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A New Month, A New Site!
This site is as much about keeping track of all I’ve/we’ve done here on the farm as it is about sharing that info, and my thoughts about it, with others. I hope you’ll come along with us as we rewild this 12 acre pasture we bought in 2020.
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New Irrigation For the Orchard/Vetiver
Our water usage was significantly higher last month, so the drip irrigation in the orchard/vetiver was checked thoroughly. The large feeder hose was found to have numerous holes where rodents (rats most likely) had chewed into the tubing. The decision was made to elevate the tubing to around 18″ off the ground, change to 1/4″…
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Mums
Last week I ordered 18 varieties of rooted mum cuttings from King’s Mums and received them yesterday. They did not disappoint. Cascades Gum Drop Megumi Pink Fleece Vernal Falls Spoons Fantasy Kimie Matchstick Spiders Coral Reef Fleur De Lis Hardy Donna Pumpkin Rome Shaman’s Vision Gnomes Chidori Kotoi No Kaori Anemone Purple Light Vesuvio Yellow…
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List of Veggies to Grow This Fall/Winter
Broccoli Purple Sprouting Broccoli Brussels Sprouts Cauliflower Sugar Snap Peas Bok Choy Artichokes Kohlrabi Hakurei Turnip Garlic Onions Bunching Onions Shallots Leeks Radishes Spinach Collard Greens Scarlet Runner Beans Summer Squash Cantaloupe Cilantro Other Herbs
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Soil Purchased
3 – 2 cu ft of potting soil May 1
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Plants Purchased
April 30Fragrant Mistflower (Chromolaena odorata) 4″ May 2Texas Persimmon – 17 seedlings (-1)Texas LantanaSage (Cenizo)Copper Canyon DaisyBlue Mistflower (Conoclinium coelestinum)Pink Salvia greggiiBougainvillea Bright PinkSociety GarlicProstrate Rosemary
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Plant Want List
Natives White Mistflower (Ageratina havanensis) Blue Mistflower (Conoclinium coelestinum) Fanick’s Phlox Rock Rose Copper Canyon Daisy Pyramid Bush (Melochia tomentosa) Sage (Cenizo) Native Lantana Aster (Symphyotrichum oblongifolium) Four-Nerve Daisy (Tetraneuris scaposa) Asclepias tuberosa (Butterflyweed) Asclepias asperula (Antelope horns) Stachys coccinea (Texas Betony) Buckleys yucca (Yucca Constricta) Yucca rostrata Texas Wisteria (Wisteria frutescens, macrostachya) Indigofera lindheimeriana…
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More Containers
A couple weeks I bought a box of 450 – 4.5″ x 4-7/8″ containers for uppotting my seedlings. Today I ordered 432 – 4.5″ x 5-1/4″ pots in which to grow vegetable sets. I like the smooth sides and am hoping the sets will slide out more easily, with less jostling of the roots at…
