How Does Your Garden Grow??????

too larry

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Just to once again give you folks an idea of envious I am of your gardens. I had another frost last night and it isn't suppose to hit +20c here till next month lol
Cheers :)
That is tough. We had to do some banking today. It took about an hour longer than we had planned. The car thermometer said it was 100F when we got back in. That dropped to 88F once we got moving, but still, warm weather.
 

too larry

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My bell peppers are not doing shit again this year. I'm thinking of buying some Tea plants and grow a small hedge of tea there next year. What do you think about that idea?
I've never thought of growing tea. Would it do good with your weather?
 

GreenHighlander

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Ok so first up is a shot of hops in the back, chives in the front right and thyme in the front left, with some perennial flowers in there.
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Next up is my Patriot grape vine. I didn't prune it much this year compared to last year. I am trying to grow it for the vine more then the grapes, even though they were tasty last year. And of course my girl looking at a bird lol
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Rhubarb patch after harvesting roughly 5lbs. It doesn't get much sun where it is. Like most things here it was planted long before I lived here.
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Next up is a shot from across the pond of the red and black currant bushes I shared before. I pick most of the black currants from my boat lol Black on the right, red on the left.
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Another black currant bush I didn't share before.
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One of the beds I put in this year via compost piles from last year. I am killing the grass for the next bed with galvanized metal roofing sheets. I have spinach, lettuces, and a couple rosemary plants holding the sheets of metal down using my old soil from indoor this past winter, mixed with a bit of compost. The bed has strawberries from a friends farm, cabbage, onions, and parsley in it.
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My favorite smelling flower finally starting to bloom. They usually bloom by May 24 here
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And lastly some of those hunnyberry things lol
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Cheers to by far the most positive thread on here and the great folks sharing in it :)
 

too larry

Well-Known Member
Ok so first up is a shot of hops in the back, chives in the front right and thyme in the front left, with some perennial flowers in there.
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Next up is my Patriot grape vine. I didn't prune it much this year compared to last year. I am trying to grow it for the vine more then the grapes, even though they were tasty last year. And of course my girl looking at a bird lol
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Rhubarb patch after harvesting roughly 5lbs. It doesn't get much sun where it is. Like most things here it was planted long before I lived here.
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Next up is a shot from across the pond of the red and black currant bushes I shared before. I pick most of the black currants from my boat lol Black on the right, red on the left.
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Another black currant bush I didn't share before.
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One of the beds I put in this year via compost piles from last year. I am killing the grass for the next bed with galvanized metal roofing sheets. I have spinach, lettuces, and a couple rosemary plants holding the sheets of metal down using my old soil from indoor this past winter, mixed with a bit of compost. The bed has strawberries from a friends farm, cabbage, onions, and parsley in it.
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My favorite smelling flower finally starting to bloom. They usually bloom by May 24 here
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And lastly some of those hunnyberry things lol
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Cheers to by far the most positive thread on here and the great folks sharing in it :)
Nice looking place you have. But who has time for thyme? lol
 

too larry

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Just to show you warm weather folks the trade off. I got 28 acres with 24 different fruit trees, pond, a 3 bedroom house, garage, for a $322 a month mortgage lol One of the benefits of being as sick as I am, lack of available work isn't an issue.
Cheers :)
Hard to beat those rates. Old farm/wood land around here is $2K or better, even when buying 20-40 acres.
 

GreenHighlander

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Hard to beat those rates. Old farm/wood land around here is $2K or better, even when buying 20-40 acres.
WOW. The real estate rate here have become crazy. I should of paid atleast double what I did, but sadly I knew the old guy who died. I also have 98acres that is one of the first crown grants ever given in North America. Was a working farm until 1954. Some of the most beautiful hand rock picked soil you have ever seen. Roughly 20 acres of it. Also has yellow birch and maple trees that take 3 adults to reach around. I paid 46k for that property. If a person had a million dollars today they couldn't buy the same. It is one of a kind as far as private land here goes. Was planning on living offgrid there when I first got sick. But my health got so bad it wasn't an option. So I grabbed this place down on the shore. I still dream of living in my 20x20 aframe cabin I designed. Half greenhouse, half cabin. Both being 20x20. Sadly it is one of the few intact Acadian forests left here.
Holy ramble lol
Cheers :)
 

Squidkid

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Ok so first up is a shot of hops in the back, chives in the front right and thyme in the front left, with some perennial flowers in there.
View attachment 4150027
Next up is my Patriot grape vine. I didn't prune it much this year compared to last year. I am trying to grow it for the vine more then the grapes, even though they were tasty last year. And of course my girl looking at a bird lol
View attachment 4150031
Rhubarb patch after harvesting roughly 5lbs. It doesn't get much sun where it is. Like most things here it was planted long before I lived here.
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Next up is a shot from across the pond of the red and black currant bushes I shared before. I pick most of the black currants from my boat lol Black on the right, red on the left.
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Another black currant bush I didn't share before.
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One of the beds I put in this year via compost piles from last year. I am killing the grass for the next bed with galvanized metal roofing sheets. I have spinach, lettuces, and a couple rosemary plants holding the sheets of metal down using my old soil from indoor this past winter, mixed with a bit of compost. The bed has strawberries from a friends farm, cabbage, onions, and parsley in it.
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My favorite smelling flower finally starting to bloom. They usually bloom by May 24 here
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And lastly some of those hunnyberry things lol
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Cheers to by far the most positive thread on here and the great folks sharing in it :)
Like that spot buddy..
 
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