If one of your passions is gardening and you like your garden to maintain a totally healthy appearance and to show off a vibrant color throughout the year, we want to help you have the most beautiful of all. Let’s see the best methods and tricks to have a beautiful garden.
In our post of tips to get the most beautiful and healthy garden of all, we want to divide ourselves between the best ideas to get, by parts, the best garden of all.
In this way we are going to offer you the best tricks, methods and tips with which you will have the healthiest garden , and which are also key to maintaining the garden for a long time. In addition, we are going to offer you tips dedicated to how to care for flowers, as well as those that will help you to care for fruit trees, know how we can control pests or simply ideas to make your garden the most beautiful from elements that not only allow to have or have flowers and plants, but are also decorative.
CHOOSE THE RIGHT GRASS
The first choice that we must take into account is the choice of our lawn. This will depend, among other factors, if it gives you a lot of shade or not. In sunny areas, the most recommended variety is bermuda grass due to its high degree of resistance. On the contrary, the dichondra variety adapts well to humid climates and the grass to the semi-shade.
KNOW EVERY INCH OF LAND
Along with the correct choice of grass, a good gardener must know the potential of his garden , that is, he must know very well every inch of land and grass, which areas are sunniest, as well as those that receive more shade and wind. Also, you should test the soil to determine its pH levels. Only then can you choose the best species for your particular garden and plant them in the appropriate places.
But without going overboard! It is normal to have doubts when watering our garden, since many times we do not know if we are doing it frequently enough or not. The first thing we must take into account are the characteristics of the terrain and the climate. Of course, it will also depend on the type of lawn and the plants we have chosen. The ideal is to keep the soil moist, so it is advisable to water around 2 times a week for 15 minutes .
Remember that it should be watered at night, thus avoiding the early evaporation of the water and the sudden change in temperature that can affect the plants.
FERTILIZE WHEN NEEDED
Fertilizing strengthens the grass helping to make the grass thicker. Fertilization is usually started after winter is over, and it is important to avoid using heavy doses.
On the other hand, we can mention a “trick”. Did you know that milk can be a powerful fungicide when applied, as a spray, to the leaves of plants and flowers? You can apply pure milk or dilute it with water, as you prefer; You have to know that it works and that it is much more ecological than any product of the type bought in stores and full of chemicals that, although they are good for one thing, always end up damaging others.
THE POWER OF PADDING
Mulch is one of the most popular gardening techniques and involves applying a protective layer of organic material to the soil in order to preserve soil moisture, prevent weed growth, and to ensure the vitality of nutrients. ground. The most commonly used organic compounds include wood chips, leaves, grass clippings, straw, and even shredded newsprint.
CUT THE GRASS PROPERLY
One of the most common mistakes is mowing the lawn too often. Keeping it too short will weaken you and make you more prone to disease.
QUALITY FOR FLOWERS INSTEAD OF QUANTITY
The beauty of plants and flowers can lead us to buy more for our garden than we need in terms of planting. It is important to know how much space you have available to buy according to these square meters and not risk buying in excess and then, worse still, over planting. Many plants together are not synonymous with a healthy garden and not beautiful either since it is possible that it looks like everything is full of meaningless colors and also, with different flower heights.
CHOOSE THE BEST FLOWERS FOR YOUR GARDEN
When shopping for plants and flowers for your garden, it will be good to keep in mind that the short and wide species are more stable and resistant than their taller and thinner counterparts. If you buy plants in pots or other containers, always look at the bottom to make sure the roots are not too twisted and / or compact, that they do not contain insects or any disease . Also, you should resist buying flowers that have already bloomed, because they have less resistance to planting than those that have not yet bloomed.
TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE BUDGET
Although it may not seem like it, the budget that we have or that we have planned to invest can make the difference when it comes to having a beautiful garden. Think that in addition to all the work that a garden involves, it is not exactly cheap to maintain either. Between buying seeds, flowers, plants, fertilizers, pesticides, herbicides, utensils, polytunnels and the water needed for irrigation, the costs add up. Even if you have a limited budget, there are several ways to save without damaging the beauty of your garden: buy out of season and online (where in addition to finding species from all over the world, you will be able to benefit from good amazon discounts), exchange grafts / cuttings with neighbors and friends, learn to save water for irrigation, such as putting buckets to catch rain, for example.
COMBINE FLOWERS AND PLANTS WELL
We have already said that it is not a good idea to mix flowers without sense, but we can also find dozens of combinations between plants and flowers that result in a more developed, healthy and beautiful garden. For example, marigolds are great for protecting tomatoes from pests, and mint defends cabbage from moths. Other “ garden pairs ” are great for confusing and repelling insects, improving soil quality, protecting plants from the wind, and enhancing fruit and vegetable flavors. Discover the winning team for your garden.
TAKE GOOD CARE OF GARDEN TOOLS
The fact that the gardening material you use is reserved exclusively for continuous contact with the earth, does not mean that it should not be washed. Conversely! Failure to wash garden utensils can facilitate the transmission of diseases , pests, or insects between plants. You only need to wash the tools in a bucket of water and a little soap to avoid these situations, as well as to guarantee their resistance and avoid the formation of rust.
TIPS FOR TAKING CARE OF FLOWERS
There are many flowers that will bring a special color to our garden. From the beautiful rose bushes to the scented jasmine, passing through daisies, gladioli and tulips.
Here are two tips for flowers to grow healthy and strong:
LEARN TO PLANT
First of all, it is necessary to know the ideal type of soil for each class . Once we know the type of soil, we must mix it with organic compost: compost, green manure, algae extract or mulch. When the soil is ready, you can proceed to dig a small hole where the seeds are inserted without imprisoning them too much.
Make sure that there are no external factors such as weeds that can prevent its development, keep the soil moist and wait for it to start growing!
LEARN TO PRUNE
A poorly performed pruning can cause the death of a plant, hence the importance of doing it correctly if we want to improve the flowering and development of our garden.
In the case of deciduous flowers, you have to cut them a couple of centimeters above the buds (which will be the future shoots). On the other hand, evergreen flowers should be cut as their leaves wilt.
Remember that withered flowers must be removed, not only for aesthetic reasons, but also because by pruning them we will be stimulating the birth of new flowers.
USE POTS WHEN NECESSARY
Due to lack of space or because you simply appreciate its practicality, container gardening is a huge trend. However, you should not use the soil in your garden to fill these same pots because it will become too compact and hard for the pots, which can lead to the death of the plants. There is a specific soil for pots that, curiously, does not contain much soil, but rather perlite or vermiculite mixtures that, although they need a lot of water, ensure good air circulation and soil drainage.
TIPS FOR CARING FOR FRUIT TREES
CHOOSE THE PERFECT SPOT WHERE TO PLANT YOUR FRUIT TREE
Find a place with space and good access to sunlight, you can also use polytunnels to keep your garden safe. Avoid other trees being too close since we do not want them to end up absorbing their nutrients. Choose the ideal type of soil and compost, if you do not know it, ask your friend nursery.
TAKE CARE OF IT DURING ITS GROWTH
A fruit tree in the growth stage is going through a process in which it is very delicate, so there is a possibility that it needs external support to get upright.
Nourish it correctly with compost, organic matter and suitable fertilizers . Water it gradually and not excessively because you can drown it, make sure the area is humid and, above all, keep insects away.
TIPS FOR PEST CONTROL
START WITH INSECT PREVENTION
The best advice to maintain a healthy garden is to prevent pests from appearing. If you do not know the type of solutions that you have at your fingertips, our recommendation will be to contact a company specialized in pest control. It is not advisable to test insecticides without knowing the correct way to use them, since these types of products can damage your garden irreversibly.
IN THE PRESENCE OF PESTS, ACT QUICKLY
You must act quickly against all types of insects since termites, flies, mosquitoes and aphids appear frequently. For example, in humid and very hot climates the appearance of cockroaches is very common and they are bugs that feed on everything they find, and can destroy your garden in a matter of weeks, so eliminating cockroaches is the best solution. The same applies to any other pest of insects, if you have not been able to prevent their appearance, you must act without hesitation to achieve their control and elimination.
IDEAL ACCESSORIES TO HAVE A BEAUTIFUL GARDEN
Along with the ideas that we have offered you so that you can take care of your garden in every way and with it, make it the most beautiful of all, it will also be necessary to resort to some accessories that will allow your garden to look really beautiful.
The pots are an excellent option to compose the flowers and plants of your garden in a practical way and to be able to take care of them without having to replant them directly in the ground.
The handling is much easier , you just have to remove the pot from the garden, to be able to give that treatment to the plant that needs help, pruning, fertilization or other needs.
In addition, the pots themselves have beautiful shapes that will serve to decorate your garden, especially if they are associated with other elements, such as rustic tables and watering cans.
CEMENT GARDEN TABLES
Perennial and resistant to weather in the outdoor environment, cement tables with stools can transform your garden into a pleasant place to play , talk and even have a picnic at home.
SUN LOUNGERS, HAMMOCKS, TABLES AND OTHER GARDEN FURNITURE.
If you choose loungers and tables, as well as hammocks and even build corners with pergolas, you will be able to make your garden a true paradise, don’t you think?
If you have little space for a huge garden, the suggestion is to use specially developed cinder blocks to accommodate plants on a wall.
These vertical garden accessories are very practical, they already have holes to drain the water and fit perfectly. In addition, your result will always be that of a beautiful garden.
A beautiful lawn is charming, but we must bear in mind that stepping on the grass can hurt it and that it can also be dangerous since if it is wet, it can cause the occasional slip.


