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Not so pleasant, but I covered my veggie garden space with my sheep manure. Best since the seeds they eat don't grow and they don't cause methane like other animals! Love my wooly "green" lawnmowers!
A few weeks ago I found a really nice surprise in my garden . My mother stuck couple date pits in the ground and voilà , I have two baby palm trees growing. I moved them yesterday into containers to make sure they grow properly and I can plant them in a good spot. Not sure if I will have dates from these trees in my life time but it's worth a try. I also have green figs on my little tree but I don't think they will ripen, but I am hoping and keeping my tree watered and happy. I went to Wallmart yesterday and bought some mums, white and red, planted them in a flower bed at the front of the house. Trimmed the dogwood shrub so the walkway up to my door is walkable.
Well Happe, I'm thirty miles the other side of greensboro from you and I ate two figs off of my tree this afternoon, it's still young, I haven't gotten a lot off of it yet, but, I do get figs, at least for the last three years. I planted the sprig about eleven years ago.
Ooh I love these types of threads. I have a teeny fig I planted in Spring. The chickens scratched around the roots, but it appears to still be alive.
Today I hand-pollinated my cucurbits. I planted cukes, squash etc...but I don't remember what's where. I added soil to my potatoes and sweet potatoes in the containers. It is hot like the dickens here, so I watered a couple of things, as well.
I cried, that's what I did! I started about 100 tomatoes from seed, nursed them along, planted them a few months ago and because of the wilt in the soil, I have only about 17 tomatoe plants remaining and they don't look well at all. This is a huge problem here in the Hatch valley of southern NM. The wilt hits not only tomatoes but chile fields and once it is in the soil, there is nothing that can be done. The local vegetable stand up the road sells field tomatoes for $2 a pound and this is why. Depressing.
FYI: This yr I had to put tomatoes in pots because I moved to a townhome...
Tomatoes have NEVER done so well ...no disease from soil etc, no weeds, easy to keep and water, little to no insect issues.
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I cried, that's what I did! I started about 100 tomatoes from seed, nursed them along, planted them a few months ago and because of the wilt in the soil, I have only about 17 tomatoe plants remaining and they don't look well at all. This is a huge problem here in the Hatch valley of southern NM. The wilt hits not only tomatoes but chile fields and once it is in the soil, there is nothing that can be done. The local vegetable stand up the road sells field tomatoes for $2 a pound and this is why. Depressing.
I cried, that's what I did! I started about 100 tomatoes from seed, nursed them along, planted them a few months ago and because of the wilt in the soil, I have only about 17 tomatoe plants remaining and they don't look well at all. This is a huge problem here in the Hatch valley of southern NM. The wilt hits not only tomatoes but chile fields and once it is in the soil, there is nothing that can be done. The local vegetable stand up the road sells field tomatoes for $2 a pound and this is why. Depressing.
So what will be the situation with Hatch chilis this year, do you know? Sometimes we have friends from NM that bring us our chilis, other years we get them here for about a buck a lb. We will pick up 10 to 20 lbs, roast them and freeze them. I am just about out this year. I think I only have a couple bags left, so am hoping we get a supply, that isn't too pricey this year. If they are too expensive we will just forget it.
So what will be the situation with Hatch chilis this year, do you know? Sometimes we have friends from NM that bring us our chilis, other years we get them here for about a buck a lb. We will pick up 10 to 20 lbs, roast them and freeze them. I am just about out this year. I think I only have a couple bags left, so am hoping we get a supply, that isn't too pricey this year. If they are too expensive we will just forget it.
Not certain but I know that some of the fields can no longer grow chiles. You might check New Mexico State University's Agricultural extension website as they have great tech bulletins that are pertinent to this issue locally. NMSU: ACES Food & Nutrition Listing
You'll have to look thru the site because I am not certain precisely where to locate the info.
I suspect we will be fine with the chile crop - there's still ALOT of land under cultivation, thank heavens! Love that smell of roasting chile.
I do all container gardening...so I picked 3 tomatoes today, replanted some of m scotch bonnet peppers in separate pots. I started some Kabocha squash from some seeds last week and they sprouted so transplanted them today to a real pot. As a runner, will be tricky to do in a container but I have a plan.
Weeded and hand-pollinated cucurbits. Afterwards, I actually sat down on a chair and enjoyed the garden.
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. My mother stuck couple date pits in the ground and voilà , I have two baby palm trees growing. I moved them yesterday into containers to make sure they grow properly and I can plant them in a good spot. Not sure if I will have dates from these trees in my life time 
but it's worth a try. I also have green figs on my little tree but I don't think they will ripen, but I am hoping and keeping my tree watered and happy. I went to Wallmart yesterday and bought some mums, white and red, planted them in a flower bed at the front of the house. Trimmed the dogwood shrub so the walkway up to my door is walkable.
...no disease from soil etc, no weeds, easy to keep and water, little to no insect issues.
