[Magdalen] Garden report

[P. Dan Brittain]

On Sun, May 24, 2020 at 3:23 PM Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com> wrote:

> Our problems are more in the line of creeping charlie, crown vetch, and a
> nasty little $#@ which I have just learned is commonly called "stickywilly"
> although I had previously referred to it as "hitchhiker" for its nasty
> habit of clinging to your socks and pants, and to your gloves and sleeves
> when you try to pull it out.


We have some of those too and a thing called Henbit (which we also have
read is edible - though we haven't been able to bring ourselves to try it
yet).

> And in our lower flowerbeds, poison ivy and
> the ever-present "creeping Virginia", otherwise known as Virginia creeper
> (Parthenocissus quinquefolia). which look pretty much alike in their early
> stages.


We have a plethora of those too. I call the tree man once or twice a year
to clean out our fence due to the poison ivy.

The violets are all in the grass. We can't have tomatoes because of
> black walnuts.


Each of our neighbors have a black walnut close to our yard, which is why I
started using tubs. A few years later, I stuck a few in the ground and they
do ok too.

dan



> I have tried to grow them in containers on the upper deck
> but they haven't done well so I've given up. I do have a couple of pepper
> plants up there, otherwise the crops are pretty much limited to greens and
> herbs.
>
> On Sun, May 24, 2020 at 4:11 PM P. Dan Brittain <pdan.brittain at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > 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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> > > > P. Dan Brittain
> > > > Harrison, Arkansas
> > > >
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> >
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> > P. Dan Brittain
> > Harrison, Arkansas
> >
> > Transcriptions, Arrangements and Original Compositions
> > Wind Band, Brass Band, Choir, and Ensembles
> >
> > http//:pdanbrittain.com  Or  at Sheet Music Plus
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> >
>


-- 
P. Dan Brittain
Harrison, Arkansas

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