Weekend update!
It was a good weekend. I did some work inside the barn but more on that in a future post. Side note, it's so nice to have a yard where we can just pull up to wherever we need to be, ha.
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| Anna apple |
I planted the two trees that didn't make it last Summer. Not the freeze, they just didn't make it through the heat for some reason. They are the two that seemed to be struggling while in their black plastic containers so it didn't surprise us.
The first was this Apple. I brought in a couple of bags of soil to fill the beds and got them planted. This is an ANNA apple the best for our area (low chill hours).
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| Tropic Beauty peach |
The other is a new peach, this is a TROPIC BEAUTY peach. A hardier version well suited to our climate.
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| New peach |
Speaking of, the other peach tree has peaches on it! We pinched off a few but left a couple just to see what happens. Fingers crossed.
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| Raised bed garlic |
Garlic is the best looking we've ever had. Let's just hope "underground" is as good as above ground.
This is just a picture of one of the beds to show how they look great after a week of automated watering. We think the straw is the magic helper. It keeps them moist and eliminates weeds.
One of the peppers already had blossoms on it. This is the sweet banana pepper.
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| Blueberry blossoms |
Speaking of blossoms, one blueberry bush has flowers and some fruit on it. The other three however just barely have green leaves. Not sure if the freeze harmed them or what. Hoping they bounce back, we have four of them and in the same spot (in clay pots). Strange that this one is going crazy and the other three are struggling.
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| Beef stir fry |
2nd Man made some beef stir fry. Beef, broccoli, carrots, mushrooms, snow peas, and peppers. It was a great cap to the weekend.
So do you drive from the front porch to the barn door? ;) Your garden looks like it's starting off well! I'm envious of your fruit trees, I hope they really flourish for you. I have some herbs and flowers in the window garden this winter, and my 4 pots of lettuce are growing too! I'm so excited...when they get big enough, they 'll go into bigger pots and stay by the sunny window...we are so craving salads...it's been since September since we had one! It'll be a staple all summer!!!
ReplyDeleteLOL, sometimes I wish I could every time. But only when we have things in the car that are big and heavy and belong in the barn, it makes it much easier, ha. Love that you can have salad all summer. It gets way too hot here. Fingers crossed for the fruit trees!
DeleteIt all looks good as far as I know anything. If it is green, it looks good to me. I hope my garlic grows as well. Dinner makes me drool.
ReplyDeleteGreen is good! I hope you get some garlic too!
DeleteWalking dead tomorrow! I worry about Tobin
ReplyDeleteI'm late replying to this. Of course now we know how it ended. Sigh. GREAT episode though.
DeleteEverything looks like it is doing so well. And you'll have a few peaches this year! The straw in the garden makes it look so neat. When will it be time to harvest your garlic? I think that blueberries like to be moist. Being in clay pots dries them out faster. Could you perhaps bury the pot partway in the ground?
ReplyDeleteMmm, what a delicious meal to come home to!
I pruned about 98% of my Meyer Lemon tree yesterday. It had been about 12 feet high and was too big to cover. Those freezes damaged it severely. After pruning away all the dead parts, it is now about 3 feet tall. Hopefully with the root system established, it will grow well. I did plant another one, just in case this one doesn't recover. My garden is growing fast with all this sunshine and warmth but we really need some rain.
I hope we get peaches, even a handful, will be so exciting. I think I like the straw for that aesthetic reason too. Sorry about your Meyer Lemon, I hope it comes back.
DeleteYour getting quite the green thumb as everything looks like it's coming along nicely but I would remove them berry plants out of the clay posts. as Texas Rose has mentioned. Your garlic is doing beautifully.
ReplyDeleteI have blooms on my 1 tomato plant and some of my pepper plants as well.
My potatoes are growing as well; as I'm beginning to see the green foliage peeping through. (my parents Always planted potatoes on Good Friday) I couldn't wait so planted mine on the 15th) Once the foliage gets around 4-6 inches tall then will add about another 3 inch layer of dirt and will continue to do that until it's time to dig out my 'spuds.'
Have an Enjoyable week.
Thanks, we'll have to see. Yeah, I think you and she are right about the berries. I 'll see what I can do about that. Potatoes, that's awesome!!! Keep us updated.
DeleteI just started sampling your blog (by way of Going Gently), so I'm not sure how experienced you are with gardening. Here in the Pacific NW, the soil is quite acid, which accounts for the amazing rhododendrons and many other plants that like acid soil. Blueberries are in that category, and grow wild in the form of huckleberries (so good, if you're brave enough to risk sharing them with bears when you harvest them from the mountain slopes)--anyway, it's unlikely frost damaged your plants.
ReplyDeleteI'm not sure why you've kept them in pots--almost any plant is more difficult to keep alive in a pot than in the ground, as long as you provide good conditions; for the blueberries, picture them growing on the edges of coniferous forests: partial shade, acid soil, plenty of water. By the way, I've often tried to grow plants I love that prefer an alkaline soil, and while you can add bonemeal, etc. to the soil, they do take more attention. Good luck, and I envy you all that land (if not the fire ants, scorpions, etc.). Just remembered, there are early and late season blueberries, so if your plants are not all the same cultivar, the others may be late season bearers.
Hi and welcome!! Going Gently is a favorite of ours!! We're honored. Thanks for the info on this. I knew the soil needed to be more acidic. Our soil is very much clay. Hard, almost like trying to dig in soil soil. We might try some in the ground and just see how it goes.
DeleteThank you for the valuable insight and information. Don't be a stranger!!!