Red tomatoes -- Scientists test new crop of findings
What’s somewhat round and green, and red all over? Sounds like a riddle, but tomatoes are really all of those things. The red color comes from lycopene, a naturally occurring carotenoid antioxidant that scientists continue to study for its potential health benefits.
The seeds that have been planted regarding possible advantages of lycopene consumption in tomatoes has gained international attention. Researchers from Sweden to Australia are finding possible links that are difficult to ignore. Discover for yourself why they suggest: You should eat more tomatoes.
And the interest grows, as researchers continue to explore the link between lycopene and health.


Belltrees farmer Anto White in Scone with Deputy Premier John Barilaro and Upper Hunter MP Michael Johnsen.
As drought conditions in the Upper Hunter worsen, Belltrees farmer Anto White believes now the most important thing is the availability of feed.
Anto is a 6th generation farmer on the historic Belltrees property in Scone and he's been tackling the drought for the last two years.
He has half the stock he normally would in a good year and is spending around $25,000 a week to feed his cattle.
Jessica caught up with Anto to find out what he thinks would most help farmers right now, and how he's been surviving.
Image credit: Grant Broadcasters/Jessica Rouse


Another study published in Naturwissenschaften – The Science of Nature by a leading bee expert, provides evidence that a widely used pesticide, even at low levels, is responsible for the recent catastrophic decline in honey bees. (This study concluded 2 years ago)
The pesticide that the study (pdf) looked at was imidacloprid, one of the most widely used pesticides worldwide. It is neonicotinoid insecticide produced by Bayer CropScience. That’s right, Bayer as in your aspirin.
The world’s growing population means more bees are needed to pollinate the crops to feed more people. According to the U.N. report, of the 100 crop species that supply 90 percent of the world’s food, bees pollinate more than 70 percent. Noting that humans seem to believe that they can operate independent of nature through technological innovations, Achim Steiner, the executive director of the UNEP said, “Bees underline the reality that we are more, not less dependent on nature’s services in a world of close to 7 billion people.”
The EPA knowingly approved the use of a lethal pesticide (clothianidin) that kills honeybees. In order to try and stop this nonsense, there is a petition to ban the use of this pesticide. Take a moment, sign the petition.
Got to help save our little bees, without them, no food. And that’s just not good.


Our wines are 100% estate-grown here in Murrumbateman and 80% of the effort in making award-winning wines starts in the vineyard.
While the recent rains may be welcome for some farmers, it’s not great to have too much rain at this time of the year for the vines. We have been spraying to prevent powdery mildew which occurs with wet and humid conditions. Powdery mildew has a devastating impact on the vines and grapes, so we are doing our best to keep the vineyard as healthy as possible. At this stage, the fruit looks great for the 2021 vintage.
The rains have meant that we’ve delayed netting the vines for as long as we can, just in case we need to spray again. However, veraison (when the berries start to ripen) waits for no-one which means the nets must go on! In mid-February the crews will be rolling the nets out across the vineyard and this is to protect the grapes from birds.
As the fruit ripens, Graeme will choose when to pick based on the sugar, acid and flavour levels in grapes. There is a proverbial ‘sweet-spot’ that he is looking for in the grapes, and it is discovered through a combination of analysis of the acids and sugars and sensory analysis from eating the grape berries and chewing on the seeds to assess flavour levels and tannin ripeness. When he finds the desired characteristics, we fire up the harvester.
We have over 70 acres of vines, so handpicking is not a cost-effective option for us. We machine harvest our grapes which means we can pick as soon as the grapes are ready and can do so with only a crew of 3. Check out our YouTube videos of the harvester in action. It’s an impressive piece of machinery to watch.
Cheers to vintage 2021!


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It costs the farmers 1200 rupees to grow onions. But today onion is getting Rs 500 and maximum Rs 700 per kg. Therefore, the aid of Rs 300 announced by the government is insignificant. (NCP leader Chhagan Bhujbal demanded Rs 500 subsidy for onion)
Chief Minister Eknath Shinde has announced a subsidy of Rs 2000 today. But the opposition demanded that the government should give a subsidy of at least Rs 500 per quintal to onion farmers as the subsidy is very less compared to the total cost of production. NCP MLA, former deputy chief minister Chhagan Bhujbal raised the issue in the assembly and walked out of the assembly protesting the government.
Bhujbal said, ‘Farmers spend 1200 rupees to grow onions. But today onion is getting Rs 500 and maximum Rs 700 per kg. The government has announced to give assistance of only Rs 300 to the onion producing farmers. Bhujbal demanded that the help is meager and at least Rs 500 should be given to the onion producing farmers. Drawing attention to this issue, they protested the government by walking out of the hall.
Absurd comment of the Minister of Agriculture
Bhujbal presented a proposal under Rule 57 in the Legislative Assembly today on farmers’ questions. He drew the attention of the House to this serious question as it was not discussed. Currently, he said that farmers are in trouble and six farmers have committed suicide in Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar district. The agriculture minister of the state has described it as absurd. Bhujbal said that this matter is very unfortunate and we strongly condemn this statement.
Farmers affected by unseasonal rain have not yet received help
Despite the heavy loss of farmers due to the recent unseasonal rains in the state, the government has not yet announced any assistance. Despite repeated demands in the House, the government is sweetening the face of the farmers. Also, Bhujbal protested this statement and walked out from the hall, saying that the agriculture minister of the state is making absurd statements at a time when farmers are committing suicide in the state.
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A historical terroir on a single block of 22 ha (54 acres)
The creators of the property were not mistaken when they planted the first vines in 1660 !
The 30 hectare property consists of: 22 hectares of AOC Pessac-Léognan vines in a single block surrounding by wild flowers growing on meadows, woods and hedgerows, harboring a rich biodiversity.
A dry gravel and clay hilltop on the left bank of the Eau Blanche river.
Majority of red grapes (55% Cabernet-Sauvignon and 45% Merlot).
Gradual replanting after an in-depth geological analysis of the terroir.
Planting in 2007 of a plot of Sauvignon Blanc (white grapes had not been grown at the property since the 1960s) on a fine layer of clay.
Sustainable agriculture, certified since 2008, and High Environmental Value* since 2015, organic and biodynamic plots, full ploughing.
The winery and vineyard are given Grand Cru Classé treatment by the Malartic’s teams.
*HVE, level 3 (the highest) since 2015. A unique reference of environmental quality, prioritizing biodiversity inside and all around plots
New gravity-operated winery in 2007. 20 temperature-controlled double-skinned stainless steel vats.
Two-stage sorting of the harvest, Inertys destemmer.
Expert management by Malartic’s technical team.
Maturing for 10 to 18 months.
Michel Rolland is wine consultant for the property.


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For fresh cut French fries I have noticed this season that there isn't much difference in the price of an 80 or 90 count No. 1 potato versus a No. 2. Are there other advantages to using a No. 1 potato for my fries?
Given similar pricing, which really varies from one crop to another, it may be very advantageous to use No. 1 potatoes for your fries. No.1 potatoes have less defects and are more even shaped in general, so are easier for the kitchen to get use out of the whole potato. Yields could be better. If you put the bags or cartons out on display, like some hamburger fast food or fast casual operations, the No.1s may hold up better and not break down as fast at room temperatures, as they probably have less cuts and bruises.
The carton count size is usually a tighter range than is allowable in a No. 2 carton or bag (yes, you can get No. 2 potatoes in cartons, ask your distributor or produce house) and so the potatoes will be of similar size. For an end use of French fries, if the potatoes are of uniform cross sectional area and size, as a general rule they will cook at the same rate. On the other hand, if they are not uniform size, then the smaller pieces will be more thoroughly cooked, and perhaps overcooked, long before the larger pieces are finished cooking. Also, don't overfill the baskets before placing the potatoes into the fryer. When blanching or finish frying, if the cut potato strips are stuck together, this will influence how evenly cooked the fries will turn out.
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We have made the difficult decision to close New Castle Gardens. We have truly enjoyed our years here. Getting to know all of you and being able to help you grow your gardens will always mean so much to us.
We will be open through the end of May or June.
From soils to amendments and fertilizers to pest control. We have the supplies you need to keep your garden thriving all season long!
Having trouble finding ORGANIC plants and supplies? Look no further! We specialize in organic!
Looking to attract hummingbirds, bees, and butterflies? Stop by and talk to us. We know what they love — at prices we know you will love!
In addition to houseplants and pottery we carry gorgeous succulents, local art, jewelry and even apothecary items.


