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06-19-2020, 04:38 PM #326
well if you're in the uk then ur garden is fucking proper mate.
i'm in zone 5. i just planted a redcurrant bush for the wifey, her being russian and all, it's a bit of a dietary staple. planted it in a shady corner, in a fairly clay-y/sandy soil. it was her idea to put it in the shade, we'll see how he does over there.
good to know tomato feed does the job. do you make tea from the leaves? might be the #1 reason we got a currant plant.
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06-19-2020, 07:12 PM #327
Do you have to plant everything on the opposite side of the garden in the UK?
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06-20-2020, 07:24 AM #328Registered User
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Originally Posted by Dave Minion;6009184
Pinot noir grapes in the greenhouse.
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06-20-2020, 07:35 AM #329Registered User
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That sound ideal, similar to mine. I never made any currant tea though, will look into it, thanks.
Cheers Mike, all good thanks. I had a plum tree 'Czar' which was a heavy cropper with sweet fruit, but was getting too big and shaded a large patch of ground.Recommended to get if anyone has the yardspace/climate.
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06-20-2020, 11:09 PM #332
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06-21-2020, 02:19 AM #333
Garden 2020
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How much dirt did it take to fill those?! Those mature fruit trees make me jealous. One thing to keep in mind if you haven't had fruit trees before is DO NOT leave fruit that falls on the ground to rot it will draw (lots of) wasps and other stinging pests. That fruit that falls and trimmings and such from the garden and lawnmower clippings will make great compost though so maybe build yourself a nice composter.
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06-21-2020, 09:29 AM #336
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I wasn't sure that a bunch of stuff I planted from seed was going to make it so a few weeks later I started more inside. Well, nearly everything outside was successful and the inside stuff had to go out so now I have a bunch of large pots and containers in the aisles between the raised beds. Between that and all the suckers I pruned off the tomatoes being successful I'm so out of easy space to work with.
The neighbor asked if we could take down a few garbage trees that are shading his garden so I guess I'll use that new cordless chainsaw I got for fathers day and take them down. They're really straight and about 30 feet tall so I'll cut them to 3 and 8 foot pieces and make more beds. I wish good soil wasn't so expensive...
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06-21-2020, 10:11 AM #338
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06-21-2020, 10:30 AM #340
This by far as been my biggest expense this year. Originally had 4 yards delivered thinking I'd be set for the summer. Ran out almost immediately. Have since been buying a few bags here and there as needed. Really should have had a second delivery, or one massive one originally.
I too am out of garden space and am using containers. I'm using the cheap ass black plastic mondi type stuff and even that is adding up.
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06-21-2020, 06:43 PM #341Registered User
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I wish I could get a bulk delivery, can't have a truck drive up the hill and over the leach field so it has been all bags. I can drive the Durango up so I get 10-20 at a time. Thankfully I'm done with that for this year.
Pulled the first salad of the year today. Onions are still pretty small but the lemon cucumbers and iceberg lettuce were tasty. Tomatoes should be ready to start picking by the end of the week.
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06-22-2020, 06:02 AM #342
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06-25-2020, 10:56 PM #344
Been slowly working on this project as funds allow since being laid off in March. Managed to source some really nice soil this week to fill the 5 beds I put together a few weeks ago. Added horse manure compost tonight and planted two of the beds after adding a layer of peat moss and potting soil to the top of them. Getting more of the potting soil and peat moss tomorrow so we can keep planting.
So far we have tomatoes, cucumber, squash, eggplant, peppers, and watermelon. Lots more to come. Hopeful we have some decent crops as this is has been alot of work so far. Fingers crossed.
Also, picked a huge bowl off my red currant bush today!
Will eventually put rock down on the plastic. Need more funds for that.
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06-26-2020, 05:38 AM #345Registered User
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^^Looks great!
I need to pull about a dozen heads of lettuce today or tomorrow before they bolt. Anyone need some? Come get it. Please. Melons, squash, tomatoes and corn are doing so well, it's inspiring to see the effort playing out.
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06-26-2020, 06:46 AM #346
Lettuce is off the chart for us this year too - Probably our most successful year yet for Yellow squash.
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06-26-2020, 09:32 AM #347
Greater Toronto area zone 5b checking in - either it's my lack of skill or our climate but we never get fully formed 'head' lettuces, but this year our leafy lettuces and cabbages have been the best in recent memory as well. Leafy herbs are really good as well. Tomatoes and peppers growing very slow. Other stuff like carrots and celery seem to be doing ok but I have no experience growing those so don't know how to compare.
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06-26-2020, 09:37 AM #348
What are folks using to preserve the wood on their planters/raised beds? And what kind of wood. Raw pine falls apart in VT in 3 years or less. pressure Treated lumber is no bueno. Paints and stains can be toxic.
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06-26-2020, 10:06 AM #349
we went back and forth on this and did a ton of research before finally settling on pressure treated wood. it's not a perfect solution but it's a helluva lot cheaper than redwood. since 2004 pressure treated wood has no longer had arsenic in it. check out some reading here:
https://www.pennlive.com/gardening/2...ber_for_a.html
sure, there is some copper in the new pressure treated woods, but the bioavailability of copper and it's uptake by garden plants is super low already.
i'll take my chances with this over grocery store tomatoes.
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06-26-2020, 10:48 AM #350
Brown tone pressure treated wont kill you. I also lined my new bed's sides with plastic to help with any paranoia about chemicals.
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