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Yep, I've not run into a timber rattler on our place, but we're in the wheelhouse. Every now and then there is a road kill in the region. I found a beautiful big female sunning on a rock a couple counties south while mushroom hunting 5 years ago. They are a very handsome snake! Sour cherries...

Our neighbor did the "rent a goat" thing and that's where she got the idea. They tied them to trees, but we were thinking of using a section of our electric poultry mesh fence to contain them as you did. I about have her convinced to let me try a "cut and paint " approach with my brush cutter. I...

Anybody ever use goats to clear brush? We have a hillside full of multiflora rose that is virtually impenetrable, and my wife is threatening to rent some goats to eat it into submission. I've seen the results of that at one of the neighbor's...the goats ate everything including the bark off the...

I planted Little Bluestem native grass in our chicken yard for just that reason. It is deep-rooted and tough as nails and takes a beating from the chickens, drought, cold and is virtually disease and maintenance free. We used to live in Houston where St. Augustine was the standard yard grass. I...

We got back to the garden today, planting more onions, potatoes, and chard. Since the long range forecast is warm to past the frost date here, we went ahead and planted peppers, tomatoes and beans under the hoops. I pulled 6 penny nails out of the reclaimed boardwalk we salvaged last week and...

I mix a gallon of apple cider vinegar, 1/2 cup of table salt and a teaspoon of liquid Dawn and put it in a pump-up sprayer to kill the grass and weeds in a strip along our electric poultry mesh fence. The vinegar and salt do the killing and the soap helps it adhere to the plant long enough to do...

We need to get things out of the greenhouse, so we're wrapping the last 2 tunnels with 10 mil today. I don't trust the weather...we had 19 degrees here on May 20 a few years ago that toasted the garden. So the plastic stays on until June.

Hard to resist isn't it? D pulled a tray of 'maters out of the greenhouse today to give them a little fresh air and sun. With 80's on the way this week, I bet a few make it into the ground despite the date :D

I am as well. Two new varieties for us: Jewel and Ft. Laramie. Some more blackberries and raspberries as well. I figured if I planted enough, the birds might let me have a few :). My wife and I have already managed a bang-up case of poison ivy, probably from working the ground making the new beds.

Planted 10 thornless blackberries for us in the new bramble bed. Paid homage to the birds by planting 10 Northern Bayberry and 10 Eastern Wahoo by the stream. We had a heavy frost and 26 degrees last night, so we know better than to plant anything sensitive for a couple more weeks. The garden...

Seriously beautiful gardenscape! You could charge admission :). I admire your talent and focus! That is definitly not what we looked at when our snow melted...

It finally stopped raining late this afternoon and cleared off. It was too late and wet to do much in the garden, so I took a walk in the woods by our home. A beautiful 3/4 moon shone through the trees as the mist gathered in the hollows. The newly arrived Wood Thrushes were sharing their...

We are partial to ramps (wild leeks), which we hunt along with morels this time of year. They are delicious with eggs, mushrooms and a little venison sausage.

Ah yes, the Black Knot bonfire looks familiar. My plums suffered a similar fate. I gave up on them and planted apples instead, they seem to grow better here, and while they have their share of diseases they seem to respond well to treatment. Sorry it came to that, it is tough to give up on...

Very nice! Great start on the tomatoes...we won't eat a garden tomato until June, and I refuse to buy the gassed, tasteless grocery variety.

https://www.growveg.com/guides/how-to-grow-great-garlic/ This was an article I found a few years ago when we first planted garlic. Our soil here is sandy loam with a pH of 6.8-7.0 which sounds perfect for garlic. I have to add limetone chips to the soil for plants that like some alkalinity and...

We haven't had that problem before. We plant in loamy well-drained soil in a raised bed. We aren't as hot and humid here as you might be which may make a difference. Maybe the cultivar of garlic makes also a difference. And I don't know what kind of diseases or bugs in the soil might affect...

Started at sunup this morning planting the greenhouse goodies. D managed to get spinach, kale, chard, beets and some potatoes in the ground before the rain started. I fired up the chainsaw (been waiting for a chainsaw project!) and carved out another 10 x 100 ft. addition to our bramble patch...

Usually it is as a planned planting, but we were given a bag of it last month and want to get it in the ground. We'll see how it goes, pull a couple this fall and if it doesn't look good, let it overwinter.

Tough to kill those things. They can and do die back to the roots during winter here and come back strong. Don't give up on it, I'll bet it comes back soon. We finally have some warmer weather. Tomorrow we are planting onions and root veggies. We have 50 each Texas Super Sweet, Walla Walla...