Well, I remember now what I planted in the earthbox the other day. Beets in one end (presprouted seeds which had long roots..we'll see how they do), onion seeds (mostly sprouted, and dinosaur kale and broccoli rabe seedlings at the other end. Nothing looks like it is growing much. I think we may be seeing some radishes and carrots starting to come up. I replanted some more sprouted sugar snap peas. I am seriously considering replanting the sprouted Painted Hill corn. It was supposed to be cold tolerant.
I know I have really rushed spring. Oh, well, I'll still learn from the experience. Hopefully, next year I will have a cold frame set up and a nice "grow room" type area to start seedlings. I would also like to grow greens through the winter. Dilara loves baby spinach. I like that things that are growing are not rotting. I want to have a constant supply of fresh parsley and cilantro and mint. I should be able to grow lettuce and spinach indoors. I hope I am being organized enough to have succession planting going on all the time.
I saw that Whole Foods has kiwi plants for sale. Male and Female from Freedom Farms. I would buy a couple of kiwi plants before I would buy a cherry tree. It takes 3 years, I think, to get kiwis. I really hope my fig trees aren't dead. If they are, I'm going to have to figure out how to root cuttings. I really like this variety.
I am really interested in this free online permaculture course. I also really like this website http://www.rosalindcreasy.com/ about edible landscaping. I am going to plan on working 2 4 x 12 raised beds at the community garden and adding 4x4 bed here. I should be able to get 64 ears of corn.
I hope 2 weeks from now I have the dogs fenced in. I need to provide them some shade, as well. The area where Perdy has been gets tons of sun. When I first bought the house, almost 11 years ago, my next door neighbor had a tulip poplar tree at the fence.
I have a love/hate relationship with the wild grapevines. I hate them strangling out my blackberries. There is some other vine, too, that is not edible. And on my west side of the yard, there is some honeysuckle vine. I need to identify the trees that are growing under the maple tree in the front yard. I cut back one of them a lot and cut back a lot of the honeysuckle bushes to make room for Dilara's disc swing and rope ladder. The crotch of the maple tree is low, so I guess it would be easy for her to climb. She's quite a climber. She's like a little monkey!
The other day I finally planted some fragrant daylilies and speedwell and wormwood. They had been in pots for a couple of years, I guess. I used my trust bread knife to cut the rootballs in two and trimmed some of the roots off before I replanted them. The soil seems to have a lot of clay in it and I added some compost when I backfilled. A year or two ago I dumped out an earthbox that had some Stella D'oro lilies, some purple siberian iris, and some orange daylily that came from Howard More Lane in Culleoka. I finally got around to hilling up dirt around the edges. That was a lot of abuse for those plants, but they are tough. I made a brick border around my Therese Bugnet "body bag rose" I got, a year or two ago---I have the exact date written somewhere. It is doing wonderfully. I really like the red stems.
I just got the wormwood because it was "biblical" and kind of a novelty. I am not sure it I will regret it. I have read that it can poison some plants. I planted it near the peonies and wildflowers (Shasta daisy, Black-eyed Susan, and a butterfly weed.) I have so man Autumn Joy Sedum plants and I really need to find them a home. This is the year! I have some in a window box that have been there since we moved from Bellevue.
I am afraid my Stargazer Lily and 3 of the Commander-in-chief lilies are dead. There are 2 of the red lilies that are showing stems.
Oh, one of my potato bags has a bit of potato plant showing. They are in burlap sacks with dirt and with coffee chaff on top. I WAY overplanted them, I think. We will see how they do.
I want a peach tree, fig, pomegranate, cherry, more blueberries, more roses.
Oh, I really think one of the 2 "body bag" roses I got from Big Lots is dead. I think they were mislabled. The one that seems to be still alive is the "thornless" one. I wish I had not pruned my Mr. Lincoln back so much. It is showing new growth, so I guess it isn't dead. I suspect it is ‘Reine des Violettes’ because from what I have read, it is "thornless." The one that was thornless was labeled as "Marchessa Boccella" (aka "Jacques Cartier") but I have not seen anywhere that it is supposed to be thornless. That is why I think they were mislabeled. I hope the one that looks dead shows some sign of life. I know I would like a 'Paul Neyron" rose, which not only should make great rose petal jam, but it is also supposed to be thornless.
