DirtDiva
A True Doomsday Prepper
Make sure to rotate to a different part of the garden
Gardens 2020
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Make sure to rotate to a different part of the garden
DirtDiva
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New bushes came in today. I received a pink and also purple gooseberry bushes. I only have the green ones and looking forward to trying these as they have less thorns and are supposed to be sweeter. Also received a new variety of Cornelian cherry. I already had two tree but wanted a couple different varieties to improve pollination. Tomorrow will spray peach and plum trees with orchard spray. Too windy today. Pawpaws planted last week look good. Up so far are beets, english peas, green onions, onions, garlic, mustard greens, cabbage and lettuce. Last frost date is April 15 so have some time before summer crops are planted. Blackberries are budding out but grapes have not broken bud yet. Forsythia and Daffodils are pretty well gone. Strawberries are blooming. Black currant are just starting to bud out. Lots of weeding and mulching yet to do.
I have the green gooseberry bushes. Reminds me of my grandmother
DirtDiva
A True Doomsday Prepper
Just a heads up noticing a trend on open pollinated seeds 
Southern Exposure Seed Exchange
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Johnny's Selected Seeds
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Baker Creek
Seems to be up and running but crashing lots my guess would be heavy traffic.
Fedco Seeds
Due to exceptionally high order volume, Fedco Seeds is not accepting new orders at this time
Southern Exposure Seed Exchange
We are currently not accepting new orders! Due to unprecedented demand for seeds, we have been inundated with orders and have had to stop accepting new ones while we work through our backlog. We apologize for the inconvenience, and are working around the clock to get orders shipped out so that we can accept yours!
Johnny's Selected Seeds
We are only accepting new orders from Commercial Customers shipping to the US and Canada at this time!
Baker Creek
Seems to be up and running but crashing lots my guess would be heavy traffic.
Fedco Seeds
Due to exceptionally high order volume, Fedco Seeds is not accepting new orders at this time
Brent S
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Just came in from adding the last of the leaves between the garden rows and watered it all in really well. Feels really good to have that finished. I decided to not expand the garden this year. Hope I don’t regret that later on.... now everything is set in motion and it’s just warptering and weeding for a while now. I do still need to install the new cover on the greenhouse soon but that’s just a two or three hour job. With the sun not being too hot right now I like the greenhouse open but it won’t be long the lettuces and stuff will need protection from the heat.
Arcticdude
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We use pine wood shavings in the chicken coop. After cleaning out the coop we put these shavings around the fruit trees and the berry plants.
Our garden is next to the corral. When the snows gone I'll use the tractor to clean out the stalls and corral and dump it in the garden. Probobly around the end of April I'll be able to start tilling the garden. We still have a foot of snow in the garden area.
Danil54grl
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I got all of the garden planted except 1 1/2 beds. I am saving those for sweetpotates, but need them to sprout first in some water to plant the slips. This morning I finished mulching the last bed that I missed doing yesterday evening then started tilling deep 8 beds to dig my trenches for corn. Hunny actually came out to help me dig and plant which was a big surprise and help. Now have 16 rows of corn done. Those still need mulched but will hold off for awhile. First I want it to pop thru the soil and as it grows, will add in more soil to make it more stable. If I dont, it will get knocked over with the heavy rains and wind we get sometimes. Other rows just got a light mulch because I want my seeds to pop thru on those beds before I go back and add more. Last night I finished collecting pine needles for the last 4 walkways and got those done too. Still have the main walkway down the middle to go there. Think that should be another 4 or 5 trailor loads. I am just about finished, but stopping in the garden for today. . . . Need to start cleaning house and get laundry done today. Going back to work tomorrow.
DirtDiva
A True Doomsday Prepper
Brent S
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I’m hoping we are done with any frost but you never know. Perfect weather right now but Mother Nature has an awful sense of humor sometimes!Garden envy
DirtDiva
A True Doomsday Prepper
Most of what I have out is frost tolerant crops, cabbage and such so I am okay. I don't think the frost was heavy enough to damage fruit and was pretty patchy at best. At least I am hoping that the peaches and plums are set now. Our last frost date is April 15 supposedly. My figs and such are still covered.
