What Did You Do In The Garden?

[Artichoke Lover]

I repotted all my bean starts into larger pots. I also gave away some beans (a couple of varieties 10 beans each) to some people who wanted them on FB Southern OR gardening group.

I really like giving. One gal brought me some large delicata squash and five seeds of a tomato called Rainbow Sorbet.

I also like receiving. A gal was offering dug up lillies and I traded her a pine tree in a 1 gal pot. She is going to give it to her sis who's entire property burned down last year. Got the various colors and sizes of the lily planted.

I wish I knew someone who would trade for pine seedlings. I have to weed them out from the pots around the coop all the time.

 

[flowerbug]

I wish I knew someone who would trade for pine seedlings. I have to weed them out from the pots around the coop all the time.

they need to be kept aside in a small nursery until they get bigger then people will want them. a wee sprout is a bit too hard to keep alive in most lawn/garden settings (lawn mower and weed wacker accidents)... we can usually get rid of anything we grow over 1-2ft tall.

 

[heirloomgal]

Spent 30 minutes trying to figured out where I left the hoe

Hahahaha...I know this too well

 

[heirloomgal]

Planted eggplant today; Gretel, Matinik, and Striped Togo (which is orange fruited). The peppers have been germinating, now all are up except Trinidad Perfume, which usually takes over 14 days. All of the growing peppers have been moved to the growing shelf, under 6-bulb T8 high bay lights. I always over-sow, the seedlings will be thinned to one per cell when emergence stops.

We've had a lot of rain, so the ground is far too wet to do anything outside. I did drive out to the rural garden though, to check on the garlic emergence. The garden was much too wet to walk in, so I squeaked & squished across the adjoining wet lawn to get as close as possible. Most of the garlic is up, and apparently only a few need help getting through the mulch (which as you can see, will have to wait for drier conditions).View attachment 40082

What kind of hay is that, salt marsh? It looks so much more fine than the straw/hay that I get.

 

[ducks4you]

I repotted all my bean starts into larger pots. I also gave away some beans (a couple of varieties 10 beans each) to some people who wanted them on FB Southern OR gardening group.


COOL!! Didn't know you could start beans and transplant. I'm gonna do it...gots lots of beans that are itching to grow!

 

[Marie2020]

My friend and I found wild garlic. Would anyone know how deep this plants roots go? I would love to collect a little, it is completely spread in vast quantities near a river. I am hoping to collect some on our next visit. Should I take a pot and trowel. I am so excited to have found it . It smells so yummy

 

[Marie2020]

Wild garlic

Wild garlic is a very attractive wildflower, which looks lovely in its natural woodland habitat. However, in the garden it can become a problematic weed.

www.notcutts.co.uk

 

[flowerbug]

My friend and I found wild garlic. Would anyone know how deep this plants roots go? I would love to collect a little, it is completely spread in vast quantities near a river. I am hoping to collect some on our next visit. Should I take a pot and trowel. I am so excited to have found it . It smells so yummy

when something is noted to be invasive and be difficult to remove it is better to put it in some kind of planter or confined area to make sure it doesn't escape.

depth varies by species, climate and conditions where it is growing. not sure what your local regulations are like for wild harvesting and transplanting. around here some plants are "Do not disturb" period as they are endangered. for wild garlic like that it is unlikely it is endangered but always a good idea to know what the local regulations are like if you are foraging and collecting from the wild.

that all said, bulbs can likely be found near the surface and down to a foot or more so if you are going out, yep a trowel and a container would be a good idea. doesn't sound like it is easy to kill off so that should do.

my own experience with some alliums here that are decorative and nice flowers but very hard to get rid of once you plant them is that it can take years of concerted effort to remove them once planted unless you can smother the area completely. since i can't i'm digging and pulling shoots as much as i can and still a long ways to go.

 

[Marie2020]

when something is noted to be invasive and be difficult to remove it is better to put it in some kind of planter or confined area to make sure it doesn't escape.

depth varies by species, climate and conditions where it is growing. not sure what your local regulations are like for wild harvesting and transplanting. around here some plants are "Do not disturb" period as they are endangered. for wild garlic like that it is unlikely it is endangered but always a good idea to know what the local regulations are like if you are foraging and collecting from the wild.

that all said, bulbs can likely be found near the surface and down to a foot or more so if you are going out, yep a trowel and a container would be a good idea. doesn't sound like it is easy to kill off so that should do.

my own experience with some alliums here that are decorative and nice flowers but very hard to get rid of once you plant them is that it can take years of concerted effort to remove them once planted unless you can smother the area completely. since i can't i'm digging and pulling shoots as much as i can and still a long ways to go.

Thanks for that. We didn't go there today but now have answer so will take a pot . Thanks a lot

 

[flowerbug]

did some more sod busting, i figure five more rounds of effort on this project to get the edge cleaned up and the garden ready for planting.

right now there's a nice pile of sod waiting for me to get out there tomorrow to bury it.

with getting back into shape i've gradually been able to increase my square foot rate of conversion but i can't work for longer than a few hours at a time at such a heavy task yet. good thing it is cooler out (which is another reason why i'm doing this now). 50 square feet a day depending upon what else i'm doing that day.

still feels good to move and get some exercise, my back is doing fine, it likes this kind of work (which is a primary reason why i also like gardening beyond all the other fun things it does for me).

i also tried to get some pictures, a few turned out, but will repeat tomorrow for some of them too if the weather cooperates.

weeded some pathways. these are getting so much dirt in them from so many years that they need to be reconditioned/cleaned up again. just getting the gravel taken up and screened to remove the dirt would help a great deal. not going to happen any time soon... wood chips are so much easier, but even better would be if the whole area was just gardens. all these pathways and edges are work...