What's Growing in the Garden

Nothing growing yet but I have plans. We had a couple not too cold days so I framed a greenhouse over my raised bed. I got it measured up for poly, I will get that ordered tomorrow. Looks like at least 10 days of pretty cold weather coming, hope to get it covered the next warm spell. IMG_20230222_131622598.webp
 
Getting the garden started today planting potatoes, peas and spinach. Definitely getting an early start this year.

The apricot tree is in full bloom with lots of bees flying around, and for the first year in a long time there is no freezing weather in the forecast.

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Tomatoes are thigh high, potatoes blooming, carrots have been producing, green beans about to start blooming, squash blooming, cucumbers are spreading out a bit but no blooms. I'll plant purple hull peas and okra after the new moon. #1 son gave us some yellow squash and sugar snap peas. They're gone...

AND

Last week we got 2.25" of actual RAIN!

I think everything grew a foot in the last four days... Nothing like a good rain!

Alan
 
Dang! My lawn is just now starting to show some green spots. I guess it's time to apply the first shot of fertilizer. Too early to turn on the sprinklers yet though.
 
Hope you do. Talked my buddy that owns the peach and apple orchard the other day. That hard frost we had a few weeks ago hammered them. It had been warm and the trees were in full bloom. May not make as much peach preserves and jelly or halves as I usually do
 
So far so good with the fruit trees. There is no frost in the forecast for two weeks which will put us past our normal frost free date. Of course, there is still a lot that could go wrong, but getting through blossom and fruit set without a freeze will be a nice start.
 
My fig trees have figs about half filled out. It's about time to start training the squirrels to stay out of the yard. It's hard to train squirrels. They mostly only learn "run away" and "hide"... the ones that don't learn that, learn "play dead"....

Alan
 
Alan R McDaniel Jr said:
My fig trees have figs about half filled out. It's about time to start training the squirrels to stay out of the yard. It's hard to train squirrels. They mostly only learn "run away" and "hide"... the ones that don't learn that, learn "play dead"....

Alan
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Can I rent you out for a few days?

I'm still wondering what my figs will do. Mostly, I'd say the big freeze killed them to the ground, but don't know yet. No leaf movement yet! The Japanese Persimmon that I would have thought to be less than hardy seems to have survived well and is putting out buds all over. I fear that I lost a lot of plants otherwise.
 
Had a half inch of light fluffy snow on the ground this morning. Better if we don't get buds yet. Although, the rhubarb bush is starting to poke its head up. Have to keep the wire cage around it or the new fawns will nibble off the new leaves before they get established.
 
Nature Man said:
Any progress?
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Some, after the picture was taken, we got a couple of substantial snowstorms and a lot of cold windy weather. I put the plastic on last week then had to help the family make maple syrup. I had planned on tying up some loose ends and moving my plants in this week, but I came down with some sort of nasty virus Monday night, slept most of yesterday feeling better today. I gave it a shot this morning but didn't get much done before I gave it up. A couple Tylenol, another nap, plenty of fluids hopefully tomorrow is a better day.
 
Mike Hill said:
Can I rent you out for a few days?

I'm still wondering what my figs will do. Mostly, I'd say the big freeze killed them to the ground, but don't know yet. No leaf movement yet! The Japanese Persimmon that I would have thought to be less than hardy seems to have survived well and is putting out buds all over. I fear that I lost a lot of plants otherwise.
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I lost a few big branches to the freeze but the trees leafed out early. I was concerned that we'd have another freeze but thankfully it didn't happen. I have to constantly develop new tactics on the squirrels. They can hear the back door click across the yard. I'm having to sneak out the front and stalk around the house then snipe them with the 22.

Alan
 
caveat - I still hate squirrels! But in reality, I have far less problems with tree rats than in the past since I got some squirrel-proof bird feeders that actually work. One has sorta figured it out in an obtuse type of way! But he doesn't do it all that often. Have to bring them in at night though or the raccoons raid them. The squirrels do, however, at times dig in pots and disturb the plants in them. My main enemies now are mainly moles/voles and a rabbit - maybe two. If the rabbits are back this year - they won't be for long. The cat helps eradicate the voles, but pretty much given up on the moles. I can attempt to eradicate them in my yard, but my neighbors are lazy - oblivious - or just plain don't care and their mole populations migrate to my yard.
 
Never know if spring dug parsnips are the first harvest or the last harvest. Can't wait to have some sauteed in butter and caramelized maple syrup IMG_20230413_091201250.webp
 
Mike Hill said:
caveat - I still hate squirrels! But in reality, I have far less problems with tree rats than in the past since I got some squirrel-proof bird feeders that actually work. One has sorta figured it out in an obtuse type of way! But he doesn't do it all that often. Have to bring them in at night though or the raccoons raid them. The squirrels do, however, at times dig in pots and disturb the plants in them. My main enemies now are mainly moles/voles and a rabbit - maybe two. If the rabbits are back this year - they won't be for long. The cat helps eradicate the voles, but pretty much given up on the moles. I can attempt to eradicate them in my yard, but my neighbors are lazy - oblivious - or just plain don't care and their mole populations migrate to my yard.
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Castor beans around the perimeter garden areas.
 
Mike Hill said:
caveat - I still hate squirrels! But in reality, I have far less problems with tree rats than in the past since I got some squirrel-proof bird feeders that actually work. One has sorta figured it out in an obtuse type of way! But he doesn't do it all that often. Have to bring them in at night though or the raccoons raid them. The squirrels do, however, at times dig in pots and disturb the plants in them. My main enemies now are mainly moles/voles and a rabbit - maybe two. If the rabbits are back this year - they won't be for long. The cat helps eradicate the voles, but pretty much given up on the moles. I can attempt to eradicate them in my yard, but my neighbors are lazy - oblivious - or just plain don't care and their mole populations migrate to my yard.
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We've got moles and gophers. The cat drags up a gopher every now and then but she can't seem to get a mole... I'll snipe a gopher every now and then with the 12 ga... I just sit there until I see dirt flying then I just obliterate the whole pile along with a divot of lawn... The hawks get some too... One day I saw a hawk come down and just stand in the yard. Then he started walking kinda funny like then flew off... I went to see what he was doing and he had been walking along a gopher tunnel clenching his talons down into it until the got supper...

I liked hawks even more than I did before after that... The cat just lays down by the hole and waits. Directly here she comes with another one...

Alan
 
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