Brent S
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My greenhouse was planted first and is all cold tolerant. The main garden though is all warm weather stuff. I don’t expect anything to sprout for one to two more weeks so hopefully all will be good. Worse case is I pull some more seeds out of the freezer and get a later start.
KateMTx
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I've heard about gooseberries but I don't think I've ever seen them. What are they like? Are they easy to grow? And what do you use them for?
DirtDiva
A True Doomsday Prepper
Gooseberry is a small green berry about the size of a small grape that grows on a bush about 3 to 4 feet tall. I never had them until I lived in the midwest. The berries are somewhat tart/sour and are used to make pies and pastries. I also have a pink gooseberry and a purplish gooseberry. They also have naturalized and grow wild in some midwest states. They originated in Europe and the English use them a lot.
I had never had gooseberry, rhubarb or asparagus until I lived in the midwest. I don't think any of that grows in Louisiana.
Brent S
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Oh, one good thing about blueberries is once established they will send out runners and shoots pop up. You can dig them up and transplant them easily creating more and more food producing plants. The blackberries grow long arching runners that bend down to the ground. Every place they touch the ground they grow roots and make new plants. What started as about 7 plants has turned into dozens for me.
Garden tilled and ready to plant .
Brent S
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I got the new cover on the greenhouse today. Still need to trim the front and back but it’s up and keeping all the new plants from cooking in the heat and direct sun now. With the weather changing now I think I may plan to cover the main garden with a tent of this fabric too with the sides all open. The greenhouse produces triple the produce as the garden so it makes sense to expand it.
KateMTx
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My cucumber plants are sprouted now and today I noticed some of my herbs have little tiny sprouts too. The weather is warm now for the most part though the past couple days got a little chilly. I'm trying to enjoy any nice weather we have because it will be hot before too much longer.
Started taking down the old greenhouse yesterday. I will use the old glass to make raised bed covers and mini greenhouses for smaller plants like Aubergine and peppers. If the old greenhouse foundation looks solid I should be able to use it for the new one.
I have grow boxes inside and the cucumbers, tomatoes, pepper, aubergine, chilli and herbs are growing well. Should be able to put them in the greenhouse in May. Last years early potatoes (we use Timo for early ones) are out of the basement and chitting.
I have grow boxes inside and the cucumbers, tomatoes, pepper, aubergine, chilli and herbs are growing well. Should be able to put them in the greenhouse in May. Last years early potatoes (we use Timo for early ones) are out of the basement and chitting.
Brent S
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I picked all of last year’s carrots a couple weeks back but still have a large section of last falls onions and leeks. I should be eating on them for a couple months yet. I had some fall collards that survived the winter but they bolted allready and I pulled them for the compost pile. Would like to buy a tomato plant to speed up that first fresh one but don’t think it’s worth the risk.
Danil54grl
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So yesterday my hunny decided to take the skid steer out to the front pasture to smooth things out more before the rains start later this week. We had opened that pasture up to the goats a couple weeks ago once it had dried out enough that the babies wouldn't get bogged down and stuck in the mud. When hunny was done, he forgot to close that gate so of coarse goats are going to take advantage of this and they all escaped to the front yard and eventually got into my garden. . . Got them all back in with hunny's help. A couple hours later, they are all out again! When hunny was helping, he had opened up the middle pasture gate while I opened the main goat pasture gate since that is the gate they are used to going into. Got them all back in. . . he forgot to close the middle gate. . . .yes I was frustrated by that time. All three pastures for the goats are connected to one another with either a pass thru or a gate and all are open to each other right now. Fast forward to this morning, I had 2 bucks out, who apparently now thinks the grass is greener on the other side of the fense and jumped out.
After taking inventory of what is missing/damaged out in the garden, I will need to replant a couple zucchini, a couple cantaloupe, 1 honeydew and 1 Roma tomato plant. I guess it could have been worse. . .
After taking inventory of what is missing/damaged out in the garden, I will need to replant a couple zucchini, a couple cantaloupe, 1 honeydew and 1 Roma tomato plant. I guess it could have been worse. . .
