What Did You Do In The Garden?

[Gardening with Rabbits]

Planted 17 more peppers, some leeks, Swiss chard seeds, used my stirrup hoe and have most of the garden weeded, and turned more dirt to finish the last of the planting. Sun out, sun gone, sprinkled, wind blew, rained, sun came out, and birds singing, and I can smell the roses from next door and my Valerian plants. I like the smell so much, I planted them under the kitchen window.

 

[thistlebloom]

Planted 17 more peppers, some leeks, Swiss chard seeds, used my stirrup hoe and have most of the garden weeded, and turned more dirt to finish the last of the planting. Sun out, sun gone, sprinkled, wind blew, rained, sun came out, and birds singing, and I can smell the roses from next door and my Valerian plants. I like the smell so much, I planted them under the kitchen window.

You must be the pepper capital of Idaho!

 

[ducks4you]

"Harvested" 2 square ice cream containers full of bagworm bags from my garden's pine trees. Burned them and pine limbs from another part of the yard. Planted green beans and cucumbers to climb the fencing I put up for the tomatoes. Cut and burned saplings from the north side of the house.

 

[Gardening with Rabbits]

You must be the pepper capital of Idaho!

I used to have so much trouble growing them. They would die and I would have to start more. I just kind of got paranoid I guess. I will start some and then a couple weeks later more, and if the weather is cold longer then I will start more just to make sure lol. Remember the bird problem of them breaking the tops off and I put the plastic sacks on a string blowing in the wind to scare them? This year so far no bird problem. These pictures are all 2016.

 

[seedcorn]

I have problems with bells. No problem with gypsy or bananas.

 

[seedcorn]

Transplanted okra doubles to skips. Weeded the peppers. Since I can’t bed it with straw yet, weeds are very active.

 

[Gardening with Rabbits]

I have problems with bells. No problem with gypsy or bananas.

I am not sure if helping or what, but I had major problems when I first started planting peppers. These were bought and not raised by me. I finally found that a lack of sulfur could be causing the problem, so I have been planting with sulfur in the hole. This year I ran out of sulfur, so I am going to have to go back and I hope put the powder in water in my watering can will work. I bought one pepper this year from a yard sale and it looked really nice, but after I planted it, I thought it was going to die. It already has 2 little peppers on it. I gave it a drink of sulfur water and it seems to be doing better. The leaves will look bad, turn brown. I don't remember all the problems, might have been something wrong with the peppers too. I read people used to plant peppers with matches because of sulfur.

 

[flowerbug]

I am not sure if helping or what, but I had major problems when I first started planting peppers. These were bought and not raised by me. I finally found that a lack of sulfur could be causing the problem, so I have been planting with sulfur in the hole. This year I ran out of sulfur, so I am going to have to go back and I hope put the powder in water in my watering can will work. I bought one pepper this year from a yard sale and it looked really nice, but after I planted it, I thought it was going to die. It already has 2 little peppers on it. I gave it a drink of sulfur water and it seems to be doing better. The leaves will look bad, turn brown. I don't remember all the problems, might have been something wrong with the peppers too. I read people used to plant peppers with matches because of sulfur.

i've not heard of that, but as an acidifier for alkaline soil that's going to help. however, i don't think it great to use a lot of it all at once. for changing and amending an entire garden space i'd want to apply it the previous fall as then it gives the soil community time to adjust. as a trace nutrient it has some importance too. i'm not sure i could spot a sulfur deficiency - i'd have to look it up.

some of the pepper starts we put in a week or two ago have their first flowers on them already. they look a bit pale from the rains and lack of sunshine, but i expect they'll green up some more once they get more roots down. i can give them a shot of watered down whiz today...

 

[digitS']

For several years, I had reason to check pH the water in the community where I was then living.

The pH increased slowly, steadily through the summer months to above 8 by August.

This was well water and that would vary, well to well but a slowing aquifer flow in the glacial gravel through the dry months might make increasing pH in irrigation water common. It was surprising to me.

Steve

 

[ducks4you]

Had to cut limbs on the pine trees next to south border with my neighbor bc they were hanging too low. I burned them this weekend and mowed down mostly huge burdock. I will be home tomorrow to poison the area. The two other areas that I poisoned have nothing growing on them, and constantly mowing weeds that I cannot dig out it NOT on my 2019 agenda. I put several leaves down to smother more weeds. I still have my big, 2 wheeled wheelbarrow full of them. Gotta work today, so I will have a super long, up at dawn, work day tomorrow before my vacation.