I spent a huge chunk of yesterday helping a friend transplant bits of his garden from his old house to his new house. We must have dug up at least forty irises and tons of peonies, marigolds, and various other plants. He was kind enough to split some of the clumps with me, and he’s planning to split me some white dutch irises that are already growing at his new place.

What’s growing on with you all?

  • SteevyT@beehaw.org
    3·
    9 days ago

    Chicken wire fence worked well to keep the groundhog away from the squash. Squash is going nuts again, not sure how I’ll keep it in the garden bed. Green beans are going well, replanted a bunch of carrots to replace the ones that died hopefully. I think that whst I thought were Brussel sprouts are actually cucumber, and what I thought was cucumber is Brussel sprouts so neither is where I wanted them. Raspberry bushes are also coming in very quickly, blueberry bushes are being very slow.

    • LallyLuckFarm@beehaw.orgOPM
      3·
      9 days ago

      I’m so glad the exclusion barrier is working for your squashes! Can you train them up some trellising with any sort of ease?

      I think that whst I thought were Brussel sprouts are actually cucumber, and what I thought was cucumber is Brussel sprouts so neither is where I wanted them

      Oh no …

      • SteevyT@beehaw.org
        3·
        9 days ago

        Well, I do have a couple stair rails with 550 cord strung between them to attempt to get them to climb. My wife is a bit afraid that the vines wont be able to support the weight of the squashes when they start coming in though.

        • LallyLuckFarm@beehaw.orgOPM
          3·
          9 days ago

          We’ve grown butternut and pumpkins on trellising with no significant weight issues - one or two huge guys that I cut off to cure elsewhere while the others kept growing, sure. If you’re doing cukes, zukes, or other summer or small squash you should be good to go though.

      • salacious_coaster@infosec.pubEnglish
        3·
        9 days ago

        Thanks! Take enough rapid fire photos, you have a decent chance of getting a good one. 😅

        I did not expect the lovage to be such a hit with the bugs! That was a pleasant surprise. I think it’s the most ladybugs I’ve seen on one plant.

  • Duckworthy@piefed.socialEnglish
    3·
    9 days ago

    I haven’t been pooping in a banana hole. Instead I’ve been in the battle against squirrels. I’m in a great biodiversity hotspot so I have both ground squirrels ( who’ve decided to adapt and climb my fruit trees) and tree squirrels.
    I’ve been excited to eat my nectaplums, so I was cautious and bagged them when they were very small. The squirrels have decided that even though they can’t get into the bags, I deserve punishment so they still knock them out of the tree still green in the bags, and leave a few tooth marks in each.

    I just bought some pie plates to try and add baffles and I fully expect some new horror they think of next.