[Magdalen] Garden report

[P. Dan Brittain]

On Sun, May 24, 2020 at 3:00 PM Grace Cangialosi <gracecan at gmail.com> wrote:

> I have a front yard full of violets...and buttercups...and
> dandelions...and clover. Oh...and some grass! But I live in the country,
> and as long as it’s green, it can grow, and I now from time to time.
>

I do the same in the city (town/village, we're not in a big place) - as
long as it's green, it stays.

>
> Got a little start on some actual gardening this afternoon. I put in 4
> tomato plants in 5gallon buckets with cages around them and started
> “seasoning” 2 straw bales for additional planting. I should have gotten 4
> more. I did some straw bale gardening several years ago, and it really is a
> great system. I should have started preparing these bales a couple of weeks
> ago, though.
>

I've used straw for potatoes but that's about all. About 1/3 of my tomatoes
are in pails/tubs/grow bags. I managed to start all my own this year and I
had filled many of the tubs with compost from my pile - ended up with a lot
of tomato volunteers, we'll see what they turn out to be.

d

>
> > On May 24, 2020, at 2:02 PM, P. Dan Brittain <pdan.brittain at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > Sweet Violets. No not the song, and not so sweet. My onion bed is
> infested
> > with violets. I have to pull 1-2 rows of violets a day to keep up and
> it's
> > easy to get behind. Starting Tuesday, we have about a week of rain, so
> more
> > work to do. At least we discovered that violets are edible. We've been
> > adding them to out salads daily along with fresh spinach and fresh Red
> > Russian Kale. Have also started freezing spinach and kale.
> >
> > 31 tomato plants in the ground. Potatoes in bags and a potato bin - and
> > doing well. 5 plantings of green peas, 1st row blooming profusely, 2nd
> row
> > starting to bloom. Green beans above ground and carrots. Squash is
> starting
> > to peak out of the ground.
> >
> > Peach trees are loaded - 1 thinning done and another to start. We'll get
> > apricots this year for the first time. Apples will be light this year -
> > didn't thin enough last year, so the main tree didn't bloom much this
> year.
> >
> > Hope everyone is finding something to do.
> >
> > Dan
> >
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> > Harrison, Arkansas
> >
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P. Dan Brittain
Harrison, Arkansas

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