WxUSAF Posted September 29, 2022 Share Posted September 29, 2022 Plants in the ground 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IronTy Posted October 1, 2022 Share Posted October 1, 2022 Hello Clarice! Deaths head hawkmoths. They're quite unlike any moth I've ever reared, and I've reared thousands. Like furry tarantulas with wings. And they squeak really loud when you touch them. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eskimo Joe Posted October 3, 2022 Share Posted October 3, 2022 Had a Sphinx Moth hovering over our planter the other evening. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nw baltimore wx Posted October 24, 2022 Share Posted October 24, 2022 Awhile back I had said that aerating holes were good for seed germination, got some doubt comment from someone I can’t recall, and said I would post photos later. Since then I cut the grass short, aerated, seeded, and let nature take its course. I should have gotten photos sooner, but yesterday was the first I’ve mowed since seeding and though the aerating holes are indiscernible, you can see how the new grass is growing in clumps. That’s where the holes were. Seeds got in the holes and presto. Also harvested our sugar pumpkins yesterday from the back 100 (square feet). 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattie g Posted October 24, 2022 Author Share Posted October 24, 2022 I feel like I've underseeded in the past - just reluctant to lay down much seed, especially in obviously thinner locations. For some reason, I just have a poor record with growing new sections of grass or filling in thin patches despite my general success with gardening. My garden is still humming along...if getting a little ragged. I topped my tomatoes last weekend and still have lots of tomatoes on the vines. Jalapenos are still doing fine, as well! That lack of a recent freeze has prolonged my season for at least a couple more weeks. As soon as the tomatoes come down, I'll get my garlic in. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GramaxRefugee Posted October 24, 2022 Share Posted October 24, 2022 5 hours ago, nw baltimore wx said: Awhile back I had said that aerating holes were good for seed germination, got some doubt comment from someone I can’t recall, and said I would post photos later. Since then I cut the grass short, aerated, seeded, and let nature take its course. I should have gotten photos sooner, but yesterday was the first I’ve mowed since seeding and though the aerating holes are indiscernible, you can see how the new grass is growing in clumps. That’s where the holes were. Seeds got in the holes and presto. I've always thought (rightly or wrongly), that it also cuts down on seed being eaten by those pesky birds. Looks good. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kay Posted October 24, 2022 Share Posted October 24, 2022 6 hours ago, nw baltimore wx said: Awhile back I had said that aerating holes were good for seed germination, got some doubt comment from someone I can’t recall, and said I would post photos later. Since then I cut the grass short, aerated, seeded, and let nature take its course. I should have gotten photos sooner, but yesterday was the first I’ve mowed since seeding and though the aerating holes are indiscernible, you can see how the new grass is growing in clumps. That’s where the holes were. Seeds got in the holes and presto. Also harvested our sugar pumpkins yesterday from the back 100 (square feet). very pretty pumpkins A+ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kay Posted November 1, 2022 Share Posted November 1, 2022 I'm mostly glad the 'growing season' is intact for a bit because my zinnias and mexican sunflowers are covered in buds Some nights I've worried about the latter but they've been champs. Hummingbirds long gone, bees still enjoying. I will leave some of this standing over the winter for bird seed. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattie g Posted November 14, 2022 Author Share Posted November 14, 2022 Pulled the tomato plants yesterday in advance of last night's freeze. Harvested about 8 lbs of tomatoes, maybe 1/3 of which had no blush of color at all. Definitely the best harvest of the season. In their place, I planted 15 cloves of locally grown Music garlic. I've had decent luck with Music in the past, but I've generally bought seed garlic online every other year or two, so it' not locally grown except for when I use my own bulbs as seed. Hoping that the local nature of this stuff will lead to slight more robust growth next spring than normal. Either way...can't be worse than this year's crop , which was almost a complete bust. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aldie 22 Posted November 14, 2022 Share Posted November 14, 2022 How many more mows left? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eskimo Joe Posted November 14, 2022 Share Posted November 14, 2022 20 minutes ago, leesburg 04 said: How many more mows left? Definitely 1 more for us. Probably the Sunday after Thanksgiving. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattie g Posted November 14, 2022 Author Share Posted November 14, 2022 22 minutes ago, leesburg 04 said: How many more mows left? I haven't mowed since September. We live so far north that it's not needed. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WxUSAF Posted November 14, 2022 Share Posted November 14, 2022 38 minutes ago, leesburg 04 said: How many more mows left? With several hard freezes in the next week, growing season is over. I’ll mow once more to mulch leaves and cut the grass low so our dustings look nicer. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eskimo Joe Posted November 14, 2022 Share Posted November 14, 2022 1 hour ago, WxUSAF said: With several hard freezes in the next week, growing season is over. I’ll mow once more to mulch leaves and cut the grass low so our dustings look nicer. If you mow early, you won't have grass sticking out of the snow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattie g Posted November 15, 2022 Author Share Posted November 15, 2022 23 hours ago, WxUSAF said: With several hard freezes in the next week, growing season is over. I’ll mow once more to mulch leaves and cut the grass low so our dustings look nicer. I have a decent pile of leaves against one of our fences in the backyard. I'll probably pick them up this weekend and mow to mulch. Then I'll probably do one more quick mulch mow in the first week of December to catch any stragglers blowing from neighbors' yards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WxUSAF Posted November 15, 2022 Share Posted November 15, 2022 I drag most of my leaves back to my fence line under our pine trees. They break down and it’s better ecologically. I can’t quite get to “leave the leaves” entirely, but I try to bag as little as I can. I mulch a lot of the rest. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattie g Posted November 15, 2022 Author Share Posted November 15, 2022 2 hours ago, WxUSAF said: I drag most of my leaves back to my fence line under our pine trees. They break down and it’s better ecologically. I can’t quite get to “leave the leaves” entirely, but I try to bag as little as I can. I mulch a lot of the rest. I don't really have a good place to do that or else I would. When you have 0.2 acres, 50% of which is taken up by the house's footprint, you don't have much room left! Agreed, though, that it would be good to leave some of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nw baltimore wx Posted November 15, 2022 Share Posted November 15, 2022 2 hours ago, WxUSAF said: I drag most of my leaves back to my fence line under our pine trees. They break down and it’s better ecologically. I can’t quite get to “leave the leaves” entirely, but I try to bag as little as I can. I mulch a lot of the rest. All my leaves go in the garden. I try to mow them up as much as possible so they take up less space, but there are years when I have 3+ feet of leaves. By spring, they are condensed to a mushy mat. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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