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Gardening
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About to start the hunt for gardening gloves in my shed. I don't like wearing them, but my hands haven't had a chance to toughen up gradually like usual. Just raking half of my front yard to de-thatch the lawn has given me blisters. I should have some gloves somewhere, I hope. I still have the other half of the front yard and all of the back to do. But no complaints-- the sun is out, the air is warm, and I do have a yard to putter around in and be outside.
liquidfeet
Ski Diva Extraordinaire
Yum!
newboots
Angel Diva
@Salomon - I planted asparagus last year, so we will taste it this year for the first time! No sign of life in the asparagus bed yet; too early. I do have some mystery bulbs coming up. I don't remember any bulbs in that spot in the garden, unless they are allium. But they didn't smell oniony, and they don't look like I think I remember allium looking. They look like hyacinths, but there aren't hyacinths there. Did I plant something in the fall and forget? We shall see!
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Today is the day we prepare all the seeds . Tomorrow they promise rain so we will sow them all . Tomatoes , aubergines ( egg plants to you lot !) , peppers , okra and chillis ( himself has a passion for super hot chillis) . They will all be raised in the poly tunnels . Everything else goes directly into the ground . We already have peas about 6 inches tall . They will be ready end April / early May ( just when we are really fed up with asparagus and artichokes ) .
So grateful to have a huge garden this year . It’s a luxury and a privilege. So we will give it our very best efforts .
So grateful to have a huge garden this year . It’s a luxury and a privilege. So we will give it our very best efforts .
WaterGirl
Ski Diva Extraordinaire
Thankfully more ripe blueberries!
Will probably plant seeds this week .... although their is a bunny that has been living under my front garden box. Which explains why I've had issues with things being eaten - thought it was a squirrel.
May have to screen off or just turn into butterfly garden.
Kimmyt
Ski Diva Extraordinaire
We have a rabbit (probably not just one) that lives under our shed. We tried trapping to release elsewhere, to no avail. I've accepted that we will have to live with them forever, which wasn't an issue until recently when they started getting into the corner garden which they had previously ignored and decimated a lot of my plants. Thus began bunny warfare, when i would build a fence and the bunny would figure out a way to get through it. Finally we have reached a ridiculously over-engineered solution which the bunny can not get over or under, but it means that it requires me to climb over a high fence and jump into the garden to access my plants, which is less than ideal but at least my seedlings don't get devoured.
newboots
Angel Diva
I’m going to be facing similar dilemmas with my chickens. I didn’t let them out last year until the garden was spent, but they love digging in it. They’re also eating the shoots of daffodils, which are supposed to be poisonous but the chic kids are still squawking, loudly, eating, and laying. They were babies last year but are full grown now, and very hungry.
liquidfeet
Ski Diva Extraordinaire
Do you have a dog? Does a neighbor have a dog? Rabbits don't want to be where predators are. You can drive them away with a plastic bag full of predator poo (dogs are predators). Throw the bag under your shed. Bury another bag half way in the ground and cover it with a rock in your garden. You will smell a fresh bag the first day, but not afterwards. The rabbits will continue to smell it for a long time. Add new "rabbit deterrent" as needed.
Rabbits eat hostas, which are most of what I grow, and there are many rabbits in the woods that surround my property. Deer love hostas too, but they can be deterred more easily than rabbits. Bags of "rabbit deterrent" have been the only workable strategy I've found that keeps the rabbits from killing my plants. It's reliable and free.
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marzNC
Angel Diva
Azaleas starting to get going in my yard. Should have some blooming for the next 3-4 weeks since I've put in early, mid, and late season varieties over the years. The bush in the front of the first pic is around 25 years old. Didn't grow or die for the first 5-10 years and now about 4 feet tall. It has "double" flowers. The third pic is a York that's under 18 inches.
snowski/swimmouse
Angel Diva
I've three shades of pink as above plus white across the front of my house that are now at their peak. The unusual yellow and orange ones (native to Oconee County, SC) on my driveway are just getting started and are just gorgeous!
santacruz skier
Angel Diva
Those are gorgeous !
liquidfeet
Ski Diva Extraordinaire
Beautiful!
liquidfeet
Ski Diva Extraordinaire
Those azaleas are stunning.
Christy
Angel Diva
Spring is here! Here's what's blooming/growing in my small yard. Some late daffodils hanging on but in general they are done and making way for tulips. Dwarf forsythia, bluebells, purple groundcover whose name escapes me, dicentra (is there anything prettier?), flowering red current, shelling peas and perennial herbs in my veggie bed.
snowski/swimmouse
Angel Diva
Pretty! Thanks for sharing @Christy!
