Canesisters 2018 Garden Thread - BTE/SBG hybrid??

[canesisters]

Thank you.
No, I didn't build them. They were a delivery crate for a pump or something at work. I just snagged them when I was collecting cardboard. They are cheap, thin, raw untreated wood so I gave them a couple coats of paint in hopes that they would last at least a couple of years.

 

[Nyboy]

Cane if I had your job my yard would look like TV show Stanford & Son I would be bringing things home every day

 

[canesisters]

I can't bring home anything that crosses the scale. 'Scavenging" is grounds for immediate dismissal.
BUT - one of the local trash route drivers has things like fencing material 'fall off' of his truck before he crosses the scale - so I pickup up things like the picket fence sections now and then. And the mechanic knows that I collect all sort of 'junk' so now and then I get a call that goes something like "Hey Deb, I'm going to throw 4 empty plastic barrels away tomorrow. They're sitting by the shop door, in case you want to pick them up today."
... which is how I got barrels to turn into potato towers...

 

[Nyboy]

Shame you can't scavenge. There is a show on netfix filmed in England. A woman has permission to take anything that hasn't been placed in dumpster. As people drive up to unload she checks out what they are throwing out. Each show she picks 3 items she reusing them to make other thing which she then sells. Any profit from sale goes to person throwing item away,most chose to donate to charity

 

[canesisters]

FINALLY!!!! GARDEN PICTURES THAT HAVE PLANTS IN THEM!!!!!!


I've been trying to get the same view every now and then so I can sortta track the progress over all.



The row of Romas are growing - and are BLOOMING!


The New Yorkers have started growing - after WEEKS of sitting there at 3" tall....


As for my experiment to see if corn will grow in the chicken coop......
Does anyone want to place a bet if there is any corn in there????

There IS something that is taller and has wide leaves... but I can't tell if it's corn or Johnson grass.
I figure I'll give it another week and then let the chickens in. Corn? Eggs? Meh.....

 

[canesisters]

Two little notes.
I lost my entire flock of chickens yesterday.
I took down the fence around the 'corn' patch and didn't see a single chicken for HOURS!

And, I hung a few myrtle trimmings on the side of Mom's swing and put a mandevilla next to it and it's BLOOMING!

 

[flowerbug]

who is that in the background?

 

[canesisters]

The yellow dog-butt belongs to Rosie.
The cream & black legs belong to Gilligan.

 

[Nyboy]

Did you really lose your flock

 

[canesisters]

Yes, for a few hours. They dove into that tall grass and didn't come out till it was time to roost. It was SO WEIRD to not see a single bird in the chicken yard - only tall grass waving back and forth. I'm pretty sure there WAS an abundance of grasshoppers, crickets, spiders, etc in that grass.