Recent content by Bobbiee

TV weather from Grand Rapids is saying the area around Saganaw got almost eight inches of rain, but it was mostly soaking in because the ground was so dry. I don'tt understand that, seems like it would flood anyway. I'm glad your pond filled up. You have an irrigation pump and hose system ? I...

So now u know. The secret to gardening during hot, which is good, dry, which isn't, is have someone reliable .water the garden. See, its no secret at all. I had trouble for ever trying to grow watermellon. Last year I gave it a supreem effort, even grew them just 10 feet from the deck. Watered...

IT is a great garden, the best Ive ever had. Irrigation is provided by the owner. He runs 4 to 6 inch pipes to the fields and has large impulse sprinklers, and a well powered by one of his tractors, runs it when soil gets too dry.... usually. Far more consistant than I have ever been. I used to...

From Rodales Encyclopedia of Organic Gardening, As is much of what I "know" practice. Sorta quoted, but not quite. ....... if yousee a head begining to split, give it a half twist to break SOME of the roots and retard growth.... harvest by cutting off at root with a sharp knife and let it grow...

Went to garden yesterday bout four pm. Kinda dry, supposed to be irrigated, but sometimes the sprinklers get goofed up. Bryan, son and a friend of his picked green beans, tomatoes, Kohlrabbi, radishes, swiss chard, summer straight and crooked neck squash, zuccinni, and twisted a cabbage so it...

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I run zuccinni through the food processor, sometimes it'sblanched before freezing, sometimes not.. Doesn't seem to make much difference. It's always mushy. The nature of the beast. I use in casaroles, and in place of spagetti. Chickens like it too. Pullad a droopy squash this mornin and found...

Hi, It's raining in Montague, Should say was raining here. Had a fwe clapps of thunder but just a sprinkle of water. Have had to use the chlorinated city stuff at home to hydrate the berries anf flowers. I hate that. Apparently not enough to repair the irrigation pump/well in the back...

That's such an exciting and, though I can't for the life of me figure out why, exciting event. Birds have been doing it for quite some time. ha ha.

Morning, About strawberries; I did some reading a couple years ago. Here's a summary. There are June berrers and everberring. I purchased 25 of each. Or 25 ever-- & 50 June Cant remember. ( So much for the reliability of this post Picked flowers off the June bearers and let the...

I have a list of the things I planned to plant, and two or three,( three) plots with planned spacing and plants all in rows. This year I'm renting three garden spaces so thought I would set it all up on paper before planting anything. Plan I did, and in transfering from paper to garden the plan...

I'm bob from Montague, retired, gardened for years, 77 yrs old. Never thought when Dad forced me to weed in the garden so many years ago that I would spend so much time loving to garden. Found out there is more to it than weeding I guess. Looked at this site because it was recommended by...