Garden activity log
Portland, Oregon 97215
June 2, 2003
high of 82
Buy lots of implements at Tool Shack and Home Depot in Mall 205
Weed upper and lower terrace
Weed patio garden and reapply the bark dust that was there
Re-seed patch of bare earth near steps with Northwest mix lawn seed
Cover with lawn clippings and water twice a day
June 3, 2003
high of 80
Mow front yard
Buy a load of starts at Portland Nursery
Plant in lower terrace
3 Alexandria strawberries from start
1 butter nut squash from start
5 brussel sprouts from start
12 potatoes from start from Connie's garden
3 potatoes from start from Fred Meyer clearance for
3 rows of scallions from seed
Plant in upper terrace
2 jalapeno peppers from start
2 thai peppers from start
2 rows of Oregon pod peas from seed
1 row of bush beans from seed
4 brussel sprouts from start
1 bunch of arugula from start
4 bunches of Outredgeous lettuce
about a million superstart white onions from starts
(from a 4x4 inch plastic flat)
Plant in patio garden
Beefsteak tomato start
Snowwhit cherry tomato from start
Anna Russian Tomato from start
Red pear tomato from start
Basil siam queen thai from start
Red Rubine basil from start
8 Genovese basil from start
2 Florence fennel from start
Build brick walkway in lower terrace
June 4, 2003
high of 90
Plant potatoes in lower terrace from starts that Connie gave us (could
be contaminated with cat pee)
Plant seed potatoes from Fred Meyer in lower terrace
June 5, 2003
high of 94
Buy starts and seeds at Portland Nursery
Apply Roundup to morning glory near back door
Planted cherry rose jewel Nasturtium from seed in brick planter
July 12, 2003
high of about 80
Beefsteak tomato plant is over 40 inches high with about 15 blooms on
Snowwhite cherry tomato is about 35 inches high with about 15 blooms on
Red pear tomato is about 35 inches high with about 15 blooms and one
Anna Russian tomato is about 35 inches high with 15 blooms and one
Genovese basil is about 20 inches high and robust. There is some
cutworm or slug damage on a few of the Genovese plants. The most
damaged plant is only about 9 inches high.
Siam queen thai basil is about 5 inches high and wilty.
Red rubine basil is about10 inches high.
Florence fennel is about 24 inches high.
The leftover rosemary bush from four years ago is 36 inches high and
A couple of voluteer sun flowers are about 36 inches.
The first planting of cilantro has bolted and is about 20 inches.
The lettuce is about 12 inches high.
The arugula is about 12 inches high.
The brussel sprouts are about 12 inches high.
The white onions are about 12 inches high.
The two jalepeno peppers are 16 and 20 inches. One plant has produced
about 5 chiles.
The two thai chile peppers are 8 and 10 inches.
The second planting of cilantro is about 4 inches high.
The bush peas are still 4 inches high and have taken a lot of damage
from pests. They don't have a single intact leaf.
The squash has taken over the strawberries. It is 30 inches high and 40
inches wide with 8 blooms.
The strawberries are 15 inches high with many blooms.
Brussel sprouts are 15 inches high.
The Fred meyer potatos are 30 inches high with no blooms.
The potatos from Connie's garden are 24 inches high with many blooms.
The blueberry bush has fruited and the scrub jays have taken most of
the fruit. About half the fruit is not ripe yet. The rest is gone
The garlic planted from bulb is now 15 inches high.
The onions or shallots that were already here are now 40 inches high
and the seed balls are opening.
The nasturtiums are up and flowering. About six inches high.
We've been having a holy war against the morning glory. There were two
big days of pulling and two days of spraying roundup. At the
moment, the only morning glory visible is in the lower part of the yard
where we still need to spend a lot of effort. We still fight regular
starts in the patio garden and the brick planter. There are also still
some morning glory sprouts showing up in the upper terrace.


Have you ever seen brown podded fruit hanging from a tree in The Bahamas? If you have, its probably the tamarind fruit, a fruit that grows locally and is enjoyed seasonally by locals. Indigenous to tropical Africa, and grown throughout the Caribbean, this island delight will please the most demanding palate. This leguminous tree plays a major role in the culinary creations of numerous countries around the world. Most notably, tamarind is used to make:
- tamarind sauce
- tamarind balls
- sauces (including Worchester sauce)
- and seasonings.
You will know its ripe when the shell cracks easily under pressure revealing a pulpy fruit with dark colored seeds. Sweet and sour to the taste, this fruit is found on all the Bahama islands and has been linked to numerous medicinal uses. Its bark is also used extensively in carpentry due to its strength.
Ask your local vendor for this fruit when in the islands, and enjoy this popular fruit either straight from the shell or made into a tasty dish!


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Spring is the season of rebirth and it is my favorite time of the year in Oklahoma.
Everything turns incredibly green here, which is why they call it “Green Country.” Lucky for me, pollen is not a major bother to my sinuses. I just transplanted these sativa plants to the outdoors and I’m starting outdoor grow round #2. Last year was not a failure, but due to pests and extreme weather, results were not as good as I hoped they would be.
We live, we learn, we thrive, we die, and then we are born again. Maybe plants and humans aren’t so different after all.
My current sativa strains are:
- Acapulco Gold from Barney’s Farm – ordered from from HerbiesHeadshop.com
- Amnesia Lemon from Barney’s Farm – a free seed I got from Herbies
- Raspberry Cough from Nirvana Shop
I’m growing these in much bigger 20-30 gallon containers instead of the smaller pots I used last season.
I’ve grown the Acapulco Gold before and it is still the most vigorous strain out of all the sativas I’ve grown. It always germinates first, and as you can see, it handles stress better than the other two strains. I topped and trained all these in the same manner and Acapulco Gold is still the one to shine. Last season my Acapulco Gold got ravaged by caterpillars and didn’t make the final cut, but this is not last season.
Initially, I put these sativa plants outside for about a day and they were shocked from the heavy wind and extreme sun. I moved them back inside the next day, but you’ll notice a few burnt tips on the older leaves. That is no longer my concern since I’ve already transplanted and new growth is beginning as they sit a shady area. I didn’t really notice any transplant shock. The plants actually seem to be doing better in their new homes.
I sweet-talked them quite a bit so they will listen to my commands and desires of dank nugs.
Manly P. Hall says you must sweet-talk your plants and tell them everything you want them to do. It makes complete sense to me. Sweet ladies need sweet love. This philosophy kind of lines up with Dr. Masaru Emoto’s Messages From Water, so it resonated with me instantly when I came across it the other day. It’s a good idea to bless your seeds before you germinate them and bring new life into the world. Check it out.
Masaru Emoto’s Experiment in Gratitude Video
I’d like to take this moment and pull a quote from one of the greatest authors of all time:
“Weeds will grow in abundance if seeds of more desirable crops are not sewn therein.”
– Napoleon Hill, Think and Grow Rich
Here are the steps I take when I transplant to bigger containers:
Go back to the top of the page and look at the photos in the photo gallery if you want to see the process!
- Prepare your soil mix and put it in your new containers. Leave enough space to put your old plant inside the new container. Add stakes if you think you’ll need them for larger plants. I just used some spare PVC pipes I had. My seedling soil mix is 1 part Fox Farms Ocean Forest, 1 part perlite, and 1 part vermiculite. I also add epsom salt and lime to the mix. You might have to adjust the ratios depending on your container size. I’m at the point where I’m just winging it and not getting extremely calculated and technical with organic nutrient measurements. I just wing it and observe the plants.
- Break up any loose soil on top of your plant that is to be transplanted and then dump it into the bigger pot. Mix it up thoroughly and make sure your transplanting hole still exists. Use your hands to brush the soil to the sides of the pot if you need to make more room, or just scoop out unneeded soil with a spare pot.
- Sprinkle Great White Premium Mycorrhizae into the hole where you’ll transplant. You can put however much you want, but a scoop will most likely do the trick.
- With your dominant strong arm, place the main stalk of the plant in between your middle and ring fingers. Put your palm down to the soil and try to get a stable balance with your hand. Balance and support the pot with your other hand as you flip it over to knock it out of the container. If you’re having trouble getting the plant out, you can try pushing on the sides of the container and knocking it around a bit. Gently sliding a butter knife around the edges of the container may help loosen stuck roots, but this could ruin some of your roots if you’re not careful. It’s alright if you mess up some root balls on your plants as long as you don’t completely destroy the main taproot that connects to the stalk. That would be like cutting your head off your body. When transplanting with mycorrhizae, the roots usually recover quickly.
- While you have the plant out of the pot, you can take this opportunity to lightly feather the roots a bit with the tips of your fingers. If you have a brush with soft bristles, that is even better than using fingers. This will help the roots grasp onto the soil in their new homes and recover faster.
- Fill up the sides of the container with more soil and tell your plant all about its new home and environment. Make sure the plant feels safe and at home! This is key!
- Level out the soil to the top of the pot. The soil will compress over time as you water the plant.
- This is a trick my green thumb Cherokee grandmother taught me after transplanting. If you’ve got the bodily strength, pick up your container a few inches off the ground and drop it flat a few times. This will help the plant sit better in the soil mix and pack it down a little bit more. Be smart about it. You don’t want to break stuff by dropping your container too hard. This step is not required.
- Add nutrients if you think your plants need them. I chose to add additional nutrients to my top layer of newly mixed soil after this transplant. I’ve already hardened these plants off and they are two months old, so they can take it. I added Dr. Earth’s all purpose fertilizer, Dr. Earth’s vegetative fertilizer, lime, epsom salt, and then watered it in with a bit of water mixed with Great White Mycorrhizae. I didn’t water my entire pots because the soil was already moist and the roots won’t grow fast enough to drink up all the water yet. Make sure you don’t over water if you have a huge pot.
- Tie down your plants and start training them, if you want! I’m going for some bigger yields this time around, so I’ll be tying these ladies down and topping them more.
- Spray foliage with neem oil if you are moving your plants outside. Only spray with neem oil in the shade. Do not spray in direct sunlight and start your neem oil and water mix ratio very small. Only add a little bit of neem oil and gradually increase the mix ratio if necessary. Neem oil solution sprayed in direct sunlight will mess up your plants, so don’t do it! Put the plants in the shade and spray them after the sun goes down if you have to.
- Watch for signs of shock and respond accordingly.
You may need an extra hand transplanting if it is your first time or if you have big plants. Transplanting is fairly simple, but a lot of people fear that they will mess up their plants. It’s not that scary, so just have confidence and go for it. Cannabis plants are very resilient and will often recover after a botched transplant job.
Remember Mr. Miyagi said, “If it comes from inside you, it’s always right.”
RIP a bong for Mr. Miyagi. Peace.


