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Re: Lindsaylew's 2014 Garden - Upstate, SC
That's a shame! I would think things would get pot bound and yucky looking after so long...
well I hope to get a few new plants this year, I had hubby make me a new bed along side of his shed/shop. This fall I will need to divide most of my stuff again and I will be able to use divisions to fill in the area. Up here plants are all sold out of the stores and most nurseries by the 3 week in July. I refrained from buying more as I can never find my true got to have plants. So I'm going to have a plant swap here in Sept. I know I might not find what I want but it will be nice to meet other gardeners and make some new friends. I have been inviting everyone I know and I tell them to bring anyone they would like. I hope to have at least 20 people attend.
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My new bee balm is finally blooming, and it's PURPLE!!! I wasn't expecting that, my last one was brilliant red. It's very pretty! It tastes different also. It's very strong. More savory/sage-ish. Very tasty in tea with chamomile, pineapple sage, and peppermint.
Swallowtails are EVERYWHERE! This one posed pretty for me.
I found a friend tonight! A really BIG friend! I hope it's a she, and I hope she lays puffs everywhere!
Can't really see it, but there are 7 goldfinches eating the seeds out of our sunflowers in this picture.
Bumble bee moths are very numerous, and I have lots of skipper butterflies, too.
I've been saving seeds from tomatoes! Here is my fermenting station!
Tonight's harvest!
Swallowtails are EVERYWHERE! This one posed pretty for me.
I found a friend tonight! A really BIG friend! I hope it's a she, and I hope she lays puffs everywhere!
Can't really see it, but there are 7 goldfinches eating the seeds out of our sunflowers in this picture.
Bumble bee moths are very numerous, and I have lots of skipper butterflies, too.
I've been saving seeds from tomatoes! Here is my fermenting station!
Tonight's harvest!
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Which kind of praying mantis ootheca do you usually find? This kind?
Subject: Some kind of egg casing? Good or bad? >> Carolina Mantis
Subject: Some kind of egg casing? Good or bad? >> Carolina Mantis
applestar wrote:OK -- it's so nice out I was giving my garden a once over patrol and discovered this half way up on the main trunk of my little ginkgo tree -- t's only knee high and can't afford any munchers.
It looks like an egg casing -- approx. 3" long from top to bottom. Hopefully someone can help me ID before it's too late.
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Not sure if anyone commented on this or not......here's my take. I have 6 chickens, and I cannot let them out anywhere near my garden....I have carrots, kale, peppers, green beans, tomatoes, onions, basil, dill, black beans, butternut squash, and chard growing, and the only thing they have not eaten is the dill and the onions.......they will peck into any fruits(tomatoes, squash) and will eat leaves off all the other plants. They can wreak havoc in a big way, in a very short amount of time. On top of that, they will scratch through the garden, removing any mulch you may have put down, and potentially damaging the root structures of plants.....they are great when the garden is not growing, Fall/Winter/Early Spring. I also have found that most pests eat the new growth off your plants, which is generally at the top(read high and out of reach for the chickens)......the eggs are great, the chickens are cool as heck, the manure is great for the garden, but the chickens are by no means expected to be a pest removal method from a growing garden......hendi_alex wrote:Get chickens! No more squishing bad garden critters. The chickens just love them. Three to four chickens don't take much space or much care, plus give lots of eggs and a bonus of manure for the compost pile.
That's just my practical experience with it, feel free to experiment on your own, but I would advise against it.
FYI - tomatoes are their favorite....
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I have the opportunity to get some quail, 4 weeks old, for free... Like 20 of them! I'm thinking about it. I need more research. Man said no, right off the bat. "They have nice eggs!" I told him.. He didn't seem to care and asked me how I'd feel when the neighborhood hawk makes another feather explosion...( I witnessed a mockingbird get dive-bombed at the new bird feeder....I felt extreme guilt.) I could never use the birds for food.
Having something like chickens in the fall and early spring would be nice. I need something like them to pick over my soil and mulch.
I've been reading up a lot on guinea hens, and I'm very interested.
My neighbor raises chickens for meat and eggs. He seems to get so many roosters! When they figure out they can make noise, they practice all hours of the day and night. It's really annoying. In recent years, I've started putting chicken recipes in their mailbox. The noise stops after that.
Having something like chickens in the fall and early spring would be nice. I need something like them to pick over my soil and mulch.
I've been reading up a lot on guinea hens, and I'm very interested.
My neighbor raises chickens for meat and eggs. He seems to get so many roosters! When they figure out they can make noise, they practice all hours of the day and night. It's really annoying. In recent years, I've started putting chicken recipes in their mailbox. The noise stops after that.
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I used to pack hard boiled quail eggs for daughters' field trip and kindergarten lunch. I didn't pre-peel them for better keeping (and they knew how) but for a parents night pot luck get together, I took 20 peeled quail eggs. It was fun to see the look of wonder on the other kids faces since most of them (and parents) didn't know what they were. My kids preferred them to chicken eggs for a long time because of the milder flavor.
We dyed them for Easter, too.
I'm not supposed to keep chickens,but have often thought quails might be less conspicuous.... (or bantams) and more suited to stealth chicken
We dyed them for Easter, too.
I'm not supposed to keep chickens,but have often thought quails might be less conspicuous.... (or bantams) and more suited to stealth chicken
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Your garden is a credit to you Lindsaylew82. I so enjoyed looking at your photo's. Not just a green thumb do you have, but fingers as well.
I was amazed at all the variety you have grown, as well as the stunning Marigolds, how lovely.
Hope not too many bugs/slugs/critters come along, but at least you are on the look out, regular patrol.
So sad about the loss of your cat, but how lovely you made the Memorial Bed.
I was amazed at all the variety you have grown, as well as the stunning Marigolds, how lovely.
Hope not too many bugs/slugs/critters come along, but at least you are on the look out, regular patrol.
So sad about the loss of your cat, but how lovely you made the Memorial Bed.
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