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Post by Silver on Nov 8, 2024 14:28:33 GMT -5
The weather continues to ignore the calendar here. I've cut up and bagged the remaining brush piles I created a couple days ago. I've got a wheelbarrow full of kindling to stack. I'm going to dig over the compacted soil in the planting bed I made in front of the new garden box. With the bonus time I've been given this season, I'll be able to focus on planting in the spring.
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Post by Silver on Nov 8, 2024 15:37:55 GMT -5
Dug over the garden bed. Need to pick up more composted manure. A few bags for the new garden box and a few more for the new planting bed. After that, I think I'll call it a season!
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Post by urbino on Nov 8, 2024 21:13:26 GMT -5
Never thought I'd hear somebody who visits the Patch say they need even more manure.
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Post by Silver on Nov 8, 2024 21:38:43 GMT -5
Never thought I'd hear somebody who visits the Patch say they need even more manure. The electronic, virtual kind doesn't work in real gardens. |
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Post by Silver on Nov 12, 2024 13:32:54 GMT -5
Shredded a big pile of leaves into the new planting bed and ran the mower through the backyard to pick up more leaves. I'll do the front lawn next.
I also did a little repair to one of the shed doors and made a ring with 1/2" chicken wire. Placed it in an inconspicuous spot. I'll fill it with more shredded leaves. I'll add the resulting leaf mold to the garden once it's ready. This is just a temporary container, I'll build something more permanent in the spring.
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Post by Silver on Nov 13, 2024 16:11:19 GMT -5
I got 15 cu. ft. of composted manure, ans pread it over the shredded leaves in the new garden box and planting bed. The last big job of the year. I still have the garden box with the arugula, lettuce and radishes going. They're not doing much of anything. A lot of small plants that don't want to grow. Probably planted too late. Oh well, I'll try again in April. I took a few cuttings from son-in-law's rosemary plant. I'm gonna see if I can get them to root.
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Post by Silver on Nov 18, 2024 18:06:45 GMT -5
As mentioned in WAYS, cleaned and organized the garden shed. Put everything in its place. My wife bought some allium bulbs, and I planted them in the new planting bed and an adjacent bed. I also planted some lupine seeds in the new bed. I can't say that I'm done for this season. I might find a few more spots to plant more flower seeds that I've collected and saved. It would be great to get a headstart on next year.
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