We have an interesting recycling place in town. Most townies don't have mulch piles and had nowhere to go with leaves and grass clippings. So they are given a place to dump vegetative matter. Branches are chipped and other stuff is taken across the street and dumped in huge hills, turned periodically. Then people can bring their truck to dig dirt from this or from road and house construction for free. I just found out about it a few weeks ago and when I get my truck out, I'm heading over! Problem is, you don't know if there is weed'n'feed on the grass clippings so I will keep to construction dirt. A lot of it is top soil scrapings.
Thats good Today Jake is putting Pyrethrin on my pants and waking shoes covers. It is a highly toxic bug repellant so not on skin or in wash, so I will just use those pants for working and walking trails. Spray it on outside, let it dry outside a couple days. I'm ready to live on a boat but Jake isn't. Or live in my van, he sure not ready for that.
I have been trying to get my kid to use permethrin on a pair of over pants. We have mosquito shirts and hats that I wear mowing the farm.
Permethrin-Pyrethrin Two slightly different things. One is synthetic and the other is made from chrysanthemums. Both work well though. Neither is strong enough for Alaska mosquitos on people though, but can be used effectively on furry/hairy animals like dogs, cats and horses.
Good afternoon to all- Just got back from the kitchen garden picking a big bowl of spinach for a nice salad for supper tonight. Taters are looking great- all of the rows are coming up solid. Early green beans are up and looking nice, and our green peas are climbing up the strings- I do enjoy picking and eating springtime green peas. The blueberries out back are just starting to set bloom, and our nectarine tree is done blooming, and tiny little baby nectarines are showing up. If you've never eaten a truly full ripe nectarine, you've missed a real joy in life. At this point, everything looks good. Now, if we can just keep the heat, humidity and bugs from taking their share of our produce... you all be safe and keep well- Ed
We need it for ticks. https://www.amazon.com/HYOUT-Mosqui...&sprefix=mosquito+shirts,aps,274&sr=8-18&th=1
Today I transplanted some more okra seedlings and the zucchini. It's starting to look like a garden out there. Tomorrow I'll plant the beans, tomatoes and maybe the little potato plants that I started from seed. Those will go in grow bags. Then I need to think about the watering situation again before things get too big.
Don, I'll have to get out the container and see which one it is. Thanks for letting me know there is a difference. I just looked, it is Permethrin
Guess all the sunflowers Jake started will be in containers, I'm so tired of our mistakes we make lately. Giant Sunflowers about 6' tall, already have flower tops starting while in containers. We may have another cold spell or tow, so not going to put them out this early. time to transplant tomato's we started too. Lots of seedings to plant in raised bed or larger containers.
You can use bamboo stakes to make small/medium "greenhouses" to protect things on cold nights @Marie Mallery. Believe me when I say we have used them a lot both at the beginning and end of the growing season. Just make a structure and throw a sheet of polyethylene over it. Take the plastic off when the weather is nice.
Thanks Don and I have done that but this year so much going on with animals, wells, autos, even a small job is too much. I can't believe I started seeds so early this year I used to know better. We sowed cabbage, bell peppers, tomatoes, and planted potatoes which came up last week. Plus dealing with 2 feral dogs and an old one. Soon I want to plant sweet potato slips we grey. I must be nuts!
I have run out of energy this week. I didn't get all the tomatoes planted but everything else is pretty much ready to go. I think I am really going to like the Earthboxes and City Pickers grow boxes because they are so easy to water and are not supposed to need more fertilizer all season. I got frustrated at the clutter in the garden shed yesterday and had a mini-fit while hot and sweaty and trying to find stuff that I KNOW I put in there at the end of last season. (Some plastic "fencing" that I use around the raised beds and some 4' metal rods to hold it in place.) I got so frustrated that I just came in and took a shower and haven't been back out there since. Nothing like a little tantrum I always say.