but I was thrilled that you were finally ranked after that start. You should have been ranked all along.
We have a Japaneese maple in our clay soil in the front yard. Right now it looks like the Charlie Brown Christmas tree, but it's got promise.
Good luck with the Dr's appt.
ribbit - Charlie Brown christmas tree, eh? That must look pretty sad.
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