The freezing weather has really improved the taste of the greens from the garden. The leaves are limp in the early morning until things warm up, but in the afternoon they perk up. They are still a darker green and they are really tender. There does not seem to be a change at all in the collards, but they are not big enough to pick yet anyway.
The pansies seem to enjoy the cold weather. They are smiling all the time now and producing a riot of color. The camellias too are doing well. It is doubtful that the artichokes can take much more cold. It really doesn’t matter. They were planted in the front yard to provide interest while the other winter plantings were getting started. Hopefully their roots will survive and prosper and next spring new artichokes will come up.
The backyard artichokes in the garden produced 1 artichoke this year and then seemed to die back. Hopefully the front yard “chokes” will do better.
David Segrest is an International REALTOR in Charlotte, NC. His email is david@segrestrealty.com , His webpage is http://davidsegrest.com , and his international real estate blog is http://dointernationalrealestate.blogspot.com/
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Tuesday, December 6, 2011
Tuesday, October 11, 2011
Some Grows, Some Goes
The fall garden has been a spotty thing this year. Cucumbers came up great and died. Squash came up well and have small squash, that grow so slowly that the pickle worms find them. The sugar peas came up and went away. They were replanted and have not come back up. The 1st radishes are getting some size, but they have no radishes. The spinach came up and went away and had to be replanted. The cabbage was doing well, but has disappeared.
The arugula is doing well as is the mesclun. The mustard and turnips have been picked several times. The kale that was planted at the same time as the mustard and turnips is growing really slowly. The onions and collards planted a week ago have not even come up. The fig tree is loaded, but they are not getting ripe.
The bed in the center of the front yard has been completely reworked. All of the living plants were dug up. The bed was sided with a double row of landscaping timbers and filled with compost and dirt. Three artichokes were planted and the irises and cannas were replanted. The cannas will be moved to another bed, but they had to be replanted in that bed, because there is no place for them yet. That bed will get a lot more work through the week and next weekend.
David Segrest is an International REALTOR in Charlotte, NC. His email is david@segrestrealty.com , His webpage is http://davidsegrest.com , and his international real estate blog is http://dointernationalrealestate.blogspot.com/
The arugula is doing well as is the mesclun. The mustard and turnips have been picked several times. The kale that was planted at the same time as the mustard and turnips is growing really slowly. The onions and collards planted a week ago have not even come up. The fig tree is loaded, but they are not getting ripe.
The bed in the center of the front yard has been completely reworked. All of the living plants were dug up. The bed was sided with a double row of landscaping timbers and filled with compost and dirt. Three artichokes were planted and the irises and cannas were replanted. The cannas will be moved to another bed, but they had to be replanted in that bed, because there is no place for them yet. That bed will get a lot more work through the week and next weekend.
David Segrest is an International REALTOR in Charlotte, NC. His email is david@segrestrealty.com , His webpage is http://davidsegrest.com , and his international real estate blog is http://dointernationalrealestate.blogspot.com/
Monday, May 2, 2011
Everything is Up
As of April 28, everything in the garden has come up. 1 hill of spaghetti squash seems to have been munched by something, and about 1 foot of lima beans have also provided a little creature’s lunch. All of that will need to be replanted. All the little plants are so cute, I just want to pet them. Instead they are getting soaker hose installed. They probably prefer that anyway.
Most of the summer squash has true leaves and so far except for a few tomato plants that were gobbled by roly pollies, the bugs have not been too bad. There are a few isolated holes in the cabbages and kale, but they are not bad enough to get out the sprayer. When the little white moths start flitting around the BT will have to come out.
There is a tiny little artichoke on one of the artichoke plants and there is head forming on one of the broccolis. The potato bag is growing like crazy. Dirt has to be added almost every day and the bag is 2/3 full now. The true test will be if there are any potatoes in there.
David Segrest is an International REALTOR in Charlotte, NC. His email is david@segrestrealty.com , His webpage is http://davidsegrest.com , and his international real estate blog is http://dointernationalrealestate.blogspot.com/
Most of the summer squash has true leaves and so far except for a few tomato plants that were gobbled by roly pollies, the bugs have not been too bad. There are a few isolated holes in the cabbages and kale, but they are not bad enough to get out the sprayer. When the little white moths start flitting around the BT will have to come out.
There is a tiny little artichoke on one of the artichoke plants and there is head forming on one of the broccolis. The potato bag is growing like crazy. Dirt has to be added almost every day and the bag is 2/3 full now. The true test will be if there are any potatoes in there.
David Segrest is an International REALTOR in Charlotte, NC. His email is david@segrestrealty.com , His webpage is http://davidsegrest.com , and his international real estate blog is http://dointernationalrealestate.blogspot.com/
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