Keeping your lawn thick, green and healthy means doing several things right. One of the most important is making sure there is enough moisture to maintain growth. As we all know, nature’s rainfall schedule is not dependable. Some additional watering is almost always necessary to avoid water stress. Lawns turn brown, thin out, and run into disease and insect problems when under water stress. A thin, dry lawn also creates room for weeds to invade. So whether you use underground or portable sprinklers, here are a few tips to avoid these problems and maintain good lawn health.
One basic rule is: water your lawn when the least amount will be lost. Avoid watering in the heat of the day to make sure your water goes down to the roots instead of going up as vapor. Also avoid watering when windy conditions will affect even coverage or cause you to water your neighbor’s lawn instead of your own.
When you water, saturate the soil to a depth of 6” to 8”. Frequent, shallow watering causes the grass to send roots to the surface for water, where they suffer more quickly during dry, hot spells. Also be sure to put down extra along curbs and pavement, because these areas heat up much more and dry out much faster. Just be careful not to waste water with excess runoff on to your hardscapes.
#bewaterwise: Watering a lawn takes as much as 54% more water than a planter area (EPA.gov). Did you know that some municipalities offer “green exchange rebates” when you convert your turf area to planters?


We need some volunteers to help with the Phragmites removal program on the river in Whitefish Falls. Depending on weather and availability of volunteers, the cut is scheduled this year on August 3rd or August 7th, 2022.
This is an important site to deal with because we want to reduce the spread of this invasive plant downstream and into the Bay. Each Phragmite seed head produces up to 2000 seeds, and the stand on the river that we have been controlling has hundreds of seed heads!
The Phrag is quite tough and rough so volunteers will need to be wearing long pants, sturdy shoes, and work gloves. We will meet in Whitefish Falls at the Bay Villa dock. Strong, young teens and young adults are especially welcome!
Wednesday August 3rd, 0900-1200
Sunday August 7th, 0900-1200
Please contact Chris Redston at email@example.com or 604-763-3463 if you are able to volunteer.


We have built the first vertical hydroponic farm in the Czech Republic. We deliver plants which are still alive, more durable and which are nutritious and fresh.
Fosfa blasts through the long-held belief that agriculture equates to soil and sun. We have built the first vertical farm in the Czech Republic. We replace the sun with LED lights, no chemicals are used, and 95% less water is used than in fields and greenhouses. We deliver the plants which are more lively, more durable and more nutritious than conventional produce. We grow without pesticides, under optimal conditions and with year-round production. In everything we do, we learn from nature. Not because it’s trendy but because it makes sense. We do not want to change the world, we want to offer people the opportunity to do things differently. Easily, effectively and meaningfully.


COFFEE CROP TO RAVE CUP: THE JOURNEY FROM THE GROUND TO THE GRIND
When you hear Canmore locals “raving” about RAVE Coffee, they’ll likely be talking not only about the coffee house’s minimalistic-chic lounge, laidback ambience, and extensive espresso menu, but the meticulous attention-to-detail it gives to the coffee beans it sources, roasts, brews, and serves.
For owner Dean Smolicz, the RAVE way to sip and slurp your coffee isn’t just about getting a caffeine-fix or cup of Joe to go, but to savour the joy of the whole coffee experience – all while having an appreciation for exceptional, Grade A coffee beans that are sourced responsibly.
After all, RAVE’s philosophy is based on one phrase: “Life’s too short for bad coffee.”
This passion for ensuring the journey of the coffee bean from crop to cup is nothing short of exceptional, means that RAVE Coffee has a somewhat unusual addition to the standard coffee shop set-up: its very own coffee roasting machine (you’ll see this in the back, look for it behind the glass wall).
And it’s not just the roasting of the bean that RAVE Coffee takes seriously. At the very beginning of the ground-to-grind journey is the careful selection of the very best beans from around the world. RAVE is committed to this, independently screening each farm it works with in advance to guarantee that they are growing in the most environmentally-conscious and socially-responsible way.
Dean explains: “All of our coffee has to meet the specialty grade, which is that it scores over 80 on the SCAA cupping protocol. Only around 5% of the world’s coffee supply actually falls into this category.”
The overall education around coffee is all part and parcel of the RAVE experience, with Dean’s team of baristas always ready and on-hand to share their know-how, and explain the prominence, flavour and properties of each blend.
“More and more people want to know where the products they are purchasing come from,” adds Dean.
“Most people are unaware that coffee starts as a fruit, so by giving customers information like how the coffee was grown and processed, they get an understanding that coffee is a lot more complex than it used to be.”
So, here are the steps from coffee crop to RAVE cup:
1. Farming the Bean – RAVE Coffee sources beans from small farms and cooperatives all around the world; from Indonesia and Africa, to Central and South America. Once the farm is “Rave-approved” [based on not on the quality of the coffee bean, but the farmer’s passion for wanting to continually improve its consistency], the relationship is formed.
Fact: For easy reference, all of RAVE Coffee’s bags of roasted beans are marked with the original destination of sourcing; the country of origin of the farm the beans were harvested, as well as the roast level and tasting notes.
2. Roasting the Bean – Once the beans arrive at RAVE’s Canmore location, it’s time for the roasting process to begin. This is where Dean and his team take green coffee and make the magic happen [thanks to the in-house coffee roaster]. “It’s our job to highlight the uniqueness of the coffee by the way we roast it,” Dean says.
Fact: All the coffee at RAVE is roasted fresh – so, if you order RAVE coffee beans online, they’ll be roasted and shipped the very same day.
3. Serving the Delicious Espresso: Americano, fresh drip, or latte, RAVE’s freshly-roasted coffee is served exactly as you like it. Enjoy!
For the duration of Canmore Uncorked 2018, RAVE Coffee is serving one complimentary café drink with any purchase of RAVE’s coffee bags.


Walthers Cornerstone HO Scale: Big Grain Storage Bin - Kit
The Walthers Cornerstone HO Scale Big Grain Storage Bin is based on structures found at elevators, feed mills and on farms across the continent. Featuring realistic corrugated-metal construction complete with panel lines, grain bins can be used alone or with all kinds of Walthers Cornerstone grain handling structures. Typically, grain bins are connected to other structures with the Grain Conveyor (933-3124
, sold separately). All grain conveyor parts are molded in an appropriate base color and complete instructions are provided. Features:
- Use with other Walthers Cornerstone grain handling structures
- Realistic corrugated construction
- Easy-to-build plastic kit
- Molded in appropriate color
As shown the Big Grain Storage Bin is 5-1/2" 13.9cm in diameter, height is variable.


Nudging farmers and wine growers for better land management
Ruban and Heather had recently decided to make a change in their lives. They spent decades working in the city in dead-end jobs, going into their offices every day to play out the same routine day after day. They chose to quit their jobs, sell their house and buy a small farm in the country. After a year on the farm they had started learning the ropes. Ruban and Heather had begun to learn about the Agri-Environmental Schemes (AES) that are designed to address environmental issues but often wondered how effective these schemes were, and how governments were able to promote the use of these schemes to farmers and wine growers.
Nudging is technique in behavioural economics and decision-making that has been successfully used to promote better land management across the world (Duflo et al., 2009; Kuhfuss et al., 2016). Nudging involves the manipulation of ‘choice architecture’, that is the default in a decision, or how a decision is laid out to improve decisions-making.
An interesting example of the application of nudging to promote efficient fertilizer use comes from Kenya (Dufflo et al., 2009). In Western Kenya farmers grow mainly maize in the two annual agricultural seasons. Farmers often fail to take advantage of the use of fertilizers. Many agricultural experts see the use of fertilizers as key to agricultural productivity, as such, governments invest heavily in fertilizer subsidies. In India, 0.75% of the GDP is spent these subsidies (Gulati & Narayanan, 2003), whilst in Zambia 2% of the GDP goes towards these subsidies (World Development Report, 2008). An alternative strategy to increase the use of fertilizers is to use nudging (Duflo et al., 2009). Nudging has been used effectively in the form of time-limited discounts were the discounts are applied at the most beneficial time for buying fertilizer – this method has worked well in promoting the use of fertilizer in Western Kenya. An added benefit of these discounts is that the heavy government subsidies are no longer needed when nudging is used correctly.
A second study to investigate the use of nudging in farm land management was conducted by researchers at the University of Glasgow (Kahfuss et al., 2016). They examined the use of Agri-Environmental Schemes (AES) which are widely used in the European Union (EU), United States (USA), and Australia. These are schemes in which land owners sign individual contracts and volunteer to implement pro-environmental managements in return for an annual payment. In the period 2007 to 2013 the EU spent approximately 22.7 billion euros on the schemes through contracts that last 5 years (France) to 20 years (UK). An alternative to using these AE schemes is to use nudging in the form of social norm nudges. Social norm nudges work because when your neighbour is said to act in certain way it increases the chances of you acting in the same way. Kahfuss and colleagues (2016) examined the use of social norm nudges in a survey to 395 French farmers. They provided framed information about what other farmers intend to do with their land. Through this study they found that simply stating that other farmers intend to act in a pro-environmental way was enough to increase the likelihood of the questioned farmers to act in the same way. In this study nudging was demonstrated to be a very effective alternative to the AE schemes with the added benefit that nudges are an efficient tool that work with no added cost.
A third study to demonstrate the effectiveness of nudges on farmers was conducted on wine growers in the South of France (Kuhfuss et al., 2015). Like the previous study be Kuhfuss (2016) social norm nudges were found to be an effective way in persuading farmers, in this case wine growers, to adopt less pesticide-intensive farming practices.
Overall nudges can be an efficient tool in persuading farmers and wine growers like Ruban and Heather to act in environmentally friendly ways. These nudges can save governments a lot of money by working in a cost-effective manner. If implemented correctly these nudges can free up significant funds to be spent elsewhere in government budgets.


