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First real sized poppy… had a couple coin in my wheelbarrow that were the size of a quarter, but missed until they were falling apart.
Squash!! One bale doing obviously better.
First time trying this method.
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Strange summer for my fruit. Two trees - Mericrest and Harko. Very few nectarines. Apples - my Goldrush has the same problem. Ashmead’s Kernel tree - ditto.
My peaches are just starting to ripen. The Flamin’ Fury peaches were wonderful! I think I’ll graft more of that variety. The Redhavens - just don’t have the punch that they have had before. Again . . . perhaps too much water. I have a little Reliance peach tree, but those have not had stellar flavor in previous years. They are not ripe yet…
Pretty Redhavens - pretty mediocre flavor.
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Wait- what is the bale of hay method??!!
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Get you a bale of hay. Leave strings so it stays intact. Over the course of 6-8 weeks load it up with nitrogen fertilizer and make sure to keep it watered so it can start breaking down. (In my case I used urine, weeds tea, and a random really old bag of organic fertilizer my mom had given me.)
Keep at this for the allotted time then make a hole and plant your starts in it.
I accidentally broke a string on the one on the right, but it’s working.
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Ate mt first ever Shinseiki pear. It certainly won’t win any beauty contest like my Hosui, but it was delicious!
Not a large fruit, but almost buttery. Not nearly as crunchy as my Hosui. No photo.
Meanwhile this large Hosui is starting to golden up in color. I have high expectations for this one.
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I thought vegetable growers who use bales preferred straw as opposed to hay. Either would likely work, just curious…
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I’d think it would depend on the hay. Based on my experience using hay as mulch: Seedy hays like oat hay are a pain. Alfalfa is wonderful.
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Technically one should be used over the other because seeds. I didn’t care.
What are the interesting little round things above the radish seed pods on the left of the basket?
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I am loving all those beautiful colors!
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Poppy pod for the seed, to bake and also replant, in one basket, and early garlic in the other basket
@TNHunter my okra is so small and sad. dunno why it’s been blazing heat here!
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gooseberries falling off, mushrooms up, 97F yesterday. no peaches ripe, no stone fruit ready, but black raspberry and mulberry and strawberries are coming in.
always feel like my garden is behind everyone’s even if they’re a zone down.
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It’s all hours of daylight… seems to matter way more than temperature in the spring.
Kiwi flowers opened today
Cherries are almost ripe
Hazelnuts look good
And still picking lots of strawberries
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My mother is enjoying the summer harvests I grew. Lots of tomatoes, eggplants and peppers and the corn nuggets for the too close together corn. Will probably grow the same type of corn (Peaches and Cream) in late summer, early fall, just more evenly spaced.
She always picks the peppers too early though.
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