Category: Gardening
Phlox
We have wild phlox that is purple and we have wild phlox that is white. But every now and again we get one that is white with purple stripes, and I love those. Anya dug this one up from the field and planted it in my bee garden last year, and it is huge this year. And still has the striped flowers that I love!
Hazelnut Progress
Hazelnut Progress
Black Walnut Seedlings
A neighbor gifted us black walnut seedlings he dug up from his yard — we planted them along the East side of the end of the farm path. Another twenty years, and we’ll have some more big walnuts lining the path!
Hazelnut Progress
Progress picture of the hazelnut cluster we’re watching
Hazelnuts – 2024
The hazelnuts are just starting to form — it looks like we’ve got nuts developing on the newer plants on the north side too. As far as propagating plants, I’ve pretty well established that dropping a woody cutting in willow water doesn’t work. Dropping a green cutting in water doesn’t work. Next, I’m going to try a green cutting in soil and air layering. I’ve found a few places online that say air layering worked … even if it looks a little odd having bundles of soil wrapped around the branches of your shrubbery.
2024 Garden – North Side
We got most of the north side of the garden planted — watermelon and tomatoes are still in the greenhouse (sprouting)
2024 Garden – Veggies
Today, we planted (from West to East) haricot vert beans, a row of peas, sweet potatoes, and regular potatoes (Masquerade, Harvest Moon, and Sangre from W to E along the north side of the kale island, and Baltic Rose along the south side of the kale)
2024 Garden — Late Start!
I finally got the dirt and mulch spread out in the northern side of the garden — there’s a nice island of kale in the middle, and the garlic we planted last year is growing well in the back. I’ve got potatoes and yams to plant, beans, peas, cucumbers, dill, and tomatoes. Hopefully lots and lots of tomatoes! Oh, and watermelon.