No, you can't move a seed from one collection to another collection, but you can share a seed and its collected contents across different collections without duplicating labor or data. For instructions, see Share seeds across collections.
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- How do I remove seeds from my public collection page?
- How do I add metadata to my seeds?
- Can I move seeds between collections?
- What is the difference between "active" and "inactive" seeds and collections?
- How do I change the crawl frequency of my seeds?
- How can I add more websites, or seeds, to my collection?
- What is my collection's ID number?
- How can I change my collection's name?


The Nestlé Cocoa Plan was established in 2009 to help improve the lives of farmers in our cocoa supply chain. It has three main areas of focus:
- Better farming - addressing issues such as agricultural practices and tackling deforestation.
- Better lives - which seeks to empower women and eliminate child labour.
- Better cocoa - which covers our Rainforest Alliance certification, and building long-term relationships in our supply chain.
All the cocoa we use to make our chocolate and biscuits in the UK and Ireland is certified as 100% sustainably sourced by Rainforest Alliance.


Smart irrigation system vulnerabilities could pose risks to the public water supply, warned researchers from Israel-based Ben-Gurion University of the Negev.
The researchers found that attackers could employ a botnet of smart irrigation systems used by city and local governments to remotely turn watering systems on and off at will. This would enable attackers to empty public water supplies held in towers and reservoirs.
The researchers demonstrated how a bot running on a compromised device can detect a smart irrigation system connected to its local area network in less than 15 minutes. The bot can turn on watering of each smart irrigation system using a set of session hijacking and replay attacks.
“By simultaneously applying a distributed attack that exploits such vulnerabilities, a botnet of 1,355 smart irrigation systems can empty an urban water tower in an hour and a botnet of 23,866 smart irrigation systems can empty ﬂood water reservoir overnight,” said Ben Nassi, one of the researchers who conducted the study.
The researchers examined three popular smart irrigation systems: GreenIQ, BlueSpray, and RainMachine. “We have notified the companies to alert them of the security gaps so they can upgrade their smart system’s irrigation system’s firmware,” said Nassi.
“Although the current generation of IoT devices is being used to regulate water and electricity obtained from critical infrastructures, such as the smart-grid and urban water services, they contain serious security vulnerabilities and will soon become primary targets for attackers,” he added.
Countermeasures to Stop Attacks
For countermeasures, organizations running these smart irrigation systems should consider monitoring unusual water consumption in urban water services. Once unusual activities is detected, the organizations can stop the water distribution. Unfortunately, this also prevents people from getting water, which is not a long term solution.
The organization can upgrade from HTTP to HTTPS in their communications. This would prevent attackers from spoofing TCP packets.
Also, organizations can disable SSH because it is not needed to communicate with a smart irrigation system when a cloud serves as a mediator. This will prevent attackers from executing a code on a smart irrigation system by detecting weak passwords, the researchers concluded.


Forests Minister Bruce Ralston signed an order Wednesday temporarily restricting industry and some farmers from using water from the river basin that stretches between Shawnigan Lake and Cowichan Bay.
The river has seen persistent low stream flows that threaten the survival of steelhead trout populations, according to the ministry. The order is intended to restore water levels and protect the trout in the area.
Under the order, approximately 108 licence holders in the Koksilah River watershed must stop using water for forage crops, which include grass for hay and silage, alfalfa and forage corn, while water used for industrial purposes must also cease, the province said.
The province says forage-crop farmers are among the largest agricultural water users in the region.
The B.C. Ministry of Agriculture and Food is working with the B.C. Cattlemen’s Association to provide hay and feed to farmers affected by the order by matching B.C. farmers with hay and feed sellers across Canada and the U.S., the province said.
“These decisions are always made as a last resort – recognizing the impact on people and businesses,” the ministry said in a statement Thursday.
“Because of the collective efforts of water licencees in the area, the province has been able to delay these actions until today. Provincial staff are monitoring the situation and working to balance water uses with environmental flow needs.”
The ministry says water used to extinguish or contain fires remains exempt from the order.
COWICHAN FISHING CLOSURE
The province is also extending a fishing closure on the Upper Cowichan River into the fall to protect fish stocks.
The closure extends from the Cowichan Lake Weir dam to the 66 Mile Trestle in Cowichan River Provincial Park.
The section of river was initially scheduled to reopen for fishing on Sept. 1, however the order extends the closure until Nov. 15.
“Ongoing drought conditions, in combination with sustained hot water temperatures, have led to the development of significant algal bloom in the Upper Cowichan River,” the ministry said.
“This bloom has led to reduced water quality, creating adverse conditions for fish and the aquatic ecosystem in the Upper Cowichan River and causing significant fish mortality in the Upper Cowichan River over an area of at least 10 kilometres.”


Ann Hazelrigg has seen it all. Close up. Under a microscope. Vermont gardeners weed samples, garden diseases and insect infestations. It’s all part of her work as director of the University of Vermont Plant Diagnostic Clinic and her experience in the field and in her Williston home gardens. In this seminar she will tell what she saw in 2022, what is coming, what to do about them, and to give gardeners hope. Ann will include updates on spongy moth, beech leaf disease, jumping worms, leek moth and spotted lantern fly, among other invaders! (Note: This talk was presented at the Flower Show & qualifies for Master Gardener Continuing Ed hours.) This event is free and open to the public.
Sponsored by Middlebury Garden Club.


Nutrient dosing is a big expense for anyone involved in the planted tank hobby, especially if those nutrients are branded. Many people dose with branded nutrients, as this is an easy way to dose, with little chance of accidentally overdosing if you follow the instructions on the bottle. However, constantly dosing nutrients can leave a substantial hole in your pocket.
That is why some people have chosen to use commercial nutrient supplements, intended for terrestrial plants, instead. The gardener-come-aquarist, upon reading the back of an ‘aquarium nutrient’ bottle, would realise that the contents are identical to those found in terrestrial plant supplements albeit in liquid form.
While not all nutrients found in branded aquarium plant supplements can be easily obtained, due to various restrictions which may or may not be present in the country where you live, there are a few, such as potassium, which can be easily obtained. In Australia, the most common form of potassium found at any garden or hardware store is Potassium sulphate. Unfortunately for those ‘down-under’, other forms of potassium, such as Potassium nitrate, are less common. A one-kilogram bag of Potassium sulphate can be bought at any local hardware store for about $7.
Depending on the country that you live in, you may be able to purchase all the nutrients that you would normally dose in the form of branded aquarium products in a garden or hardware store. So do your research and you may just find that you could be saving a lot of money in the years to come.


Planning Your Garden in Winter
While it might be cold, snowy, and dreary outside, that does not mean you can’t be starting to plan your spring gardening activities now! A great way to beat the
“winter blues” and to get excited about the upcoming gardening season.
Begin by thinking about your garden (or gardens) last year. What did you like and what didn’t you like regarding annuals, perennials, woody plants, garden design, and hard landscaping (i.e., non-plant material such as pavers, statuary, fountains, etc.)? Make a “like” and “didn’t like” list of these garden items to help you better plan how to move forward with this year’s garden planning.
Next, start doing some research using seed and nursery catalogs you receive in the mail, accessing similar information online from seed and nursery companies and local garden centers. Peruse these resources to give you ideas as to what new plant species you’d like to add to this year’s garden and to see what new cultivars are available for plant species you already grow and want to continue this year.
Once you have a list of seeds and plants that you want to plant in your garden, then you need to figure out how and when to obtain them. If you germinate seeds indoors using grow lights and heating mats, make sure they are in good operating order and you have a good seed germination medium that has good water-holding capacity, yet has good drainage and aeration and a fine enough texture to not interfere with seed germination and subsequent growth. Order seeds from seed catalogs or purchase them in person at local garden centers when they become available. Wait until April to purchase and plant woody plants and perennials, and wait until the danger of frost is past in May to purchase annuals.
Check your inventory of gardening supplies and make notes of what you need to replenish and new items you might need. By this I mean mulch, garden soil, fertilizers, fungicides and insecticides, equipment, and tools, to name a few. Speaking of tools and equipment, inspect them to see if they need to be cleaned/oiled/sharpened before the gardening season begins: shovels/spades, trowels, bulb planters, edgers, hedge trimmers, and lawnmowers. Investing in high-quality gardening gloves and kneeling pads will avoid blisters and sore knees if you
haven’t been using them.
Think about your garden design/designs. Were you pleased with how the plants were placed and how they added to the beauty of your landscape? This is the time of year to evaluate the design of your garden and consult reliable garden design resources, fellow gardening friends, and gardening professionals to receive input to help you decide if changes to your garden design need to be implemented.
By doing some planning and research regarding your garden(s) now during the depth of winter, you can “hit the ground running” once the gardening season begins to obtain all the wonderful benefits of gardening with little if any, hassle!
Robert McMahon, President


