Notices tagged with gardening, page 5

I had some trees trimmed/removed this morning, and I told the guy I wanted to keep the chips. He said, "there won't be a lot". Apparently in addition to being a arborist he's also a comedian.

#woodchips #gardening

We've had some really nice weather this weekend, so I got a start on my Hügelkultur garden bed. I piled a bunch of deadfall logs from the woods around my house (mostly birches) in a shallow pit, covered it with a layer of soil, and then stacked another layer of logs and then some more soil. Next will be a layer of leaves (of which I have a copious supply), then some composted rabbit turds, some more soil, and finally wood chip (which I'll get on Tuesday when the arborists come to trim back my trees). I'm not 100% decided what I'll plant on it, but I have a couple of strawberry seedlings to start with.

I'm excited about this project, because it's 100% free made of crap I had lying around my property, which is kind of the point of this method. I'm also hoping that in several years when the wood's mostly rotted away I can tear down the mound and spread the soil around my yard, because the existing ground is sandy, rocky, and shit for growing a lawn on. It could use some help.

#hügelkultur #hugelkultur #permaculture #gardening #diy

I made a thing! It's a new outdoor fruiting tent for the various mushrooms I'm growing this season. The tarp folds over and snaps down. I'm going to install misting nozzles on a timer along the spine, once the kit arrives. Hopefully it will be able to maintain a high humidity.

#mushrooms #fungi #carpentry #diy #gardening

Does anyone around here have experience with hugelkultur? I've been trying to think of some outdoor gardening projects for this spring, stuck at home as I am, and it occurs to me that there's an old firewood pile in the woods beside my house, as well as a bunch of old fallen trees, branches, and an abundance of leaves. I think I have nearly everything I'd need just lying on my property already. Sounds like it would be fun.

#hugelkultur #permaculture #homesteading #gardening

I laid my King Stropharia (S. rugosoannulata AKA "wine cap") bed this afternoon. 160lbs of sawdust pellets, a bunch of fallen oak branches, a wheelbarrow of woodchips, and a 5 gallon bucket of spawn. It's still a little earlier than I'd like in terms of overnight low temps (it snowed yesterday) but I'm sure they'll survive. Plus, and early start increases the chances of getting a harvest this year. I did it now because the bucket of wood chips I was inoculating started growing trichoderma and I didn't want it in the house any longer.

#mushrooms #fungi #gardening #homesteading #food

It’s 55F (13C) outside right now, which is crazy because yesterday it was in the 20s. I took the opportunity to get outside and clear some space for the wine cap (AKA king stropharia, garden giant, Stropharia Rugoso-annulata) mushroom bed I’ve been planning. It’s on the side of the house, under the shade of some large red oaks. The soil always stays moist enough that it’s got moss growing on it, so I figured this would be the perfect spot. Now I just need to source some untreated hardwood mulch.

#mushrooms #fungi #gardening #spring

I think I'm going to have to write off any hope of nectarines this year. #gardening

My latest harvest. Almost have enough tomatos to make a crockpot of sauce #gardening

My ghost pepper plant wont stop fruiting. Also #gardening

also the tomatos are getting close to picked and so are teh zuccs. #gardening

here is my babbiest ghost pepper ever. also some jalapenos and some bells. #gardening

check out my antifa secret weapon. gonna mix these bad boys in with fireworks to burn god loving american patriots on the 4th. #gardening

Having mostly exhausted our supply of rose milkweed, I moved our two big boys on the the common milkweed last night. Was a little worried that they would like it as much. But that fear seems to be ungrounded. Pictures even include some rarely (at least in my experience) seen #caterpillar poop ! #monarch_caterpillar #nature #gardening