Gardens 2025

[Harry]

Trees are looking terrific Spike. Thanks for posting the progress. Harry

[Harry]

Three times I have tried to propagate these green giant arborvitae trees. Finally I had some survive that I started a year ago. I’m going to start more now but on a larger scale and eventually plant a hedgerow of them. I’m also going to prepare a nursery area in my backyard to transplant the seedlings I have started. I’ve learned a few things by failing twice before. They say three times tge trick. First I believe the rooting hormone that I used last year gave me better results. It was a gel instead if a powder that I had used before. Secondly I believe by starting them in a group next to each other in the same box is better. Thirdly I watched a few you tube video’s and the planting medium they used was ground up wood chips. I used a mixture of ground up wood chips some peat moss and sand. I gave them a drink if water every so often last summer, but also had them against the west wall of my lean to. So they didn’t get full sun to dry out. I must admit they are quite hardy because I left them out all winter ling and most survived. You can see a few that browned out in the pic, but most are still green. Harry

[Eugen]

Sadly I haven't posted all the stuff I've been doing, as I've been really stressed with the lack of time. However, I need to change that, so here are some pics from the last 2 weeks,related to the garden.

[Spike188]

@Eugen That is a bit bigger garden than in past years. Someone will be busy this summer.

[RoamingGnome]

@Eugen Looking Great ! - That does look like a little bigger garden than you had in Canada, will your Kubota be able to handle farm work, or will you be adding a "farm" tractor to your fleet?
Looking forward to more photos when you have the time

[DavidBarkey]

@Eugen \that is a beautiful back drop to that garden . Big garden = big work and most important big reward at harvest time .
Are you set up to do canning , drying ,and cold storing your harvest ? What all do they do over there ?

[JSinMO]

@Eugen Your pictures got me thinking. A lot of the pioneers that came here from Europe so long ago looked to settle in a spot that reminded them of home. That place you have sure looks like the valleys around here! Quite a beautiful view! Hope everything grows well!

[Harry]

Eugen, looking terrific thanks for the pics. Harry

[JSinMO]

I planted our sunflowers today. This year I put in 6 different verities. I mixed them in as I went along so what grows where will be a surprise!
The verities are Perdoveic, American giant, Cutting gold, Mammoth grey, Autumn beauty, and Mammoth Russian.

I hope we get a good stand like we did last year. Im looking forward to see them come up!

[Harry]

I planted our sunflowers today. This year I put in 6 different verities. I mixed them in as I went along so what grows where will be a surprise!
The verities are Perdoveic, American giant, Cutting gold, Mammoth grey, Autumn beauty, and Mammoth Russian.

I hope we get a good stand like we did last year. Im looking forward to see them come up!
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I was going to ask what varieties you were going to grow, but now I know. Harry