The legacy of the critically acclaimed Giant games, already continued by the successful „Train Giant“, highlights now the popular theme Agriculture up to a new level in “Farming Giant”, presented by UIG. In the best tradition of the giants-series the player will get a first-class business simulation crafted with a lot of details. The player will build farms, maintain and upgrade his properties. Whether farming or ranching, the experience covers all parts of agriculture. With the right strategy and the courage for expansion, international success is guaranteed. A huge game world, a variety of production processes and trade opportunities and various game modes as well as achievements provide long-lasting fun. Furthermore the agricultural giant impresses with wide range of management options (from seed to distribution – the players takes decisions by himself) and an extensive fleet of vehicles. A detailed skill tree provides RPG elements and offers the opportunity to specialize more and more!
Tremendous game world with farming areas all over Europe
Exciting scenarios with varying tasks
Four different playing modes for long lasting fun
From growing to breeding many economy circulations are provided
Many possibilities of management, from seeds to distribution everything can be decided individually
Extensive vehicle fleet with machines from renowned manufacturers.
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It is through the wide variety of wines and olive oils we offer at the Nostromo Restaurant in Rabac that you will discover the story about the renaissance of wine cultivation, wine and olive oil production in Istria that began in the mid-1990s.
It was at this time that the first wine roads were created in this tourism-oriented region of Croatia, followed by the renewal of abandoned olive groves and planting of new trees. The results of these investments are best described by the very high quality wines and olive oils produced, which have been recognised on an international scale. Grapevines and olive trees in Istria are part of the cultural lifestyle which we promote at various regional events.
Some of them have an international character, such as Vinistra, which includes an international Malvazija (Malmsey) competition in honour of the most important typical grape variety found in Istria. Every day Istrian winemakers can boast about their growing number of certificates of recognition and international awards as can olive oil producers, some of whom have been included in prestigious world guides such as “L'extravergine” and have been considered among the best in the world.
The Nostromo Restaurant also offers olive oils from nearby Labin, the only truly local olive oil in the area.
Olive oil can be tasted in combination with various dishes as well as with certain deserts. We heartily recommend chocolate ice cream topped with olive oil.


The OSCAR system was designed for shallow soil conditions and/or limited area. Some lots could not be developed unless an OSCAR system was used. But how to make them look appealing?
The options for landscaping the OSCAR vary according the owners tastes. They can be left in a natural state where native plants such as ferns, salmon berries, and grasses take over. Or, they can be planted with lawns (hydro seeded or sod), shrubs, ornamentals, and trees.
There are two things that must NOT be done when landscaping: 1. do not plant trees in the coil area directly on top of the OSCAR, and 2. do not cover the coil area with high organic, composted top soils. As the trees grow they could physically damage the coils as the tree trunk expands, and the high organic top soil absorbs water that would have evaporated from the top of the OSCAR. The top soil holds the water and gives the appearance that something is wrong.
When an OSCAR system is first installed the cover sand has little to no structure. Walking on it leaves footprints and the sides slough very easily. But this will not always be the case. When the system is put into operation, the coils will automatically “water settle” the sand and it will become firm. The OSCAR is subsurface irrigated. The sand will grow anything that is planted in it. As plants begin to take root, the root mass holds the sand in place. Many OSCAR system that are covered with grass can be mowed with a push mower without the sand sloughing. It may take a growing season or two for the lawn to fill in completely..
Some other options for covering are beauty bark or 2-3 inches of soil. The sides of the OSCAR can be covered with soil to blend the OSCAR into the surrounding contours.
In areas with high winds (the top of ridges in the Vantage or Yakima areas) it may be necessary to cover the OSCARs with soil, about 6”. The wind drys out the sand very quickly and then carries the sand away. This is an extreme condition and does not occur very often.
Below you can view some before and after photos of OSCAR systems. These are included to give the property owner a concept of what the OSCAR will look like after some time passes.
OSCAR system for Bald Eagle Golf Course, Point Roberts, WA


Hozelock 5L Standard Garden Sprayer rrp £46.99 Poplars Price £21.99 This Hozelock garden sprayer provides easy, accurate and cost effective application of water, insecticides, pesticides, fungicides and water-soluble fertilisers.
Hozelock SuperHoze rrp £71.99 Poplars Price £49.99 The Hozelock SuperHoze expands up to 30m & quickly shrinks back to its original size after use. Comes complete with tap connectors, Aquastop connectors & an adjustable nozzle.
Briers Gardening Kneeler & Stool rrp £32.99 Poplars Price £16.99 Adapts to allow you to do a variety of tasks in the garden, such as potting or weeding. Use in the upright position as a stool or flip it over to become a comfortable kneeler, complete with handles either side.
RTU Roundup Gel & Wand rrp £22.99 Poplars Price £9.99 No more bending or crouching with this handy Roundup Gel & wand. Roundup gel is a home garden weed killer for use on unwanted vegetation. Roundup gel contains7.2g/L glyphosate acid equivalent. Use pesticides safely. Always read the label.
Leaf Screening – various sizes and offers Instant natural looking hedging all year round! It’s perfect for disguising or hiding areas & objects in and around the garden. UV resistant to prolong the colour and it’s maintenance and mess free!


Organic produce is better than normal produce in terms of flavor and nutrients. Organic produce is expensive in the stores, so you may want to grow your own, Below is a selection of organic gardening tips that will help you to start harvesting delicious, healthy produce at home.
Use climbers to cover walls and fences. Climbing plants are extremely versatile, helping to hide an ugly fence or wall, often within one growing season. You can also train climbers to cover arbors and other things that you want covered, and they will even grow right through trees and shrubs. Some of these plants must have support, and some can attach themselves to something using their stems and tendrils. Reliable varieties include wisteria, honeysuckle, climbing roses, clematis, and jasmine.
To get the best results, you must use the right soil. Find out more about the plants you like and which type of soil is best. You can also make an artificial area using only one type of soil.
If you are going to be doing some horticulture, watch out for stink bugs, especially in the fall! These destructive pests enjoy many kinds of fruit, as well as beans, peppers and tomatoes. If you don’t take care of them, they can decimate your garden, so it’s best to do all you can to get rid of them.
Regular weeding is essential to the health of any garden. If you have weeds in your garden, it will not be as nice as it could be. White vinegar is one option you can use in your routine weed removal. White vinegar is a weed killer! Put some white vinegar in a spray bottle, and spray directly on weeds. If you don’t want to pull weeds out by hand anymore, give vinegar a try.
Split up irises. Take clumps that have become overgrown and divvy them up into separate plants. When the foliage dies it’s time to lift the bulbous irises out of the ground. The bulbs often divide in your hand with no intervention on your part, and when you replant them, they will usually flower the following year. Cut rhizomes into pieces with a knife. Get rid of the center and keep the new pieces you cut from the outside. Make sure that every cutting contains a viable offshoot. Replant your new rhizome pieces as soon as you have finished the cuttings.
Think about using evergreens in your yard that produce berries during the year. Your yard will then have bright spots of color all year round, which is especially cheerful in the winter when all of your other flora is bare or colorless. Some evergreens that will add life to your yard in the wintertime are the American Cranberrybush, Common Snowberry, Winterberry, and American holly.
Strawberries are a good organic garden choice for families with strawberries, particularly everbearing strawberries. Your children will enjoy being able to pick strawberries and will be ready to help you if they can get something sweet to eat.
It’s important to let your cuts heal prior to doing any gardening without gloves. If grime gets into the cut, it could become infected. You can now purchase bandages to seal the cut completely.
Use this simple tip to get your perennial garden ready in a flash. Use your spade in a slicing motion to cut a flap of turf. Carefully turn the flap over, then cover the area with a three-inch layer of untreated wood chips. Allow the newly turned soil to sit for two weeks, then plant your perennials.
Use several inches of organic materials for mulch in your flower beds. By doing this, you can lock in moisture, discourage weed growth, and nourish your plants. Also, the flower beds will look beautifully maintained at all times.
Put coffee grounds in your soil. Coffee beans are loaded with nitrogen, which offers nourishment for plants. Generally, nitrogen is the limiting nutrient with any plant and having a good nitrogen source either by coffee grounds, compost, or even diluted urea, will make your plants bloom faster and grow taller.
Make sure you consider adequate spacing when planting your garden, so that each plant is given room enough to grow and flourish. You must think of how much room the plants will take up as they grow, and it easy to underestimate this. Beyond just the physical space that the plants will need, you should also consider the airflow that the plants will require. If you put enough thought into your garden, you will enjoy more impressive results.
Do you want to know how to kill weeds in a natural way? Use a lot of layers of newspaper in order to achieve weed control. Weeds can only grow in sunlight. The newspaper will block sunlight and weeds won’t be able to grow. You can use newspapers because of how nicely they break down, they can be added into compost. One way to enhance the appearance of your garden if you are using newspapers is to add an additional layer of mulch.
Add mulch for healthy soil. Mulch acts as a protective shield for the soil it covers. It keeps the soil cool on very hot days, thus protecting the roots in the ground. Additionally, moisture will not evaporate from the ground so quick when mulch is applied. It also keeps the weeds under control.
Adding too much water could be harmful to the plants, because excess water will hinder the roots ability to get the nutrients they need from the soil. Always check to see if rain is in the forecast before watering your plants. If it is going to be a wet day, you don’t need to water the plants yourself.
Don’t buy any more low-quality produce from the supermarket. Use the advice in this article and you can start growing your own organic produce.


A brief video on the difference when using chemicals and fertilizers or not using them on your Texas lawns.
As you can see, to the left there are a lot of weeds, not so much to the right. You’re always going to get about 95% coverage when using chemicals. This video was taken on a yard with Texas bermuda grass in the Fort Worth area.
At Grasseaters, our experience tells us that you will always want to use preemergent and postemergent chemicals and fertilizer on your yard. Call or complete our contact form today, we can help your lawn get the treatments it deserves!


