[Ag-eq] Gardens

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Tracy:

I put DE on the plants; it keeps getting washed off by all the rain.

Your garden sounds nice.

We're just having a wetter than usual spring and summer and everyone is having
trouble with their gardens.

I love blue berries.

Nella
Quoting Tracy Carcione via Ag-eq <ag-eq at nfbnet.org>:

> Hi Nella.
> Sprinkling diatomaceous earth around plants is supposed to discourage worms
> and slugs from getting on your cabbage.  It's made of tiny ground-up shells,
> and it cuts the worms' soft bodies.  Or so I've read.  It's not cheap, but a
> little goes a good way, I think.
>
> My tomatoes are doing well.  I could have some cherry tomatoes in a couple
> weeks, which is early here.  My tomato seeds didn't come up at all, so I
> bought some heirloom plants from a CSA I know.  They're really nice.
> I was just about to get some lettuce and spinach, then I went away for a
> week, and, when I came back, Mr. Groundhog had paid me a visit and munched
> all my greens down to the ground.  Or maybe it was rabbits--some nibbling
> varmint.  I renewed the groundhog spray, and so far, so good, but maybe
> they're waiting for some new growth before striking again.
> I'm getting garlic scapes, which I better harvest soon.
> I'm getting good turnips, which I also better harvest soon.
> I've already had a big oregano harvest, and can soon have another.
> Mr. Groundhog also chomped my coreopsis, but it's recovering, and the other
> flowers are doing well, though I have this horrible wild morning glory trying
> to strangle some of them.
> The apple tree has lots of little apples, and the blueberry in the sunny
> location has lots of berries.  I've even gotten some strawberries before the
> squirrels did.  And the fig survived the winter, though it's getting a slow
> start.  Not helped by me running over one of its new branches with the
> lawnmower.
> And I got poison ivy last weekend, weeding in the yard.  Yeck.
> Tracy
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ag-eq [mailto:ag-eq-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Nella Foster via
> Ag-eq
> Sent: Wednesday, June 17, 2015 1:33 PM
> To: Agricultural and Equestrean Division List
> Cc: nfoster at extremezone.com
> Subject: Re: [Ag-eq] Donkeys: was "caring for Minnies"
>
> Jody:
>
> Peacocks are quite expensive here and I'm told that they tend to wander.  I
> don't know if that's true, I've just heard it from a couple of people.  They
> are beautiful, but I don't care for the sound.
>
> I actually love the sound of a rooster, but my neighbors might not feel the
> same.
>
> I also love the sound of baying hounds, but I'm sure my neighbors wouldn't
> apppreciate it.
>
> What breeds are the new hens?
>
> My garden isn't doing very well this year either.  Some type of worm got on
> the cabbage and it has been to wet for the lettuce.  The tomatos and peppers
> seem to be growing in slow motion.  I have gotten 2 ripe yellow pear tomatoes
> so far.  I had beautiful chinese cabbage, but the red and green cabbage seems
> to have come to a stop.  The cucumbers are vining and have blossoms, but the
> squash is in slow motion.  All the herbs and flowers I planted are thriving.
>
> What is everyone else up to?
>
> Nella
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> Quoting Jody Ianuzzi via Ag-eq <ag-eq at nfbnet.org>:
>
> > We have peacocks, donkeys, roosters and cattle in our neighborhood.
> >
> > The first time I heard the peacocks I thought it was a woman calling
> > for help.  Now I love the sound and I wonder about getting some
> > peacocks for the farm.  I want some ducks but we have to build a shelter
> first.
> >
> > I have no desire for a rooster.  The closest rooster is a half mile
> > away and that is loud enough.  The donkey sounds are delightful but I
> > think I would prefer a female if the males are louder.
> >
> > We have seven chickens.  The new ones are Laverne and Shirley and Lucy
> > and Ethel.  The older chickens and the new ones get along but keep
> separate.
> >
> > Jewel, have you gotten any more rabbits?  I was so sorry to hear about
> Peter.
> >  I have heard that rabbits can die of fright.  Consider how often they
> > are afrid it isn't a very good survival characteristic.
> >
> > I probably shouldn't admit it but my garden is a total disaster this  year.
> > The rabbits got my tomatoe and pepper plants and my bean sprouts and
> > the weeds are taking over.  I decided the garden is just too big to
> > manage and next time I will have a much smaller garden with quality
> > not quanty.  I will put up a rabbit fence and grow the limited things we
> like best.
> >
> > It is good to hear from everyone, the list has been so quiet.
> >
> > JODY 🐺
> > thunderwalker321 at gmail.com
> >
> > "There's no point in being grown up if you can't be childish sometimes."
> > DOCTOR WHO (Tom Baker)
> >
> > > On Jun 16, 2015, at 11:45 PM, Jewel via Ag-eq <ag-eq at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> > >
> > > The Gore District Council published a directive advising its
> > > ratepayers
> > what animals they could, or
> > > could not, keep on residential properties;  amongst the "thou shalt
> > > not
> > keep" were roosters, while,
> > > on the other hand, amongst the "thou mayest keep" were donkeys!
> > > I could not help but wonder how many of these desk-flying bozos had
> > > ever
> > lived within a mile of a
> > > property on which donkeys resided!
> > >
> > >        Jewel
> > >
> > >
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