DUCKS for THEE in 2023

[flowerbug]

Love the purple-blue spike of flowers!

i think it is a delphinium of some kind.

 

[Branching Out]

I am really enjoying growing grains in my ornamental flower and also in my veggie beds. Wheat and triticale in particular are quite beautiful!

 

[ducks4you]

Love the purple-blue spike of flowers!

Can you use the cistern ?

YES! We reprimed the pump last week. ALL of the tomato watering is going directly down to percalate back Into the cistern tank.

 

[ducks4you]

i think it is a delphinium of some kind.

I don't know, but I plan to clean up/rake up the noxious dead weeds there sometime in the next week and plant more wildflowers there.
I haven't been able to fix the soil line there ever since my plumber ran the new lines, so, what not flowers?!?

 

[ducks4you]

I cleared space in my 7 cu ft freezer on the porch for some cherry picking tomorrow. IF I had close friends in this town I would have had them over to help themselves, but my best town friends moved 30 minutes north of here about 8 years ago.
Don't feel bad for me. I moved here for the 5 acre affordable horse property, NOT for the night life.
The other tree is, again, loaded with fruit. It's tart cherry tree friend looks like it's on it's last legs.
I will post pictures soon, but I am thinking I will have to chop it down this year.
MAYBE the roots of the trees to the E and W are competing with it-??-dunno, but it didn't even flower this Spring.
I guess I don't need it to make cherries. All I should do is give the other one a really good winter pruning.
I don't have the time to can more, I already have so many frozen/canned cherries, and I will be bugging eldest DD to help me start some wine asap.

 

[heirloomgal]

i think it is a delphinium of some kind.

My guess is larkspur; larkspur tends to have that dill type foliage.

 

[flowerbug]

My guess is larkspur; larkspur tends to have that dill type foliage.

oh, interesting! i'm not the best at plant id, so i see they are similar but not the same. thanks for the pointer.

 

[flowerbug]

I cleared space in my 7 cu ft freezer on the porch for some cherry picking tomorrow. IF I had close friends in this town I would have had them over to help themselves, but my best town friends moved 30 minutes north of here about 8 years ago.
Don't feel bad for me. I moved here for the 5 acre affordable horse property, NOT for the night life.
The other tree is, again, loaded with fruit. It's tart cherry tree friend looks like it's on it's last legs.
I will post pictures soon, but I am thinking I will have to chop it down this year.
MAYBE the roots of the trees to the E and W are competing with it-??-dunno, but it didn't even flower this Spring.
I guess I don't need it to make cherries. All I should do is give the other one a really good winter pruning.
I don't have the time to can more, I already have so many frozen/canned cherries, and I will be bugging eldest DD to help me start some wine asap.

oh wow! enjoy the bounty and let the birdies have the rest. or put an ad on your local craigslist or other site and see if someone will come pick. it's too far of a drive for me but i sure wish it were closer. at almost $30 for 4lbs of dried tart cherries it would be a real windfall to get some fruits right now, especially with the strawberry harvest being almost nothing.

 

[baymule]

Cherry pie is my favorite. The only cherry pie I’ve ever had is store bought with the goop put in the pie/cherries. You know, more goop than cherries.
YOU have a cherry tree showering you with gifts! What a blessing!

 

[ducks4you]

Ran the water for 6 hours. Bill should be large next month.
THAT's what benedryl does to you!!!!!!!!!