What Did You Do In The Garden?

[Dahlia]

Can you post a picture of the buttercup weeds? I'm trying to figure out what types of weeds I have. I know I have crabgrass but I don't know anything else.

This is what my buttercup weeds look like. This pic is off of the Internet because currently I have recently weeded my yard and there aren't any left! Yay!
They are pretty by themselves, but they can take over lawns and gardens. If you don't pull them out by the roots they will always return quickly and choke out everything else!

 

[akroberts]

This is what my buttercup weeds look like. This pic is off of the Internet because currently I have recently weeded my yard and there aren't any left! Yay!
They are pretty by themselves, but they can take over lawns and gardens. If you don't pull them out by the roots they will always return quickly and choke out everything else!

Thank you for the picture. I don't think I have any of that but dang it if I don't have a bunch of weeds

 

[flowerbug]

Thank you for the picture. I don't think I have any of that but dang it if I don't have a bunch of weeds

the rabbits actually do a lot of weeding of the lawn here, i also discourage weeds from growing by mowing the lawn fairly tall (nearly the highest setting the mower allows). only places that get disturbed or along edges get weeds going in them (and then they spread to the neighboring gardens or more into the lawn).

it's been so dry here lately i don't think we'll need to mow again for a while.

i got back out for some more dry bean picking today. it was getting too hot and so i'm done for now. later on i'll go back out and pick some more green peppers so Mom can make another batch of stuffed peppers.

 

[digitS']

@akroberts , your question prompted me to look for a source for IDing garden weeds. Years ago, Virginia Tech's Cooperative Extension had a good set of webpages but then, they began using horticultural terms for the search. Most gardeners, including me, do not have that training and knowledge.

The University of California have long had a great resource in CalPhotos for pictures of all sorts of plants. I wondered if the system would have some pages specializing in weeds. They do. And, it uses a nice, simple way to identify them. LINK

 BTW, i don't have any trouble ID'ing buttercups. I just have to look over in the neighbor's shady corner of her yard in the Springtime. Her buttercups offer something of a nice balance to my lawn violets with both blooming about the same time .

Steve

 

[akroberts]

@akroberts , your question prompted me to look for a source for IDing garden weeds. Years ago, Virginia Tech's Cooperative Extension had a good set of webpages but then, they began using horticultural terms for the search. Most gardeners, including me, do not have that training and knowledge.

The University of California have long had a great resource in CalPhotos for pictures of all sorts of plants. I wondered if the system would have some pages specializing in weeds. They do. And, it uses a nice, simple way to identify them. LINK

 BTW, i don't have any trouble ID'ing buttercups. I just have to look over in the neighbor's shady corner of her yard in the Springtime. Her buttercups offer something of a nice balance to my lawn violets with both blooming about the same time .

Steve

Thank you for the info. I will try to find the site and check it out.

 

[Shades-of-Oregon]

Starting the winterizing the watering system.

 

[ducks4you]

The question is are we talking about native "weeds" or invasive plants.
In my study many native flowers and plants do not spread widely like invasives bc animals predate on them, and check their population.
When I was a child I looked at the empty lot next door--parents built a house in a newish neighborhood--and saw many queen anne's lace. I though it was a wildflower. I didn't know that it was an invasive flower, native to Great Britain. HERE is grows into small trees left unchecked, just like tree of paradise.
I wouldn't be too surprised to discover that other weeds on my property are also invasive.
Gotta pull em up if they are taking over.
There are better plants, like creeping phlox, which has taken years to take over the edge of my bed.

 

[Branching Out]

I sowed spinach seeds in a plastic bin about three weeks ago, and yesterday I carefully transplanted a bunch of them into a large tub that had held bush bean plants over the summer. This was my first attempt at bare-root transplanting spinach, and it went pretty well. Today was kind of hot at times, so I watered the seedlings again and moved the tub out of the direct sun so the roots can settle in.

 

[digitS']

Every morning, temperatures are in the 30's (single digitS C). Plants like cucumbers and squash are beginning to be damaged when there's frost despite my efforts with the sprinklers. Garden debris has been needing to be pulled and I don't want and haven't room to put it in the compost bins. The best place for it is in the new beds, the older parts of the garden has received lots of this organic material in recent years.

Nevertheless, I have been digging out the bed closest to the greenhouse south wall for the spent plants. At an 8 inch + depth, I can see that my frequent watering hasn't been in excess. The 1/8th of an inch of rain we received 3 days ago would have all run off that sloping south wall of plastic film into or near this bed. There is not really a path on that side, not for someone with size 13 feet, anyway. Nonetheless, the soil is quite dry below 8 inches.

I've left a collard and a kale plant and some lettuce in an outside row of the bed. The first 2 are likely to survive the Winter even with further harvesting with other of those plants. The small, late planted lettuce is probably worthless. Survival with no growth, even with afternoons temps above 70f (21C), will make zero difference. Still, best case hopes are often worth the effort with regards to weather and annual veggies.

Steve
Edited to add:  low "single digitS C." Shucks, 9C is almost 50f! Hardly remember the last time we had that warm of a night.

 

[akroberts]

Been mowing and weeding in the garden because I can't see most of my cushaw pumpkins that are buried under the crabgrass. The neighbors planted morning glory so I also have to contend them. I've gotten all of my steps though so I guess some more good is coming from my hard work. It's almost too hot to continue but I have to get it done.