Earlier this week I went to start veggies and flowers for the library's community garden
What's growing on with you all?
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So many peas! I'm excited, I love snap peas. My hope is to succession plant them on the same trellis as my tomatoes and cucumber, we'll see if they have enough of a head start for that to work out. Last year's kale is also killin' it out there, making the most of the time before the cabbage moths show up
My seed starting is not going quite as well as I'd like, only two cucumber coming up so far of the 10 or so I wanted. No peppers yet either, though that was old seed. Tomatoes are doing decently well, and I've got plenty of backups in the multitude of seedlings that have spring up outside where fruit fell off the vine last year!
I'm worried about the apples I planted around this time last year. They haven't showed signs of leafing out yet, though I did have to cut a couple of suckers off the base of one. I might not have babied them enough last summer, and they did get some involuntary pruning by the deer.
On the bright side, I just received my blueberry bushes! Planning to plant them out this weekend, just gotta figure out where... Any tips on high-bush blueberry care would be much appreciated!
Yay peas! I planted 'sugar snap' and 'sugar anne' today after picking up some hog panels for trellising. Hopefully the other seeds get with the program!
For the blueberries - remove any flower stems back to where they branch from the larger stem this first year. You want them putting their energy into leaves and roots. They appreciate a more acid soil and easy access to water. Top dressing with sulphur, or even the occasional diluted apple cider vinegar will help them create the subsoil conditions they prefer.