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re: 2023 Spring Garden Thread
Posted on 4/26/23 at 9:18 am to ChenierauTigre
Posted on 4/26/23 at 9:18 am to ChenierauTigre
Can anyone tell me what this goop is that just appeared? I sprayed it off once, then it was back.
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Posted on 4/26/23 at 9:49 am to AlxTgr
Slime mold. Completely harmless.
It’s breaking down organic matter in your soil.
It’s breaking down organic matter in your soil.
Posted on 4/26/23 at 10:14 am to PillageUrVillage
Posted on 4/26/23 at 1:41 pm to AlxTgr
Well, this is a first. And if it happens again I think I’ll get rid of the sticky traps altogether. But they are certainly effective. 
Her feathers were a little messed up but I got her off of there and she flew away.
Her feathers were a little messed up but I got her off of there and she flew away.
Posted on 4/26/23 at 1:43 pm to PillageUrVillage
I stopped for the same reason. Wrens are all over every inch of my back yard and patio.
Posted on 4/26/23 at 1:56 pm to AlxTgr
I'm assuming she was after the bugs that were stuck to the sticky trap. Is this a house wren? I know you're a little better with bird ID's than I am.
Posted on 4/26/23 at 2:26 pm to PillageUrVillage
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Her feathers were a little messed up but I got her off of there and she flew away.
She looks very inconvenienced
Posted on 4/26/23 at 2:46 pm to TheBoo
Yeah, she wasn’t happy.
Posted on 4/26/23 at 2:53 pm to PillageUrVillage
Pretty sure it's a Carolina.
Posted on 4/26/23 at 5:58 pm to AlxTgr
Does anyone here grow sunflowers? I got me a row seed planter and tore up a 30X10 patch. I’m interested to see how it goes
Posted on 4/26/23 at 6:06 pm to PillageUrVillage
What is a high yield bush bean I can plant now? I want something that makes a lot of beans in a small place, since we are renting this year I didn't do my trellises of beans everywhere. Nothing better than country style green beans made from fresh picked beans.
Posted on 4/26/23 at 6:41 pm to armsdealer
I've had good luck with Blue Lake Bush Beans. They can be planted between March and August in South Louisiana.
What I do is make fairly wide rows (18-24 inches across) and double plant the row after I flatten the row to remove the high crown. I plant the seeds about 6 inches off the edge of the row on each side.
The only issue with them is they are prolific bearers, but relatively short lived when compared to pole beans, but pole beans don't bear as much at any one time, just for a longer time.
What I do is make fairly wide rows (18-24 inches across) and double plant the row after I flatten the row to remove the high crown. I plant the seeds about 6 inches off the edge of the row on each side.
The only issue with them is they are prolific bearers, but relatively short lived when compared to pole beans, but pole beans don't bear as much at any one time, just for a longer time.
Posted on 4/26/23 at 9:38 pm to CoachChappy
I planted sunflowers in the corners of each of my beds.
Posted on 4/27/23 at 8:13 am to ChenierauTigre
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Juice, go to Harbor Freight and get one of their larger cement mixers
That sounds... expensive
My main problem is timing on the browns and greens. I get a big pile of fall leaves in January, but they just sit there until about now when there are enough grass clippings to match.
Posted on 4/27/23 at 8:26 am to CoachChappy
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Does anyone here grow sunflowers?
I have about a dozen Mammoth Russian sunflowers that have made it so far and are about 2 foot tall. I believe Pillage grows them as well.
Posted on 4/27/23 at 8:28 am to LSUJuice
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Next step is to make some good compost at a usable volume.
I live in N.O. in Mid-City and near the Canal St. Cemeteries and I head over there a few times a year to collect the grass clippings the landscapers bag up and just toss into a big dumpster. I get there early enough to let them know I'll head back to get them and instead of them picking them up, they let them by the curbs in the cemetery and I toss them in my truck bed.
I'll use some in the compost pile, but most of it goes between the rows in a deep layer on top of cardboard to help with weed control and keeping the soil moist by not being exposed to the sunlight.
By the time I'm ready for the next growing season, all that organic matter has decomposed and can be turned under. Win/Win
This post was edited on 4/27/23 at 8:30 am
Posted on 4/27/23 at 8:37 am to convertedtiger
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I have about a dozen Mammoth Russian sunflowers that have made it so far and are about 2 foot tall. I believe Pillage grows them as well.
Yep. Same. About a dozen mammoths growing right now between 2-3’ tall and growing!
Posted on 4/27/23 at 8:46 am to CoachChappy
I had some Mongolian Giants and Arikara planted. They were doing really well (about 2ft tall) and then my wife's dog decided to eat them on Monday. I just replanted them on Tuesday.
Posted on 4/27/23 at 8:49 am to LSUJuice
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Next step is to make some good compost at a usable volume.
I have a GeoBin from Amazon. I put leaf/grass clipping in it along with any food scraps, fish heads, squirrel guts, etc. I mix it every ~2 weeks with a drill auger. It's working pretty well. I add it to my raised beds every spring and start over.
Posted on 4/27/23 at 10:09 am to CoachChappy
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Does anyone here grow sunflowers?
I planted 100lbs of seed at my farm.
Black oil sunflower. Its for my dove field.
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