fuzzi's "Gardens and Chickens...and Goats? Oh My!" Journal and More Thread

[Baymule]

You are showing your talents on this build! Great way to make it fit.

 

[fuzzi]

You are showing your talents on this build! Great way to make it fit.

Thank you.

Sometimes it's the simple fix we overlook at first that will get the job done.

 

[fuzzi]

With the raised beds close, I'd put wood chips or shavings thick on ground between. No mow or clean up then! Smother grasses. . It'll look good, too.

I'm thinking about using pine straw for mulch. It's cheap, and won't drop seeds like straw does.

 

[farmerjan]

"Pine straw" ???? Pine needles maybe??? Great for the blueberries especially.... acidic in nature, even though as they decompose they will not affect the soil a great deal... but better than something that is more alkaline.

 

[fuzzi]

Found a second hose, connected it to the rainbarrel overflow hose. NOW I can reach the blueberry bushes and two of the raised beds with my soaker hose!

Green frog

Isn't it cute?

First iris bloom since I moved the plants last year!

Bugleweed is blooming!

The green plants in the middle are Evening primroses, descendants of the ones my mom planted in her gardens.

They will bloom in late April.

 

[fuzzi]

"Pine straw" ???? Pine needles maybe??? Great for the blueberries especially.... acidic in nature, even though as they decompose they will not affect the soil a great deal... but better than something that is more alkaline.

It's the same thing. They bale pine needles, sell them for mulch. It's clean, no trash or cones.

 

[murphysranch]

I love love love frogs. We had so many in our pond at our ranch in Murphys CA.

Up here, not many show up. Great job!!

I also love Iris, second to glads.

 

[farmerjan]

I love love love frogs. We had so many in our pond at our ranch in Murphys CA.

Up here, not many show up. Great job!!

I also love Iris, second to glads.

Irises, Gladiolus, Peonies, daffodils, tulips, dahlias, climbing roses, chrysanthemums......hollyhocks.... all the stuff that comes up year after year...

 

[farmerjan]

It's the same thing. They bale pine needles, sell them for mulch. It's clean, no trash or cones.

Never heard of it called pine straw before... learn something every day...

 

[fuzzi]

Never heard of it called pine straw before... learn something every day...

Neither did I until I moved to the Carolinas.