nachoqtpie
Deeply Rooted
Hey guys! Sorry I've been gone so long!! Things have been a lil crazy here.
So, just to let you know what has happened since the last time I was on.
The kids and I went to Texas to visit my momma... and left hubs behind to take care of the house. Boy was THAT a mistake!!! It was almost like he didn't take care of the garden AT ALL! I was so angry when I came home! Two weeks and all the grass had grown up and I could barely even see some of the plants! The corn was a complete loss, as were the pumpkins, but I kind of figured they might not make it anyways with the way that we were having to try and do surgery on them to get the vine borers out. The watermelon was almost a loss as well. We got ONE melon off the vine, and I don't even think it was really ready, but he had let the grass grow up so much that I couldn't even see the plant let alone the fruit.
We still had some great looking peppers and tomatoes tho!! Then Hurricane Irene decided she liked peppers and tomatoes too... so now we don't even have those.
We had to pull the apples and our one pear off the trees trying to save them. Surprisingly, they made it through! Both the apple trees are leaning tho. :/ I'm trying to decide if I want to steak them back up or not. Opinions? The grapes are doing fantastic! Four of the raspberries survived as well as the mulberry tree, but sadly the kiwis did not. I think it had more to do with our dog deciding that was his favorite spot to hike his leg rather than the weather.
We still have the blueberries and the strawberries tho! LOL I guess all in all this was a fantastic learning experience and I hope to be able to do it all over again next year, but be MUCH better prepared and plant things at the time that they're supposed to be, and to have a bunch more to add for next time! :tools
So, just to let you know what has happened since the last time I was on.
The kids and I went to Texas to visit my momma... and left hubs behind to take care of the house. Boy was THAT a mistake!!! It was almost like he didn't take care of the garden AT ALL! I was so angry when I came home! Two weeks and all the grass had grown up and I could barely even see some of the plants! The corn was a complete loss, as were the pumpkins, but I kind of figured they might not make it anyways with the way that we were having to try and do surgery on them to get the vine borers out. The watermelon was almost a loss as well. We got ONE melon off the vine, and I don't even think it was really ready, but he had let the grass grow up so much that I couldn't even see the plant let alone the fruit.
We still had some great looking peppers and tomatoes tho!! Then Hurricane Irene decided she liked peppers and tomatoes too... so now we don't even have those.
We had to pull the apples and our one pear off the trees trying to save them. Surprisingly, they made it through! Both the apple trees are leaning tho. :/ I'm trying to decide if I want to steak them back up or not. Opinions? The grapes are doing fantastic! Four of the raspberries survived as well as the mulberry tree, but sadly the kiwis did not. I think it had more to do with our dog deciding that was his favorite spot to hike his leg rather than the weather.
We still have the blueberries and the strawberries tho! LOL I guess all in all this was a fantastic learning experience and I hope to be able to do it all over again next year, but be MUCH better prepared and plant things at the time that they're supposed to be, and to have a bunch more to add for next time! :tools
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