Calaveras County has established itself as one of the upcoming quality wine-producing regions in California. It is becoming so renown that there are few open spaces left in the Murphys/Angels Camp area to accommodate quality vineyards able to meet slope, vegetation, and soil conditions.
Pyshon Vineyard is just over 6.5 acres and the vines were planted in 2004. All preparations to ensure the highest quality fruit were considered and initiated.
The four varieties of vines planted are of the French ENTAV clones, making them a step above any of the California clones. The continental climate of warm days and cool Sierra nights at this elevation allows us to grow some wonderful varietals: Mourvedre, Grenache, Marsanne, and Roussanne. Critical selection of clone type and root stock was given to create healthy quality and production based upon the terroir.
Terroir is a French term used to denote the special characteristics that geography bestows upon particular grape varieties. Agricultural sites in the same region share similar soil, weather, and farming conditions, which all contribute to the unique qualities of the crop. It can be very loosely translated as "a sense of place," which is embodied in certain characteristic qualities; the sum of the effects the local environment has had on the manufacture of the product.


Hay Day is a free game to play, but some in-game items can only be purchased with real money. If you do not want to use this feature, in-app purchases may be disabled in device settings.
Going back to nature and experiencing peace, life is simple by working on land, raising chickens, pigs, cows and sheep. Besides, you will also have to harvest your own crops, build a bakery, sugar and milk factories that can turn fresh products into useful products. Trade products made with friends by private roadside shops and by advertising their products in magazines.
The plot is very simple: You inherit a large farm. You will have to raise animals such as chickens, cows and sheep, grow and harvest crops like wheat and corn. Players will also have to arrange many different tasks to maintain the farm. For example, organisms that need to be fed and stewed with paddy need to be painted. Visitors from cities or other farms will drop by, give quests or money for items, such as eggs or bread.
Nice game graphics
The greatest strength of this game application is probably graphics. Rich, beautiful details with landscape and zoom and pan modes, the graphics of Hay Day is very eye-catching. The game control is smooth and non-invasive, using the touch screen. For example, just touch a plot of so!il, then move your finger across the fields to harvest the crop. You will have to use the same actions to harvest products from your pets, such as milk and animal fur. Besides, players can also access the farm of friends via Facebook.
The replay value comes in the form of achievement. Just click on your home to review all the achievements you have achieved so far. Download this addictive game right now to enjoy great experience!


Organic Family Farm
certified organic since 1988!
Take a virtual tour of our farm and if you're ever in our South Dakota neighborhood, come on over. We invite you to stop by in person any time and we can show you around and visit over a cup of tea or coffee.
We've grown a variety or organic crops over the years, with certain staples that are guaranteed to be a crop every year, like corn, wheat and oats. Other organic crops in the rotation include, but are not limited to barley, flax, alfalfa, millet, rye, blue corn, soy beans, sunflowers, black turtle beans. In addition to the crops, we also raise Black Angus beef that is raised without hormones or antibiotics.
The farm is certified to the highest standards by the International Organic Crop Improvement Association (OCIA), Bio Suisse certified and JAS certified. In addition, all USDA organic standards and requirements have been met and exceeded.
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It is our quest to produce the highest quality product using the highest standard of excellence.


HARVEST WHAT YOU SOW : Strategic Investment Plans for Banana and Coconut Products
Time & Location
About the Event
The Philippines is one of the many countries that export goods to the world. Coconut and Banana are some of the main agricultural exports in the country. The Philippines ranks second in the total number of coconut trees and it exports large volumes of its production making it first in the export of coconut oil. On the other hand, the banana is second in volume and value compared to the coconut. Mindanao has traditionally held the greater share of banana production due mainly to its available land for production. Different companies and farmer cooperatives along with various stakeholders in the supply chain for both crops were consulted in the formulation of the Regional Strategic Investment Plan (RSIP) of the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) XI under the Rural Agro-Industrial Partnership for Inclusive Development (RAPID) Growth project.
The Spanish Chamber of Commerce in the Philippines (La Camara) supports this webinar organized by ECCP, in partnership with its Agriculture Committee, DTI XI and FREEDOM, Inc., webinar entitled “Harvest What You Sow: Strategic Investment Plans for Banana and Coconut products” on July 30, 2021 from 10:00 AM – 12:00 NN via Zoom platform. This webinar will discuss the current situation for coconut and banana in Region XI, investment opportunities and how this RAPID Growth Project will benefit the anchor firms and farmers in the said region.
- Free for La Camara and Partner Chamber Members (2 complimentary passes)
-PHP 500 for every additional member attendee
-PHP 1,000 for Non-members


With the longer and brighter days come the Qing Ming festival in April. Qing means clear, Ming means bright, They are referring to the season changing to clearer and brighter days at this time of the year. For the farmers in the countryside, it is the time to transplant rice into water filled paddy fields. Back breaking work!
In large parts of China, an important herb is sending out fresh and tender new growth, the Mugwort. We call it "艾 Ai" in Chinese. This is a herb widely used in Chinese medicine, and it is the dry herb burned for acupuncture heat treatments. Its warming property can improve your body's circulation.
In Southern China, people would make sticky rice balls with fresh leaves of mugwort called "Qing Tuan", to enjoy the delicious flavour and great health benefits.
In my April menu, I have add Qing Tuan made with young stingy nettle leaves, which have a similar flavour and health benefit to mugwort. With red bean paste filling, they are a slightly sweet and refreshing start of your banquet. Enjoy!


Painting by Theophilos Hatzimihali ‘Olive Harvest’ (1933 – Museum on the island of Lesvos)
Olive picking time in Greece starts from October and finishes in February depending on the area. Although the olive tree did not originate in Greece, but in the near East at least 7,000 years ago, the ancient Greeks gave it the symbolism that we associate with it today.
The olive tree relates to the ancient myth of the Greek goddess Athena, goddess of wisdom, warfare and handicraft, and the naming of the city of Athens. Although the city was ruled by King Cecrops, it did not have a patron god, and as Athena and Poseidon, God of the Sea, were both interested in the city, a contest was held on the sacred hill of the Acropolis by Zeus with King Cecrops as judge to see who the patron god would be.
Poseidon moved first and with one swift strike of his trident he struck the ground and water sprouted from the opening. However, the water was salty and therefore not suitable for drinking or cultivation purposes. Next, Athena knelt and planted a small tree: an olive tree. The tree could be used for its high-quality timber, and its crops were not only a source of food, but also produced olive oil that had many purposes. King Cecrops immediately proclaimed Athena the winner of the competition and gave her name to the city.
The symbols of the goddess Athena are the owl (representing wisdom), the gorgoneion (i.e., Medusa’s head on her breastplate), and the olive branch, which symbolizes victory, peace, fertility, and prosperity. The planting of the olive tree in modern times has symbolized peace and cooperation between countries and the olive branch wreath crowns the Olympic Games winners.
The olive tree growing in front of the Erectheion on the Acropolis is said to be from the original tree that had been planted by the goddess Athena. Although it has been burnt many times throughout the centuries by the various invaders, a sprig was always saved to be planted again. The most recent planting of such a sprig was in 1952 when members of the American School of Archaeology replanted the tree with a branch that had been saved and harvested following the destruction caused by the Germans during World War II.
Besides the area around Athens, the olive tree can be found in most parts of Greece, such as the southern Peloponnese, Crete, and most of the Greek islands as it loves the Mediterranean sun and sea. It can grow on rocky soils and can survive dry weather conditions and strong winds.
The oldest olive tree is to be found in the village of Ano Vouves outside Chania on the island of Crete. Although the life expectancy of an olive tree is between 300 and 600 years, the ‘Olive tree of Vouves’ is said to be at least 2000 years old and is still productive. In 1997, it was declared a protected natural monument and branches from the tree were used for the wreaths for the winners of the 2004 Athens Olympic and the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
Homer referred to the olive oil as ‘liquid gold’ and Sophocles in ‘Oedipus at Colonus’ calls the olive ‘nurturer of children’. Besides the olive wreath or ‘kotinos’, which crowned the winners at the various games such as the Panathenaic games in honour of the goddess Athena, amphorae of olive oil were also given. The winner was able to sell this oil to cover his needs. They would also anoint their body with oil for protection and to keep it supple. Olive oil was and is still used as a basic ingredient in the cosmetic and perfume industry, for the making of soap and as fuel for lamps. The use of oil for the small devotional oil lamps (kandilia) is still used today in churches, in household shrines and at the graves of the deceased. Using olive oil in cooking was a status symbol as only the wealthy could afford it.
Depending on the use, some olives are picked by hand, others are beaten by poles onto cloths that have been spread out underneath the trees. The olives that are to be pressed for their oil are taken to the pressing mill and the others are treated for consumption purposes. They can be used in salads, breads, pies, or sauces. There are various varieties of olives from the well-known black Kalamata olives to the juicy Amfissas olives.
Greece is the third largest producing country in the world after Spain and Italy. However, it produces 80% of extra virgin olive oil, which is the top-ranked classification category worldwide. Greece also exports to Italy and Spain without it being considered an export since they are all members of the E.U. The prefectures of Heraklion on Crete and Messinia in the southern Peloponnese have the highest production of olive oil in Greece. The biological cultivation of the olive tree, which started approximately ten years ago, is also on the increase.
Some methods used by the ancient Greeks to cure the olives for consumption are still used today. The steps are:
- Wash the olives and put them in a large bowl. Change the water every day for 7 days to remove the bitterness.
- Put the olives in brine for 10 days.
- Take the olives out of the brine and put them in water, which you change every day to remove the salt.
- When you are satisfied with the taste, put the olives in a jar filled with olive oil so that they do not go moldy. You can leave them in vinegar for a few days before putting them in the olive oil. Oregano or rosemary can also be added.


