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Post by richardw on Nov 22, 2016 13:19:29 GMT -5
Boy you have some great looking soil there Zack, and by the looks of it potential pottery clay underneath.
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Post by kazedwards on May 19, 2017 0:15:48 GMT -5
Well it was been awhile since I've been on here. No garden this year except a little garlic patch at the new place to keep my garlic going. I've missed being on here and having a garden. The new house should be ready in September. Until then we are in an apartment, whit he absolutely sucks. We close on the old house on 6/7 so I plan on digging a few more bulbs and a good chunk on walking onions. The onions will be planted at the new place. The bulbs I will wait until this fall to plant. In the mean time I have been slowly planning out the new place but haven't gotten to far yet.
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Post by richardw on May 20, 2017 0:57:33 GMT -5
I feel for ya Zack not having a garden, oh well this time next year will be different.
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Post by steev on May 20, 2017 1:21:47 GMT -5
Damn right; you're planning it out and it's gonna be outstanding!
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Post by kazedwards on May 20, 2017 1:41:11 GMT -5
I hope so. I been looking at a lot of permaculture concepts to include. One idea I really liked was using French pipe for the gutter down spouts to feed swales.
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Post by steev on May 20, 2017 2:06:38 GMT -5
Using your own water is a good idea.
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Post by richardw on May 20, 2017 15:08:03 GMT -5
Being on a sloping block of land would be ideal for swales, i would love to be able to set up something like that here.
Flat land can have its drawbacks, dam it.
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Post by philagardener on May 20, 2017 20:27:45 GMT -5
Being on a sloping block of land would be ideal for swales, i would love to be able to set up something like that here. Flat land can have its drawbacks, dam it. No sense trying to build a dam on flat land, drawbacks or not!  |
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Post by kazedwards on May 23, 2017 22:39:30 GMT -5
Out at the property today. I thought I would take a pic of the garlic. First pic is of the bulbils I planted that toomanyirons sent and the TGS cloves and bulbils. The TGS plant bulbils are very small. They are at the very bottom of the patch.  This is of Chesnok Red, my first and main garlic variety. Pardon the weeds have weeded at all out there  Also does anyone know what this is?   |
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Post by farmermike on May 23, 2017 23:25:03 GMT -5
Milkweed (Asclepias sp.)?
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Post by mjc on May 24, 2017 0:56:19 GMT -5
Also does anyone know what this is? I second the motion...that's a milkweed. |
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Post by reed on May 24, 2017 5:23:50 GMT -5
Yep, I also vote milkweed. Looks like the kind we have here that gets 4 or 5 feet tall with large globe shaped clusters of pink flowers. Butterflies love it.
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Post by mjc on May 24, 2017 8:10:29 GMT -5
Yep, I also vote milkweed. Looks like the kind we have here that gets 4 or 5 feet tall with large globe shaped clusters of pink flowers. Butterflies love it. And something that most people don't realize...common milkweed is rather fragrant. It's a very pleasant scent that doesn't really seem distinctive, but rather is a 'base' to 'summer meadow full of flowers' type scents. |
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Post by kazedwards on May 24, 2017 14:00:38 GMT -5
Good. It's an attractive plant too. At least it caught my attention.
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Post by kazedwards on May 29, 2017 19:18:23 GMT -5
Any idea about these I'm not very good with trees. Any idea?   This is a bush. Don't know about this one either.   This last one I had growing at the old place but don't know what it is  |
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