The heat doesn't bother me. I just wear thinner T shirts.
The cold, on the other hand, I hate with a vengeance.
What’s going on in your garden (2025)?
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The cold, on the other hand, I hate with a vengeance.
badjak
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Cold, grey and wet....
Can't stand it.
We are going into winter, but at least it will be dry and sunny
Barriehie
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Didn't bother me much either I just drank a *lot* of water. A couple of gallons a day when I was at work.
First mowing (I’m always the last guy in the neighborhood to mow, but I refuse to drive ruts in my yard just to say I’ve mowed):
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Barriehie
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Barriehie
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Everything is planted except the watermelons!
My yellow squash and one has a squash on it already.
I've got six chili plants on the right with four varieties and six tomato plants on the left with three varieties.
Two acorn squash.
From the bottom, a cucumber, an eggplant, and a Jackson Wonder butter bean. Started out with thirty of the bean seeds but here it is ended up with one plant. That's okay though I know I'll have good seeds next year.
Lastly is the garlic I planted last Halloween.
My yellow squash and one has a squash on it already.
I've got six chili plants on the right with four varieties and six tomato plants on the left with three varieties.
Two acorn squash.
From the bottom, a cucumber, an eggplant, and a Jackson Wonder butter bean. Started out with thirty of the bean seeds but here it is ended up with one plant. That's okay though I know I'll have good seeds next year.
Lastly is the garlic I planted last Halloween.
That’s about 15% of it!
Barriehie
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We've ninety-five acres here of which three is yard and gets done with riding mowers and about ten that's fields and gets bush hogged. The rest is woods, ponds, creeks, and the Oostanaula River.That’s about 15% of it!
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JAS_OH1
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Too early to plant the basil for sure so they'll be going on the windowsill.
Barriehie
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Looks like slugs or snails to me.
Barriehie
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Something is eating mine and whatever it is has even plowed through the sevin dust...
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I think the critter lost. No new holes this morning.
Barriehie
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I didn't see any slime trails but that's a good idea. A little saucer of beer will take care of those.
Herbaceous
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I put crushed-up eggshells around the base of my plants to repel slugs, it works pretty well (and no wasting beer on those slimeballs!)
Used coffee grounds work as well.
Ok, kaneohegirlinaz, I finally got round to fixing the anthurium. Went to the garden centre and bought a big sack of peat moss, then picked out two plants which needed repotting. You can see in the first picture that the stems are long and there's a bunch of roots on the bottom:
First of all, clip the bottom roots off. Too many roots means the plant uses all its nutrients for the roots, not the flowers.
Second picture - plants with the roots trimmed, long stems:
Third picture, I cut off between 6-10 inches of the stem:
Fourth picture: I cut the stems into two or three pieces, and just stuck them into the peat:
I'll keep them well watered and, in about 3-4 weeks, I should get a few new leaves appearing. Then, instead of two plants, I'll have seven.
The two original plants were just stuck back into the pots, and they'll continue growing:
First of all, clip the bottom roots off. Too many roots means the plant uses all its nutrients for the roots, not the flowers.
Second picture - plants with the roots trimmed, long stems:
Third picture, I cut off between 6-10 inches of the stem:
Fourth picture: I cut the stems into two or three pieces, and just stuck them into the peat:
I'll keep them well watered and, in about 3-4 weeks, I should get a few new leaves appearing. Then, instead of two plants, I'll have seven.
The two original plants were just stuck back into the pots, and they'll continue growing: