Garden re-imagined....
- Killerbunny
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Re: Garden re-imagined....
Love that! Good made with sweet potato too.
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Re: Garden re-imagined....
Sorry potatoes are in the compost pile, replaced by my attempt at permaculture.
Wish I knew what variety the raspberries are but they were a gift and of unknown origin.
Another problem is that there are lots of wild raspberries around, both red and black, and I suspect they will cross-pollinate and instead of amazing large red, they will produce Medium striped. :)
So this is my attempt at gardening in my dotage, see if it works.
Wish I knew what variety the raspberries are but they were a gift and of unknown origin.
Another problem is that there are lots of wild raspberries around, both red and black, and I suspect they will cross-pollinate and instead of amazing large red, they will produce Medium striped. :)
So this is my attempt at gardening in my dotage, see if it works.
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Re: Garden re-imagined....
wow that looks great! my attempts at gardening have never been more than about 8'x8'. Turning the soil and weeding are a back breaker...
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Re: Garden re-imagined....
Try no-till, cover with mulch in summer and a tarp in the winter/spring, and weeding is a breeze :).
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Re: Garden re-imagined....
I added layer of compost to the beds and covered with mulch last fall. I plan to add more mulch after I have planted everything out. It's easy to move the overwintered mulch aside to plant, then put it back around the plants, plus I don't have to remove all the early starter weeds before I plant either, except for underneath where the birdfeeder was hanging this winter.
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Re: Garden re-imagined....
I use straw and compost it at the end of the season.
For the raspberries I think I will try wood chips, had our big oak trimmed in the winter so have some lovely chips from that.
For the raspberries I think I will try wood chips, had our big oak trimmed in the winter so have some lovely chips from that.
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Re: Garden re-imagined....
The last time I used straw I had weeds literally growing out of the straw piles-fairly certain the weed seeds were IN the straw. I swore off it after that. What did I do wrong?
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Re: Garden re-imagined....
I had the same when somebody used hay but straw was OK.
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Beltsville Small White turkeys.
Mutt chickens for eggs
RIP Stephen the BSW Tom and my coffee companion.
RIP Lucky the Very Brave Splash Wyandotte rooster.
RIP little Muppet the rescue cat.