Duck's New Ragtag garden, Version 2020

[Prairie Rose]

Yes to the link, please, ducks!

 

[ducks4you]

FALL Gardening with Erin Harper (Webinar)

Do you have a vegetable garden and are sorry to see the end the season coming? Maybe the opposite is true and you are ready to rip everything out and be done until next year? The Vermilion County Extension Master Gardeners have an upcoming program that fits both these scenarios. Join them and University of IL Extension Local Foods and Small Farms Educator, Erin Harper on Tuesday, September 15 at 6PM for a live webinar on Fall Gardening.
Now is the perfect time to learn what to plant for fall. Those fresh veggies you have been enjoying all summer don’t need to stop in September. Some vegetables will continue to grow even after a frost if you provide season extenders. Crops like garlic don't need protection and are best planted in the fall. Maybe you think this sounds like too much work and want a clean slate? You may want to consider a cover crop to improve your soil and cut down on weeds.
Fall Gardening with Erin Harper will be presented as a live webinar using your computer, tablet, smart phone or participants can call in by phone. Erin has a wealth of knowledge to share on what vegetables you can plant in the fall, ways to extend the season along with cover crops if you and your soil need a break. There is no charge to attend this presentation, however, attendees must register here to receive handouts and a zoom link.
University of Illinois Extension provides equal opportunities in programs and employment. If you need a reasonable accommodation to participate, please call the Extension Office. Early requests are strongly encouraged to allow sufficient time for meeting your access needs.
Register at:
https://web.extension.illinois.edu/registration/?RegistrationID=22492
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[Prairie Rose]

Thanks! Didn't get to watch it cause I closed tonight, but thanks for the link!

 

[ducks4you]

I will type out my notes by the weekend and send them to you.

 

[ducks4you]

Here are the links that I was sent after the Webinar. There were 127 attendees, and one was from Alaska!

Hanrahan, Jenney Lee <jhanraha@illinois.edu>
To:Hanrahan, Jenney Lee


Tue, Sep 15 at 7:02 PM

Thank you for attending the Fall Gardening Webinar with Erin Harper on Sept 15, 2020

Please take a few moments to fill out a simple evaluation that will help us provide better programing in the future for a diverse audience https://go.illinois.edu/FallGardenSurvey

Here is a list of links to more information that may prove interesting and/or useful:

Good Growing Blog: https://extension.illinois.edu/blogs/good-growing/2020-04-07-starting-garden-season-extension

Garden Scoop https://extension.illinois.edu/blogs/garden-scoop/2020-08-22-cover-crops-home-gardening

Cover Crops https://www.sare.org/publications/cover-crops/selection-and-management/

Squash Bugs https://extension.entm.purdue.edu/radicalbugs/default.php?page=pests/squash_bug#:~:text=Injury: Squash bug adults and,toxic substance into the plant.&text=Insecticides are usually not required for squash bug populations.

Growing Garlic https://extension.illinois.edu/blogs/good-growing/2019-09-17-growing-garlic

Growing Garlic-More Info https://extension.illinois.edu/blogs/good-growing/2020-06-12-garlic-so-easy-even-i-can-grow-it

Illinois Extension Horticulture Blogs https://extension.illinois.edu/global/horticulture-blogs

Illinois Extension YouTube https://www.youtube.com/user/UIExtension/playlists

Champaign, Ford, Iroquois, Vermilion YouTube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5LSPrdwVh_TavCAuWtAgfg

Local Food Systems and Small Farms YouTube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBvG-jopax3tPSCBXb6AgIQ

Mushrooms of Il Webinar

Mushrooms for Beginners Handout https://extension.illinois.edu/sites/default/files/mushrooming_for_beginners_complete_handout.pdf

The Illinois School Garden Committee are hosting a series of virtual trainings The courses are designed to walk through the process of establishing and sustaining a garden as an integral part of classroom/educational instruction https://web.extension.illinois.edu/registration/?RegistrationID=22368
***UPCOMING WEBINAR
October Webinar: A Guide to growing Pumpkins and Squash with Erin Harper Tuesday, October 20 at 6PM https://go.illinois.edu/PumpkinsandSquashwithErinHarper


Jenney Hanrahan

 

[flowerbug]

are those available on youtube? i don't zoom...

 

[ducks4you]

I would try copying and pasting on You Tube and see.

 

[ducks4you]

I had to go back and chop down growth on the saplings by the street fence and repoison. I wounded them all and soaked them good!
Had to prune more--raising the crown More--on the pine trees in the south yard so that DH can mow with the tractor there. I went back and chopped them into firepit digestible pieces. All have been moved back by the firepit.
I moved all of the wood on top of the tarp after hand weeding any grasses, etc., growing on the perimeter, poisoned under the tarp, including 4 first year burdock that had grown through some holes, laid down a torn piece of clear heavy plastic over the holey areas, put the tarp back neatly and stacked my pile. Sunday I bought three 7 x 9' tarps, $2.99/each at Harbor Freight, so I pulled the old one off of the grill and laid it down to extend my space for more logs and smaller pieces. The biggest pieces are from DD's tree that my friend (who also took down the massive maple tree in my South Pasture 2 years ago), took down this summer. The first tarp is held down by the wood, the 2nd tarp is held down with a brick on each corner, but the two tarps look like a reclining "L".
Still, @ninnymary would be Proud of how neat and tidy it looks!
I burned some of the pine pieces, along with a lot of the stuff that I cleaned out of my garden area.
Planted beets 2 weeks ago, and turnips. Some of the beets are up, I think ALL of the turnips are up. I took old straw from a horse stall, lightly covered after soaking both areas, then soaked them again.
I have old king sized sheets given to me that I will NEVER use--microfiber, I think--ready to cover for the first frost.
I understand that after the first frost it doesn't usually frost again for several days.
The Webinar talked about extending the growing season, and that less light makes everything grow slower.
We HAD a couple of 40 degree F mornings last week. I dug up my two calla lillies, but I think I killed that small one.
The larger one seriously needs dividing and is now residing on the porch.
It should make several pots of nice indoor plants this winter.
Sweet potatoes were a bust this year. A few weeks ago I replanted the 100 gallon black water tank that I tried to grow them in, and emptied a handful of 20 cents/piece seed packages of bib lettuce and danvers short carrots. They look like They have all sprouted.
I also threw in some old zucchini seeds and 3 of them are up.
We will see if I get anything from my plantings.

 

[ducks4you]

The Extension Service Gardener that hosted the Webinar on growing cool weather crops in the Fall is also a Farmer's Almanac devotee, like me.
She repeated what I had read, Cooler than normal September, 2020,

September	temperature 60° (2° below avg.) precipitation 3.5" (1" below avg.)

Warmer than normal October.

October	temperature 57° (5° above avg.) precipitation 2" (0.5" below avg.)

Sure is DRY, DRY, DRY!!! I really need to do some outdoor painting tomorrow. Home, so I am making every day count!
I will take some pictures soon of the cherry tree watering. BOTH of them had dropped all of the their leaves.
I drip watered (100 gallon tank) the smaller, older one and it grew a bunch of leaves.
I have drip watered the taller (1 year younger) one, and it only grew back a few leaves.
I would hate to lose them.
I am pretty sure that the younger one got bigger bc my horses like to poo underneath it--it's in a corner--when they are out mowing for me.
40 degrees F two mornings in a row last week! VERY unusual for September here.
We usually are sweating in the afternoon in September.

 

[ducks4you]

Now, I DO have specifics are growing garlic HERE: 3 weeks AFTER the 1st frost.
I still have about 5 garlic plants that I put in the bed north of the garage. I'm gonna leave it there and check it next year.