Yeah, mulberries are pretty bland! The wile birds like them, and I'm happy to leave them for the birds. Who then poop purple on everything. :rolleyes:
That is one of the loveliest sounds I know.
Last year, I made a small batch and left it in the fridge. It didn't last long enough to spoil.:)
These I did process so that I could store the jars down in the basement and bring them up one at a time.
I had some HUGE stalks in one of my rhubarb plants and used those for jam. Hubby likes the jam, so this is a BIG win.
How do you care for rhubarb? What kind of fertilizer/food does it like? I have one huge plant (start from a neighbor) and two much smaller plants (purchased crowns in 2022). If...
I have never let my spinach go to seed. 🤔 I might just let them and see what I get.
I'm happy to save any seed I can! Seed security is another form of food security for me.
I dug up the sage and replanted it. It got a good soaking. It will get more sunshine. I hope it does well.
I replanted some pole beans in the row that gave me 4 for 20. We'll see what we get. I have "pole bean seed" on my shopping list too, and I'll get another variety.
I found potato beetles...
@Wee Farmer Sarah, my oregano loves the spot. I guess it's my oregano garden now.
I'm going to try digging up the sage in the next couple days, thanks.
Has anyone moved a sage plant? I have some in an area that just does not get enough sun. I want to move it to the bee garden. Mine has yet to flower. In fact I didn't even know that it should have lots of lovely purple flowers!
I got hose run to the garden today. 350 feet of hose. It actually went a LOT better than I thought it would. Now I know which pieces to put where, to make it easier to disconnect when hubby needs to mow around there.
To encourage it to rain tomorrow, I watered.
We'll probably see them in 2-3 weeks. That would be two weeks early, but everything is early this year.
I have Green Beauty (seeds from a friend) that are about 2 feet tall and blooming. The flowers are different colors! Pink, darker pink, bluish, and a deep blue.
We got a very nice rain last night, 3/8-1/2" and everything looks better.
Except the bush beans.
:mad:
Something small (no footprints) went down the ENTIRE ROW and ate the plants down to stubby stems!
:duc
I forgot to add that it's the same deal with onions. The layers of the onion bulb are specialized leaves, so they like nitrogen too.
Same here! 4 out of about 20. :barnieI'm going to replant some in a few days.
I gave my garlic a sprinkling of blood meal because:
It's nitrogen, and
I had a bag of it that I'd forgotten about.
My garlic is looking pretty darn good! Above ground anyway. We'll see what I dig up in a few weeks.