"On that day, young pirates who are now famous all lined up to watch. Or that’s what I heard. The entire world was watching as the Pirate King was executed."
— Silvers Rayleigh, Chapter 506
This Tree Is Growing 40 Different Kinds Of Fruit At Once
This single (and quite colorfully blossoming) tree grows 40 different varieties of peaches, plums, apricots, nectarines, cherries, and even almonds — but just how does it do it?
It does it through the process of chip grafting. After sculptor Sam Van Aken bought a failing orchard in upstate New York full of hundreds of different fruit trees, he began the pain-staking process of grafting several of the different varieties together into one tree. Six years later, the result is this 40-fruit bearing tree, which includes some heirloom varieties that are centuries old.
Image: Sam Van Aken
Wahhhhhh GMOs are bad wahhhhhhh
this tree is an overachiever
the new ask meme: send me literally anything and ill tell you something i hate about it
Twist: conversely, I’ll have to also tell you one thing I like about it.
look at this loser picking a fight with someone 13 years younger than him
Sadie doesn’t want her brother to grow up


Scotch Quarry Park – yesterday and today
The first part of the community garden was created in 2011 as part of the Transition City Lancaster ‘Fruity Corners’ project, led by Simon Gershon and Caroline Jackson. It was funded by the Big Lottery and began with the construction of a series of raised beds which were built onto bare concrete (see photo left). Over the years, new areas have been added to the garden with a series of community events running alongside this, thanks to further funding from Groundwork and, more recently Lancaster Greenspaces. Following this expansion, we set up as an independent voluntary organisation and now run under the banner of ‘Scotch Quarry Community Garden’.
There are five areas to the garden today:
The Forest Garden
This is the oldest part of the garden, comprising the raised beds which we built in 2011. Everything here is designed to be edible so you’ll find familiar fruit, vegetables and herbs as well as some more unusual tasty treats. All the plants in the forest garden are also perennial so they come back every year. This part of the garden was also designed using permaculture principles – it is a low maintenance, closed loop system which involves growing plants in layers in order to make maximum use of the available space.
The half moon bed
This is home to some fruit trees as well as bulbs, shrubs and beautiful flowering plants for wildlife and people to enjoy. All the plants in this bed were created completely free of charge – some of them we grew ourselves from seeds, cuttings and division – others were donated by local residents or organisations, including the garden at Christ Church, just around the corner. A path winds through the middle of the bed for easy access and additional fun for children and careful dogs!
The nursery bed
This sheltered spot provides a safe home for the babies of the garden: young plants that we have grown ourselves from seed or cuttings. They can grow on here in peace and quiet until they are big enough to move to their final positions in the garden.
The cottage garden
These three new beds were started in 2012. Here, we’re aiming to create an attractive space for annual veggies and wildlife-friendly flowers.
The hazel coppice
While this is not, strictly speaking, a part of the garden, it is an important part of our longer-term vision to take care of the park more broadly. It is an area adjacent to the existing woodland where we planted 50 new hazel trees in 2016 with the help of the Lancashire Woodland Project. In the future, this will create a traditional coppice habitat that will help wildlife and provide us with the timber that we need for plant supports in the garden.
The ‘new’ beds
We probably need to come up with a better name for these! They were built in the summer of 2016 with funding from Lancaster Greenspaces and the idea is to provide three dedicated new spaces: one for salads, one for Mediterranean herbs and one for wildlife and seasonal colour. The herb and salad beds were specifically requested by local residents in order to cater for the kinds of edible things that are best picked regularly and eaten fresh, but which are expensive to buy in the supermarket!
Do you have other ideas for areas that you’d like to see added to the garden? Please get in touch and let us know!


Photo: Kaur Kristjan / Unsplash
In years gone by, grand estates often had special gardens where flowers were grown just for cutting and bringing indoors. That concept is catching on again – if it ever really went away – and with good reason: well-planned cutting gardens let you enjoy fresh flowers in every room, from spring until the very end of the season.
Any garden can function as a cutting garden, of course. A few quick snips and you can fill a vase to bring a splash of colour indoors.
But do that too often and you can find yourself looking at blank patches in your flower beds.
Cutting Gardens Are Fun
The cutting garden is the solution. Here, flowers are treated more like vegetables, as a crop that’s meant to be harvested rather than as a plant that’s meant to be enjoyed outdoors.
In fact, many gardeners combine their cutting garden and their vegetable garden, growing dahlias, snapdragons and cosmos amid the lettuces and carrots. This approach has the double benefit of giving your vegetable garden some floral beauty as well as providing a source of flowers for the vases.
Other cutting gardens are planted in a little-used area of the property, somewhere out of sight of the main part of the grounds where you won’t mind if the floral display dwindles as you harvest the blooms.
Make an Event Out of It
So, what flowers should you grow in your cutting garden? It depends in part on how you intend to use them.
Some people plan their cutting garden around a single event. If you’re hosting a wedding or a party, filling the space with masses of blooms that you grew yourself is a wonderful personal touch. In that case, you probably don’t need to worry about growing flowers that will last a long time in a vase. Rather, your choice can be driven entirely by the aesthetics of the event itself: if you want to have displays of daylilies everywhere, then go for it.
Most people, though, want flowers with a little more staying power in a vase. Zinnias and chrysanthemums are among the all-time champions in this area, looking fresh in water for up to three weeks. Geraniums excel in vases — they do so well, in fact, that a stem that still has leaves attached will often sprout roots when left in water.
Bring the Outdoors Indoors
Other flowers don’t last quite as long, but are still fabulous indoors. Peonies and dahlias can start to drop their petals after five to seven days, but until then a bowl full of them can make an eye-catching display.
Consider whether you want to bring scent indoors as well as colour. Lilies, particularly the oriental varieties, can fill a room with fragrance, but some people find their aroma a bit overwhelming. The same can be true of some roses, hyacinths, lavender and more. Floral scent can be a delight, but it’s just worth bearing in mind when planning your cutting garden.
A cutting garden can have a mix of annuals and perennials, and even flowering shrubs like lilacs. Be sure to include some plants with interesting foliage, so you can add a spray of greenery to your cut flower display.
Fresh Seasonal Flowers
As with any garden, plan it so that you have blooms available all season long, from the earliest spring bulbs right through to orange calendulas and fall mums that can look amazing on a Thanksgiving table.
Give it a try this year. Just don’t be surprised if you get addicted to having fresh flowers throughout the house all summer long.


If you spend some time out in your neighbourhoods You will of worked out that mowing one’s lawn has somewhat become an art of sorts. While others may choose to simply mow their way along the grass and disregard what happens. Learning the proper way to mow a lawn is important especially in keeping your yard grass and the ground healthy.
What’s the proper way to mow a lawn
It is a task that most men end up hate doing, but love the result. If you want to learn the proper way to mow a lawn, try these tips on how to do that:
Remove rocks and sticks
Before mowing your lawn, remove rocks and sticks that may get in the way. Doing this prevents the materials from getting hurled by the mower.
It is something that could be fatal or course injury and therefore should be avoided.
Never go to short
Keep your lawn healthy by not cutting the grass too short. In general, leave about a half of an inch of grass sticking out of the ground.
Anything shorter could kill your grass and destroy your lawn.
Give it time to grow
If you find the activity of mowing your lawn as something therapeutic, try not to be overeager about it. You actually don’t have to cut the grass every week; just cut it when the grass begins to look too unkempt.
Give your grass time to grow, and you will end up with a lush looking lawn.
Never throw it away
Don’t throw the cut grass away. While it may seem that it helps in keeping your lawn looking neat and tidy, you should keep it on top of the grass.
Once the cut grass decomposes, it will act as mulch or fertilizer for your lawn.
Vary the mowing pattern
Finally, try to keep your mowing pattern as varied as possible every time you do this activity. It keeps the growth of your grass straight.
That’s it five really simple tips for the proper way to mow a lawn. Try them you might be surprised with how your lawn looks.


Oh, does it feel good to be posting these pictures, albeit late 🙂
Up here, gardens go in around the end of May, and sometimes that is even a little early. I think I may have gotten mine in a week later, but with everything going on around here, I honestly don’t remember!
Now, these pictures were taken about a week and a half ago, and since then, everything has just exploded, especially the zucchini! I am just praying the squash bugs, and squash vine borer are finally gone.
I actually have some more seeds I want to get in the ground… beets, radishes, and cucumbers. I still have time, but its getting close.
So, on this side of the garden, I’ve got two rows of potatoes, and three rows of bush beans.
And, you can see the two rows of zucchini, although they are much bigger, now.
Next to that I have four rows of tomatoes, and in between the tomato plants I have basil planted. Then this side of the same rows of tomatoes, I have two rows of okra, and two rows of sweet potatoes. I also had a full row of cabbage next to the tomatoes that the ducks and chickens took care of. Next to that, on the chicken wire, I have a part row of lettuce, then the rest of the way is snap peas. The big posts are for the pole beans, next to that are sunflowers, and finally, there are some pumpkins and squash…
And, finally, each corner, I used wood pallets for markers, and had the idea to also plant cucumber bushes. But, those aren’t growing the greatest as I had hoped – I don’t think they are getting the sun they need. The black plastic is to keep the ducks, chickens, and dogs at bay.
Here’s to a wildly successfully and blessed garden season! Can’t wait!