I definitely need to dig up raspberries and prune them back. I need to share them. My waterlilies also need to be divided. I guess I will take my trusty bread knife and cut the raspberries that have been in the earthbox all these years into chunks. They may do better replanted, although I have tried to refresh the soil. The ones growing in my yard are really taking over. I may should throw away the tired ones in the earthbox. I really need to be ruthless so as not to let my raspberries take over. They are really annoying when they are growing where I don't want them.
I know I have really rushed spring. Oh, well, I'll still learn from the experience. Hopefully, next year I will have a cold frame set up and a nice "grow room" type area to start seedlings. I would also like to grow greens through the winter. Dilara loves baby spinach. I like that things that are growing are not rotting. I want to have a constant supply of fresh parsley and cilantro and mint. I should be able to grow lettuce and spinach indoors. I hope I am being organized enough to have succession planting going on all the time.
I saw that Whole Foods has kiwi plants for sale. Male and Female from Freedom Farms. I would buy a couple of kiwi plants before I would buy a cherry tree. It takes 3 years, I think, to get kiwis. I really hope my fig trees aren't dead. If they are, I'm going to have to figure out how to root cuttings. I really like this variety.
I am really interested in this free online permaculture course. I also really like this website http://www.rosalindcreasy.com/ about edible landscaping. I am going to plan on working 2 4 x 12 raised beds at the community garden and adding 4x4 bed here. I should be able to get 64 ears of corn.
I hope 2 weeks from now I have the dogs fenced in. I need to provide them some shade, as well. The area where Perdy has been gets tons of sun. When I first bought the house, almost 11 years ago, my next door neighbor had a tulip poplar tree at the fence.
I have a love/hate relationship with the wild grapevines. I hate them strangling out my blackberries. There is some other vine, too, that is not edible. And on my west side of the yard, there is some honeysuckle vine. I need to identify the trees that are growing under the maple tree in the front yard. I cut back one of them a lot and cut back a lot of the honeysuckle bushes to make room for Dilara's disc swing and rope ladder. The crotch of the maple tree is low, so I guess it would be easy for her to climb. She's quite a climber. She's like a little monkey!
The other day I finally planted some fragrant daylilies and speedwell and wormwood. They had been in pots for a couple of years, I guess. I used my trust bread knife to cut the rootballs in two and trimmed some of the roots off before I replanted them. The soil seems to have a lot of clay in it and I added some compost when I backfilled. A year or two ago I dumped out an earthbox that had some Stella D'oro lilies, some purple siberian iris, and some orange daylily that came from Howard More Lane in Culleoka. I finally got around to hilling up dirt around the edges. That was a lot of abuse for those plants, but they are tough. I made a brick border around my Therese Bugnet "body bag rose" I got, a year or two ago---I have the exact date written somewhere. It is doing wonderfully. I really like the red stems.
I just got the wormwood because it was "biblical" and kind of a novelty. I am not sure it I will regret it. I have read that it can poison some plants. I planted it near the peonies and wildflowers (Shasta daisy, Black-eyed Susan, and a butterfly weed.) I have so man Autumn Joy Sedum plants and I really need to find them a home. This is the year! I have some in a window box that have been there since we moved from Bellevue.
I am afraid my Stargazer Lily and 3 of the Commander-in-chief lilies are dead. There are 2 of the red lilies that are showing stems.
Oh, one of my potato bags has a bit of potato plant showing. They are in burlap sacks with dirt and with coffee chaff on top. I WAY overplanted them, I think. We will see how they do.
I want a peach tree, fig, pomegranate, cherry, more blueberries, more roses.
Oh, I really think one of the 2 "body bag" roses I got from Big Lots is dead. I think they were mislabled. The one that seems to be still alive is the "thornless" one. I wish I had not pruned my Mr. Lincoln back so much. It is showing new growth, so I guess it isn't dead. I suspect it is ‘Reine des Violettes’ because from what I have read, it is "thornless." The one that was thornless was labeled as "Marchessa Boccella" (aka "Jacques Cartier") but I have not seen anywhere that it is supposed to be thornless. That is why I think they were mislabeled. I hope the one that looks dead shows some sign of life. I know I would like a 'Paul Neyron" rose, which not only should make great rose petal jam, but it is also supposed to be thornless.
I definitely need to dig up raspberries and prune them back. I need to share them. My waterlilies also need to be divided. I guess I will take my trusty bread knife and cut the raspberries that have been in the earthbox all these years into chunks. They may do better replanted, although I have tried to refresh the soil. The ones growing in my yard are really taking over. I may should throw away the tired ones in the earthbox. I really need to be ruthless so as not to let my raspberries take over. They are really annoying when they are growing where I don't want them.
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